Aviator who disappeared on 7/2/37 while attempting an
around-the-world flight along the Equator. Husband George Palmer Putnam had her
declared legally dead on 1/5/39 so that he could remarry.
Linda Finch completed the flight in a restored Lockheed 10E
Electra in 1997.
Was originally portrayed by Jane Lynch in The Aviator (2004), but all of Lynch's
scenes were cut from the movie.
Worked as a nurse's aide in a military hospital in Canada during World
War I.
The first woman to fly across the Atlantic Ocean, and the first to fly
solo across the Pacific Ocean.
Charter member of the National Women's Hall of Fame in 1973.