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pbsthisdayinhistory: Jan. 11, 1935: Amelia Earhart Becomes the First Person to Fly from Hawaii to U.S. Mainland On this day in 1935, aviator Amelia Earhart became the first person to fly solo from Honolulu, Hawaii to Oakland, California.Two years later, Earhart would begin her ill-fated around-the-world flight, disappearing over the Pacific after completing nearly 22, 000 miles of the voyage. Dive deep into the world of female aviation pioneers, with American Experience’s “Women of Flight” photo gallery. Photo: Amelia Earhart in 1928 (Library of Congress)

pbsthisdayinhistory:

Jan. 11, 1935: Amelia Earhart Becomes the First Person to Fly from Hawaii to U.S. Mainland

On this day in 1935, aviator Amelia Earhart became the first person to fly solo from Honolulu, Hawaii to Oakland, California.

Two years later, Earhart would begin her ill-fated around-the-world flight, disappearing over the Pacific after completing nearly 22, 000 miles of the voyage.

Dive deep into the world of female aviation pioneers, with American Experience’s “Women of Flight” photo gallery.

Photo: Amelia Earhart in 1928 (Library of Congress)

todayinhistory:

July 2nd 1937: Amelia Earhart disappears

On this day in 1937, the famed aviator Amelia Earhart and her navigator Fred Noonan were last heard from before they disappeared. They made contact whilst flying over the Pacific Ocean in an attempt to make the first equatorial round-the-world flight. Soon after they went missing, a massive search operation was launched but to no avail. Her fate remains unknown to this day

75 years ago today

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"A single act of kindness throws out roots in all directions, and the roots spring up and make new trees. The greatest work that kindness does to others is that it makes them kind themselves."

— Amelia Earhart

(Source: womenshistory.about.com)

Amelia Earhart at Derry From National Library of Ireland On Saturday, 21 May 1932, Amelia Earhart was on her second Atlantic crossing when she was forced to land in a field near Derry (Londonderry) in her “Little Red Bus”. Ireland of the Welcomes was to the fore in the Irish Independent account on Monday, 23 May 1932:”… the hospitality she had received after making her forced descent, for two minutes later she was in the cottage of Mr and Mrs Peter McCallion, who put their home at her disposal. Almost at the same time Mr Gallagher arrived and persuaded Miss Earhart to accompany him to his home, where Mrs Gallagher had tea already prepared.” There was no account of how the McCallions took to having the Gallaghers scoop them in what must have been the tea party of their lives!

Amelia Earhart at Derry

From National Library of Ireland

On Saturday, 21 May 1932, Amelia Earhart was on her second Atlantic crossing when she was forced to land in a field near Derry (Londonderry) in her “Little Red Bus”.

Ireland of the Welcomes was to the fore in the Irish Independent account on Monday, 23 May 1932:”… the hospitality she had received after making her forced descent, for two minutes later she was in the cottage of Mr and Mrs Peter McCallion, who put their home at her disposal. Almost at the same time Mr Gallagher arrived and persuaded Miss Earhart to accompany him to his home, where Mrs Gallagher had tea already prepared.” There was no account of how the McCallions took to having the Gallaghers scoop them in what must have been the tea party of their lives!

Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Lucretia Mott and Susan B. Anthony in the US Capitol Rotunda The Washington Post had a really interesting article about the lack of monuments to women in the US.  Nationwide less than 8 percent of the 5,193 public outdoor individual statues in the US are of women. Only nine of the 100 statues in the Capitol’s National Statuary Hall represent women.    EVE (Equal Visibility Everywhere) is working on correcting this imbalance.  Right now they are working to get a Maryland statue for Harriet Tubman and a Kansas statue for Amelia Earhart.  You can help by donating or volunteering.  If you’re a history major, this seems like a really cool project to intern on.  

Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Lucretia Mott and Susan B. Anthony in the US Capitol Rotunda

The Washington Post had a really interesting article about the lack of monuments to women in the US.  Nationwide less than 8 percent of the 5,193 public outdoor individual statues in the US are of women. Only nine of the 100 statues in the Capitol’s National Statuary Hall represent women.   

EVE (Equal Visibility Everywhere) is working on correcting this imbalance.  Right now they are working to get a Maryland statue for Harriet Tubman and a Kansas statue for Amelia Earhart.  You can help by donating or volunteering.  If you’re a history major, this seems like a really cool project to intern on.