Kansas' Amelia Earhart At U.S. Capitol

It has taken twenty years but, finally, Kansas is represented by aviator Amelia Earhart at the U.S. Capitol. Each state gets to have two statues of its citizens and President Dwight Eisenhower was our other representative. Of the 100 statues, Earhart is only the 11th woman and her enshrinement is especially appropriate as Wichita is the Air Capital of the World. 

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