Amelia Earhardt
by Colleen C.

- Amelia was born July 24th 1897 in Atchison, Kansas.
- In 1918 she worked as a nurse's aide in a military hospital.
- In 1919 she enrolled as a premed student at Columbia University.
- In 1920 Amelia moved to Los Angeles and began flying lessons.
- In 1922 she received her pilot's license in Long Beach, California.
- In October, 1922 she set a women's altitude record of 14,000 feet at the Los Angles air show.
- In September 1928 she published her first book "20 Hrs. 40 Min." and became the first woman to fly roundtrip across the United States solo.
- In 1929 she was elected the first president of an all-female aviation society called the Ninety Nines.
- On February 7th 1932 Amelia married publisher/manager George Palmer Putnam.
- On May 21, 1932 Amelia became the first woman to fly the Atlantic solo.
- In May 1935, she became the first person to solo from Burbank, California to New - Mexico and from Mexico City to Newark, New Jersey.
- June 1st 1937, Amelia embarked on a round the world flight.
- July 3, 1937, Amelia lost radio contact with ground support crews en route from New Guinea to Howland Island and disappears in the Pacific.

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