3964311 Amelia Earhart arriving in Washington to receive medal from President Hoover, 1932 (b/w photo) by Harris & Ewing (1905-45); Private Collection; (add.info.: Amelia Earhart Putnam (1897-1937) was the first woman to fly across the Atlantic and in 1932 to fly it nonstop (after Charles Lindbergh). She disappeared on a flight in 1937. President Hoover presented her with the first gold medal of the National Geographic Society ever awarded to a woman); American, out of copyright.