Neta Snook Southern, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Pioneer Aviator
Date of Birth: 14-Feb-1896
Place of Birth: Mount Carroll, Illinois, United States
Date of Death: 23-Mar-1991
Profession: aircraft pilot
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Aquarius 
About Neta Snook Southern
- Mary Anita "Neta" Snook Southern (February 14, 1896 – March 23, 1991) was a pioneer aviator who achieved a long list of firsts.
- She was the first woman aviator in Iowa, first woman student accepted at the Curtiss Flying School in Virginia, first woman aviator to run her own aviation business and first woman to run a commercial airfield.
- Yet "Snooky", as her friends called her, was fated to be remembered for her relationship to Amelia Earhart.
- Her autobiography I Taught Amelia to Fly aptly captures the essence of her fame, she was forever linked to the Earhart mystique as her first instructor.
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