Amelia earhart accomplishments
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Amelia Earhart
By Debra Michals, PhD | 2015
She never reached her fortieth birthday, but in her brief life, Amelia Earhart became a record-breaking female aviator whose international fame improved public acceptance of aviation and paved the way for other women in commercial flight.
Amelia Mary Earhart was born on July 24, 1897 in Atchison, Kansas to Amy Otis Earhart and Edwin Stanton Earhart, followed in 1899 by her sister Muriel. The family moved from Kansas to Iowa to Minnesota to Illinois, where Earhart graduated from high school. During World War I, she left college to work at a Canadian military hospital, where she met aviators and became intrigued with flying.
After the war, Earhart completed a semester at Columbia University, then the University of Southern California. With her first plane ride in 1920, she realized her true passion and began flying lessons with female aviator Neta Snook. On her twenty-fifth birthday, Earhart purchased a Kinner Airster biplane. She flew it, in 1922, when she set the women’s altitude record of 14,000 feet. With faltering fami
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When it comes to daring American historical figures, pilot Amelia Earhart regularly ranks at the top of the list. A pioneering force for women in aviation, Earhart shot to fame in 1928 after becoming the first woman to fly across the Atlantic. She continued to break a slew of records in the aviation industry, becoming a celebrity in her own right. Earhart’s ambitious career led her to attempt a round-the-world flight in 1937, and her subsequent disappearance has become the subject of much debate ever since.
To commemorate Earhart’s prolific life and legacy, Stacker compiled a list of 25 facts from her life story that you may not know. To do so, we consulted biographies, magazine accounts, museum records, news articles, and more.
While she’s best known for her historic aviation feats, Earhart was much more than just a pilot. She was first thrilled with the idea of flying while working as a nurse during World War I. After becoming an overnight celebrity, she went on to mentor women in aviation, write bestselling books about her adventures, and become
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Amelia Earhart
American aviation pioneer and author (1897–1937)
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Amelia Earhart | |
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Earhart beneath the nose of her Lockheed Model 10-E Electra, March 1937 in Oakland, California, before departing on her final round-the-world attempt prior to her disappearance | |
| Born | Amelia Mary Earhart (1897-07-24)July 24, 1897 Atchison, Kansas, U.S. |
| Disappeared | July 2, 1937 (aged 39) Pacific Ocean, en route to Howland Island from Lae, New Guinea |
| Status | Declared dead in absentia (1939-01-05)January 5, 1939 |
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| Known for | Many early aviation records, including first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean |
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| Website | www.ameliaearhart.com |
Amelia Mary Earhart (AIR-hart; born July 24, 1897; declared dead January 5, 1939) was an American aviation pioneer. On July 2, 1937, she disappeared over the Pacific Ocean while attempting to become the first female pilot to circumnavigate the world. During her life, Earha
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