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Informative Essay On Amelia Earhart

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Life for women was rough in many time period but along every time line there has been a woman to raise her voice against this and prove time and time again that women matter and deserve to be treated equally. Today I will talk about the one and only Amelia Earhart. She was one of the first female pilots therefore a huge part of history. I will discuss her early life and the events that lead up to her deciding to be a pilot. Lastly I will discuss her disappearance which has been a very sought after topic for many decades.

Amelia Earhart was born on July 24,1897 in Atchison, Kansas to her parents Edwin and Amy Otis Earhart. Amelia lived with her maternal grandparents Alfred and Amelia Harres Otis until the age of 12 in Kansas with her younger sister Muriel. Amelia did get an education at a private school. In 1909 Amelia and her sister Muriel moved to Des Moines to live with their parents. In Des Moines Amelia visited the state fair and actually saw an airplane for the very first time, Amelia was not impressed by the airplane. Amelia also worked as a volunteer nurse for veterans, she had even enrolled in medical …show more content…

In the winter of 1920 Amelia saw her very first air show and took a ten minute plane ride moreover the ride made her realize that she wanted to learn how to fly a plane. She took lessons at Bert Kinners airfield. On December 15, 1921 Amelia got her airplane license. Amelia got a plane consequently she had to work multiple jobs with some help from her parents. In 1928 she accepted an offer for a crew of a flight across the Atlantic. The pilot was George P. Putnam Amelia was his ‘ Lady Lindy’. The whole flight across the Atlantic she had not even touched the control nevertheless due to technicality she became the first woman to fly the Atlantic. Amelia went on to become the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic . As for George P. Putnam, Amelia and George got married in

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