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World Flight Amelia Earhart strove to be herself in any case, no matter whether it was when she slid under a horse on a sled, or when she was the first woman to fly over the Atlantic. But her greatest feat was trying to fly around the world. Everyone knows about this, but not many people know about her backstory, or what actually ended her trip around the world. Amelia Earhart was a strong woman (in some aspects) because of her independence, her devotion to rights, and courage. (need to only add parts about her backstory that connect with the thesis!!!!!) Amelia Earhart grew up in a relatively poor family for her father moved around and worked at many different places, letting him not get higher on the social and economical ladder. Around the age of 40, Amelia’s father, Samuel Earhart, realized that he was a failure to his family, and started …show more content…

The first time she encountered a plane was when she was 10, at a fair. The plane was on display and her mother showed her the plane, but she was more interested in the hat that was made out of a peach basket she had just bought for fifteen cents. The second time she was again at a fair, when she saw her second airplane. A friend of hers went with her to watch a stunt flyer. The pilot became bored and started to dive at the crowd, and people scattered, even her friend. Amelia Earhart stood there though, watching this spectacular plane go up and down, all by herself. The third time was when she was 23 her father took her to a new airfield in Long Beach, which included wing walking, aerobatics, and races. She didn’t ask about lessons because she was a woman, even though she wanted to, but instead asked her father what the lessons cost. It was a shrewd way to go about it, but it worked. Three days later, her father accompided her father to Rogers Field and bought her a ticket to ride on a plane. While she was up in the air, she realized that this was her

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