“So I accept these awards on behalf of the cake bakers and all of those other women who can do some things quite as important, if not more important, than flying, as well as in the name of women flying today.” Earhart said this in 1932, accepting the Outstanding American Woman award, after a French paper’s praise of her flight ended with “but can she bake cakes?” She didn’t argue the premise — she just widened who counted as accomplished.