Amazing woman.

Amazing woman.

Says a great deal about how cultural norms have changed. Amelia was the Kardashian's of the 1930s...except Amelia was actually doing something of notoriety instead of doing someone of notoriety. 

Can anyone recommend a good biography about here? I need some summer reading.

Originally shared by PBS

This Day in History: on this day in 1932, Amelia Earhart became the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. She departed from Newfoundland and landed in a pasture in Northern Ireland.

Amelia Earhart may have been the most well-known woman pilot of her time, but she was neither the first nor the last to achieve great heights in the world of American Aviation. Check out American Experience's “Women in Flight” photo gallery for more. http://to.pbs.org/1jsMIqm 

Photo: Amelia Earhart, c. 1928 (Library of Congress)