Amelia Earhart Wiki: Salary, Married, Wedding, Spouse, Family
Amelia Mary Earhart (/???rh?rt/; July 24, 1897 – disappeared July 2, 1937) 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 record. She set many other records, wrote best-selling books about her flying experiences and was instrumental in the formation of The Ninety-Nines, an organization for female pilots. Earhart joined the faculty of the Purdue University aviation department in 1935 as a visiting faculty member to counsel women on careers and help inspire others with her love for aviation. She was also a member of the National Woman's Party, and an early supporter of the Equal Rights Amendment.During an attempt to make a circumnavigational flight of the globe in 1937 in a Purdue-funded Lockheed Model 10 Electra, Earhart disappeared over the central Pacific Ocean near Howland Island. Fascination with her life, career and disappearance continues to this day.
Full Name
Amelia Earhart
Net Worth
$16 Million
Date Of Birth
July 24, 1897
Died
1937-07-02
Place Of Birth
Atchison, Kansas, USA
Height
1.73 m
Profession
Pilot, Author
Work Position
Finding Amelia Earhart
Education
Hyde Park Academy High School, Saint Paul Central High School, Columbia University
Nationality
American
Spouse
George P. Putnam
Parents
Samuel Stanton Earhart, Amelia Otis Earhart
Siblings
Grace Muriel Earhart
Nicknames
Amelia Earhart, Amelia Mary Earhart, Earhart, Amelia Mary
IMDB
Star Sign
Leo
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Quote
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Adventure is worthwhile in itself.
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Fact
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Subject of Still Missing: Amelia Earhart and the Search for Modern Feminism by Susan Ware.
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The first person to fly solo over both the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, when she completed the trip from Honolulu, Hawaii to Oakland, California in 1935. Her trip took 18 hours (today it takes a little over 5 hours).
Was originally portrayed by Jane Lynch in The Aviator (2004), but all of Lynch's scenes were cut from the movie.
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Her step-son is Lieut. David Binney Putnam, who was born c. 1914.
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Worked as a nurse's aide in a military hospital in Canada during World War I.
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The first woman to fly across the Atlantic Ocean, and the first to fly solo across the Pacific Ocean.
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Charter member of the National Women's Hall of Fame in 1973.
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Pictured on an 8¢ US airmail postage stamp in issued in her honor 24 July 1963.
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Aviatrix who disappeared on 2 July 1937 while attempting an around-the-world flight along the Equator. Husband George Putnam had her declared legally dead on 5 January 1939 so that he could remarry. Linda Finch completed the flight in a restored Lockheed 10E Electra in 1997.
