That year Earhart was elected president of the Ninety-Nines, an organization of women pilots. She flew the 14-hour, 56-minute flight from Newfoundland to Ireland in May 1932. Earhart and Putnam married February 7, 1931.Įarhart set a record flying solo across the Atlantic in her Lockheed Vega. 40 Min., published by George Palmer Putnam. As a passenger on the flight, she became the first woman to fly across the Atlantic Ocean and wrote of her experience in 20 Hrs. The 1928 trans-Atlantic flight of the Fokker Friendship launched Earhart's career and established her name. She soon bought an airplane and the following year broke the women's altitude record. When her parents relocated to California, she moved to Long Beach and there in 1921 began flying lessons with Neta Snook. The car and passenger tipped over at the edge of the roof but she said it was "just like flying." In 1908 the family moved to Iowa, Minnesota, and Illinois, as her father searched for work.ĭuring World War I Earhart worked as a nurse’s aide with the Red Cross and after the war as a social worker in Boston. Earhart was inspired to create a home version of the roller coaster she saw at the 1904 St. She and her younger sister, Grace Muriel, lived in the home of their grandfather, Alfred Otis, and attended a private school. Died: July 1937.Īmelia Mary Earhart was born July 24, 1897, in Atchison, to Samuel Edwin Stanton and Amelia (Otis) Earhart. Married: George Palmer Putnam, February 7, 1931.
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