"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. Fascination with her life, career, and disappearance continues to this day. Earhart was the daughter of Samuel ""Edwin"" Stanton Earhart (1867–1930) and Amelia ""Amy"" (; 1869–1962). She was born in Atchison, Kansas, in the home of her maternal grandfather, Alfred Gideon Otis (1827–1912), who was a former federal judge, the president of"
"Amelia Rose Earhart Amelia Rose Earhart (born 1983 in Downey, California, United States) is an American private pilot and reporter for NBC affiliate KUSA-TV in Denver, Colorado, where she resides. In 2013 Earhart started the ""Fly With Amelia Foundation"", which grants flight scholarships to girls aged 16–18. Earhart was told by family members in her youth that she was a descendant of Amelia Mary Earhart. When she was in college, she hired a genealogist to research her connection to Amelia Earhart. That genealogist told her that she and Amelia shared a ""distant common ancestry traced back to the 1700s"", however,"
"was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1971 and is now a museum featuring memorabilia and artifacts about Amelia Earhart. The house served as a private residence until 1984 when a local citizen, Dr. Eugene J. Bribach, contributed $100,000 to the Ninety-Nines to acquire the property. Since 1984 the building has been maintained by the Ninety-Nines, an international group of female pilots of whom Amelia was the first elected president. Amelia Earhart Birthplace The Amelia Earhart Birthplace is a historic building and museum that was the birthplace of aviator Amelia Earhart. It is located at 223 N."
"Amelia Earhart Amelia Mary Earhart (, born July 24, 1897; disappeared July 2, 1937) was an American aviation pioneer and author. 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"
"Earl Ehrhart Earl Day Ehrhart (born August 8, 1959) is an American politician from the U.S. state of Georgia. As of 2007, he is a Republican member of the Georgia House of Representatives representing District 36, which encompasses parts of western Cobb County. Born in Miami, Florida, Ehrhart has lived in Cobb since 1964 and resides in Powder Springs. He graduated from the University of Georgia with a Bachelor of Arts in political science in 1980. While there, he was a member of Pi Sigma Alpha the national political science honor society, as well as a member of Phi Kappa"
"Amelia Earhart Birthplace Museum and is maintained by The Ninety-Nines, an international group of female pilots of whom Earhart was the first elected president. A small section of Earhart's Lockheed Electra starboard engine nacelle recovered in the aftermath of the Hawaii crash has been confirmed as authentic and is now regarded as a control piece that will help to authenticate possible future discoveries. The evaluation of the scrap of metal was featured on an episode of ""History Detectives"" on Season 7 in 2009. Two notable memorial flights by female aviators subsequently followed Earhart's original circumnavigational route. In 2001, another commemorative"
"city in Kansas. North of the city, Fort Leavenworth is the oldest active Army post west of the Mississippi River. The city of Atchison was an early commercial center in the state and is well known as the birthplace of Amelia Earhart. To the west, nearly a quarter million people reside in the Topeka metropolitan area. Topeka is the state capital and home to Washburn University and Washburn Institute of Technology. Built at a Kansas River crossing along the old Oregon Trail, this historic city has several nationally registered historic places. Further westward along Interstate 70 and the Kansas River"
"was voted ""Best Aviation Writing in 2008"" by the Minnesota Aviation Hall of Fame. A second book, ""Amelia Earhart: The Turbulent Life of an American Icon"", was in final preparation at the time of her sudden death from a cerebral hemorrhage. Kathleen Winters Kathleen Winters (1949–2010) was an American author and aviator. Originally from Toronto, her family immigrated to Georgia when she was aged six. She later moved to Minnesota and graduated from Metropolitan State University. By age 19 she had both commercial pilot and flight instructor licenses. The holder of several state records for her glider flights, she was"
"Amelia Earhart. Though The Texas Company was providing aircraft to Frank Hawks, Bruno and Blythe represented him as he broke aviation records on point-to-point flights Among the corporate accounts held by Bruno and Blythe were Beech Nut Packing Company, Standard Oil of New Jersey, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Packard Motor Car Company, and Royal Typewriter. The National Boat Show was an account held by Bruno for 40 years. He started publicity for the Show in 1926, but he and Blythe realised that, without marinas where boats could be moored, the market for boats would be limited. Dick Blythe went to Miami, Florida to"
"station which is situated in Burry Port Harbour. Burry Port lies in the Llanelli parliamentary constituency, which has been held by the Labour Party since 1922. The Labour Party has also largely controlled the local government representation although this has been challenged in recent years by Plaid Cymru. On 17 June 1928 Amelia Earhart flew from Newfoundland with co-pilots Wilmer ""Bill"" Stultz and Louis ""Slim"" Gordon in a Fokker F7 and on 18 June landed safely in Burry Port, becoming the first woman to fly across the Atlantic. An Amelia Earhart festival was held in June 2003 to celebrate the"
"Amy Ella Blanchard Amy Ella Blanchard (June 28, 1854 – July 4, 1926) was an American writer of children's literature. Amy Ella Blanchard was born in Baltimore, Maryland, in 1854, the daughter of Daniel Harris Blanchard and Sarah Reynolds. She was educated in public schools and then studied art in New York City and Philadelphia. Amy Ella Blanchard was at first a teacher of art in the Woman's College in Baltimore, now Goucher College. She taught school while studying art. She then taught drawing and painting for two years in Plainfield, New Jersey. Her first poem was published when she"
"France, so her mother moved the family to New Jersey to live with her grandparents. After her father returned to the United States, her family relocated to Plainfield, New Jersey. Her father was an engineer and patent attorney. Her inspiration to fly came from a visit by Amelia Earhart to her grade school. She went to Newark Airport with her father to watch the mail planes come in at night. Baumgartner graduated from Walnut Hill High School in Natick, Massachusetts, and then attended Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts where she graduated in 1940 as a pre-med major. While working in"
"without incident on July 11, 2014. Although widely reported (and claiming) to have become the youngest woman to fly around the world, she is in fact the second youngest behind Richarda Morrow-Tait, who was also the first woman to pilot a plane around the globe. On July 9, 2014 as she and her mentor pilot were flying over Howland Island she announced, via Twitter, the names of the first recipients of the Fly With Amelia Foundation flight training scholarships. Amelia Rose Earhart Amelia Rose Earhart (born 1983 in Downey, California, United States) is an American private pilot and reporter for"
"learning through technology award (which included a grant). Environmentally, the school received the Great Plains Earth Institute ""Earth Stewardship Award"" in 2004. Earhart Environmental Magnet Elementary School Earhart Environmental Magnet Elementary School is a public elementary school in Wichita, Kansas named after native Kansas aviator Amelia Earhart. A magnet school situated on an site, it augments the District curriculum with an environmental focus. Although the school has a standard curriculum, a lot of resources at the school are aimed at improving environmental awareness through the addition of numerous 'environmental' courses. These include looking at ecosystems including oceans, deserts, and grasslands."
"member of the Episcopal Church, and he played a role in the selection of Amelia Earhart as the first female pilot to make a solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean. Belknap was born in Malden, Massachusetts, on 26 June 1871, the son of U.S. Navy Commander (later Rear Admiral) George E. Belknap and the former Frances Georgiana Prescott. Belknap was appointed to the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, from the 1st Congressional District of Arkansas by United States Secretary of the Navy William C. Whitney. He entered the academy as a naval cadet on 5 September 1887 and"
"restricted venues at which other students may not access. https://www.law.com/dailyreportonline/2018/10/19/former-legislator-asks-court-to-dismiss-cheerleaders-take-a-knee-suit/?kw=Legislator%20Asks%20Court%20to%20Dismiss%20Cheerleader%27s%20%27Take%20a%20Knee%27%20Suit&LikelyCookieIssue=true Earl Ehrhart Earl Day Ehrhart (born August 8, 1959) is an American politician from the U.S. state of Georgia. As of 2007, he is a Republican member of the Georgia House of Representatives representing District 36, which encompasses parts of western Cobb County. Born in Miami, Florida, Ehrhart has lived in Cobb since 1964 and resides in Powder Springs. He graduated from the University of Georgia with a Bachelor of Arts in political science in 1980. While there, he was a member of Pi Sigma Alpha the national political science"
"Amaranth Ehrenhalt Amaranth Roslyn Ehrenhalt (January 15, 1928) is an American painter, sculptor, and writer, who spent the majority of her career living and working in Paris, France. Ehrenhalt is one of the few abstract expressionists from the New York School of the 1950s who is still active today. She now lives and works in New York City. Born in Newark, New Jersey, Amaranth was raised in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. As a child, she expressed a passion for art, and by the age of twelve, Amaranth was enrolled in a Saturday morning program for artistically gifted children at the Philadelphia Museum"
"to the literary editor at The Village Voice and as a tutor at Yale University. Mendelsohn is married and lives in New York with her husband, producer Nick Davis, and two daughters. Jane Mendelsohn Jane Mendelsohn (born 1965) is an American author. Her novels are known for their mythic themes, poetic imagery, and allegorical content. Her novel ""I Was Amelia Earhart"" was an international bestseller in 1996 and short-listed for the Orange Prize. Mendelsohn was born in New York City, the daughter of a psychiatrist and an art historian. She graduated from Horace Mann School in New York and graduated"
"her unhappiness, ""A.E. – the girl in brown who walks alone"". Earhart graduated from Chicago's Hyde Park High School in 1916. Throughout her troubled childhood, she had continued to aspire to a future career; she kept a scrapbook of newspaper clippings about successful women in predominantly male-oriented fields, including film direction and production, law, advertising, management and mechanical engineering. She began junior college at Ogontz School in Rydal, Pennsylvania, but did not complete her program. During Christmas vacation in 1917, Earhart visited her sister in Toronto. World War I had been raging and Earhart saw the returning wounded soldiers. After"
"to the White House, and one of three women reporters chosen to accompany President Nixon to China in 1972. During this period she renewed her association with flying and education, beginning with the Amelia Earhart stamp in 1962. She was chairman of the first international 99s convention in 1967 and began encouraging the use of flying and the planting of trees to promote international friendship. In 1976, during the Bicentennial year, this led to the creation of the International Forest of Friendship in Atchison, Kansas, Amelia Earhart’s home town. From 1976 she served as Co-General Chairman for the annual ceremonies"
"aces returned from war” in Toronto, Canada, 1918, where Earhart worked as a nurse. While on their break, her and a female co-worker went to watch these “aces” at their stunt exhibition. In attempt to be funny and scare the two women, one pilot flew low and directly over them, causing one to scamper away and the other, Amelia Earhart, to become mesmerized by her experience. Nevertheless, Earhart continued with her medical career believing it was what interested her most; she even enrolled in Columbia University’s medical program. At Columbia, she was simply going through the motions of being a"
"Actors Guild Award, and garnered three Emmy Award nominations. Calista Kay Flockhart was born in Freeport, Illinois, the daughter of Kay Calista, an English teacher, and Ronald Flockhart, a Kraft Foods executive. Her parents are retired and live in Morristown, Tennessee. She has one older brother, Gary. Her mother reversed her own first and middle names in naming her Calista Kay. Because her father's job required the family to move often, Flockhart and her brother grew up in several places including Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, New Jersey, and Norwich, New York. As a child, she wrote a play called ""Toyland"" which"
"Amelia (film) Amelia is a 2009 Canadian-American biographical film about the life of Amelia Earhart. Most of the story is told in flashbacks before ending with Earhart's mysterious disappearance. The film was directed by Mira Nair and starred Hilary Swank as Earhart and Richard Gere as her husband, George Putnam. The cast list also included Christopher Eccleston and Ewan McGregor. The film was written by Ronald Bass and Anna Hamilton Phelan, using research from sources including ""East to the Dawn"" by Susan Butler and ""The Sound of Wings"" by Mary S. Lovell. The film has garnered predominantly negative reviews. On"
"North Carolina. She attended Sharon Elementary School. Earhardt's family moved to the Columbia, South Carolina, area when she was still in elementary school. Earhardt graduated from Spring Valley High School in 1995. After high school, she attended Florida State University (FSU), majoring in biology. Earhardt served the student body as a senator in student government. She then transferred to the University of South Carolina (USC) where she graduated with a bachelor of arts degree (B.A.) in Journalism. While in college, she was a member of the Alpha Delta Pi sorority. Earhardt was hired to work as a reporter for WLTX-News"
"Avian that Earhart had purchased in England. A Lockheed 12A (S/N 1204), was featured as Earhart's famed Lockheed Model 10 Electra, used in the circumnavigational flight of the globe in 1937. Interest in the story of Amelia Earhart, especially with the release of ""Amelia"" (2009) led film reviewers to recall the earlier Earhart portrayals. Rosalind Russell had played ""an Earhart-esque flier in 1943's ""Flight for Freedom"""" and Diane Keaton starred in the 1994 TNT movie """". Susan Clark's performance compared favorably among the Earhart movies. ""Amelia Earhart"" was nominated for a 1977 Emmy awards with William H. Tuntke (art director)"
"Karen Thorndike Karen Thorndike, born in Snohomish, Washington in 1942, was an American woman who sailed solo around the world, in a voyage of 33,000 miles, which she completed in 1998 in a 36-foot yacht named ""Amelia"" after Amelia Earhart. The trip took her two years and two weeks, but was not done continuously; for example, she had a three-month hospitalization for angina pectoris after her trip began. Her interest in sailing began in the early 1980s. Thorndike took some sailing lessons, began racing and was soon delivering boats from Hawaii to Seattle. During one of those trips, her dream"
"Railroad. At about this time, Earhart's grandmother Amelia Otis died suddenly, leaving a substantial estate that placed her daughter's share in a trust, fearing that Edwin's drinking would drain the funds. The Otis house was auctioned along with all of its contents; Earhart was heartbroken and later described it as the end of her childhood. In 1915, after a long search, Earhart's father found work as a clerk at the Great Northern Railway in St. Paul, Minnesota, where Earhart entered Central High School as a junior. Edwin applied for a transfer to Springfield, Missouri, in 1915 but the current claims"
"Records certificate acknowledging her accomplishment. Karen Thorndike Karen Thorndike, born in Snohomish, Washington in 1942, was an American woman who sailed solo around the world, in a voyage of 33,000 miles, which she completed in 1998 in a 36-foot yacht named ""Amelia"" after Amelia Earhart. The trip took her two years and two weeks, but was not done continuously; for example, she had a three-month hospitalization for angina pectoris after her trip began. Her interest in sailing began in the early 1980s. Thorndike took some sailing lessons, began racing and was soon delivering boats from Hawaii to Seattle. During one"
"College. Amelia Earhart studied airframe maintenance in downtown Northampton, and although not officially documented, probably did some flight training at the Northampton Airport. In addition, the airport was also visited by Ruth Nickols and the Granville brothers (who were responsible for building the Gee Bee airplane). During World War II, the airport was used as a naval training facility and trained many pilots for the war effort. One of the instructors during this period was Roger Atwood. He died on June 24, 2010 at the age of 88. Located on the Connecticut River, it is within a long walking distance"
"Jane Mendelsohn Jane Mendelsohn (born 1965) is an American author. Her novels are known for their mythic themes, poetic imagery, and allegorical content. Her novel ""I Was Amelia Earhart"" was an international bestseller in 1996 and short-listed for the Orange Prize. Mendelsohn was born in New York City, the daughter of a psychiatrist and an art historian. She graduated from Horace Mann School in New York and graduated summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, from Yale University in 1987. She attended Yale Law School for one year before beginning a career as a writer/journalist. She has worked as an assistant"
"Frances Gearhart Frances Gearhart (January 4, 1869 – April 4, 1959) was an American printmaker and watercolorist known for her boldly drawn and colored woodcut and linocut prints of American landscapes. Focused especially on California's coasts and mountains, this body of work has been called ""a vibrant celebration of the western landscape."" She is one of the most important American color block print artists of the early 20th century. Frances Hammell Gearhart was born January 4, 1869, in Sagetown, Illinois. She moved to California in 1888 and began studying at the State Normal School at Los Angeles (now UCLA) the"
"flight of Earhart was known as ""World Flight 1997."" Finch's flight marked the 60th anniversary of Earhart's failed effort as well as centennial of her birth. History records that Amelia Earhart was the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic, the first woman to fly nonstop across the United States and first woman to fly from Hawaii to the west coast of California. The whole world was watching Amelia Earhart when she began her global attempt and of course then mourned her when the plane came up missing without a trace. Earhart was lost somewhere in the south Pacific"
"born in 1925 and grew up in Troy, NY, one of three siblings. She initially wanted to be a doctor but could not afford medical school. An admirer of Amelia Earhart, Graham also wanted to be a pilot or flight attendant, but those professions at the time had height limitations of 5'3"" and weight limitations of 125 pounds. ""Well, unfortunately,"" Graham said in an interview, ""I outgrew that career."" Interested in aviation, Graham considered aerospace engineering, but as with medical school, she could not afford the tuition. By the time she graduated high school in the spring of 1942, Graham"