In “The Aviator and the Showman,” Laurie Gwen Shapiro recounts Earhart’s drive and the ways her husband, George Putnam, put her at risk ...

Eighty-eight years have passed since Amelia Earhart vanished into legend, her silver Lockheed Electra disappearing somewhere ...

Born in 1897 in Atchison, Kan. — a small town with limited opportunities, especially for women — Amelia Earhart decided ...

She was a superstar, the most famous woman in the world. She was a pilot, “it” girl, author, adventurer, fashion designer, ...

The Aviator and the Showman” by Laurie Gwen Shapiro is an exciting new book about Amelia Earhart that has already created ...

Amelia Earhart poses for a photo with 2-year-old Jim Dunrud at the Double Dee Ranch in 1934. Jim's father Carl Dunrud was building a log cabin for Earhart near the ghost town of Kirwin when she ...

In 1935 Amelia Earhart penned a 'National Geographic' article about her flight from Hawaii to California and forecast that regular transoceanic flight was just on the horizon.

News about Amelia Earhart, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.

Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on June 24, according to the Tribune’s archives.