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What Is Amelia Earhart Role Model

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Amelia Earhart had an outstanding career that led her to becoming a role model for woman everywhere because she was the first women aviator to break records and gender barriers. Amelia accomplished goals that no one has ever done. As a woman, breaking all the records that she did shows that women can be just as strong and brave as men. It shows that if someone puts his/her mind to something they can accomplish it. Throughout her life she worked very hard to succeed in being a famous pilot. Earhart was born on July 24, 1897 in Kansas. In 1904, with the help of her uncle, she built a home-made ramp inspired by a roller coaster she has seen on a trip to St. Louis and secured the ramp to the roof of the family toolshed. Earhart’s first flight didn’t end so well. She flew from the broken wooden box that had served the sled with a bruised lip, torn dress and a “sensation of exhilaration”. She exclaimed, “Oh, Pidge, it’s just like flying!” (Bio. 230). Awhile after in 1920, the moment Amelia knew she wanted to fly and be an aviator was when she flew a five dollar flight for the first time. Once they took off she …show more content…

Record she broke/Achievements were women's altitude record when she rose to 14,000 feet in 1922, first woman to cross the Atlantic in 1928, placed third in the First Women's Air Derby, also known as the Powder Puff Derby; upgraded from her Avian to a Lockheed Vega in 1929, and speed records (Britannica 5). Books of hers include “20 hours and 40mins”, it was first published in 1928, but has continued to be reprinted in periodic new editions nearly 80 years later, “For the fun of it” which was published in 1933 and led to her establishing several firsts for women, and also becoming aviation editor for Cosmopolitan Magazine. The last book she published was “last flight”, which was released in 1937(American

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