ABSTRACT

Early Life In 1917, the year after she graduated from high school, Earhart joined the Canadian Red Cross to help soldiers fighting in World War I. Working at a military hospital, she got to know some airmen and became interested in flying. Earhart flew in an airplane for the first time in 1920, when she immediately became captivated by flying. She began taking flying lessons, although her parents objected. After earning her pilot’s license, Earhart scraped together enough money to buy an airplane.