Junior Detective Series - 7c
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Earhart went on to a record-breaking career in aviation. She was the first woman to cross the Atlantic Ocean, first as a passenger and later as a solo pilot. She was also the first woman to fly solo nonstop coast to coast and the first person to fly solo from Hawaii to California. Earhart was a strong supporter of women’s empowerment, using her fame to encourage women to work hard and achieve their goals. An attempt to fly around the world in 1937 ended in mystery. Earhart and her navigator disappeared somewhere over the Pacific Ocean. To this day search teams have not found solid evidence of the plane or the crew.
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Amelia Earhart was determined to experience the thrill of flight. As a young girl, she wasn’t allowed to ride a roller coaster at the 1904 World’s Fair in St. Louis so she built her own off the roof of the shed in her backyard. The first run was a failure—the car flipped off the track, taking her with it—but she claimed it was “just like flying!”
