Someone recently said that I don't put enough about women on this blog. Well that is because in history women's role has by and large gone unwritten and only in the last 40 years or so have we seen a focus by historians to re-address this imbalance. In a bid to show that I am doing my bit for women's equality in history today in 1935 Amelia Earhart Putnam became the first woman to fly solo from Hawaii to California. Earhart was a noted American aviation pioneer and author. Earhart was the first woman to receive the Distinguished Flying Cross, awarded for becoming the first aviatrix to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean.
During an attempt to make a circumnavigational flight of the globe in 1937 she disappeared over the central Pacific Ocean near Howland Island. Fascination with her life, career and disappearance continues to this day. You can find lots of interesting theories on what actually happened to her when she disappeared.
During an attempt to make a circumnavigational flight of the globe in 1937 she disappeared over the central Pacific Ocean near Howland Island. Fascination with her life, career and disappearance continues to this day. You can find lots of interesting theories on what actually happened to her when she disappeared.
