Amelia Earhart
Amelia Earhart
Amelia Mary Earhartwas an American aviation pioneer and author. Earhart was the first female aviator to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. She received the U.S. Distinguished Flying Cross for this record. She set many other records, wrote best-selling books about her flying experiences and was instrumental in the formation of The Ninety-Nines, an organization for female pilots. Earhart joined the faculty of the Purdue University aviation department in 1935 as a visiting faculty member to counsel women on careers...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPilot
Date of Birth24 July 1897
CountryUnited States of America
The greatest work that kindness does to others is that it makes them kind themselves.
The most effective way to do it, is to just do it.
I'm getting housemaid's knee kneeling here gulping beauty.
Ours is the commencement of a flying age, and I am happy to have popped into existence at a period so interesting.
I have often said that the lure of flying is the lure of beauty. That the reasons flyers fly, whether they know it or not, is the aesthetic appeal of flying.
So I accept these awards on behalf of the cake bakers and all of those other women who can do some things quite as important, if not more important, than flying, as well as in the name of women flying today.
Aviation, this young modern giant, exemplifies the possible relationships of women with the creations of science.
The field was wet, the lane was wet, and the spirits of my mechanic and helper were damp.
I lay no claim to advancing scientific data other than advancing flying knowledge. I can only say that I do it because I want to.
My ambition is to have this wonderful gift produce practical results for the future of commercial flying and for the women who may want to fly tomorrow's planes.
One of my favorite phobias is that girls, especially those whose tastes aren't routine, often don't get a fair break... It has come down through the generations, an inheritance of age-old customs, which produced the corollary that women are bred to timidity.
The soul's dominion? Each time we make a choice, we pay with courage to behold restless day and count it fair.
The lure of flying is the lure of beauty.
How can Life grant us boon of living, compensateFor dull grey ugliness and pregnant hateUnless we dareThe soul's dominion? Each time we make a choice, we payWith courage to behold the resistless day,And count it fair.