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| Birth: | 24 Jul 1897 in Atchison, Kansas 1 2 3 |
| Death: | After 2 Jul 1937 in Near Howland Island, South Pacific 4 |
| Sex: | F |
| Father: | Edwin Stanton Earhart b. 28 Mar 1872 in Atchison Co., KS |
| Mother: | Amelia Otis b. 28 Feb 1869 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
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| Alt. Birth: 24 Jul 1898 Atchison, Kansas 4 5 |
| Baptism: 10 Oct 1897 Trinity Episcopal Church, Fifth & Utah St., Atchison, , Kansas 3 |
| Occupation: a war nurse 1917 Spadina Military Convalescent Hospital, Toronto, York County, Ontario, Canada 2 4 5 |
| Occupation: a social worker 1926 Denison House 2 |
| Education: pre-med About Sep 1919 Columbia University, New York, , New York 2 4 5 |
| Education: 1916 Ogontz School, Rydal, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania 4 5 |
| Residence: Est Jan 1901 Atchison, Kansas 3 |
| Miscellaneous: 6 Dec 1935 Public Library, Atchison, Kansas 6 |
| Note: 1920 Los Angeles, California 4 |
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| George Palmer Putnam (Husband) b. 7 Sep 1887 in Rye, Westchester, NY
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| Marriage: | 7 Feb 1931 in , Noank, New London County, Connecticut |
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Individual:
Born in Atchison, Kansas, Amelia Mary Earhart Her introduct
ion to aviation occurred at a Kansas state fair when she went up in an airplane piloted by Frank Hawks on December 28, 1920. She later worked as a nurse’s aide in a military hospital in Canada during World War I. Her career began in Los Angeles in 1921 when, at age 24, she took flying lessons from Neta Snook and bought her first airplane, a Kinner Airstar. Due to family problems, she sold the plane in 1924 and moved back East, where she was employed as a social worker.
One afternoon in April, 1928, she got a phone call while a t work. The man at the other end asked her "Would you like to fly the Atlantic?" She interviewed with the project coordinators, including book publisher and publicist George Putnam, and was asked to join pilot Wilmer Stultz and co-pilot/mechanic Louis Gordon. The team left Trepassey Harbor, Newfoundland, in a Fokker F7 on June 17, 1928, and arrived at Burry Port, Wales, United Kingdom approximately 21 hours later. When the crew returned to the States, they were greeted with a ticker-tape parade in New York and a reception held by President Calvin Coolidge at the White House. From then on, flying was the fixture of Earhart's life. She placed third at the Cleveland Women's Air Derby (nicknamed the "Powder Puff Derby" by Will Rogers). Her life also began to include Putnam. The two developed a friendship during preparation for the Atlantic crossing. They were married on February 7, 1931. Earhart referred to the marriage as a "partnership" with "dual control."On 6 Dec 1935 the Public Library in Atchison, Kansas was de
dicated by a tablet unveiled by the Women's Kansas Day Club.learned to fly in 1920.
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- Title: 1910 U.S. Census, Atchison County, Kansas, population sched
ule, National Archives and Records Administration micropublication T-624 roll 431., Record Type: U.S. Census (Population Schedule), Location: Atchison County, Kansas, F ilm: film T-624 roll 431 REPO: @R3@Publication: 1910
- Title: The Sound of Wings REPO: @I1@
Author: Lovell, Mary S.
Publication: St. Martin's Press, New York, 1989
- Title: East to the Dawn: the Life of Amelia Earhart REPO: @I1@
Author: Butler, Susan
Publication: Addison-Wesley, Reading, Massachusetts, 1997
- Title: Ruth Martin Family Tree 1995 REPO: @I591@ REPO: @I591@
Author: Chaky, Rebecca;Martin, Ruth
Publication: Never Done Press, PO Box 1712, Friendswood, Texas 77549-171
2, 1995
- Title: Family Tree: Challiss, Harres, Martin, Tonsing, Otis REPO
: @I591@ REPO: @I591@Author: [Ruth Martin]
Publication: [Printing Center of Texas], [Fort Worth, Texas], [1979]
- Title: Challiss Martin Memory Book, Record Type: collection of new
spaper clippings, Location: Atchison, Kansas REPO: @R16@ CALN: oversize B C352Author: Tonsing, Ruth
Publication: before 1967
- Title: 1920 to June 4, 1935, Record Type: newspaper clippings, Sub
ject: Ruth Martin Tonsing and relatives REPO: @I1@
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