Amelia Earhart

Amelia Earhart (1897 – disappeared 1937, declared dead 1939)

American pilot, author, and aviation pioneer;

first female pilot to fly solo non-stop across

the Atlantic Ocean (1928) and also set many other record;

she embraced celebrity culture and women's rights;

one of the first aviators to promote commercial air travel;

in 1937, she and her male navigator disappeared over the Pacific Ocean while

attempting to become the first female pilot to circumnavigate the world;

their plane and remains have never been found.