• Mary Anita "Neta" Snook Southern (February 14, 1896 – March 23, 1991) was a pioneer aviator who achieved a long list of firsts.
  • In 1974 she wrote a book, I Taught Amelia To Fly. Died at age 95 on March 23, 1991, Neta Snook Southern. (See also: 38.190B.1-2).
  • Neta Snook Southern (1896-1991), pioneer aviatrix, moved to Ames with her parents while in her teens.
  • Neta Snook defied the prevailing social custom and opened an aviation business on her own. Mary Neta Snook Southern was born February 14, 1896 in Mt.
  • Aviation pioneer Neta Snook Southern was born in the city of Mount Carroll Illinois, in 1896. While best known for teaching Amelia Earhart how to fly...
  • Neta Snook Southern, age 84, emerges from the Flight Simulator for Advanced Aircraft at Ames Research Center.
  • Neta Snook Southern, an aviator who helped Amelia Earhart learn to fly, died Saturday at her home here.
  • Neta Snook Southern was an early American aviatrix. A pioneer in the field of female aviation, Southern was the first woman in Iowa to receive her pilot's...
  • Not much was heard about Neta Snook Southern in the years following her retirement.
  • On March 23, 1991, she died at the age of 95. One year later, Neta Snook Southern was inducted into the Iowa Aviation Hall of Fame.