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
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.
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 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.”
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
Once she started her school career in the junior high, she graduated being the salutatorian of her class. Once she graduated from junior high school and entering high school, from then she was one out of five valedictorians from Dunbar High School. Being a young African-American woman in the 1940s, there were not a lot of African-Americans in college, so she decided to take that step and entered college. The school she attended was Smith College in Northampton, MA, fall of 1941. While ending her college years, she graduated summa cum laude in 1945 in Mathematics.
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
Born on July 24, 1897 in Atchison, Kansas Amelia Earhart never fit in as a lady, she stood out as a tomboy. The name Amelia came from her mother and the mother before her; Earhart’s middle name of Mary was her father’s mother’s first name. Amelia
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.
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.
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
Earhart’s younger sister, Muriel, was born shortly after on December 29, 1899(Haugen). The Earhart’s were by no means a wealthy family, and this contributed to Earhart’s turbulent childhood( "The Official Website of Amelia Earhart."). Nobody was sure when it started, but it was clear that Edwin developed alcohol problems around the time in which Amelia was still a young girl(Haugen). This resulted in Edwin losing his job and forcing the Earhart’s to move… a lot(Haugen). As a girl, Earhart had very many unladylike interests, but surprisingly one of them wasn’t in planes("Amelia Earhart."). Edwin once took young Earhart to a plane show, a very popular source of entertainment at the time, but Amelia was not impressed and didn’t seem to give it a second thought(Haugen). Then in 1917 she happened to go to a stunt flying exhibition(Haugen). Earhart recalls her close encounter with the plane, “I remember the mingled fear and pleasure which surged over me… I did not understand it at the time but I believe that little red airplane said something to me…(Haugen)” Earhart’s mind was made up: she was going to learn how to
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.