Now and then women should do for themselves what men have already doneโoccasionally what men have not doneโthereby establishing themselves as persons, and perhaps encouraging other women toward greater independence of thought and action.
Amelia EarhartI lay no claim to advancing scientific data other than advancing flying knowledge. I can only say that I do it because I want to.
Amelia EarhartExperiment! Meet new people. Thatโs better than any college education . . . By adventuring; about, you become accustomed to the unexpected. The unexpected then becomes what it really is . . . the inevitable.
Amelia EarhartTimes are changing and women need the critical stimulus of competition outside the home. A girl must nowadays believe completely in herself as an individual. She must realize at the outset that a woman must do the same job better than a man to get as much credit for it. She must be aware of the various discriminations , both legal and traditional, against women in the business world.
Amelia EarhartToo often little attention is paid to individual talent. instead, education goes on dividing people according to their sex, and putting them in little feminine or masculine pigeonholes ... Girls are shielded and sometimes helped so much that they lose initiative and begin to believe the signs 'Girls don't' and 'Girls can't' which mark their paths... Consequently, it seems almost necessary to evolve different methods of instruction for them when they later take up the same subjects.
Amelia Earhart