Amelia Earhart: The Unknown Backstory

1. HER MEMORIES

1.1. courageous visionary

1.2. dtermined

1.3. groundbreaking achiever

1.4. extraordinary aviator

1.5. bold advocate for women

1.6. loved by her country and world

2. CHANGE IN APPEARNACE

2.1. started wearing makeup

2.2. cut her hair short

2.3. wore a bomber jacket

3. HISTORICAL TRIP

3.1. 1928- flew across North America Continent Solo

3.2. Jan 11, 1935, flew solo across the Pacific, from Honolulu to Oakland, CA.

3.3. flew solo from Mexico City to Newark.

3.4. first woman to do all the above

4. THE LAST TRIP

4.1. 1936- planned around the world flight

4.2. longest flight yet- 29.000 miles

4.3. new challenging equatorial route

4.4. New plane- Lockheed Electra 10E "The Laboratory"

4.5. three attempts, third one on July 2 1937

5. HER DISSAPERANCE AND SEARCH

5.1. last words, “We are running north and south.”

5.2. million dollar military naval search over 250,000sq miles for a month

5.3. George also searched for months then stopped exhausted all savings

5.4. still an open end mystery

6. FRIENDSHIP AND MARRIAGE

6.1. best friends with Elanor Roosevelt

6.2. married writer and investor George Putnam

6.3. Ameila kept her last name

6.4. marriage was partnership with dual control

7. CHILDHOOD

7.1. adventurous, risk taker, explorer

7.2. tomboyish

7.3. breaking stereotypes

8. TEEENAGE

8.1. handling family finances at 17

8.2. drunk father, lost job

9. INTEREST IN FLYING

9.1. 1920- took a 10$ a ride in a plane

9.2. worked odd jobs to pay for flying lessons

9.3. bought her own plane after 6 months

9.4. named it CANARY

9.5. had to sell it due to financial reasons

10. PURSUIT OF HER DREAM

10.1. teacher at Boston

10.2. social worker

10.3. joined American Aeronautical Society

10.4. 1928- flew transatlantic with Bill and Slim

10.5. plane- Fokker F7, 21 hours flight

10.6. joined American Aeronautical Society

11. EDUCATION

11.1. 2 years at girls college in Philadelphia

11.2. nursing at military hospital

11.3. studied medicine at Columbia Uni at 22

11.4. nursing at military hospital