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Amelia Earhart

  • She was born

    She was born
    She was born in Atchison (Kansas)
  • She completed her high school education

    She completed her high school education
    Amelia completed her high school education at Hyde Park High School in Chicago, and prepared to start in Bryn Mawr University.
  • She left the university and took an accelerated nursing course

    She left the university and took an accelerated nursing course
    She changed her plans when she saw the returning wounded soldiers. She took a nursing course and spend the rest of the World War I as an assistant at Toronto’s Spadina Military Hospital.
  • She started studying medicine but left a year later.

    She started studying medicine but left a year later.
    Amelia started at Columbia University to study medicine but left a year later to reunite with his parents in Los Angeles.
  • She had her first ride

    She had her first ride
    She went to an airfield where Frank Hawks gave her a ride that would forever change Earhart's life.
  • She moved to Boston

    She moved to Boston
    After her parents divorced, Amelia moved to Boston with her mother and sister.
  • Proposal of the captain Hilton to cross the Atlantic

    Proposal of the captain Hilton to cross the Atlantic
    She receives a proposal from Captain Hilton H. Railey to attempt to cross the Atlantic, as a passenger, along with two other experienced pilots.
  • They started the trip

    They started the trip
    They took off for Burry Port (Wales), arriving in 20 hours and 40 minutes.
  • She got married

    She got married
    She got married with the American publisher, author and explorer, George P. Putnam
  • A flight across the Pacific

    A flight across the Pacific
    She became the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean from Hawaii to California, and then to Washington. Ten pilots had tried and died.
  • She dissapeared

    She dissapeared
    In June 1, Amelia and Noonan took off from Oakland, California, on a flight around the world. They reached Lae, New Guinea, on June 29. It was the last time Earhart was seen alive. She and Noonan lost radio contact with the U.S. Coast Guard.