1.)Amelia was named Amelia Mary Earhart after her two grandmothers, Amelia Harris Otis and Mary Wells Earhart , its a family tradition.
2.) Amelia received the nickname "Meelie" from her younger sister Muriel because, as a young child Muriel couldn't pronounce Amelia's name correctly.
3.) Amelia was initially engaged to be married to a New Englander named Sam Chapman who she met while visiting her parents in Los Angeles.
4.) shortly after her engagement to Sam Chapman ended Amelia composed to a poem.
5.)Amelia helped to finance a date fruit farm in Arizona for her former California mechanic who had contracted tuberculosis.
6.) Amelia was the first female and one of only a few to date to receive the Air Force Distinguished Flying Cross.
2.) Amelia received the nickname "Meelie" from her younger sister Muriel because, as a young child Muriel couldn't pronounce Amelia's name correctly.
3.) Amelia was initially engaged to be married to a New Englander named Sam Chapman who she met while visiting her parents in Los Angeles.
4.) shortly after her engagement to Sam Chapman ended Amelia composed to a poem.
5.)Amelia helped to finance a date fruit farm in Arizona for her former California mechanic who had contracted tuberculosis.
6.) Amelia was the first female and one of only a few to date to receive the Air Force Distinguished Flying Cross.
"Amelia Earhart grins in London after flying solo across the Atlantic."