“Please know I am quite aware of the hazards. Women must try to do things that men have tried,” said Amelia Earhart in 1937. “When they fail, their failure must be but a challenge to others.”

With women’s ski jumping as an Olympic sport for the first time, now women get a chance to fly says Sarah Hendrickson.

When Hendrickson looks down a mountain, it reminds us of women who adjust their goggles and swim cap on the shore before a big swim.

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