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Amelia Mary Earhart
July 24, 1897
Atchison, Kansas, U.S. -
She was hospitalized in early November 1918 owing to pneumonia and discharged in December 1918, about two months after the illness had started
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In 1929, Earhart was among the first aviators to promote commercial air travel through the development of a passenger airline service; along with Charles Lindbergh, she represented Transcontinental Air Transport (TAT) and invested time and money in setting up the first regional shuttle service between New York and Washington, DC.
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"By the time I had got two or three hundred feet off the ground," she said, "I knew I had to fly."
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Earhart flew the "Canary" to an altitude of 14,000 feet (4,300 m), setting a world record for female pilots
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June 19, 1928, welcomed at Woolston in Southampton, England
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George P. Putnam, who was known as GP, was divorced in 1929 and sought out Earhart, proposing to her six times before she finally agreed
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Earhart became the first person to fly solo from Honolulu, Hawaii to Oakland, California
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During the first leg from Oakland, California to Honolulu, Hawaii , the plain suffered severe damages & flight had to be cancelled
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July 24, 1897 – disappeared July 2, 1937
