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Amelia Mary Earhart was born in Atchison, Kansas to Amy Otis and Edwin Stanton Earhart. Her sister Muriel is born two years later. Amelia spent most of her life living with her grandparents in the schoool year and with her parents during the summer.
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She graduated from Hyde Park High School in Chicago excelling in science.
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Amelia takes her first ride in a airplane. "By the time I had got two or three hundred feet off the ground I knew I had to fly" she later recalled.
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Amelia Earhart finally saved enough money to buy her first plane a Kinner Airster that was a two seater and was painted a bright yellow, she called the "Canary".
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In her Canary Amelia sets a unofficial altitude record for female pilots.
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Amelia Earhart, Wilmer Stulz (pilot), Louis Gordon (co-pilot/ mechanic) depart in the Friendship leaving from Newfoundland and arrive in Wales 20 hours later and greeted by a cheering crowds.
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Amelia helps organize The Ninety-Nines, Inc. a institution for women aviators. She is the president for two years starting in 1931, during that time she uses her celebrity status to promote the growth of Americna commercial airlines.
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Amelia Earhart and George Putnam marry after meeting each other during preparation for a flight across the Atlantic. Amelia refused to his proposals six times before she said yes and even then she called it a partnership.
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Amelia makes history by becoming the first solo woman to fly across the North American continent.
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Amelia recieves The Harmon Trophy for America's Outstanding Airwoman of the year for third time in a row.
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She makes history by being the first person to fly solo from Honolulu, Hawaii to Oakland, California.
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Amelia Earhart and Fred Noonan depart from Lae. Hoping to reach Howland Island. This is the last time Amelia and Fred were seen. They never made it there and nobody knows what happen to them.
http://www.history.com/topics/amelia-earhart
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Ll_3lxO1vUQ
