Aviation pioneers have always captured the public’s imagination,
but none quite as much as the daring Amelia Earhart. And we
think we know her story. The National Portrait Gallery announced
Tuesday that it is mounting a show, “One Life: Amelia Earhart,”
that will go beyond her aviation achievements and her tragic
disappearance. It opens June 29. And proving that Earhart still
makes news. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton met with members
of The International Group for Historic Aircraft Recovery to
discuss the unsolved case of the aviator. The group plans
another search for Earhart’s plane in June. The museum’s show
will illustrate how Earhart also belongs in the annals of those
who fought for women’s rights. She started a women’s pilot
program, joined the National Women’s Party, supported the Equal
Rights Amendment of that time and campaigned for other causes
through her speaking tours and writings. And some of her
photographs prove she was quite a fashionista. “Amelia Earhart’s
impact on American culture ex