Amelia Earhart



 was a noted American aviation pioneer and author, the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. She set many other records, wrote best-selling books, and organized female pilots. She was also an early supporter of the Equal Rights Amendment. During an attempt to make a circumnavigational flight of the globe in 1937, Earhart disappeared over the central Pacific Ocean near Howland Island. Fascination with her life, career and disappearance continues to this day.