Editing Amelia Earhart (section)

=== Financial problems and move to Massachusetts ===

Throughout the early 1920s, following a disastrous investment in a failed [[gypsum]] mine, Amelia Earhart's inheritance from her grandmother, which her mother was now administering, steadily diminished until it was exhausted. Consequently, with no immediate prospect of recouping her investment in flying, Earhart sold the Canary and a second Kinner and bought a yellow [[Kissel Motor Car Company|Kissel]] Gold Bug "Speedster", a two-seat automobile, and named it "Yellow Peril". Simultaneously, pain from Earhart's old sinus problem worsened, and in early 1924, she was hospitalized for another sinus operation, which was again unsuccessful. She tried a number of ventures that included setting up a photography company.{{sfn|Goldstein|Dillon|1997|p=33}}

[[File:Amelia Earhart on horseback from 20 Hrs 40 Min.jpg|thumb|left|Photo of Earhart from her book ''[[20 Hrs. 40 Min.]]'' (1928)]]

Following her parents' divorce in 1924, Earhart drove her mother in "Yellow Peril" on a transcontinental trip from California with stops throughout the western United States and northward to [[Banff, Alberta]], Canada. Their journey ended in [[Boston]], [[Massachusetts]], where Earhart underwent another, more-successful sinus operation. After recuperation, she returned to Columbia University for several months but was forced to abandon her studies and any further plans for enrolling at the [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]] (MIT), because her mother could no longer afford the tuition fees and associated costs. In 1925, Earhart found employment first as a teacher, then as a [[social worker]] at [[Denison House (Boston)|Denison House]], a Boston [[Settlement movement|settlement house]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20080401003450/http://www.lib.purdue.edu/spcol/aearhart/biog.php "Amelia Earhart Biographical Sketch".] ''George Palmer Putnam Collection of Amelia Earhart Papers'', Purdue University, April 1, 2008. accessed: September 23, 2017.</ref> At this time, she lived in [[Medford, Massachusetts|Medford]], Massachusetts.

When Earhart lived in Medford, she maintained her interest in aviation, becoming a member of the American Aeronautical Society's Boston chapter and eventually being elected its vice president.{{sfn|Rich|1989|p=43}} She flew out of [[Dennison Airport]] in [[Quincy, Massachusetts|Quincy]], helped finance the airport's operation by investing a small sum of money,{{sfn|Long|Long|1999|p=38}} and in 1927, she flew the first official flight out of Dennison Airport.<ref>Chaisson, Stephanie. [https://archive.today/20120909002251/http://www.patriotledger.com/archive/x1709132033 "Squantum has a hold on its residents."] ''[[The Patriot Ledger]]'', [[Quincy, Massachusetts]],  July 12, 2007. accessed: September 23, 2017.</ref> Earhart worked as a sales representative for Kinner Aircraft in the Boston area and wrote local-newspaper columns promoting flying; as her local celebrity grew, Earhart made plans to launch an organization for female flyers.{{sfn|Randolph|1987|p=41}}