Another Timeline
1897
Amelia Mary Earhart is born in Atchison, Kansas July 24th
1916
Graduates from Hyde Park High School in Chicago, Illinois
1917
Volunteers as a nurse at Spadina Military Convalescent Hospital in Toronto, Canada, for the "walking wounded" of World War One
1919
Enrolls in the pre-med program of Columbia University, New York
1920
Leaves Columbia University after one semester
Joins her parents in Los Angeles, California
Takes her first flight with Frank Hawks
1921
Completes her flying lessons with Neta Snook and purchases her first aircraft - the Kinner Airster
1922
Sets an unofficial women's flying altitude record of 14,000 feet
1924
Sells Kinner Airster and buys an automobile
Drives her mother to Massachusetts and settles with her younger sister, Muriel
1926
Works as a social worker with children at the Denison House in Boston, Massachusetts
1927
Writes Ruth Nichols about forming an organization for women who fly
1928
Is recognized as the first woman to fly across the Atlantic Ocean as a passenger (June)
Buys Avro Avian Airplane
Writes 20 Hrs. 40 Min
Completes the first transcontinental flight by a woman (Sept/October)
1929
Acquires a single engine Lockheed Vega aircraft
Competes in Women's Air Derby (Santa Monica to Cleveland) - finishes in third place
Helps organize The Ninety-Nines (November)
1930
Sets the women's world flying speed record of 181.18 mph (July)
Acquires her air transport license (October)
1931
Becomes the first president of The Ninety-Nines
Marries George Palmer Putnam in Noank, Connecticut (February)
Acquires an autogiro and sets a women's autogiro altitude record of 18,415 feet (April)
Completes her first solo transcontinental flight in an autogiro for the Beechnut Company (May/June)
1932
Writes The Fun of It
Becomes the first woman (and second person) to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean in her single engine Lockheed Vega and the first person to cross the Atlantic twice by air
Sets women's record for fastest non-stop transcontinental flight (Los Angeles, California to Newark, New Jersey) in 19 hrs and 5 mins (August)
Is awarded the Army Air Corps Distinguished Flying Cross
Becomes the second non-British pilot to receive Honorary Membership in the British Guild of Airpilots and Navigators
Is awarded the Gold Medal of the National Geographic Society, presented by President Herbert Hoover
Receives honorary membership in the National Aeronautic Association
Wins the Harmon Trophy as America's Outstanding Airwoman
1933
Participates in the National Air Races in Los Angeles, California
Breaks her own North American transcontinental record with a flying time of 17 hours, 7 minutes, 30 seconds
Wins the Harmon Trophy
1934
Wins the Harmon Trophy for the third year in a row
1935
Is the first person to fly solo across the Pacific Ocean from Honolulu, Hawaii to Oakland, California in 17 hours and 7 minutes (January)
Is the first person to fly solo from Los Angeles, California to Mexico City, Mexico by official invitation from the Mexican Government (April)
Is the first woman to compete in the National Air Races in Cleveland, Ohio
Named America's Outstanding Airwoman by Harmon Trophy committee
1936
Takes delivery of Lockheed twin-engined airplane financed by Purdue University (July)
Starts to plan her round-the-world flight
1937
Begins her round-the-world flight in Oakland, California and sets a record for east-west (Oakland to Hawaii) travel in 15 hours and 47 minutes (March)
Ground loops plane while taking off from Hawaii for Howland Island and badly damages it (March)
Airplane is repaired and a second round-the-world attempt is started from Miami, Florida (June)
Disappears near Howland Island July 2, 1937
Compiled by Pamela O'Brien1998
Here are some other sources of information about Amelia Earhart:
The George Palmer Putnam Collection of Amelia Earhart Papers at Purdue University Amelia Earhart Snapshots, Oahu, 1935
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