Amelia Earhart (Lino Print)

*Previously on sale for £40, now £20!*

A hand-carved, hand-printed Linocut Print, limited to only 250 editions.

Amelia Earhart 1897-1937

“Women, like men, should try to do the impossible. And when they fail, their failure should be a challenge to others”.

Amelia Earhart was born in Kansas on 24th July 1897 & defied gender stereotypes from an early age, taking on activities such as basketball & auto-repair training. In 1921, Earhart started flying lessons, & she obtained the National Aeronautics Association licence the same year. She went to to achieve a lot of firsts in her short lifetime:

- In 1922 she became the first woman to fly solo above 14,000 feet.
- 10 years later in 1932, she famously became the first woman (& only the second person, after Charles Lindbergh) to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean.
- In response to this, she was the first woman to be awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross- a military honour awarded for “heroism or extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight”.
- Later that same year, Earhart also made the first solo, non-stop flight across the US by a woman.
- In 1935, she was the first person to fly solo from Hawaii to the US mainland.

In 1937, Earhart attempted to be the first pilot ever to circumnavigate the globe. She flew a twin-engined Lockheed 10E Electra and left California on 1 June, flying down South America, across the Atlantic to Africa, then east to South East Asia. By 29 June she had reached New Guinea, having already flown 22k miles & with only 7k miles remaining to complete her circumnavigation. Sadly she was not to make it, & after a 2-week search she was declared lost at sea somewhere in the Pacific Ocean. The plane’s wreckage was never found.

Earhart achieved many firsts in her short life, & not all of them merely firsts for women. She also helped form, & was the first president of, the Ninety-Nines - an international organisation for female pilots, which still exists & represents women from 44 countries today.

For all these reasons, I chose to honour her during Women’s History Month, & specifically on International Women’s Day 2019.

ITEM SPECIFICS:
This design is a signed, limited edition of only 250 prints. As with all handmade items, each one will vary slightly, making it completely unique.
It is printed with water-based ink on unbleached, ivory paper that is approximately A4 in size.
The image itself measures roughly 150x210mm.
NB. You are buying an unframed, signed, limited edition print. Framed picture is for illustration purposes only.