Essays on Amelia Earhart

July 24, 1897, Atchison, Kansas, United States

July 2, 1937 (aged 39); Pacific Ocean, en route to Howland Island from Lae, New Guinea

Many early aviation records, including first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean

• 20 Hrs., 40 Min. (1928)
• The Fun of It (1932)
• Last Flight (1937)

• "Adventure is worthwhile in itself."
• "The most effective way to do it, is to do it."
• "Women must try to do things as men have tried. When they fail, their failure must be but a challenge to others."