AMELIA

EARHART

Amelia Mary Earhartwas an Americanaviation

pioneer and author.Earhart was the first female

aviatorto 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 theEqual Rights Amendment .

Amelia Mary Earhart, daughter of

German AmericanSamuel "Edwin" Stanton

Earhart (1867-1930)and Amelia "Amy"Otis
Earhart (18691962),was born inAtchison,
Kansas, in thehome of her maternal grandfather,
Alfred Gideon Otis (18271912), a former
federal judge, president of the Atchison Savings
Bank and a leading citizen in the town.

. When Amelia was a little girl, she would only

participate in boy activities.When Amelia was

11, her dad took her to the state fair. There
she saw her first airplane.When Amelia had
spare time, she liked to ride horses with her
sister and friends.

Education
The two sisters, Amelia and Muriel (she went by her middle name
from her teens on), remained with their grandparents in
Atchison, while their parents moved into new, smaller quarters in
Des Moines. During this period, Earhart received a form of homeschooling together with her sister, from her mother and a
governess. She later recounted that she was "exceedingly fond
of reading"and spent countless hours in the large family library.
In 1909, when the family was finally reunited in Des Moines, the
Earhart children were enrolled in public school for the first time
with Amelia Earhart entering the seventh grade at the age of 12
years.

. Amelia worked at a hospital until World War I

ended. After that, she worked hard to earn

enough money for flying lessons. For her
twenty-fifth birthday on July 24, 1922, she had
enough money, and a final payment was
made.

On May of 1923, she received a pilot's

licence.On April 1928, a man called and

challenged Amelia to fly across the Atlantic
Ocean. She said that she would. The airplane,
Friendship, took off with Amelia in it. The flight
took twenty hours and forty minutes.

When Amelia was 38 years old, she challenged

herself to fly around the world!She asked the

Purdue Research Foundation to build a
sophisticated plane. Amelia was thrilled with her
shiny new plane when she got it. Amelia Earhart
and her navigator Fred Noonan made their last
discussion of the route before they left. Their first
stop was in Carpieto, Venezuela. As they flew
around the equator, everything seemed to be
fine, but the worst was yet to come.

On July 2,amelian was dissapered in Pacific

Ocean. Amelia is remembered as someone who

was brave and courageous. She is a role model
to many because she blazed a trail for women in
aviation and other fields that had not been open
to women.

Many books about Amelia:

There was a film directed by Mira Nair Amelia

Never interrupt someone

doing what you said couldn't

be done.
The woman who can create her
own job is the woman who will
win fame and fortune.