ew uniforms and brass bands, I saw only the result of four years' desperate struggle; men without arms and legs, men who were paralyzed and men who were blind..." (Earhart 1)
In 1919 she wanted to become a pre-med student. She applied at Columbia University and was doing well at her studies. She most likely would have become a doctor, but her parents had hooked back up and wanted them to all become a family again. So in 1920 she moved to California to live with her parents once again. (Earhart 1)
It was in California that she would discover her true passion. Her father took her to an "aerial meet" at Daugherty Field in Long Beach. She liked the
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