Women in History - Amelia Earhart
Read and Learn about Amelia Earhart's Life
Amelia Earhart is fascinating to me not only because of her achievements in the field of aviation, but because of how she lived her life during a time when women were just beginning to speak with a louder voice and gaining the ability to affect public policy. Here is a brief introduction to her life and accomplishments. "The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity. The fears are paper tigers. You can do anything you decide to do. You can act to change and co...

Amelia Earhart - The First Woman Aviator
Amelia Earhart
First woman American pilot who conquer the air Amelia Earhart receive recognition as the first woman to be awarded the Distinguish Flying Cross at the same coveted award as the first aviatrix to fly across the Atlantic Ocean in 1932 and the Pacific Ocean in 1935. She also was the first woman to fly across the Atlantic in a multi-person plane, making the crossing in 1928 with pilot Wilmer Stultz and Lou Gordon. She authored the books 20 Hours, 40 Minutes (1928, about her first trans-Atlantic f...

Amelia Earhart
Amelia Earhart - First Female Aviator To Solo Across Atlantic
In 1932 Amelia Earhart flew across the Atlantic to Ireland. In accomplishing that feat, she became the first female pilot to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. In 1907, nine year old Amelia saw an airplane for the first time at the Des Moines State Fair. However, it wasn't until 1917 that the desire to fly gripped her while she was watching beginning military pilots just learning to fly at a nearby military base. Photo Source: NASA

Life of Amelia Earhart
...and the Search for the Truth in the Mystery of her Disappearance
What Really Happened to Amelia Earhart? Did she go down in the Pacific? Was she Captured by the Japanese? Was Amelia thought to be a Spy and Murdered?

Searching for Amelia Earhart and the Flying Laboratory
The Mystery of Amelia Earhart's Last Days
The Femme Fatale of Aviation, Amelia Earhart, crashed the plane she called "The Flying Laboratory" into the sea while on her last leg of a trip to circumnavigate the world. Where exactly did her plane crash? What were her last days, moments of life like? In the 70 Years since she went missing, researchers have proposed several very different theories as to what might have happened to Earnhart and her plane. From prisoner to castaway, each one seems to contain some grain of evidence to suppor...