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Aviator who disappeared on 7/2/37 while attempting an around-the-world flight along the Equator. Husband George Palmer Putnam had her declared legally dead on 1/5/39 so that he could remarry. Linda Finch completed the flight in a restored Lockheed 10E Electra in 1997.

Was originally portrayed by Jane Lynch in Aviator (2004), but all of Lynch's scenes were cut from the movie.

Worked as a nurse's aide in a military hospital in Canada during World War I.

The first woman to fly across the Atlantic Ocean, and the first to fly solo across the Pacific Ocean.

Charter member of the National Women's Hall of Fame in 1973.

Her stepson is Lt. David Binney Putnam, who was born c. 1914.

Pictured on an 8¢ US airmail postage stamp issued in her honor 7/24/63.

The first person to fly solo over both the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, when she completed the trip from Honolulu, HI, to Oakland, CA, in 1935. Her trip took 18 hours (today it takes a little over five hours).

Portrayed by Lucy Taylor in Child Star: The Shirley Temple Story (2001).

Her husband, George Palmer Putnam, was the founder of the publishing company of G.P. Putnam.

Portrayed by Hilary Swank in Amelia (2009).

Subject of the book "Still Missing: Amelia Earhart and the Search for Modern Feminism" (1993) by Susan Ware.

Daughter of Edwin Stanton Earhart and Amy Otis Earhart. Older sister of Grace Muriel Earhart Morrissey. Aunt of Amy Kleppner.

Portrayed by Diane Keaton in Amelia Earhart: The Final Flight (1994).

The movie Perdue sous les tropiques (1943) is a highly-speculative, fictionalized version of Earhart's story. The main character is given a different name (Tonie Carter), but she was clearly modeled on her, with the movie exploiting then-popular theories about Earhart's disappearance.

Portrayed by Amy Adams in La Nuit au musée 2 (2009).