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Amelia Earhart biography at QuotationFun

A Short Biography of Amelia Earhart

Author Name:

Amelia Earhart

Born As:

Amelia Mary Earhar

Other Names:

Amelia Earhart

Born:

24 Jul 1897

Died:

02 Jul 1937




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Amelia Earhart was a successful and heavily promoted writer who served as aviation editor for Cosmopolitan magazine from 1928 to 1930, writing magazine articles, newspaper columns, essays and published two books based upon her experiences as a flyer during her lifetime:

20 Hrs., 40 Min. - 1928 was a journal of her experiences as the first woman passenger on a transatlantic flight.
The Fun of It - 1932 was a memoir of her flying experiences and an essay on women in aviation.

Last Flight - 1937 featured the periodic journal entries she sent back to the United States during her world flight attempt, published in newspapers in the weeks prior to her final departure from New Guinea. Compiled by her husband GP Putnam after she disappeared over the Pacific, many historians consider this book to be only partially Earhart's original work.                          
Mother Amelia "Amy" Otis Earhar
Father Samuel "Edwin" Stanton Earhart, three children, Ameilia being the second child. First child was stillborn.
Husband George P. Putnam                          
Records and achievements:

Cross of Knight of the Legion of Honor from the French Government - June 1932
Woman's world altitude record: 14,000 ft - 1922
First woman to fly the Atlantic - 1928
Speed records for 100 km - and with 500 lb - 230 kg cargo - 1931
First woman to fly an autogyro - 1931
Altitude record for autogyros: 15,000 ft - 1931
First person to cross the U.S. in an autogyro - 1932
First woman to fly the Atlantic solo - 1932
First person to fly the Atlantic twice - 1932

First woman to receive the Distinguished Flying Cross - 1932

First woman to fly non-stop, coast-to-coast across the U.S. - 1933
Woman's speed transcontinental record - 1933
First person to fly solo between Honolulu, Hawaii and Oakland, California - 1935
First person to fly solo from Los Angeles, California to Mexico City, Mexico - 1935
First person to fly solo nonstop from Mexico City, Mexico to Newark, New Jersey - 1935
Speed record for east-to-west flight from Oakland, California to Honolulu, Hawaii - 1937.                          
Disappeared near Howland Island in the Pacific Ocean in 1937.
Declared legally dead January 5, 1939.