Amelia Earhart’s Atlantic Crossing

May 20, 1932

Amelia Mary Earhart, the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic, was born July 24, 1897 at her grandparents’ home in Atchison, Kansas. Despite her many pioneering achievements, she is best known for her tragic disappearance over the Pacific on July 2, 1937, halfway to her goal of circling the globe. Like many today, Earhart believed that technology would open new worlds for women.

Amelia Earhart Biography
In 1920, Earhart flew in an open cockpit biplane at an aerial meet in Long Beach, California. “As soon as we had left the ground I knew I myself had to fly.” She soon began lessons with another woman pilot, Anita “Neta” Snook, in a restored Canadian training plane. “On April 27, 1926, her life was to change forever… a phone call from Captain H.H. Railey asked, ‘How would you like to be the first woman to fly across the Atlantic?’” This detailed biography, neatly organized into Early Years, Celebrity and Last Flight, is a terrific resource for school reports.

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