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Grace Muriel Earhart was born in Kansas City on December 29, 1899, two years after her sister Amelia, to parents Edwin and Amy Earhart. The sisters had a turbulent childhood, filled with trips back and forth between their grandparents’ house in Atchison, Kansas and their parents’ home in Kansas City. Earhart's father was an alcoholic. [2]
Amelia Earhart as a child. The Earhart children seemed to have a spirit of adventure and would set off daily to explore their neighborhood. [15] As a child, Amelia Earhart spent hours playing with sister Pidge, climbing trees, hunting rats with a rifle, and sledding downhill. [16] Some biographers have characterized the young Amelia as a tomboy ...
George Palmer Putnam (September 7, 1887 – January 4, 1950) was an American publisher, writer and explorer. Known for his marriage to (and being the widower of) Amelia Earhart, he had also achieved fame as one of the most successful promoters in the United States during the 1930s.
The Earhart's lived at 1443 8th Street, Des Moines, from 1908-1909. The house, built in 1889, still stands as a residential home
Panelists, along with employees of the Amelia Earhart Hangar Museum, pose for a picture in front of Muriel, the museum’s Lockheed Electra 10-E.
“An Astonishing Ocean Discovery May Have Just Ended the 86-Year Search for Amelia Earhart,” wrote this magazine. “3 Miles Down, a Potential Clue to Earhart’s Fate” reported the New York ...
Dorothy was one of the people financially supporting Earhart's transatlantic flight, [20] and Earhart stayed at a hotel using the name Dorothy Binney as a ruse to remain anonymous before the transatlantic flight. [33] In June 1928 Earhart became the first woman to fly, as a passenger, [34] across the Atlantic. [35]
Amelia Earhart is photographed with her Lockheed Model 10-E Electra, the aircraft she used in her attempted flight around the world. Earhart and the plane went missing on July 2, 1937. - Underwood ...