After her impressive feats, Amelia was not a well known public figure who had to have a publicist. Meeting George P. Putnam, Amelia never anticipated that her relationship would grow into a romantic one. She was not easy to win over, making Putnam propose to her 6 times until she finally said yes proving once again how she yearned to be an independent woman. “You must know again my reluctance to marry, my feeling that I shatter thereby chances in work,” she explained in a letter to him.