Empowering the Legacy of Amelia Earhart

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The Amelia Earhart Story
The Formative Years of Amelia Earhart.

Amelia Mary Earhart was born on July 24, 1897, in Atchison, Kansas, in the home of her maternal grandfather, Alfred Gideon Otis—a former judge, president of the Atchison Savings Bank, and one of the town’s most prominent citizens. 

She was the second child of Samuel "Edwin" Stanton Earhart and Amelia "Amy" Otis Earhart, and she came from a family of mixed heritage, including German ancestry. Amelia’s namesake came from both of her grandmothers—Amelia Josephine Harres and Mary Wells Patton—in keeping with family tradition. 

From an early age, Amelia stood out as strong-willed and independent. She often took the lead over her younger sister, Grace Muriel Earhart (affectionately called "Pidge"), who was born in 1899 and tended to be more compliant. 

Amelia herself was nicknamed “Meeley” or “Millie”, and both sisters kept these nicknames well into adulthood. The Earhart household was anything but conventional. Amy Earhart believed in giving her daughters the freedom to explore and develop their own interests, rather than conforming to traditional expectations of “proper young ladies.” 

While their maternal grandmother disapproved of the bloomers the girls wore, Amelia enjoyed the sense of freedom they gave her—even if she was aware that other neighborhood girls were dressed more traditionally.

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June 18th, 1928 – A Day to Remember in Burry Port...
The town stirred to life with the familiar rhythms of a working day, shopkeepers opened their shutters, dockworkers went about their business, and children made their way to school. But by early afternoon, the skies above held a surprise that would place this quiet Welsh town on the pages of aviation history.

At approximately 12:30 p.m., the hum of an approaching aircraft broke the routine calm. But this was no ordinary plane, it was a large, gleaming seaplane in striking red-orange and gold. Painted in bold letters along its fuselage was the name "Friendship." The aircraft circled over the Burry Inlet, swept past Llanelli, and soared out towards the Gower Peninsula before returning to the skies above Burry Port.

This was the very same Friendship that had lifted off from Trepassey, Newfoundland the previous day, bound for Europe. Aboard was a young American social worker and pilot named Miss Amelia Earhart, attempting to become the first woman ever to cross the Atlantic by air.

At 12:40 p.m., after narrowly avoiding the towering chimney of the Frickers Metal Works, the Friendship touched down in the estuary between Burry Port and the neighbouring village of Pwll. News soon spread like wildfire, the daring flight had not reached Ireland as planned, but had instead completed its transatlantic journey right here! 
History had landed, quite literally, on our shores.


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