Anne Morrow Lindbergh

In 1927, she met her future husband, acclaimed American aviator Charles Lindbergh in Mexico City. He was visiting the Morrow household at that time. She wrote in her diary about their meeting and it is believed that she was rather impressed by his height.

On May 27, 1929, after knowing Charles Lindbergh for two years, she married him in a private ceremony at the Morrow house in Englewood, New Jersey. They had six children together.

On March 1, 1932, tragedy struck the Lindbergh household, when her 20 month child, Charles Augustus Lindbergh Jr was kidnapped from their home in East Amwell, New Jersey.

Anne Spencer Morrow was born in Englewood, New Jersey, U.S. to politician and businessman, Dwight W. Morrow and Elizabeth Reeve Cutter Morrow, a dedicated teacher and poet.

Her mother who was an active women’s right activist, encouraged her to develop a reading habit. This was perhaps what influenced young Morrow to read and develop the habit of writing in diaries.

In 1924, she graduated from The Chapin School, New York City. She later went to the Smith College, from where she obtained a degree in arts.

In 1930, she became the first American woman to earn a first-class glider pilot's license, after she flew solo that year. Along with her husband, aviator Charles Lindbergh, she would explore air routes.

In 1935, she published her book titled, ‘North to the Orient.' The book is a breath-taking account of the couple setting off on a flight to the Orient through the Great Circle Route.

In 1938, she came out with her book ‘Listen! The Wind', which revolved around the story of a survey flight in and around the North Atlantic Ocean. This was a time when air routes were not fully developed.

In 1940, she published the book titled, ‘The Wave of the Future: A Confession of Faith’. This book was written supporting her husband, who at that time lobbied for the US German peace treaty.

In 1944, she authored the book ‘The Steep Ascent'. This book was a fictional account that was based on a real life incident about a very dangerous flight journey over the Alps.

Her book ‘Gift from the Sea’ is one of her seminal works in the field of feminist literature. The book has sold over three million copies and has been translated into more than 45 languages.