Amelia Mary Earhart wrote this consolation to her husband in a letter that would be sent to him in the event of her death by air ("Biography"). She was a strong woman to be reckoned with throughout her life at the beginning of the 20th century. She had a fiery personality which she often displayed in her life. In her book Last Flight, Earhart recounts how she became interested in flying when she attended an air show in Toronto. While standing in a field with a friend, a pilot saw them above and tried to scare the girls by diving at them. Amelia however, was not worried and held on as the plane flew by. Earhart later remarked, "I didn't understand it at the time, but I think that little red plane said something to me in passing" (Earhart 3). From that point on, she was obsessed and started stealing again. According to Dorothy Cochrane and P. Ramirez of the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum: A few years later, Earhart acquired her own plane, broke records and obtained a pilot's license. Earhart was well on his way to becoming an influential figure in aviation. , and made it clear how she wanted to present herself. She expressed her independence and her views on feminism through her traditionally masculine clothing like pants, while cutting her hair short (Slabach). In 1928, Earhart began preparing for her first transatlantic flight. decided to be the first woman to cross the Atlantic. There had been casualties in previous attempts, but Earhart was not discouraged. This was the beginning of the wonderful and spectacular adventure of the rest of his life in aviation. She then crossed the Atlantic solo and even attempted to circumnavigate the world. Earhart was an important figure...... middle of paper ...... Hart was a strong and determined feminist and an icon in the history of women's aviation because of her transatlantic and other major flights achievements, her attempted world theft and other manifestations of will, and finally because of the way she was represented by society and by herself. Earhart continued to demonstrate throughout her life her passion for women's equality and in particular that women could be even more daring, courageous and adventurous than men. She wanted to go higher than anyone before and wouldn't rest until she was satisfied. Earhart was a woman whose only passion was freedom, happiness and equality. Her dream continues to be an inspiration to women even today. She dared to look to the future and fought until the end of her life to create a world worth living in. To quote Earhart herself, “Pilots always dream dreams” (Earhart 1).