ruth elder the flashy alabama housewife working at a a dentist office in lakeland florida. and in 1927. she decided she read the first woman to ever fly across the ocean. and then to pay in full price. amelia ehrhardt a social worker from boston right here from tyler street downtown. she came next. in our mythology of amelia we forget that she did not begin as a a solo champion flying across the ocean. but to be plucked from obscurity 1928 by wealthy businessman including new york publisher putnam emplaced, plane and ruth nichols on the every side of new york in westchester county and for the depression for the stock market crash they had money and options those would dwindle and the farmer's daughter across the red river tearing be reckless as a child and then to parlay into the career that she wanted and finally really the most unusual the rarest aviator. and racing planes and flying plane to have her first child in 1930 and second team 33 at a time when men and husband believed a woman should stay home and raise those children. and to do something very unusual at the tim