In front of the house where Amelia Earhart lived with her family in West Medford is a commemorative plaque encased in stone which reads:

AMELIA EARHART HOME
“Never interrupt someone doing something you said couldn’t be done.”

The famed aviator lived here from 1924
until she became the first woman to cross the Atlantic by airplane on June 18, 1928.
She then became the second person and first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic on
May 21, 1932. Earhart was a mentor to young
women and an advocate for women’s rights.
She disappeared on July 2, 1937 while
attempting a round-the-world flight.

DEDICATED TO HER COURAGE BY THE
MEDFORD HISTORICAL SOCIETY & MUSEUM
JULY 24, 2024

This newly dedicated plaque replaced one originally donated and installed by the Medford Cooperative Bank and the Medford Historical Society on the 60th anniversary of her departure on the flight that would end in her disappearance. It read:

“Amelia Earhart Home: The famed flier lived here from 1925 until she left to make the first Transatlantic flight by a woman on July 17, 1928.”

At the time her mother, Amy Otis Earhart, and sister, Muriel Earhart Morrissey, lived in the Brooks Street house. Both would live in Medford for many years with Morrissey teaching English the school system for 40 years and being active in local and civic organizations, including the Daughters of the American Revolution and the Medford Historical Society.

Photo courtesy of the Medford Historical Society & Museum