Amelia Earhart

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 didnt have any children.

The woman with a heart to fly. By: Anh Thi

She went to college in 1918 Toronto, 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.

Her husband, George.

Amelia and her first plane, The Canary

Flying Across The Atlantic Ocean Making records for flying Amelia Earharts kind of thing. During her life she made many records like the first women to fly across the Atlantic 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 Atlantic Ocean. When she got back, she received a medal from Americas president, Herbert Hoover in Washington D.C.

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 Amelias name so she calls Amelia Millie. They share the same interest - climbing trees, playing football also they love animals.

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 flying lessons from a woman named Neta Snook. It cost $1.00 per minute but Amelia was willing to pay for it.

Amelia receiving a medal from president Herbert Hoover.

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

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.
A map of Amelias journey around the world.

Amelias plane crashed in Hawaii.

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

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