The book did drag - in that you know what the ending is going to be and it's not particularly happy, but it does give you a great education and look into her life.

Meet three inspirational figures from Black culture and history: Maya Angelou, Martin Luther King Jr.When asked where she stood in relation to social work after gaining such aviation fame, she replied, “She had never left it! What surprised me is that, after a number of bumps and challenges along the way, the career she established herself in was social work, and the city she did it in was Boston. Earhart served as a partner in the Transcontinental Air Transport and Ludington airlines and lobbied Congress for aviation legislation. The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products.

Amelia is rightly remembered as one of these pilots but, as Butler emphasizes, she was more than the figure who carried that label.Many of her accomplishments have been obscured by a growing obsession with the mystery of her disappearance.

Read our Privacy Policy to give you more detailed information about your rights and how we use your data. The marriage did thrive, with George often placed in the position of working to make Amelia's various flying expeditions go smoothly. Aunque el formato esta pensado para los niños menores de 5 años, el libro sigue gustando también a los niños más mayores! She attended her first flying exhibition in 1918 while serving as a Red Cross nurse's aide in Toronto, Canada. Amelia Earhart captured the hearts of the nation after becoming the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic in 1928.Earhart married George Putnam in 1931 — hesitantly — on the condition that they would separate in a year if unhappy. The day of the wedding, she gave George a written letter listing the conditions she needed to have guaranteed if she were to be happy in marriage. George Putnam was a book publisher and master publicist who could combine both disciplines to publish books from explorers, big game hunters and aviators who he helped to become famous. Amelia Earhart: The Thrill of It is the first premium-quality illustrated biography to cover all facets of the icon's life, featuring never-before-seen photographs, artifacts, letters, documents, and maps. The Little People, Big Dreams books series portrays the inspiring lives of artists, designers, activists and scientists in a super-accessible way with sweet illustrations and by focusing on when they started out as children with a dream.