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The Amelia Earhart Legacy At Purdue University, Jessica Perkins

Purdue Undergraduate Research Conference

My research began with the question of what Amelia Earhart’s impact was on Purdue University. The focus of my research examined Earhart’s time at Purdue where she worked in the Department of Aeronautics as well as a consultant in careers for women. Most of my research was done by examining primary source documents from the George Palmer Putnam Collection of Amelia Earhart Papers. In accordance with the archival material, I also used secondary sources to gain a greater perspective of the Purdue community’s relationship with Earhart. My findings are that the impact of Amelia Earhart’s presence at Purdue University extends …