Amelia Earhart: Pioneering Aviator and Force for Women's Rights

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Above In this 1936 photo famed aviator Amelia Earhart helps promote the newly formed Bureau of Air Commerce The U S government created this agency to help improve aviation safety as well as control air traffic during a time when air travel was becoming increasingly popular Above right Amelia drew crowds wherever she went In this photo taken around 1932 a group gathers around her as she strolls near the Lockheed Vega in which she became the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic 44