Amelia Earhart (The First Names Series).

See how Amelia Earhart went from a little Kansas tomboy to a high-flying feminist icon Before Amelia Earhart (1897-1939) became a world-famous pilot, she was a little tomboy from Kansas with a taste for adventure.

When she visited an airfield and took a short plane ride, she knew she had to be a pilot.

She signed up for flying lessons and cropped her hair short so that the other pilots would take her seriously.

She became the first woman to make a solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean.

With each flight she took and each record she broke, Amelia became more and more of a celebrity.

Her final flight was intended to be a trip around the whole world, but her plane disappeared after takeoff-and her disappearance is still a mystery today.

Inspirational, highly illustrated, and full of adventure, Amelia Earhart tells the story of the feminist icon who changed the world of aviation.

It includes a timeline, glossary, and index.