Amelia Earhart
American aviator and aviation pioneer.
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On July 24, 1897, Amelia Mary Earhart was born in Atchison, Kansas, in the home of her maternal grandfather.[1] While trying to be the first female pilot to fly around the world, Earhart vanished over the Pacific Ocean on July 2, 1937.[2]
Life and work
Earhart's childhood included climbing trees, hunting rats with a rifle, and building a homemade ramp with her uncle.[3] During World War I, Earhart trained as a nurse's aide with the Red Cross and worked at Spadina Military Hospital in Toronto.[4] Earhart engaged Neta Snook as her flying instructor the next month.[5] She worked as a photographer, truck driver, and stenographer to save $1,000 for flying lessons.[5]
In 1928, Earhart was selected as a passenger for the transatlantic flight of the Friendship.[6] She helped found the Ninety-Nines, an organization for female pilots.[7] At the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines, a 10-year-old Amelia saw her first aircraft and was not interested, later describing it as uninteresting.[8] On May 16, 1923, Earhart was issued a pilot's license, making her the 16th woman in the United States to receive one.[9]
What the cited sources add
The "Lady Lindy" account states Earhart was embarrassed when called "Lady Lindy" because she felt she had only been "baggage" on the Friendship flight.[6] Earhart's official biography reports she referred to her marriage as a "partnership" with "dual control"[10] The biography also states President Herbert Hoover presented Earhart with a gold medal from the National Geographic Society.[10] Vice President Charles Curtis praised her "heroic courage and skill as a navigator" at that ceremony.[10]
Earhart designed a line of "functional" women's clothing, including dresses, blouses, pants, suits, and hats.[11] She also designed lightweight, canvas-covered plywood luggage sold by Orenstein Trunk of Newark, New Jersey.[11]
References
- Wikipedia, "Amelia Earhart" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "A/E11/M-129, Earhart, Amy Otis, 1869–1962. Papers, 1944, n.d.: A Finding Aid." Harvard University Library., September 1, 2006. (archived). accessed: June 3, 20; "Genealogical and biographical record of north-eastern Kansas", Lewis Publishing, 1900, p. 28; Goldstein Dillon 1997, p. 8 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Amelia Earhart" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: De Hart, "The Perils of Flying Solo: Amelia Earhart and Feminist Individualism", Reviews in American History, 1995, p. 86–90; "Timeline: Equal Rights Amendment, Phase One: 1921–1972." feminism101.com. accessed: June 4, 2012. (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Amelia Earhart" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Randolph 1987, p. 16; "American Experience: Amelia Earhart Program Transcript." americanexperience, April 12, 2012. accessed: September 23, 2017.; Rich 1989, p. 4; Lovell 1989, p. 14 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Amelia Earhart" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Popplewell, Brett. "The city Amelia loved". Toronto Star, June 29, 2008. accessed: June 30, 2008.; "Portrait of Earhart as a volunteer nurse in Toronto." Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study. accessed: ; Gils, Bieke, "Pioneers of Flight: An Analysis of Gender Issues in United States Civilian (Sport) and Commercial Aviation 1920–1940" (2009). Electronic Theses an; Ware, Susan. Still Missing: Amelia Earhart and the Search for Modern Feminism. New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 1993. . en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Amelia Earhart" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Lady Lindy, Amelia Earhart's life history." aviationhistory.org. accessed: October 12, 2009.; Blau 1977, p. 10–11 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- "Lady Lindy, Amelia Earhart's life history." aviationhistory.org. accessed: October 12, 2009.. facts only, no text reused. aviationhistory.org
- Wikipedia, "Amelia Earhart" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "51 Heroes of Aviation: Amelia Earhart." Flying, September 2013.; Francis, Roberta W."The History Behind the Equal Rights Amendment." equalrightsamendment.org, July 21, 2011. accessed: June 4, 2012. (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Amelia Earhart" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Biography. The Official Website of Amelia Earhart (The Family of Amelia Earhart). accessed: June 4, 2012.; Goldstein Dillon 1997, p. 8; Morrissey 1963, p. 17–18; Randolph 1987, p. 16; Lovell 1989, p. 14 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Amelia Earhart" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Rich 1989, p. 4; Long Long 1999, p. 33; "Amelia Earhart's pilot's license, leather and paper, Issued May 16, 1923 (One Life: Amelia Earhart)." National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution. acces (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- "Biography. The Official Website of Amelia Earhart (The Family of Amelia Earhart). accessed: June 4, 2012.. facts only, no text reused. ameliaearhart.com
- "Earhart and George Palmer Putnam", September 28, 2021. facts only, no text reused. pioneersofflight.si.edu
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