Amelia Earhart was inspiring woman in the aviation field. (Kansas. Web.) As, an American aviator and public speaker, Earhart helped promote the commercial aviation for women to end male domination in the field of aviation. (Amelia Earhart. Web.)
Amelia Mary Earhart was born on July 24, 1897, in Atchison, Kansas. She lived with her wealthy, maternal grandparents until she was twelve years old and then moved in with her parents Edwin and Amelia Otis because they were experiencing family problems.(Amelia Mary Earhart Encyclopedia.) She and her sister, Muriel enjoyed going to amusement parks; because they were too small and young to ride a roller coaster, their childhood dream was to build one. (Smarsh 54.)
According to author, Sarah Smarsh,
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This flight had many delays due to the bad changing weather. She finally took off on May 20th, 1932 in the late evening. On May 20th, 1932, it was the Lindbergh flight. (Webb et al. 35.) After Earhart's Newfoundland flight to Ireland, she wrote a book named "The Fun of It" in 1932. (Amelia Earhart. Web.)
In 1932, Amelia Earhart was elected as president of the Ninety Nines. The Ninety Nines was an organization of woman pilots. (Kansas. Web.)
In 1937, Earhart and Noonan had planned to set out to fly around the world. On July 2nd, 1937, Earhart and Noonan left New Guinea for an island near the Pacific Ocean. (Smarsh 58.) Their plane disappeared after completing more than two-thirds of their trip near the International Dateline in the central Pacific. (Amelia Earhart. Web.) After their plane had disappeared, they had lost radio communication, so a search party was sent. The search party found remains from the plane near Nikumaroro, Kiribati. ("Amelia Earhart." Colombia Electronic Encyclopedia.)
There are many myths on Earhart and Noonan's disappearance. Some claimed they were on a secret spy mission and their plane had been shot down or was crashed near a Japanese- controlled island. Others claimed that Noonan and Earhart were held as prisoners and executed. (Webb et al.