Monday, January 31, 2011

Amelia Earhart: Taking Flight in Kansas


The Seward County Community College/Area Technical School Library is proud to present the traveling exhibit Amelia Earhart: Taking Flight in Kansas.

As a young girl growing up in Atchison, Kansas, Amelia Earhart loved a challenge. Aviation proved the perfect associate and provided Earhart with a continuous quest for accomplishments.
This exhibit explores offers a glimpse of Earhart’s passions for flying, women's issues, and aviation safety. Using historic photographs, documents, and newspaper articles, Earhart’s life is detailed from childhood to her disappearance on July 2, 1937.

Amelia Earhart: Taking Flight in Kansas was produced by the Kansas State Historical Society and is part of the Kansas Interpretive Traveling Exhibits Service.

The exhibit is open to the public for the entire month of February.

For more information, contact the SCCC/ATS Library at (620) 417-1160.

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