Ninety-Nines International Organization of Women Pilots
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Ninety-nine women pilots formed the Ninety-Nines International Organization for social, recrutiment, and business purposes.
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A few months after the 1929 Women's National Air Derby, a group of women pilots met to form an organization for social, recruitment, and business purposes. Ninety-nine became charter members, inspiring the organization’s name, and Earhart became their first president. Today the Ninety-Nines International Organization of Women Pilots is headquartered in Oklahoma City.
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National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution
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NASM 2005-7753
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1929
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