In that sense, my relationship to a great aviatrix follows as such I married a man whose aunt married a man whose mother taught Amelia Earhart to fly. The claim is that through 'six degrees of separation' a person can declare a relationship to anyone in the world. Nadine Sloan Southern, left, is pictured with her aunt, Neta Snook Southern, the woman who taught Amelia Earhart how to fly. Woman who touched the skies also touched Shawnee

Neta barnstormed around the country before she soloed for her license.more The owner would pick up rolls of film from the drugstores in town and Neta would develop and print photos.

In order to afford flight lessons, Neta worked part-time in a photo shop. Neta continued her flight instruction after the war. She remained active in aviation by taking a job with the British Air Ministry, inspecting aircraft engines under production at the Willys Morrow factory in Elmira, New York. Neta Snook, who had taught Amelia Earhart to fly, had begun flying lessons on Jbut had not soloed when civilian flying was banned because of World War I. Carroll, Illinois and was 95 years young when she took her last flight. Mary Neta Snook Southern was born Februin Mt. Neta Snook defied the prevailing social custom and opened an aviation business on her own. She graduated from Ames High School in 1915 and attended Iowa State College (now Iowa State University) until June 1917.more While in her teens, Neta and her family move to Ames, Iowa. At a very early age, Neta built a small mechanical automobile, which proved to run. As early as a toddler she enjoyed mechanical devices rather than dolls, which, by some unwritten code of law, were to be the object of every girl's affection. Carroll, Illinois in 1896, a year before the woman she helped to gain world fame. Without Neta, there would be no 'Amelia,' and the advances in female pioneering would not be as far as they are today. Someone had to have taught her, and that someone was Neta Snook, a former resident of Iowa's city of Ames. She didn't just 'all-of- a-sudden' possess the groundbreaking maneuverability that she exemplified throughout her short-lived career. Image: Mitchell, Charles R and House, Kirk W, Flying High, Arcadia, 2002 But who put her in such a high place? She didn't just wake up one morning, able to fly a plane. Therefore, she can't really be written back into history, since she already holds her place there, and what a high place it is. She is probably one of the most legendary female pioneers in all of history.

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