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Amelia Earhart's Life and Disappearance: Though Amelia Earhart disappeared 80 years ago while trying to circumnavigate the globe in an airplane, controversy still surrounds her fate.
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- Author(s): Shaw, Lisa
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New American (08856540). 9/4/2017, Vol. 33 Issue 17, p35-39. 5p.
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The article presents a biography of Amelia Earhart, first woman pilot to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. Topics discussed include birth on July 24, 1897 and her childhood of exploring her neighborhood with sister Grace; setting world record for female pilots in October 1922 and purchase the biplane The Canary, aviation career and becoming a member of the American Aeronautical Society in Boston, Massachusetts; and her marriage with publisher George Putnam in 1931.
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