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Amelia Earhart born in 1897 best known for her many aviation records and her can-do attidue for equal rights for women. Amelia didn’t board a plane until 1920 and then 1923, Amelia became the sixteenth woman to receive a pilot’s license. Amelia became the first woman to fly across the Atlantic and later became the first woman and the second person to fly solo across the Atlantic and the Pacific. Shortly after her flight across the Pacific, she became the first to fly solo from Mexico City to Newark. On June 1, 1937, Earhart left Miami for her final flight. She aspired to become the first woman to circumnavigate the globe. Unfortunately, Amelia never complete this flight. On July 2, her radio lost contact and a rescue attempt began right away. Earhart's last confirmed words were said at 8:43 a.m. on July 2, 1937. She said, “We are on the line 157-337 flying north and south.” Earlier in the day she said “We are on you but cannot see you.” It has been said that Amelia knew she was in great danger and that she was prepared for this being her final flight. Although it became the most extensive air and sea search in naval history, Amelia was never found. In a letter to her husband, Amelia wrote, "Please know I am quite aware of the hazards." She said, "I want to do it because I want to do it. Women must try to do things as men have tried. When they fail, their failure must be but a challenge to others."

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Amelia Mary Earhart (/ˈɛərhɑːrt/ AIR-hart, born July 24, 1897 – disappeared July 2, 1937, declared dead January 5, 1939) was an American aviation pioneer and author. Earhart was the first female aviator to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. She set many other records, was one of the first aviators to promote commercial air travel, wrote best-selling books about her flying experiences, and was instrumental in the formation of The Ninety-Nines, an organization for female pilots.

Born and raised in Atchison, Kansas, and later in Des Moines, Iowa, Earhart developed a passion for adventure at a young age, steadily gaining flying experience from her twenties. In 1928, Earhart became the first female passenger to cross the Atlantic by airplane (accompanying pilot Wilmer Stultz), for which she achieved celebrity status. In 1932, piloting a Lockheed Vega 5B, Earhart made a nonstop solo transatlantic flight, becoming the first woman to achieve such a feat. She received the United States Distinguished Flying Cross for this accomplishment. In 1935, Earhart became a visiting faculty member at Purdue University as an advisor to aeronautical engineering and a career counselor to female students. She was also a member of the National Woman's Party and an early supporter of the Equal Rights Amendment. Known as one of the most inspirational American figures in aviation from the late 1920s throughout the 1930s, Earhart's legacy is often compared to the early aeronautical career of pioneer aviator Charles Lindbergh, as well as to figures like First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt for their close friendship and lasting impact on the issue of women's causes from that period.

Amelia Earhart born in 1897 best known for her many aviation records and her can-do attidue for equal rights for women. Amelia didn’t board a plane until 1920 and then 1923, Amelia became the sixteenth woman to receive a pilot’s license. Amelia became the first woman to fly across the Atlantic and later became the first woman and the second person to fly solo across the Atlantic and the Pacific. Shortly after her flight across the Pacific, she became the first to fly solo from Mexico City to Newark. On June 1, 1937, Earhart left Miami for her final flight. She aspired to become the first woman to circumnavigate the globe. Unfortunately, Amelia never complete this flight. On July 2, her radio lost contact and a rescue attempt began right away. Earhart's last confirmed words were said at 8:43 a.m. on July 2, 1937. She said, “We are on the line 157-337 flying north and south.” Earlier in the day she said “We are on you but cannot see you.” It has been said that Amelia knew she was in great danger and that she was prepared for this being her final flight. Although it became the most extensive air and sea search in naval history, Amelia was never found. In a letter to her husband, Amelia wrote, "Please know I am quite aware of the hazards." She said, "I want to do it because I want to do it. Women must try to do things as men have tried. When they fail, their failure must be but a challenge to others."

During an attempt at becoming the first woman to complete 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. The two were last seen in Lae, New Guinea, on July 2, 1937, on the last land stop before Howland Island and one of their final legs of the flight. She presumably lost her life in the Pacific during the circumnavigation, just three weeks prior to her fortieth birthday. Nearly one year and six months after she and Noonan disappeared, Earhart was officially declared dead. Investigations and significant public interest in their disappearance still continue over 80 years later.