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Speech On Amelia Earhart

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I will be talking about the importance of Amelia Earhart. I didn’t know a ton about her, except that she was the first to fly a plane across the ocean. Big whoop. After I did some research I came to find out how actually important she was/is and how important flying that plane was. Now I want to share that information with you. Our world needs to accept change and the fact that men and women are equally able to make this world a better place. Women have made a great impact on our world today, for example, Amelia Earhart. Most of our lives, we’ve only heard accomplishments that men have made but, we need to realize that women play a huge part too and can do just as much. Just because men are cast as the “dominant” figures, doesn’t mean the ladies are just “there” on the side and Amelia Earhart proved this. Today I would like to tell you about Amelia’s early life, her accomplishments, and the impact she has on us today.

To start off, Amelia Earhart saw her first plane at a state fair when she was 10. She didn’t find planes interesting until she went to a stunt flying exhibition. On December 28, 1920, a pilot named Frank Hawks gave her a ride that would forever change her life. After she was up in the air, she knew she wanted to fly. She had ideas that were strong, challenging, eye opening, but she was not going to give up. Amelia was a graduate from Hyde Park High School and then attended Ogontz, a girl’s finishing school. In the middle of her second year, she had left to

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