>> TODAY IS AMELIA EARHART DAY AMELIA EARHART AMERICAN AVIATION PIONEER TODAY WE'RE RECOGNIZING HER BIRTHDAY >> AS WELL AS HER LASTING LEGACY BOTH ON THE WORLD AND PURDUE UNIVERSITY JOHN ORR BERGEN PURDUE UNIVERSITY HISTORIAN JOINS ME NOW TO SHARE MORE ABOUT YOUR HEARTS HISTORY WITH IMPACT ON BOILERMAKERS AND MORE SO GOOD TO SEE YOU MORNING YEAH SO GOOD TO HAVE YOU HERE I'M JUST THANKFUL TO FIRST OF ALL >> ALL THE VIDEO THE PICTURES THAT YOU BROUGHT WE'RE GOING TO TAKE YOU DOWN HISTORY HERE THE HEIGHT OF HER CELEBRITY BACK IN 1930 WHEN SHE MOVED TO WEST LAFAYETTE TO WORK FOR PURDUE TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT YOU KNOW ABOUT WHAT INSPIRED HER TO EVEN DO THAT WELL DID PRETTY FULL TIME >> SHE IN IN 1934 SHE MET THE PRESIDENT PURDUE HEY ED REBELLION AND A CONFERENCE IN IN NEW YORK AND HE LISTENED LIKE WHAT SHE HAD TO AND IAN VERY KIND OF PURDUE AND SPEAK IT WAS A BIG SUCCESS AND OCTOBER 34 AND THEN HE INVITED TO COME TO CAMPUS FOR 2 OR 3 WEEKS EVERY SEMESTER AND LIVING RESIDENCE HALL WITH THE WITH THE WOMEN STUDENTS AND BECOME A CAREER COUNSELOR 2 WOMEN AND SHE CLAIMS SHE WAS THE ONLY CAREER COUNSELOR IN THE COUNTRY THE UNIVERSITY REALLY THAT TIME AND ALSO TO BE AN ADVISER TO OUR AVIATION MY GOODNESS THE CHAMP DIFFERENT REASONS THAT SHE HELD AT PURDUE IS THAT HOW IT STARTED OR THAT'S HOW STARTED NOTE WAS HE WAS AND THEN AT THE END >> PRODUCE VERY MUCH INVOLVED IN THE IN THAT FINAL FLIGHT YOU KNOW WHICH WAS WHICH RESULTED HER DISAPPEARANCE YEAH LET'S TALK ABOUT THAT TO ME IT WAS LIKE A SHE WAS LIKE SHOOTING STAR YEAH THAT APPEARED SUDDENLY SHE WAS AND THEN SUDDENLY IN 1928 SHE FLEW AS A PASSENGER ACROSS THE ATLANTIC OCEAN AND BECAME THE FIRST WOMAN TO CROSS THE ATLANTIC OCEAN KNOWING MEMBERS OF THE 2 MEN WHO PILOTED THAT PLANE YEAH THEY WERE MEMBERS OF SO SHE WAS INSTANTLY FAMOUS BECAME EVEN MORE FAMOUS 1932 WHEN SHE BECAME THE FIRST WOMAN AND THE SECOND PERSON TO FLY SOLO ACROSS THE ATLANTIC AFTER LINDBERGH YEAH LET'S TALK ABOUT THE PREPARATION FOR THAT FINAL FLIGHT WILL YOU AND THAT HOW PURDUE REALLY HELPED HER FOR THAT WELL SHE EVERY VALLEY OUR PRESIDENT SHE WANTED TO TAKE ADVENTURES YOU CALLED AND HE SAID WE CAN HELP YOU AND THROUGH THE PURDUE RESEARCH FOUNDATION THEY TOOK 2 OF A VERY LARGE PRIVATE GUESTS ONE FROM R R BOARD CHAIRMAN DAVID OTHER ONE FROM J K LILY HERE YOU HAVE LIST PRESIDENT TIME WHO A GREAT FRIEND OF PURDUE IN LILY'S ALWAYS HAD A CLOSE PARTNERSHIP WITH PURDUE THEY EACH GAVE $20,000 PUT IT IN THE PRETTY RESEARCH FOUNDATION AND THAT MONEY OTHER GUESTS WAS USED BY MEDIA TO BUY THIS IS A LECTOR AIRPLANE THAT SHE FLEW IRAN WILL TRIPPING ALMOST ALMOST COMPLETED BUT NOT QUITE BEFORE WE HAVE THAT PLAYER OR BLACK AND WHITE BUT IF YOU COULD SEE A COLORFUL OF IT'S SPARKLY SILVER WAS SO BEAUTIFUL AND SHE HAD THE PURDUE SHE FLEW IT OUT OF PRODUCING 3 SHORTER AROUND PRODUCED STUDENTS SHE HAD IT DOWN HERE IN INDIANAPOLIS AND SHOW PEOPLE INDIANAPOLIS SHE DID A LOT OF WORK PREPARING FOR THE FLIGHT IN PURDUE HELPED SPONSOR THAT FLIGHT YEAH HI HOW SHE REMEMBERED TODAY ON CAMPUS WELL JUST REMEMBER FOR EXPLOITER ADVENTURES OR ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN AVIATION BUT EVEN MORE SHE WAS A GREAT ADVOCATE FOR WOMEN SHE TOLD WOMEN THAT COULD BE WHATEVER THEY WANTED TO BE AND THEN THE 1930'S THEY WERE REALLY 0, A PERCENTAGE WOMEN IN CAREERS THAT COULD BE A NURSE THEY COULD BE TEACHER THEY COULD BE A SECRETARY WHEN THEY GOT MARRIED THEY LEFT THE WORKPLACE WENT TO THE HOME SHE TOLD HIM YOU COULD BE A DOCTOR YOU CAN BE AN ENGINEER YOU CAN DO WHATEVER YOU WANT TO DO YOU DON'T CHANGE YOUR LAST NAME WHEN YOU GET MARRIED YOU YOU A DON'T DON'T DROP OUT OF SCHOOL YEAH TO GET MARRIED WAIT FINISH YOUR DEGREE SO ALL THESE THINGS THESE THINGS WERE SEEDS WERE PLANTED IN 1930'S THAT HAS RESULTED IN OPPORTUNITIES FOR WOMEN A LOT OF BEFORE WE RUN OUT OF COMPLETE TIME NEW AIRPORT TERMINAL AT PURDUE IS GOING TO BE NAMED AFTER RIGHT WE CONTINUE TO HONOR HER MEMORY AND HER ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND WE'VE NAMED A NEW AIRPORT TERMINAL WHICH IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION NOW BE READY IN MAY OF 2025 WE'RE DOING A FLOOR FIGHT TODAY ON THAT NEW TERMINAL RIGHT NOW OK TO AIR FIELD IN CHICAGO EXCELLENT 24 WEEK SO IT'S WE'RE CONTINUING HONOR WE HAVE A STATUE OF AROUND CAMPUS WE HAVE A BUILDING NAMED FOR HER WE HAVE WE HAVE A LOT OF THINGS WE DO TO CONTINUE THE MEMORY OF ME ONLY IN FLIGHT BUT FOR A PROMOTION OF WOMEN LOVE THAT JOHN THANK YOU SO MUCH JUST IT'S AND IT'S NEAT TO CUT IT TO GO BACK IN HISTORY AND SEE HOW