Amelia Earhart: The Life and Disappearance of an Iconic Avia-tor The disappearance of Amelia Earhart is one of the most mysterious occurrences to ever happen, and has caused numerous speculations. Growing up, she had a vast interest in aviation. When she disappeared, everyone was shocked and some claim to have her last transmission. Many theories circulate her disap-pearance especially now that there is an authentic photo of her. There have been countless search groups trying to find her even today. Growing up, Amelia was very creative and outgoing. She was born in 1897 in Atchison, Kentucky. According to her peers she was a tomboy, but that did not bother her much. Amelia was always chosen to be the group leader for group projects. When …show more content…
They have sifted through the dirt on Nikumaroro and searched the lagoons. They have also dived in on part of the reef, which is forbidden to every visitor. (Catherine Holloway 1) People from all over the U.S. joined in the search for Ear-hart. They all want to prove that Earhart and Noonan did land on Nikumaroro. The group leader did not want die-hard Amelia Earhart fans to join the group. He felt that by having those people on the team, they would get disheartened if they didn’t find her plane. Ric Gillespie is the lead director of TIGHAR and leads the search for Amelia Earhart. He must raise his own money to lead these searches. He does not have a tolerance for anyone who might jeopardize the expedition. Their expedition in 1997 revolved around finding Earhart’s Electra. They be-lieved it was pushed into one of the lagoons so they searched all the possible lagoons. They were not allowed to search the reefs because those were sacred grounds. If they found an anomaly with their metal detectors, then they could search the reef. (Holloway 2) The shock of Amelia’s disappearance is still resonating through American citizens even today. Countless people have tried to find her with no luck. The mystery of if Earhart crashed onto an island and was taken prisoner may not ever be
In the book Reconstructing Amelia, Amelia shows many personality traits such as being intelligent and willing. She shows being willing in the fact that she was willing to stay in the Magpies even when Zadie regularly yelled at her and pushing her to horrible things. The only reason Amelia did this is so she would be with Dylan. Amelia would participate in things like taking horrible photos of herself and posting them to a blog or lie about what was doing and what she had to do. She would not telling her mom or her best friend Sylvia what was happening to her. Amelia carried out a lot of things that she would have not done if she were not in the Magpies. Another trait shown in the book is her being smart. Amelia also loves to read and she
...rhart’s life was never answered. It satisfies some, to convince themselves a certain story or theory is true. Clues have been found, but many pieces of the puzzle are still lost. The death of Amelia Earhart, has continued to bring up women’s accomplishments, which is why many decide to abandon the questions, and leave Amelia wherever she is. Instead of focusing on the one event that brought her life down, people can remember her for all the records she set, the people she helped, and the events that made her life so distinct in the eyes of Americans. Walter J. Boyne, a retired United States Air Force officer, once said, “Amelia Earhart came perhaps before her time,…the smiling, confident, capable, yet compassionate human being, is one of which we can all be proud.” Earhart and her adventurous life will never be forgotten, and instead will be honored and remembered.
Amelia Earhart was born on July 24, 1897, since she was a little girl she was always a hard worker and determined to stand out and be different from everyone. Her mother’s name was Amy Earhart, her father’s name was Edwin Earhart, and she had a sister named Grace Earhart. Amelia’s family was different from many other people’s family back then. Amelia and Amy liked to play ball, go fishing, and play outside looking for new adventures, other family’s would rather stay inside and play with toys and not get messy or spend time outside. Amelia’s parents always knew she was different from all the other kids, she always got made fun of in school, and she had a lot more determination
Earhart’s death shocked the nation. She was a role model to girls and women everywhere and was truly dedicated to bringing equal rights for women. After her death, George Putnam, her husband, published a book titled “Last Flight”. This book contained her journal entries from her voyage and a letter given to Putnam with instructions to only open if she did not return. The letter revealed she was aware of the dangers of the flight, but also that she wanted to do something that only men had tried done
When she was a little girl, she understood the unequal between a man and a woman, and she dreamed of a day when things would be different. As she grew up, Amelia worked hard to make her dream come true. Amelia developed her personality by looking for adventure. She pledged to the boldness. She felt sad when she discovered there were the heroes of boys’ books, but not for girls in the library; however, when she read about a story of a courageous man, she wished that happened to her someday. So her teacher remarked of her, “Strive to get
She was a feminist woman with great courage and good will. She was always reminded and thanked for her good strong actions that showed feminism was something possible. Amelia received a letter from the Clarksburg Rotary Club in which it said, “Congratulations your daring solo across the Atlantic placed womans achievements in aviation at a new high mark in history welcome back to our shoes.” This letter shows how big of an inspiration and leader Amelia Earhart was through her outstanding expedition. Amelia was also determined aside from her own goals to help other women. In the article “Who is Amelia Earhart?” by Marion Perkins, he shares some of his knowledge about Amelia, in the article he shares some of Amelia Earhart’s personal notes which said, “I shall try to keep my contact with the women who have come to class; Mrs. S. and her drunken husband, Mrs. F’s struggle to get her husband here, Mrs. Z. to get her papers in the face of odds, all are problems that are hard to relinquish after a year’s friendship.” This short but meaningful note written by Amelia shows the way she cared and wanted to help other women get the education they deserved and have more opportunities. Amelia was also a great role model for many women because her expedition across the Atlantic Ocean was a reminder and proof that anything was possible. Susan Ware wrote, “Amelia shared this
Who kidnapped Charles Lindbergh’s infant son is a question that remains a mystery even today. What really happened on the evening of March 1, 1932 at the Lindbergh estate in Hopewell, New Jersey has been a subject of discussion for more than seventy five years. It is true that one man, Bruno Richard Hauptmann was arrested, tried, convicted, and executed for the kidnapping and murder of the Lindbergh baby. However, there have been so many suspects, investigations, conspiracy theories, and corruption surrounding the disappearance and murder of Charles A. Lindbergh Jr.; it is difficult to pin the crime on just one individual. With researching the Lindbergh Case, I scoured through numerous websites with information on the case, I recall seeing
There were many things that I evaluated throughout the time I read this book, but I found it very intriguing to look deeper into who Amelia was as a person before she got involved with the Maggies. Amelia was the girl who was always found with a stack of books in her arms waiting to be read and re-read. She was never one to be clandestine and hide things from her best friend or her mother. Amelia’s image is best stated in a quote that the author makes about Amelia’s life and how people viewed her as a person. Kimberly pronounces, “Amelia wasn’t the kind of girl people hated. She was smart and pretty and athletic. A girl people might have been jealous of, if she wasn’t so fundamentally modest. She didn’t go around trying to draw attention to herself the way Sylvia did. How could someone possibly hate her?” (McCreight 86). She was intelligent, humble, and unique☺ in all of the ways that made her likable to everyone that knew her. In this book Amelia was that person that nobody really could forget. She lived as a girl minding her own business and trying to get by with her best friend by her
Remembered as a film and fashion icon, Audrey Hepburn lived a difficult, but accomplished life. She was born on May 4, 1929 in Brussels, Belgium to Joseph Victor Hepburn-Ruston and Ella van Heemstr. Despite having a traumatizing childhood, she always believed that, “The most important thing is to enjoy life. To be happy. It’s all that matters.”
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In the 1937 newspaper, article “Amelia’s Voice Heard by Amateur Radio Operator”, The Atchison Daily Globe reports on two Los Angeles amateur radio operators who claimed they heard Earhart transmit a distress signal at 7:00 a.m. Pacific time. The article expresses doubt about these clams using the statement “[In] San Francisco, however, a coastguard station reported at noon Eastern Standard Time it had received no word whatever although radio reception was unusually good” . The article also presents evidence supporting the two Radio operators, by explaining the amateur radio operators, “interpreted radio signals as placing the plane adrift near the equator between Gilbert Islands and Howland Island” . The article also, reports, because of this possible transmission from Earhart caused action, “the navy department ordered the battleship Colorado with three planes aboard, to begin a search from Honolulu, where it arrived yesterday ”.
Amelia Mary Earhart was the first of two children to be born to Amy Otis. Her Grandfather, Alfred Otis, was a high class citizen in Atchison, as well as a judge. Edwin, Amelia’s father, endured many failures which caused his blooming alcoholism to worsen, bringing his family into an unknown poverty. Making a tough decision Amy sent Amelia and her younger sister Muriel to their Grandparents to attend The College Preparatory in Atchison. In 1908, at the Iowa State Fair that Amelia’s father took her to, she caught a glimpse of her first plane. Upon Amelia’s first sight of the plane she had thought it was a “thing of rust wire and wood, not interesting at all.”
On the evening of March 1st, 1932, famous aviator Charles Lindbergh and his wife, Anne Morrow Lindbergh put their 20 month old baby, Charles “Charlie” Augustus Lindbergh Jr to bed on the second floor of the Lindbergh home near Hopewell, New Jersey. When the child’s nurse, Betty Gow, went to check on Charlie, he was gone. Gow then reported the child’s absence to his parents. The police were contacted immediately and the search for the baby began. While trying to get in touch with the suspect who was leaving handwritten notes, the Lindbergh’s were very close to receiving their precious child. On May 12th, 1932, 72 days after the kidnapping, a decomposed body of a baby was found in the woods near the Lindbergh house. The child was dead and was predicted to have died on the night of the kidnapping as a result of a fractured skull. Charles Lindbergh was able to identify the baby as his own. Now the kidnapping had also become an immoral murder. Bruno Hauptmann is proven guilty through physical evidence, some which is found at the crime scene, his own physical features, and his handwriting. Additionally, his residency and money, specifically gold certificates assist in determining his innocence. Lastly, the testimonies at Hauptmann’s trial lead to one clear statement at last. Through an examination of physical evidence and case details, it can be concluded that Bruno Richard Hauptmann was responsible for the kidnapping of Charles Augustus Lindbergh.
The curious story of Earhart’s death, though investigated many times over, remains a tragic mystery. The mystery of her situation is that “On July 2, 1937, Earhart and Noonan disappeared over the Pacific” (Gale 3). Earhart and her pilot passed into oblivion out of nowhere. This happened during