Portrait of Amelia Earhart

Portrait of Amelia Earhart

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Amelia Earhart

Famous aviator

This image is a cut-out of a portrait of the famous woman aviator Amelia Earhart. Earhart began her flying career at the age of twenty-four. In January 1921, she took her first flying lesson. She went on to set numerous records and became the first woman to fly across the Atlantic, both as a passenger and in a solo expedition.

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Margot DeCarie Collection, International Women's Air & Space Museum

c. 1921-1939

Heidi Fearing

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