Fred Noonan

Flight has always been the dream of men. Since the time of Chinese military kites, mankind has utilized the air as a method of war, exploration, travel, and thrill. Pushed to the side were women. Before 1908, no woman had ever soloed in an airplane. In September of 1908, Thérèse Peltier, a French woman, set that record with a 200 metre flight in a Voison boxwite at Turin, Italy. Two years later, two women in the United States would follow Peltier into the sky: Blaunche Stuart Scott and Bessie…

Kim Edwards was born on May 4, 1958 in Killeen, Texas. Though, she was raised in Lexington, Kentucky. She teaches in her former University, the University of Iowa. She does not have much information about her personal life rather than just basic facts like her birthday and birthplace, in the back of her works, let alone the internet. She does share some information though in a 2007 Barnes and Noble Interview in which she shares a bit of her wit. This interview reveals her as a very witty,…

My favorite book is ''Portas Abertas: Três meses na Europa sem um centavo no bolso''. It's about a woman that traveled for 92 days in Europe and visited 14 countries without money. Aline Campbell is a Brazilian plastic artist woman that decided to live a unique experience just believing in the goodness of strangers. She traveled for three months where she took rides and stayed in the house of strangers, she just bought the airline tickets and flew to Germany to start this adventure. She tell…

Name Emily Johnson Date 4/17/18 Name of Influential Person Amelia Mary Earhart “Adventure is worthwhile in itself.” Amelia Mary Earhart was the inspiration to women all around the world, she defeated the disbelief and the people who didn’t believe she could do anything as well as any man. She took a risk and she let herself soar picking up the world with her.(Amelia Earhart, The Legend of the Lost Aviator by Shelley Tanaka and Illustrated by David Craig, 2008). She proved to the malicious…

Amelia Earhart  "The most effective way to do it, is to do it." Amelia Earhart said and believed this wholeheartedly. She didn't have time to think of effective ways to do things, she had too many records to set and dreams to accomplish. Because of this she became famous.  Amelia Earhart was born on July 24, 1897 in Atchison, Kansas. In her young life, Amelia climbed trees, collected bugs, and hunted rats with a .22 rifle. She lived with her grandparents up to the age of 12,…

The rain poured down on the town of Atchison, Kansas on July, 24th, 1897. Lightning cracked and thunder shook the house where Amy Earhart laid. As she held her newborn baby girl, I wonder if Amy Earhart knew right then, that her baby will become the first women to cross the atlantic by herself. Does she know her daughter will inspire others to join aviation. Perhaps Amy Earhart named her Amelia because it means work. DId she know how much work it would take for Amelia to break free of the chains…

1) In the story “Wakefield” by Hawthorne is based on this character name Wakefield “The man under pretence of going a journey took lodgings in the next street to his own house, and there, unheard of by his wife or friends, and without the shadow of self-banishment, dwelt upwards of twenty years”(1). Wakefield does indeed sound like an oddly uninteresting character however Hawthorne makes it clear that Wakefield is a painfully normal guy. Because Hawthorne shows that Wakefield is a normal guy…

From the beginning this mentality integrated itself into Kelly’s dance style. His brother Fred relates that “Gene wanted to have a masculine image, so we [the studio] never wore tights or short pants on the boys” (Frank 174). Kelly fused his rugged personal attitude “with a muscular style of jazz tap dancing that was digging, loud, and strong”…

Question 1.) “What is the main purpose or key question of the article?” “The Trump Plan” is an article written by the editors at the National Review. The article evaluates Donald Trump’s views on immigration. While the writers are relaying his views to the reader in a seemingly civil way, they do take subtle shots at Donald Trump. Someone who they referred to within the text as “The Donald” (THE EDITORS 2015, p. 14). The Purpose of this article is to inform the reader of the infamous…

Being a senior in high school was stressful for me, specially when I wanted to go to University of Arizona. I knew I could of got in because my GPA was high, but I also knew I couldn 't afforded living on campus like I wanted to. After over thinking my opinions about loans, grants, FASHA, and scholarships I decided to try to get a scholarship. Sadly, I didn 't get it because I missed two parts of the requirements (tax information and a letter of recommendation). Since I only had three more…