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Amelia Earhart – London, 1928
Amelia Earhart
American aviator
Amelia Mary Earhart was an American aviation pioneer and author. Earhart was the first female aviator to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. She received the U.S. Distinguished Flying Cross for this accomplishment. Wikipedia
Born: July 24, 1897, Atchison, Kansas, United States
Disappeared: July 2, 1937 (aged 39); Pacific Ocean, en route to Howland Island from Lae, Papua New Guinea
Status: Declared dead in absentia; January 5, 1939 (aged 41)
Education: Hyde Park Academy High School (1916), Saint Paul Central High School, Columbia University
Quotes
The most effective way to do it, is to do it.
Adventure is worthwhile in itself.
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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