Amelia Earhart
Pilot, Author
1897 – 1939
Who was Amelia Earhart?
Amelia Mary Earhart was an American aviation pioneer and author. Earhart was the first female aviator to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. She received the U.S. Distinguished Flying Cross for this record. She set many other records, wrote best-selling books about her flying experiences and was instrumental in the formation of The Ninety-Nines, an organization for female pilots. Earhart joined the faculty of the Purdue University aviation department in 1935 as a visiting faculty member to counsel women on careers and help inspire others with her love for aviation. She was also a member of the National Woman's Party, and an early supporter of the Equal Rights Amendment.
During an attempt to make a circumnavigational flight of the globe in 1937 in a Purdue-funded Lockheed Model 10 Electra, Earhart disappeared over the central Pacific Ocean near Howland Island. Fascination with her life, career and disappearance continues to this day.
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- Born
- Jul 24, 1897
Atchison - Also known as
- Amelia Mary Earhart
- Lady Lindy
- Meeley
- Millie
- Parents
- Siblings
- Spouses
- George P. Putnam
(1931/02/07 - 1939/01/05)
- George P. Putnam
- Ethnicity
- White American
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Central High School
(1915 - ) - Columbia University
(1919 - ) - Hyde Park Academy High School
( - 1916)
- Central High School
- Employment
- Purdue University
- Associate Editor, Cosmopolitan
(1928 - 1930) - Vice President, Northeast Airlines
- Lived in
- Des Moines
- Chicago
- Medford
(1925 - )
- Died
- Jan 5, 1939
Pacific Ocean
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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