Other influential women who have motivated many include sailor Ellen MacArthur, who holds the record for the fastest solo ...

The first time I heard about Amelia Earhart was when I was six years old ... her sights set on breaking another record. Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014.

In 1937, Amelia Earhart was about to embark on a record-setting flight around the world. In her final moments, she took her last photograph and set off from a Burbank, California airstrip ...

Earhart disappeared with Noonan on what was to be a record-setting trip around the ... Bettmann Archive “The story of Amelia Earhart has implications of significance that goes well beyond ...