12017-12-09T13:57:34-08:00Sydney Crabaugha3dde96248534ca655d53a0f5179f40e656ee371276741Arthur Fields sings "Flaming Ruth" on Edison Diamond Disc 52183, recorded 23 December 1927. Some sources mistakenly report that this song was about the aviator Ruth Rowland Nichols (1901-1960),...plain2017-12-09T13:57:34-08:00Sydney Crabaugha3dde96248534ca655d53a0f5179f40e656ee371
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12017-12-09T10:02:51-08:00Flaming Ruth8plain2017-12-12T13:57:06-08:00 Ruth Elder's flight attracted enough attention to be epitomized into song. Arthur Field's "Flaming Ruth" was recorded on December 23, 1927, a little over a month after she was welcomed back in America. The song refers to her as "a sister to Lindy" (Charles Lindbergh) and "our Yankee Joan of Arc." It goes on to valorize her flight and commend her for her bravery, claiming that she is now "within the Hall of Fame." As a whole, the song attests to her notoriety in American culture, as well as the spectacle of early female aviation.
