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By 1928 Earhart was living in Boston, where she worked at a settlement house for immigrants. She continued to fly on weekends and also served as a sales representative for Kinner aircraft. That April she received a telephone call that would change…

Amelia Earhart launched her our fashion line called "Amelia Fashions," designed for active women. Earhart initially used her own sewing machine, dress form, and seamstress to create her clothing. She even modeled her own designs for promotional…

Amelia Earhart, Ruth Nichols, and Louise Thaden sitting alongside one another on the running board of a convertible automobile.

Photo given by her mother

Amelia Earhart set two of her many aviation records in this bright red Lockheed 5B Vega. In 1932 she flew it alone across the Atlantic Ocean, then flew it nonstop across the United States-both firsts for a woman.

Long view of Amelia Earhart, dressed in flying suit, posing on fuselage of her Lockheed 5B Vega amidst a crowd of people at Culmore, North Ireland after her historic solo flight across the Atlantic from Harbour Grace, Newfoundland, c. May 21, 1932. …

Amelia Earhart, dressed in flying suit, standing on steps on left side of nose of her Lockheed 5B Vega amidst a crowd of people at Culmore, North Ireland after her historic solo flight across the Atlantic from Harbour Grace, Newfoundland, c. May 21,…

Pewter sculpture of Roman God Mercury holding aloft a Lockheed Electra. This trophy was originally intended to be awarded by the Lockheed Aircraft Corporation to Amelia Earhart in 1938 after her around the world flight. After Amelia Earhart's plane…

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Amelia Earhart posing in front of her aircraft.