“I wish we knew more about Amelia’s cosmetics. We know she had a compact, and a news account has recently surfaced of her powdering her nose before getting out of the plane in Australia,” King said.

(via http://news.discovery.com/adventure/amelia-earhart-beauty-case-120713.html )

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see also: http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2012/12/11/amelia-earhart-on-marriage/