Amelia Earhart is the first female aviator to fly over the Pacific Ocean. She disappeared while flying one day while flying over the Bermuda Triangle by the Pacific. Since then, she has inspired many women to become pilots.
Amelia was born July 24th, 1897, in a town called Atchison, located in Kansas. She had a sister named Muriel, her mother, Amy, and her father, Edwin. Amelia’s father was interested in alcohol, and when things got bad their mother would take them to their grandmother’s house. At their house, for fun, Amelia and her sister would scout the neighborhood. When her family reunited, her father did not get a suitable job, this caused the family to move a lot. In 1915, her parents separated. Amelia and Muriel were moved into Chicago to live with her friends because of this (“Amelia Earhart Biography”). Her family constantly moving around caused difficulty in meeting new people and excelling of school. In 1919, she had joined Columbia University, and was in the Medical field. Her parents were brought back together in California, so she had dropped out of
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Railey, an aviator, asking if she would like to fly the Atlantic, she could not say no! Though she was a passenger, she still could not say no. Earhart took off June 17th, 1928 from Trespassey Harbor, Newfoundland in a plane called “Friendship.” She decided to go around the equator. Along with her on the plane were Wilmer Stultz and Louis E. Gordon. Because of storms, Stultz took over and Amelia complained that she was just extra weight and wanted to do it alone. Hours later, the plane was in Burry Point, Wales, in the U.K. A ticker-tape parade was held at New York for their landing. She also had an interview and met George P. Putnam who was a person who published writings. They also had a meeting with President Calvin Coolidge. Amelia became president of the Ninety-Nines, a group of aviator women, in 1930 (“Amelia Earhart
Amelia Earhart was the first female to be able to fly across the Atlantic Ocean. In 1921, and earned her National Aeronautics Association License and set many records
Ella was born in Newport News, Virginia on April 25, 1917. When alled “The First Lady of Song” by some fans. She was known for having beautiful tone, extended range, and great intonation, and famous for her improvisational scat singing. Ella sang during the her most famous song was “A-tiscket A-tasket”. Fitzgerald sang in the period of swing, ballads, and bebop; she made some great albums with other great jazz artists such as Duke Ellington, Count Basie, and Louis Armstrong. She influenced countless American popular singers of the post-swing period and also international performers such as the singer Miriam Makeba. She didn’t really write any of her own songs. Instead she sang songs by other people in a new and great way. The main exception
Amelia got a call and they had asked her if she wanted to be the first woman to fly around the equator and over the Pacific ocean. Amelia agreed to what they were asking her to do. Amelia started training, within months of training they were finally ready to fly across the Pacific ocean. Amelia flew across the ocean in 1928, she mysteriously went missing in a plane crash while she was flying over the ocean, they never knew what happened to her for sure but there are some conspiracy theories that she disappeared into the bermuda triangle or that she was taken by the japanese but we are still not clear on what happened to
In part two of The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, Rebecca Skloot explains the Lacks family life after Henrietta had passed. The family received her body after Gey did an autopsy of her organs. Gladys and Sadie prepared Henrietta’s body with a long pink dress, red nail polish, curlers, and makeup. They also laid two pennies on Henrietta’s eyes to keep them closed during the viewing. A few examples of poverty that the family showed were preparing Henrietta’s body themselves and laying her to rest in a plain pine coffin which was all Day could afford at that time. After burying Henrietta in the family’s cemetery, Day had to work longer days to help provide for his children. Ethel and Galen moved in to look after the children while Day was at work. The children were treated badly by them because of the hatred between Ethel and Henrietta. Day was too busy with work to notice the way his children were treated. The abuse Deborah received from Galen didn't stop completely when Bobbette was involved, although it didn’t happen all the time either. This novel has many examples of poverty.
Earhart had a life outside of flying airplanes and being a celebrity. She was born in Atchison, Kansas on July 24, 1897. Her childhood was spent in an upper-middle class household. Her family moved around often so she went to various schools showing potential for chemistry. In her childhood, Amelia grew her independent nature by exploring her neighborhood and catching rats with her sister. Much later in her life, George Putnam published Amelia’s autobiography, and he eventually became her husband in 1931. George actually asked her to marry a couple of time which she refused (“Amelia Earhart” Biography.com). Amelia was shaped by her childhood
Amelia Earhart was not only the first woman to fly across the Atlantic, but an iconic figure for girls across the nation. Many people told her that it was impossible for a woman to fly across the Atlantic, but on May 10, 1932 she proved them wrong! Earhart was a strong and noble character in American aviation, and helped to knock down sexist barriers between men and women! Amelia Earhart never gave up on her dream of becoming an aviator, showing us that we should never give up on dreams of our own.
When she was ten years old she set eyes on her first plane, but to my surprise she wasn’t impressed by it. She never liked planes until she attended a stunt flying exhibition ten years later there she got interested in planes because a the pilot of a little red plane dove straight at here while they were watching in a clearing. January 3, 1921 she took here first flying lessons that day. Over six months she was able to save enough money to get here own plane. It was a bright yellow second-hand Kinner Airster that she named “The Canary,”. She used it to set her first women’s record.
Amelia Earhart once said, “Aviation, this young modern giant, exemplifies the possible relationship of women and the creations of science. Although women have not taken full advantage of its use and benefits, air travel is as available to them as to men.” In the 1900s, Amelia Earhart was known to be one of the first females to fly an airplane. It was an enormous achievement for her personally and worldwide. The reason for it being an accomplishment worldwide is because it opened many doors for many females. She was well known during this time, however her disappearance became a famous mystery. In the 20th century, Amelia Earhart was recognized by her milestone and her disappearance.
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.”
As stated by HistoryNet (2018), The disappearance of Earhart in some ways affected the way other women involved with flying but more so motivated them to continue where she left off. Women still continued to get more and more into aviation. Now today, there is a wide spectrum of women involved in many ways with aviation Earhart motivated some women to start getting into aviation. Between her great achievements and her involvement with the Ninety Nines, she changed the way women view aviation.
But, where ever Amelia the Great may be, there will always be many people that have and will continue to show their support for her cause, and the great things that she did for America in the early years of the making of aviation in the United States of
Introduction Throughout the 1920s and 30s, although forming a thirteenth of all aviators, many women played a significant role in flying. (Corn, p 72) Amelia Earhart was one of these women. She was a pioneer in women’s aviation. In 1928, she became the first woman to fly across the Atlantic alongside pilot Wilmer "Bill" Stultz and co-pilot/mechanic Louis E. "Slim" Gordon.
Not long after, Amelia was participating in women’s flying races and setting speed and altitude records(Haugen). One of the first records she set was an altitude record of 14,000 feet, which she later surpassed with an even more impressive record of 18,000 feet( "The Official Website of Amelia Earhart."). Then came the day on which Earhart’s life would change dramatically. She was given a request to accompany pilot Wilmer Stultz, co-pilot Louis Gower, and mechanic Louis Gordon, on a trip across the Atlantic, making her the first woman to ever have done so("Amelia Earhart."). This successful flight already made Earhart stand out as a famous and well-known female figure. With the public anxious to hear about what happened on the trip across the Atlantic, George Putnam, a writer, worked with Amelia to publish the story of her journey “20 Hours, 40 Minutes: Our Flight in the Friendship("Amelia Earhart.").” Putnam actually proposed to Earhart on several occasions, and after a few refusals, Earhart agreed to marry him on February 7, 1931(Haugen). Along the way Earhart set more and more records such as flying across the Atlantic from Oakland, California to Honolulu, Hawaii, as well as from Los Angeles to about Mexico City(she got lost), with those being just
Amelia Earhart was born July 24, 1897 in Atchison, Kansas and Disappeared July 2, 1937 on her travel trip across the Atlantic Ocean. Samuel Stanton Earhart and Amelia Otis Earhart were parents of Amelia, Amelia was 1 out of 2 kids. Until she was twelve she lived with her wealthy maternal grandparents, Alfred and Amelia Harres Otis, in Atchison, Kansas. Where she attended a private school, her summers were spent in Kansas City, Missouri, where her lawyer-father worked for the Rock Island Railroad. Many people believe that women can’t do as much as men can, but Amelia Earhart proved those men wrong and become a hero.
She attended Pasadena College where she majored in nursing and received a Baccalaureate of Arts degree in 1964. She continued with her education and received a master’s degree from the University of California, San Francisco School of Nursing (UCSF) in 1970 and a doctor of philosophy