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Early Childhood
Amelia Mary Earhart is born at her grandparents home in Atchison, Kansas. -
Teenager
Amelia graduates from Hyde Park High School in Chicago. She excels in science, only in enrolling at the high school that had the best science program in the area.http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/timeline/earhart/ -
Young Adult
She went to Philadelphia Ogontz School she again excels in her studies and becomes Vice President of her class. Shortly after leaving, Amelia signs on as a nurses.
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Late teen
Amelia enters the pre-med program at Columbia University but a year after she decides to join her that reunited in Los Angeles.
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Late Teen
Amelia attends an air show on Long Beach with her father. She takes her first ride on an airplane with pilot Frank Hawk.
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Adult
As a passenger aboard the Friendship, Amelia becomes the first woman to fly across the Atlantic Ocean. -
Adult
The first woman to fly an autogiro, Amelia sets a long-standing altitude record of 18,415 feet in the new experiment aircraft. -
Adult
After her airplane is repaired, Amelia departs from Miami, Florida, for her second around-the-world attempt. -
Adult
Amelia Earhart and Fred Noonan disappeared over the pacific ocean. President Roosevelt sends a massive search for them.
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Dead
Amelia Mary Earhart is legally declared dead.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/timeline/earhart/
