Life of the week: Amelia Earhart
Clare Mulley charts the daring life of Amelia Earhart, the American aviator who mysteriously disappeared while trying to fly around the world in 1937
Published: December 19, 2023 at 7:47 AM
Amelia Earhart broke record after record in 20th-century aviation, being the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean – and famously attempting to circumnavigate the world in 1937, on a doomed voyage that ended in her mysterious disappearance. Rhiannon Davies speaks to Clare Mulley to learn more about this adventurous figure.
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Rhiannon DaviesSection editor, BBC History Magazine
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