History of women in the United States would be reliable as a voter on local matters. Feminist organizations in Italy were ignored, as the editors purposely associated emancipation with Americanism and transformed the debate over women's rights into a defense of the Italian-American community to set its own boundaries and rules. In 1932, Hattie Caraway of Arkansas became the first woman elected to the Senate. Furthermore, in 1932 Amelia Earhart became the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic, taking her journey on the 5th anniversary of Lindbergh's solo Atlantic flight . She was awarded the National Geographic Society's gold medal from President Herbert Hoover, and
How to Smuggle a Hernia Across the Border How to Smuggle a Hernia Across the Border How to Smuggle the Hernia Across the Border is a short 1949 comedy film directed by Jerry Lewis and starring Jerry Lewis, Janet Leigh, and Tony Curtis. The film was not released commercially. The film is based on a funny story by Dean Martin's wartime personal problems with hernia. "How to Smuggle the Hernia Across the Border" was a minor production, directed and written by Jerry Lewis who just started his film career. In 1949, he made his first feature film for Paramount, "My Friend Irma", along with Dean Martin with whom