For women she was a shining example of freedom, opportunity and success. Amelia Earhart flew into history through her courage and skill as a pilot. Other titles in the series: Alexander the Great, Captain Cook, Cleopatra, Eric the Red, Galileo, Gandhi, Hans Christian Andersen, Henry Ford, Roald Dahl, Thomas Edison and William Shakespeare. Her story is truly dramatic, from her triumph as the first woman to fly the Atlantic, to her mysterious and tragic disappearance over the Pacific. 2009