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Amelia Earhart: Womens
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Amelia Earhart soared into history as one of the best known female pilots. Learn about her life and how she helped open the field of aviation to women. Includes picture jumbles, wordsearch puzzles, crossword puzzles, coloring book, games on concentration and an educaitonal slide show. Windows/Mac. Ages 5-10.
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Amelia Earhart, nicknamed "Lady Lindy" because of her achievements comparable to those of Charles Lindbergh, is considered "the most celebrated of all women aviators." Her accomplishments in the field of aviation inspired others and helped pave the ways for those that followed.
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In January of 1921, at the age of 23, Amelia had her first flying lesson. By July 24 of that same year, she had become the proud owner of a new Kinner Airster Aircraft. In October of 1922, Amelia set an unofficial Women's Altitude Record of 14,000 feet. Amelia's flying was constantly hampered by her lack of funds; she worked many jobs to enable her to fly. In 1924, Amelia's parents divorced; she sold her airplane, bought a car, and took her mother back to the east coast. During these years, she held a variety of jobs as a teacher, nursing assistant, photographer, secretary and social worker.
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In Boston, Amelia worked as a social worker for the Denison House. She often taught English and other subjects to foreign born men and women. She ... kept in contact with local pilots and joined the Boston chapter of the National Aeronautic Association and was able to fly on occasion. At this time, to the distress of some of her more stuffy relatives, her name began to appear in print. Amelia began to realize the value of publicity. There was much attention when she 'bombed' the city with leaflets that advertised a fundraising event.
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Rather than simply endorsing the products, Amelia actively became involved in the promotions, especially in women's fashions. For a number of years she had sewn her own clothes, but the "active living" lines that were sold in 50 stores such as Macy's in metropolitan areas were an expression of a new Earhart image. Her concept of simple, natural lines matched with wrinkle-proof, washable materials was the embodiment of a sleek, purposeful but feminine "A.E." (the familiar name she went by with family and friends).[57][58] The luggage line that she promoted (marketed as Modernaire Earhart Luggage) ... bore her unmistakable stamp. She ensured that the luggage met the demands of air travel; it is still being produced today. A wide range of promotional items would appear bearing the Earhart "image" and likewise, modern equivalents are still being marketed to this day.[59] The marketing campaign by G.P.
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Amelia made great strides in opening the new field of aviation to women. In 1935, Amelia became the first person to fly from Hawaii to the American mainland. By doing so, Amelia became not only the first person to solo anywhere in the Pacific, but ... the first person to solo both the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. Also in 1935, Amelia joined the faculty of Purdue University as a female career consultant. It was the purchase of a Lockheed Electra, through Purdue University, that enabled Amelia to fulfill her dream -- circumnavigating the globe by air.
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