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==Honors and awards== [[File:Charles and Anne Lindbergh in Lockheed Sirius.jpg|thumb|Charles and Anne in a [[Lockheed Model 8 Sirius]] in 1931]] [[File:Hubbard Gold Medal, Anne Morrow Lindbergh.JPG|thumb|right|Morrow Lindbergh's 1934 [[Hubbard Medal]] showing her flight route]] Anne received numerous honors and awards throughout her life in recognition of her contributions to both literature and aviation. In 1933, she received the U.S. Flag Association Cross of Honor for having taken part in surveying transatlantic air routes. The following year, she was awarded the [[Hubbard Medal]] by the [[National Geographic Society]] for having completed {{convert|40000|mi|km}} of exploratory flying with her husband, Charles Lindbergh, a feat that took them to five continents. In 1993, Women in Aerospace presented her with an Aerospace Explorer Award in recognition of her achievements in and contributions to the aerospace field.<ref name="foundation"/><ref name="charles"/> She was inducted into the [[National Aviation Hall of Fame]] (1979), the [[National Women's Hall of Fame]] (1996), the [[Aviation Hall of Fame and Museum of New Jersey|Aviation Hall of Fame of New Jersey]], and the [[Women in Aviation, International|International Women in Aviation Pioneer Hall of Fame]] (1999).<ref name="foundation"/> Her first book, ''[[North to the Orient]]'' (1935) won one of the [[List of National Book Award winners#1935 to 1941|inaugural National Book Awards]]: the Most Distinguished General Nonfiction of 1935, voted by the American Booksellers Association.<ref name=nyt1936a>"Books and Authors". ''The New York Times'', April 12, 1936, p. BR12 {{ProQuest| }}.</ref><ref name=nyt1936>"Lewis is Scornful of Radio Culture: ...", ''The New York Times'', May 12, 1936, p. 25.</ref> Her second book, ''[[Listen! The Wind]]'' (1938), won the same award in its fourth year<ref name=nyt1939>"Book About Plants Receives Award: Dr. Fairchild's 'Garden' Work Cited by Booksellers". ''The New York Times'', February 15, 1939, p. 20.</ref> after the Nonfiction category had subsumed Biography. She received the [[Christopher Award]] for ''War Within and Without'', the last installment of her published diaries.<ref>[https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/lindbergh/sfeature/anne.html "Anne Morrow Lindbergh."] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170224084858/http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/lindbergh/sfeature/anne.html |date=February 24, 2017 }} ''The American Experience: Lindbergh'' ''PBS,'' 2009. Retrieved: November 20, 2011.</ref> In addition to being the recipient of honorary master's and doctor of letters degrees from her alma mater [[Smith College]] (1935 and 1970), Anne received honorary degrees from [[Amherst College]] (1939), the [[University of Rochester]] (1939), [[Middlebury College]] (1976), and [[Gustavus Adolphus College]] (1985).<ref>Hertog 2000, pp. 240, 274.</ref>
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