o0o][ Amelia Earhart][o0o

Amelia Earhart was born on July 24^th, 1897 in Atchison, Texas. As a young girl, Amelia attended the Ogontz School in Rydal, Pennsylvania, and she was a true pioneer for women and aviation. She made it through collage earning a degree from Columbia University and after graduation, Amelia worked in Boston as settlement worker. She learned to fly in California, and she loved it so much, it became her life’s hobby. Wilmer Stultz was a trimotor aviator, and asked Amelia to join him in a flight from Newfoundland to Whales, and by being a passenger on this flight, Amelia became the first woman ever on a transatlantic flight. When they’ve landed in Whales, June 18 1928, Amelia had decided to make flying her career.

Later in her successful career, Amelia had made several solo flights, such as Newfoundland to Ireland, and Hawaii to America, making her the first aviator to fly this route. 3 books were published by Amelia about her journey in those flights.

The legend continues when she entered a flight with Fredrick J. Noonan who was from Miami, Florida, to co-navigate her on the first ever, round-the-world flight. They took off in New Guinea, on July 1^st 1937, but mysteriously, never arrived at their destination, Howland Island, in the Pacific. Amelia was never to be seen again. Most people’s theory was that her and Noonan were captured and possibly killed by the Japanese, on the Island of Saipan.

Amelia still gives all women a good name as being the first woman pilot to attempt a round-the-world flight and broke many woman records. She has shown the world that women are capable of stepping up, and doing what they desire. Quoted by Amelia: “Courage is the price that life exacts for granting peace. The soul that knows it not, knows no release from little things.” – Amelia Earhart.