Amelia Mary  EARHART

Biography
Amelia Mary Earhart was born on July 24, 1897, in Atchison, Kansas, USA. She was the daughter of Edwin and Amy Earhart and had a younger sister named Grace Muriel. Amelia spent much of her childhood in the Midwest, where her adventurous spirit began to emerge.

Amelia had a relatively unconventional upbringing for a young girl in the early 20th century. Her parents supported her interests and encouraged her to pursue her passions. In 1917, Amelia attended Ogontz School in Pennsylvania, and later, she enrolled in Columbia University in New York City but left without completing her degree.

Her interest in aviation was sparked in December 1920 when she, along with her father, visited an airfield in Long Beach, California. There, she took a short plane ride with pilot Frank Hawks, and from that moment, she was hooked on flying.

In 1921, Amelia began taking flying lessons from pioneer female aviator Neta Snook. Amelia's determination and natural aptitude for flying quickly became...Read full story

1932 - May 20–May 21 – Amelia Earhart flies from the USA to Derry, Northern Ireland in 14 hours 54 minutes.
Amelia Earhart is First Woman to Fly Atlantic Ocean Alone

New York, May 21. (AP) - Word was received here this afternoon that Mrs. Putnam had taken off in her own plane for London.

Culmore, Ireland, May 21 (AP) Amelia Earhart Putnam brought down her read and gold monoplane in a field near here this afternoon and became the first woman ever to fly the Atlantic alone.

She landed on this side of the ocean five years to the day after Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh arrived in Paris successfully completing the first solo flight across the Atlantic by a man.

'I've don it!' Mrs. Putnam exclaimed when she got out of her ship.

She had intended to go to Paris but it was necessary to cut the flight short because her exhaust manifold had burned out and the gasoline line was broken causing a little leakage.

Woman is Unhurt
Mrs. Putnam who took off from Harbor Grace, N.F., at 4:51 p.m. Friday got a lift by motor to Londonderry, 5 miles away, where the first thing she did was to get ...Read full story


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The Gettysburg Times
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
May 21, 1932

1935 - Cheery Amelia Earhart Won Vermonters. Famous American Aviatrix Made Happy Landing at Montpelier. GAVE EXPERIENCES ON OCEAN HOPS. While a Thousand People in State House Hung On Her Words.
State House, March 8.

Amelia Earhart Putnam-evangelist of aviation-added to her converts yesterday.

More than a thousand persons, several hundred of them school children, crowded into the Hall of Representatives, blocked the aisles and all but hung from the ornate chandeliers to see and hear the world's premiere aviatrix when she addressed the Vermont general assembly.

They were the converts-that is, all except a handful who admitted rather shamefacedly they wouldn't ride in an airplane under any circumstances.
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Barre Daily Times
Barre, Vermont
March 8, 1935

1937 - July 2 - Amelia Earhart and navigator Fred Noonan disappear after taking off from New Guinea during Earhart's attempt to become the first woman to fly around the world.
STARTED JUNE 1 ON WORLD HOP 'JUST FOR FUN'
First Attempt at Hazardous Trip Halted by Accident
SWITCHED DIRECTION
First Plan to Fly Westward Changed to Eastward Itinerary

WASHINGTON, July 2 (AP) - Amelia Earhart, the first woman ever to be presented withe the gold medal of the National Geographic Society, lifted her Lockheed Electra monoplane off a run-way at Miami, Fla., June 1, on the first leg of her projected flight around the world.

The flight, she had said, was being made 'just for fun...'

Accompanying her as navigator was Capt. Fred Noonan...

Reading Times
Reading, Pennsylvania
July 3, 1937

AMELIA EARHART IS DOWN IN PACIFIC
Overshoots Tiny Island on Daring Pacific Hop
Gas Supply Gives Out, Aviatrix and Noonan Forced Down Near Howland Island
HONOLULU (AP) - Search for Amelia Earhart and her navigator was begun Friday by the coast guard cutter Itasca, only vessel within several hundred miles of tiny Howland Island where the aviatrix was long overdue on a...Read full story


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Valley Morning Star
Harlingen, Texas
July 3, 1937