Pilot in vintage flight gear, wearing goggles and a leather jacket, prepares to enter an open cockpit aircraft.

Nearly ninety years after Amelia Earhart disappeared over the Pacific, the fascination surrounding her life has never faded. Yet one of the most revealing clues about who she was isn’t found in a cockpit or a flight log. It’s a leather coat preserved in a museum in Wyoming.

Our regular contributor Ashley Hlebinsky shares the story behind the jacket and explains how a single artifact can help us better understand the woman behind one of the greatest legends in American history.