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You know Amelia Earhart, but did you know she was just one of a daring group of women aviators who defied both expectations and gravity in the 1920s? They called themselves the Ninety-Nines, and they’re still flying today as an organization dedicated to the advancement of women pilots. 

Nearly every genre of music, from every walk of life, from 10,000 B.C. to the present can be found.

Explore hundreds of free, innovative online resources for teaching and learning American history.

Smithsonian’s Recovering Voices initiative promotes the documentation and revitalization of the world’s endangered languages and the knowledge preserved in them.