Amy Johnson became one of the most inspirational and influential women of the 20th century. Born in 1903 to a fish merchant, Johnson grew up in Hull, studied economics at Sheffield University, before a failed love affair encouraged her to start a new life in London. She worked as a typist for solicitor William Charles Crocker and then seemingly on a whim, she boarded a bus to the London Aeroplane Club. Johnson became captivated with the planes and fell in love with flying. In 1929 she gained both an aviators certificate…
