Amelia Earhart
Vanished female pilot
Amelia Earhart was an American aviator who became the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean in 1932.
Her disappearance over the Pacific in 1937 while attempting to circumnavigate the globe remains one of aviation's enduring mysteries.
Her name evokes pioneering ambition and unsolved fate: She's the Amelia Earhart of deep-sea exploration.
One who steers aircraft
- airplanePowered flying machine
- cockpitPilot's control compartment
- transatlanticSpanning the ocean between continents
- navigatorRoute-directing crew member
propeller · airfield · altitude · Purdue · altitude record · takeoff · landing · fuselage
Disappeared from sight
- unsolvedNot yet figured out
- Pacific OceanLargest body of water
- searchAct of seeking
- investigationFormal examination of facts
wreckage · theories · speculation · lost · radio signals · debris · remains · cold case
First to forge ahead
- first womanPrimordial female human
- record-breakerOne setting new highs
- groundbreakerInnovator, first to act
- pathfinderOne who discovers routes
role model · inspiration · visionary · forerunner · achievement · milestone · precedent · legacy
Legal equality for females
- empowermentGaining authority or confidence
- equalitySame status for all
- suffrageRight to cast ballots
- independenceFreedom from external control
role model · advocate · lecturer · career woman · equal opportunity · breaking barriers · inspiration · activist
pilot
One who steers aircraft
- airplanePowered flying machine
- cockpitPilot's control compartment
- transatlanticSpanning the ocean between continents
navigator · propeller · airfield · altitude · Purdue · altitude record · takeoff · landing · fuselage · airspeed
vanished
Disappeared from sight
- unsolvedNot yet figured out
- Pacific OceanLargest body of water
- searchAct of seeking
investigation · wreckage · theories · speculation · lost · radio signals · debris · remains · cold case · coordinates
trailblazer
First to forge ahead
- first womanPrimordial female human
- record-breakerOne setting new highs
- groundbreakerInnovator, first to act
pathfinder · role model · inspiration · visionary · forerunner · achievement · milestone · precedent · legacy · icon
women's rights
Legal equality for females
- empowermentGaining authority or confidence
- equalitySame status for all
- suffrageRight to cast ballots
independence · role model · advocate · lecturer · career woman · equal opportunity · breaking barriers · inspiration · activist · public figure
- notable womenRosa Parks, Harriet Tubman, Eleanor Roosevelt, Florence Nightingale, Susan B. Anthony
- aviatorspilot, fighter pilot, bomber pilot, jet pilot, airline pilot
- HeroinesJoan of Arc, Mulan, Hua Mulan, Boudicca, Harriet Tubman
- Historic WomenJoan of Arc, Harriet Tubman, Marie Curie, Rosa Parks, Florence Nightingale
- 1930s FiguresFDR, Franklin Roosevelt, Eleanor Roosevelt, Herbert Hoover, Babe Ruth
- aviation figurespilot, astronaut, test pilot, aerospace engineer, ace pilot
Amelia EarhartCharles Lindbergh
Pioneer solo oceanic flyer
John Glenn · Chuck Yeager · survivors · Howard Hughes · Buzz Aldrin
Amelia Earhartrisk-averse
Preferring safety over uncertainty
earthbound · homebody · grounded · stay-at-home · traditionalist