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This week’s tidbits are focussing on women, as we mark International Women’s Day.

One of the little boys I tutor has recently become fascinated by biographies, especially those of famous women. One of the women he has written about, and then enthusiastically shares remembered facts and asks questions about every week, is the incredibly brave and determined Amelia Earhart. She was the first female pilot to fly alone across the Atlantic Ocean. We looked up Atchison, Kansas, her birth place, as well as the location on the Pacific where her plane disappeared during her attempt to fly around the world approximately over the equator. Who is the woman you most admire? – Maria