Amelia Earhart: A Brief Biography

Amelia Earhart is remembered as one of the most famous aviators in history because she had the courage to do what no other aviator had done yet, which was to fly across the Pacific Ocean. She is very much known for flying. Amelia Earhart had the courage to do what no oneelse did. She was always adventurous even as a small child. On the date of July 24, 1897 a baby girl was born to Amy and Edwin Earhart in Atchison,Kansas. Her name was Amelia Mary Earhart. They nicked named her Meely. “She spent much of her early childhood in the upper-middle class household of her maternal grandparents” (biography.com). a couple years past and her parents had another baby girl and named her Muriel. At an early age Amelia’s father started drinking. Though …show more content…
This time they weren’t going to go back to him. It was time for Amelia to pick a school. Where her mother wanted to move which was close to their family and friends Amelia likened the chemistry lab to sink in a kitchen. So she pros waded her mother not to move there. “Amelia chose Hyde Park High School, in the Hyde Park district, it meant they had to find lodging there” (Butler 71). Amelia was a very good student she loved chemistry the most though. “In December 1917 she went up to Canada and spent Christmas with Muriel” (Lauber 26). She went to serve as a nurse’s aid in Toronto. She stayed until November 1918working ten hour shifts. Sometimes the officers would invite them to go watch the officers fly but civilians were not allowed up into the planes. The next place she went was New York City that is where she attended Columbia University. Amelia loved working at the hospital and wanted to go for a career in medical but she soon found out she didn’t want to be a doctor. Amelia thought maybe she would go for a career in medical research. Her parents at that time went and moved to Los Angeles they had a large house with mutable extra rooms which they rented out. “one of the boarders was a young man named Sam Chapman, a chemical engineer” (Lauber …show more content…
She finally said yes to him an they were married in 1930. After a couple of months she then announced her plans to fly the Atlantic Ocean herself. “Like many fliers she felt that something would go wrong if she did” (Lauber 52). After the flight she was more famous than ever. After about a year of doing more records she decided that she wanted to be the first aviator to fly around the world. George said that he would make it happen but it would be dangerous. He told her that to do it she would have to fly across the Pacific Ocean. She did not tell anyone of her plans though. She got a plan to fly and learned how to work on it. Finally it was time to fly she was so happy. After she got across the Atlantic she decided to land and check everything to make sure it was running properly. The next day she woke up and took off again. At the end of the day she landed to sleep. For the next day was the day to fly the Pacific. The next morning came around but she could not fly for it was cloudy. So she