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Amelia Mary Earhart was born on July 24, 1897, in Atchison, Kansas, as the daughter of Samuel "Edwin" Stanton Earhart (1867–1930) and Amelia "Amy" (née Otis; 1869–1962). [9] Amelia was born in the home of her maternal grandfather Alfred Gideon Otis (1827–1912), who was a former judge in Kansas, the president of Atchison Savings Bank, and ...
Grace Muriel Earhart was born in Kansas City on December 29, 1899, two years after her sister Amelia, to parents Edwin and Amy Earhart. The sisters had a turbulent childhood, filled with trips back and forth between their grandparents’ house in Atchison, Kansas and their parents’ home in Kansas City. Earhart's father was an alcoholic. [2]
Amelia Rose Earhart (born January 18, 1983) [2] is an American private pilot and former reporter for NBC affiliate [3] KUSA-TV in Denver, Colorado. In 2013, Earhart started the Fly With Amelia Foundation , which grants flight scholarships to girls aged 16–18.
Amelia Earhart, one of the most famous women who ever took flight, once lived in Des Moines. ... In December 1919, she was at a Long Beach aviation show with her father and took her first flight ...
That plan was derailed when her father took her to an air show in Long Beach, California, in 1920. ... In his 1966 book The Search for Amelia Earhart, San Francisco radio newscaster Fred Goerner ...
George Palmer Putnam (September 7, 1887 – January 4, 1950) was an American publisher, writer and explorer. Known for his marriage to (and being the widower of) Amelia Earhart, he had also achieved fame as one of the most successful promoters in the United States during the 1930s.
In 1997, pilot Elgen Long and his wife Marie Long published the book, “Amelia Earhart: The Mystery Solved.” The Longs laid out facts and solid suppositions for others to follow.
Mary Anita "Neta" Snook Southern (February 14, 1896 – March 23, 1991) was a pioneer aviator who achieved a long list of firsts. She was the first woman aviator in Iowa, first woman student accepted at the Curtiss Flying School in Virginia, first woman aviator to run her own aviation business and first woman to run a commercial airfield. [3]