Amelia Earhart

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At 0

1. Jul 24, 1897

   Born in Atchison, Kansas

   Source: en.wikipedia.org

At 20

1. c. 1918

   Nurse's aide at a Toronto military hospital

   Night shifts through the 1918 flu pandemic; she caught it herself that November.

   Source: en.wikipedia.org

At 21

1. c. 1919

   Enrolled in medical studies at Columbia University

   She quit after about a year and joined her parents in California.

   Source: en.wikipedia.org

At 23

1. Dec 28, 1920

   A 10-minute plane ride that decided everything

   With Frank Hawks at Long Beach, for $10.

   Source: en.wikipedia.org
2. Jan 3, 1921

   First flying lesson, with Neta Snook

   Six months later, against Snook's advice, she bought a yellow Kinner Airster she called The Canary.

   Source: en.wikipedia.org

At 25

1. Oct 22, 1922

   Women's altitude record: 14,000 feet

   Source: en.wikipedia.org
2. May 16, 1923

   Pilot's licence, the 16th US woman to get one

   Source: en.wikipedia.org

At 27

1. c. 1925

   Social worker at Denison House in Boston

   Money troubles had grounded her; she taught, then did settlement work.

   Source: en.wikipedia.org

At 30

1. Jun 17, 1928

   First woman across the Atlantic by air, as a passenger

   Aboard the Friendship. She said afterwards that she had only been baggage. Fame anyway.

   Source: en.wikipedia.org

At 33

1. Feb 7, 1931

   Married publisher George Putnam

   In Noank, Connecticut.

   Source: en.wikipedia.org

At 34

1. May 20, 1932

   Solo across the Atlantic, the first woman to do it

   Newfoundland to Northern Ireland in under 15 hours. Congress gave her the Distinguished Flying Cross.

   Source: en.wikipedia.org

At 37

1. Jan 11, 1935

   First solo flight from Honolulu to Oakland

   Later that year she joined Purdue University to counsel women on careers.

   Source: en.wikipedia.org

At 39

1. Mar 20, 1937

   First world-flight attempt crashed on takeoff in Hawaii

   A ground loop wrecked the Electra's landing gear. It was shipped to Burbank for repairs.

   Source: en.wikipedia.org
2. Jun 1, 1937

   Set out from Miami to fly around the world

   Eastbound this time, with navigator Fred Noonan.

   Source: en.wikipedia.org
3. Jul 2, 1937

   Disappeared over the Pacific near Howland Island

   Took off from Lae, New Guinea, with 7,000 miles to go. Declared dead on January 5, 1939.

   Source: en.wikipedia.org