Anne Morrow Lindbergh

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Anne Morrow Lindbergh (1906- 2001) was an accomplished pilot, navigator, and writer who was also known for her role as the counterpart to famous husband Charles Lindbergh.

With only one day of instruction, Lindbergh became the first woman in the country to receive a gliding pilot’s license. A few months before her first child was born, Lindbergh served as a navigator on the initial coast-to-coast flight with her husband. Charles’ new plane broke the transcontinental speed record. In 1933, her role as copilot and operator on a 40,000-mile venture around the Atlantic earned Lindbergh the Cross of honor of the United States Flag Association. One year later, she also received the National Geographic Society’s Hubbard Gold Medal for achievement in exploration.

After her husband’s death, Lindbergh prepared five volumes of her own diaries and letters for publication. This collection included memories of the very public and infamous kidnapping of Lindbergh’s first child, Charles Augustus. A gifted writer, Lindbergh won the first book award of the National Council of Women of the United States for Gift from the Sea, a “mediation” to reconcile the dual roles of wife, mother, and creative writer.

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References:

Hertog, Susan. Anne Morrow Lindbergh: Her Life. New York: Anchor Books, 2000.

Lindbergh, Anne Morrow. Bring me a unicorn: diaries and letters of Anne Morrow Lindbergh, 1922-1928. San Diego: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1993. http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/30099613. 

Lindbergh, Anne M. Against Wind & Tide: Letters & Journals, 1947-1986. New York: Pantheon Books, 2012.

Vaughan, David Kirk. Anne Morrow Lindbergh. New York: G.K. Hall & Co, 1999. http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/56775887

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