Amelia Earhart By: Anh Thi

Amelia Earhart was a huge change agent in the 20th century. She was the first woman who flew across the Atlantic Ocean. Her full name is Amelia Mary Earhart. She was born on July 24, 1897 in Atchison, Kansas. Her parents are Edwin Earhart and Amy Earhart. On Feb 7 ,1931,she married George Palmer Putnam. Even though she was married, she didn’t have any children.

Her mom was the daughter of the richest man in Atchison who was the judge. Edwin, her dad was a lawyer. Amelia has a younger sister named Muriel. People call Muriel “ Pidge .”Muriel has trouble saying Amelia’s name so she calls Amelia” Millie”. They share the same inter-est - climbing trees, playing foot-ball also they love animals.

She went to college in 1918 To-ronto, Canada but she quitted school because she wanted to be a nurse and help the soldiers that were hurt in World War 1.She worked at the Toronto hospital.

The Canary

Amelia took flying lesson in 1921.She bought her first plane in summer 1922 and she named it The Canary because it was yellow. She took fly-ing lessons from a woman named Neta Snook. It cost $1.00 per min-ute but Amelia was willing to pay for it.

Flying Across The Atlantic Ocean

Making records for flying Amelia Earhart’s kind of thing. During her life she made many records like the first women to fly across the Atlan-tic Ocean even though she was just a passenger. The plane that she rode on was called the “Friendship”. This trip was on July 17,1928. After that she decided to fly alone over the At-lantic Ocean. When she got back, she received a medal from America’s president, Herbert Hoover in Wash-ington D.C.

Amelia and her first plane, The Canary

Her husband, George.

Amelia receiving a medal from president Herbert Hoover.

The woman with a heart to fly.

Flying Around The Word

Amelia wanted to fly around the world. She would fly near the equator so her trip would be longer. Her navigator was Fred Noonan. The trip started on March 17, 1937. They flew to Hawaii but the plane was damaged after the crash so they had to fix it. On June 1, 1937, they continued to fly. South America, India, Africa, Thailand, Singapore, Indonesia, Australia, Burma and New Guinea were the places that they stopped by for fuel. The last message they got from Amelia was that the plane was running low on fuel and that they needed to land. She and her navigator was unable to locate Howland island, where they were suppose to land so people said that they crashed into the ocean somewhere near Howland Island. There was a huge search for her. It cost 4 million dollars. Unfortunately, after the sixteenth day of the search, they never found her or Fred so the search was abandoned in July.

Amelia was a change agent because she changed many people’s lives. She was one of the first women in the whole world to fly a plane. She was super brave and tal-ented. She showed us that women could also do thing that men did.

Another record that she made the woman’s highest altitude. She flew up high in the air 14,000 feet( 4.2672 Kilometers). This was in October 1922.

Amelia’s plane crashed in Hawaii.

A map of Amelia’s jour-ney around the world.

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