Amelia Earhart

Zonta International professional organization has announced it has awarded the Amelia Earhart Fellowship for 2019-2020 to 30 women from 15 countries, the organization said.

Travel Business Review-August 20, 2019-Zonta International awards 30 Amelia Earhart Fellowships in 2019-20 to women in aerospace sciences

Amelia Earhart near her Lockheed Model 10-E Electra in 1936 Image Credit: NYT

Holding up placards and banners with handwritten messages in Malay, English and Tamil, the demonstrators urged for the protection of the land that had once been a stopover for Amelia Earhart on her historical solo flight around the world and is now rumoured to have been sold to a private developer.

1928 - Amelia Earhart (as a passenger) is 1st woman to fly Atlantic Ocean

1932: Amelia Earhart became the first woman to make a solo air crossing of the Atlantic.

crowd in Londonderry cheers for Amelia Earhart - the first woman to fly across the Atlantic alone

Amelia Earhart mystery 'solved' as final distress calls shed light on disappearance after 81 years

THE pioneering pilot, author, designer, and feminist Amelia Earhart was officially declared dead 80 years ago on January 5, 1939.

Amelia is named after two of her mum's favourite explorers, Amelia Earhart and Lady Hester Stanhope, who were both bold and amazing women.

The fate of Amelia Earhart continues to captivate public and scientific attention.

The disappearance of Amelia Earhart remains one of the greatest mysteries of history.