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	The Ninety-Nines Amelia Earhart Memorial Scholarships
		The 99s Amelia Earhart Memorial Research Scholar Grant is given to provide a work environment in which established scholars and scientists can add to the world's knowledge of women in aviation and aerospace.
		Amelia Earhart was a Charter Member and the first President of The Ninety-Nines.
		The Ninety-Nines established the Amelia Earhart Memorial Scholarship Fund in 1940 to honor her memory and perpetuate her ideals and love of flying.
	www.ninety-nines.org /aemsf.html (1869 words)

	SPECTRUM Biographies - Amelia Earhart
		Amelia Earhart was the first child born to Edwin Stanton and Amy Otis Earhart on July 24, 1897, in Atchison, Kansas.
		Amelia and her sister, Muriel, who was born three years later, had a difficult childhood.
		Amelia was celebrated throughout Europe and the United States and received a medal from President Herbert Hoover.
	www.incwell.com /Biographies/Earhart.html (664 words)

	Amelia Earhart
		Amelia Earhart was born on 24 July 1897 in Atchison, Kansas.
		Earhart's name became a household word in 1932 when she became the first woman--and second person--to fly solo across the Atlantic, on the fifth anniversary of Charles Lindbergh's feat, flying a Lockheed Vega from Harbor Grace, Newfoundland to Londonderry, Ireland.
		The frequencies Earhart was using were not well suited to direction finding (in fact, she had left behind the lower-frequency reception and transmission equipment which might have enabled Itasca to locate her), and the reception quality of her transmissions was poor.
	www.history.navy.mil /faqs/faq3-1.htm (775 words)

	PBS - The Voyage of the Odyssey - Class from the Sea - Ocean History
		Amelia Earhart is nearly as well known today as she was the day she disappeared, 63 years ago, And she is still mourned.
		Amelia Earhart disappeared while attempting to be the first pilot to fly around the world at its widest expanse, the equator, in addition to being the first female pilot to circumnavigate the globe.
		Earhart left Miami with Fred Noonan, a highly regarded navigator of the day who was to guide her around the globe from his seat in the rear of the Electra.
	www.pbs.org /odyssey/class/amelia.html (725 words)

	Virtual Exploration Society - Amelia Earhart
		Amelia Earhart was born on July 24, 1898 in Atchison, Kansas.
		Amelia saw her father's frustration and unhappiness and determined that she would be an independent woman who could share responsibilities equally with a man and not be dependent on him.
		Amelia returned to her studies at Columbia University, but withdrew before the semester was over.
	www.unmuseum.org /earhart.htm (2925 words)

	Amelia Earhart
		Amelia Earhart wasn't afraid to break down barriers.
		In 1928, she was the first woman to fly as a passenger across the Atlantic Ocean.
		Amelia Earhart has inspired generations of women to do things that had never been done by women before.
	www.americaslibrary.gov /cgi-bin/page.cgi/aa/earhart (90 words)

	HistoryWiz: The Mystery of Amelia Earhart
		Earhart and Noonan had a poor understanding of the use of radio navigation, and to keep the plane as light as possible, some equipment was left behind.
		Earhart also expected that the Itasca would follow her requested radio schedule in which she listened for messages on the hour and the half hour, and transmitted messages at quarter to and quarter past the hour.
		Photographs of Earhart taken shortly before her flight show her wearing blucher oxford style shoes with brass shoelace eyelets and what may be a recently replaced heel (due to the lighter shade of the lower heel).
	www.historywiz.com /historymakers/earhart.htm (1631 words)

	Amelia Earhart Comprehension
		Amelia Earhart was born on July 24, 1897 in Atchison, Kansas at her grandparents house.
		Amelia would have to wait until her plane was repaired to try again.
		Amelia had become an international hero, and the world was captivated by her determination.
	www.mrnussbaum.com /ameliacomp.htm (886 words)

	Lesson Plan - Amelia Earhart
		Amelia's adventurous spirit shone through even as a child as she built a roller coaster out of scrap wood and sailed down snowy hills on sleek, flat sleds that were typically only used by boys.
		Amelia was fascinated by stories she heard of daring pilots who had spent the war fighting from planes in the Royal Flying Corps.
		Amelia did not accept George's proposal of marriage until she was assured he would give her the freedom that she needed.
	teacherlink.ed.usu.edu /tlresources/units/Byrnes-famous/Earhart.html (3361 words)

	Amelia Earhart
		Born on July 24, 1897, in Atchison, Kansas, Amelia Earhart's parents encouraged her from a young age to participate in activities usually left to boys, such as football, baseball, and fishing.
		Earhart had no part in piloting the plane during the 20-hour, 40-minute trip and was, in her words, "just baggage," making her even more eager to cross the Atlantic on her own.
		Earhart's accomplishment meant a great deal to the entire world, but especially to women, for it demonstrated that women could set their own course in aviation and other fields.
	www.centennialofflight.gov /essay/Explorers_Record_Setters_and_Daredevils/earhart/EX29.htm (1561 words)

	Amelia Earhart (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Amelia referred to her Lockheed 10 Electra as a "flying laboratory" in which she would observe the effects of flying on the human body.
		Amelia and her husband worked long hours for months hoping to prepare the aircraft for the journey.
		Earhart worked with her personal mechanic Bo McKneely and numerous mechanics at both Lockheed and Pratt and Whitney to equip the Electra appropriately.
	www.westernaerospacemuseum.org /Earhart.htm (198 words)

	Amelia Earhart
		The adventurous Amelia and her younger sister Muriel lived with their wealthy grandparents in Atchison and attended a private school until 1908 when the family moved to Des Moines.
		In closing, Earhart recalled both the child "who was born in a house on North Second street" and the one "who coasted down that hill I was remembering on the way down here.
		In 1935 Earhart's love for the Midwest, her hopes for the future of aviation, and an interest in education, led her to accept an appointment at Purdue University in Lafayette, Indiana, as a consultant in the department for the study of careers for women.
	www.kshs.org /people/earhart_amelia.htm (698 words)

	Amelia Earhart: Gander Academy Theme Page
		Earhart's grandparents, Alfred and Amelia Otis were well off, and although Amelia would know some financial hardship in her teens and twenties, her early life was spent in the midst of plenty.
		Amelia Earhart - American Aviatrix 1897 - 1937 A.D. Amelia Earhart was born on July 24, 1897 in Atchison, Kansas.
		Amelia Earhart was one of the most skilled and well-known fliers of her time.
	www.stemnet.nf.ca /CITE/earhart.htm (954 words)

	Welcome to Women in Aviation
		Amelia received her first aviation instruction from another woman, Neta Snook Southern, on January 2, 1921.
		Amelia Earhart displayed some very important values, many of which we see in exceptional role models today.
		Read about Amelia‚s preparation, flight and the circumstances surrounding her 1937 disappearance, in the book, Amelia, My Courageous Sister, by Muriel Earhart Morrissey and aviation historian, Carol L. Osborne, or visit web site www.womeninaviation.com to read selected excerpts.
	www.womeninaviation.com /amelia.html (334 words)

	Amelia Earhart
		Over the years, the disappearance of Amelia Earhart has spawned almost as many conspiracy theories as the Lindbergh Kidnapping and the Kennedy Assasination.
		Amelia Earhart was born on July 24, 1897 in Atchison, Kansas.
		From her childhood and her family's great financial hardships, to her successes as a social worker and aviation entrepreneur, to the unique relationship with her husband, the notorious publishing magnate George Palmer Putnam, readers experience Amelia in all her permutations: as fashion plate, as lecturer, as educator, and, of course, as flier.
	www.acepilots.com /earhart.html (1499 words)

	Amelia Earhart - Forney Museum Newsletter
		In the fall of 1919, Amelia enrolled at Columbia to study premed."I had acquired a yen for medicine and I planned to fit myself for such a career..." It took her only a few months to learn that she was not cut out to be a physician, although she excelled at her studies.
		Amelia liked the aircraft because it was air cooled, which meant it had a simpler system and it weighed less.
		Amelia pulled up--I would have done the same--the plane stalled [and] on ground contact the propeller was broken and the landing gear damaged.
	www.forneymuseum.com /ameliaearhart.htm (2417 words)

	TheHistoryNet \| Aviation History \| Amelia Earhart
		Earhart was considered a tomboy because she dared to do things that girls at the turn of the century usually did not do--she climbed trees, "belly-slammed" her sled in the snow to start it downhill, and hunted rats with a.22 rifle.
		Earhart took her first flying lesson on January 3, 1921, from Neta Snook, one of the first women to graduate from the Glenn Curtiss school.
		Earhart's life changed abruptly in April 1928, when she was invited to be the first woman to fly across the Atlantic.
	www.historynet.com /magazines/aviation_history/3028571.html (976 words)

	Amelia Earhart's Legacy Remembered — Infoplease.com
		Sixty years after Amelia Earhart vanished mysteriously in the Pacific during her attempt to become the first person to circumnavigate the world along the equator, Linda Finch, a San Antonio businesswoman, accomplished pilot, and aviation historian, recreated and completed her idol's last flight as a tribute to the aviation pioneer's spirit and vision.
		Amelia Earhart is the most celebrated aviatrix in history and was one of the most famous women of her time.
		Aunty Ida was born Ida Amelia Armstrong on 30 September 1919 on the…up against the bugbear of racism.
	www.infoplease.com /ipa/A0192891.html (940 words)

	Amelia Earhart Omnibus Review
		Earhart had taken off with enough fuel for at least 20 hours of flying, but she had been ill with dysentery and her instruments had been acting up.
		Earhart's relationship with her husband was by all accounts (including her own) a business partnership as well as a private bond, for he managed her business and her appearances.
		Earhart was pragmatic and ambitious, proud of her status as a role model and determined to prove the value of independence and adventuring for women.
	www.greenmanreview.com /book/book_earhartomni.html (2358 words)

	Amelia Earhart (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Amelia was named after her two grandmothers, but she was called "Meelie" because when Muriel was young she couldn't say "Amelia".
		Amelia took the first ride and felt as if she were "flying", but when their mother came out and saw what they had done, she made them tear it down.
		Amelia went to college in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, but soon dropped out to become a volunteer nurse and help the soldiers who were being wounded in World War I. Because of her knowledge of chemistry, she helped with the diets and found ways to make the food better for the soldiers.
	www.gardenofpraise.com /ibdearha.htm (1918 words)

	Virtual Exploration Society - Amelia Earhart
		Amelia Earhart was born on July 24, 1898 in Atchison, Kansas.
		Amelia saw her father's frustration and unhappiness and determined that she would be an independent woman who could share responsibilities equally with a man and not be dependent on him.
		Amelia returned to her studies at Columbia University, but withdrew before the semester was over.
	unmuseum.mus.pa.us /earhart.htm (2925 words)

	SPACE.com -- Amelia Earhart Plane Possibly Spotted By Satellite
		Earhart and Fred Noonan, her navigator, were declared lost at sea on July 18, 1937.
		Amelia Earhart and her navigator, Frederick Noonan, disappeared in 1937 during an attempt to fly around the world.
		Both Earhart and Noonan were assumed to have perished in ocean waters.
	www.space.com /missionlaunches/missions/amelia_plane_010711-1.html (606 words)

	The My Hero Project - Amelia Earhart
		Amelia Earhart is my hero because she did what no other woman had dared to do.
		Amelia had heard of a woman aviation teacher, Anita Snook, and took flying lessons with her at Kinner Field near Long Beach, California.
		In July, Amelia purchased a plane and named it "The Canary." In October, 1922, Amelia began breaking world records and set a women's highest altitude record at 14,000 feet, which was broken by Ruth Nichols a few weeks later.
	myhero.com /myhero/hero.asp?hero=a_earhart (643 words)

	Women in Aviation and Space History: Amelia Earhart
		Earhart was born in Atchison, Kansas, in 1897.
		Earhart served as a founding member and president of the Ninety-Nines (the original women pilots organization), partner in the Transcontinental Air Transport and Ludington airlines, and a designer of clothes and luggage.
		Earhart and Noonan never found Howland Island, their next refueling stop after leaving Lae and they were declared lost at sea on July 18, 1937 following a massive sea and air search ordered personally by President Roosevelt.
	www.nasm.si.edu /research/aero/women_aviators/amelia_earhart.htm (451 words)

	Aeronautics - Amelia Earhart
		Amelia Earhart gained considerable fame June 17-18, 1928, as the first woman to cross the Atlantic by air.
		Amelia Earhart was one of the first women in aviation to juggle a public and private life.
		Amelia Earhart took an active role in efforts to open the field of aviation to women and end male dominance in this exciting new field.
	www.allstar.fiu.edu /aero/earhart.htm (711 words)

	Aviation History - Lady Lindy, Amelia Earhart's Life History
		Amelia sold the Canary and bought a yellow Kissel "Goldburg" roadster in which she drove her mother to Connecticut to live with Muriel and her family.
		Amelia was embarrassed when the public began to call her "Lady Lindy." She felt it inappropriate because, in her words, she had only been "baggage" and had not piloted the plane.
		They were married February 7, 1931 and lived on his estate at Rye, N.Y. Amelia was committed to flying and made certain prior to the wedding that "GP" understood she would not be a traditional housewife and mother.
	www.aviationhistory.org /ah_Amelia_Earhart.html (1180 words)

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