Amelia Earhart During The 1900's

Although Amelia Earhart was limited by the expectations of women in society during the 1900’s, she still accomplished many tasks that were uncommon for females at this time. Amelia was a phenomenal female pilot that set records and did events for the first time in history while flying her plane. Along the way, she had many different experiences through exploration, encounter and exchange. Earhart was a huge female example to all of the other women not only in her community, but around the world. During this time, women were just started to finally gain rights. On August 18, 1920 women gained the right to vote. This year also marked the beginning of Amelia’s journey. In 1920, she rode in an airplane for the very first time. The first time

It turns out that this trip was not the perfect flight. From the start, they had many difficulties. Amelia and Noonan were planning on landing on the Howland Island. To land here, they had contact with many contingencies who had many backup plans if anything went wrong. Come to find out, nothing seemed to work while trying to land. I was nearly impossible with all of the different errors that happened. One mishap that was seen was that the radio signal was very poor and it was problematic to understand each other. Another problem was that they were running on different times. Amelia’s schedule and the contingencies schedule was thirty minutes apart. There were also many other complications that were present during the attempted

There was a letter written to Putnam from a woman named Alicia Curnutt. In her letter, it is seen that she deeply admired Amelia and everything she did. Alicia says that she was trembling with joy when she met Amelia Earhart. “I knew that if i could just like Amelia Earhart I would be the happiest person alive.” ( ). This shows how many lives she touched, especially of women. These women admired woman and Amelia loved meeting them. Earhart did not only meet people supporting her, but there were plenty of people who did not like her. According to thehardtimes.net, a lady, Kemp, did not support Amelia. She thinks that Amelia is counterfeit. Amelia, of course, met these types of people while she was alive. This type of environment was not acceptable for Amelia to be in since she was said to be a very positive person. From what is spoken, most people adored Amelia for what she stood for and what she