CarveHerName , 1 month ago to histodons group “Have ye come far?” “Only from America.” #OnThisDay, 21 May 1932, Amelia Earhart became the first woman - and only the second person - to fly solo and without stops across the Atlantic. She lands unexpectedly in Ireland. There’s some wonderful images of her here: https://joecampbellart.com/2015/03/12/amelia-earhart-in-ireland-solo-atlantic-crossing-may-21st-1932/ Watch newsreel of her taking off here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-itPeJOyzI #WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #AviationHistory @histodons #Histodons
“Have ye come far?” “Only from America.”
#OnThisDay, 21 May 1932, Amelia Earhart became the first woman - and only the second person - to fly solo and without stops across the Atlantic.
She lands unexpectedly in Ireland. There’s some wonderful images of her here: https://joecampbellart.com/2015/03/12/amelia-earhart-in-ireland-solo-atlantic-crossing-may-21st-1932/
Watch newsreel of her taking off here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-itPeJOyzI
#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #AviationHistory @histodons #Histodons
CarveHerName , 1 month ago to histodons group #OnThisDay, 7 May 1429, Jeanne d'Arc leads the French troops into the last day of fighting to lift the Siege of Orleans. Read more at https://carvehername.org.uk/joan-of-arc-7-may-1429/ #WomenInHistory #EuropeanHistory #FrenchHistory #HundredYearsWar #JoanOfArc #Histodons @histodons
#OnThisDay, 7 May 1429, Jeanne d'Arc leads the French troops into the last day of fighting to lift the Siege of Orleans.
Read more at https://carvehername.org.uk/joan-of-arc-7-may-1429/
#WomenInHistory #EuropeanHistory #FrenchHistory #HundredYearsWar #JoanOfArc #Histodons @histodons