Amelia Earhart, American Aviatrix

Amelia Mary Earhart (July 24, 1897 - disappeared July 2, 1937) was an American aviation pioneer and author. Working at a variety of jobs she managed to save $1, 000 for flying lessons. Her teacher was Neta Snook, a pioneer female aviator who used a surplus Curtiss JN-4 for training. Six months later, Earhart purchased a secondhand bright yellow Kinner Airster biplane. On October 22, 1922, Earhart flew to an altitude of 14, 000 feet, setting a world record for female pilots. Earhart was the first female aviator to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. She received the United States Distinguished Flying Cross for this accomplishment. 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. In 1935, Earhart became a visiting faculty member at Purdue University as an advisor to aeronautical engineering and a career counselor to women students. 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-E Electra, Earhart and navigator Fred Noonan disappeared over the central Pacific Ocean near Howland Island. She was 39 years old. Underwood and Underwood, 1928

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