Profession: Aviator
Biography: Amelia Earhart was an American aviator, whose pioneering efforts included being the first female pilot to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. She further promoted commercial air travel as well as writing popular books about her flying experiences.
She is regarded as an early aeronautical inspiration, often compared to Charles Lindbergh as an aviator and Eleanor Roosevelt as an influence. The latter two, Earhart and Roosevelt, had a close friendship and were both significant figures in women's causes during the period.
Earhart famously disappeared in 1937, along with navigator Fred Noonan, during her attempt to be the first female aviator to circumnavigate the globe. A year and six months later, the two were officially declared dead but neither bodies nor plane have ever been found.
Born: July 24, 1897
Birthplace: Atchison, Kansas, USA
Generation: Lost Generation
Star Sign: Leo
Died: January 5, 1939 (aged 41)
Cause of Death: Declared dead after disappearing over the Pacific Ocean in 1937 in a presumed plane crash
Articles and Photos
Married Life
- 1931-02-07 American aviation pioneer Amelia Earhart (33) weds publisher George Palmer Putnam (43) in Noank, Connecticut
Historical Events
- 1928-06-17 Amelia Earhart leaves Newfoundland to become 1st woman (passenger) to fly Atlantic (as a passenger in a plane piloted by Wilmer Stultz)
- 1928-06-18 American aviator Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly across the Atlantic Ocean (as a passenger), landing at Burry Port, Wales
- 1932-05-20 Amelia Earhart leaves Newfoundland on her journey to become the 1st woman to fly solo and nonstop across the Atlantic
- 1932-05-21 After flying for 17 hours from Newfoundland, Amelia Earhart lands near Londonderry, Northern Ireland, completing the first transatlantic solo flight by a woman
- 1932-08-24 1st transcontinental non-stop flight by a woman, Amelia Earhart begins in Los Angeles, California
- 1932-08-25 Amelia Earhart completes transcontinental non-stop flight, the first by a woman, landing in Newark, New Jersey
- 1935-01-11 Amelia Earhart flies from Honolulu to Oakland, California (non-stop, of course)
- 1937-07-02 Amelia Earhart and Fred Noonan disappear flying over the Pacific Ocean en route to Howland Island. Noonan is declared dead the following year, and Earhart is declared the year after (1939)
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