Amelia Earhart: Achieving The American Dream

Amelia Earhart was very successful in achieving the American Dream due to her natural talent and determination to show the world women were capable of achieving greatness in a world where men were seen as superior. Ms. Earhart lived during the Great Depression where the American Dream was to provide for your family and simply survive. There was not much room for anything else due to the lack of money many average families possessed. Amelia Earhart overcame these obstacles and was able to become a driving force behind the feminist movement and a world renowned pilot. She broke many records men dared to attempt. Despite being a women, Amelia Earhart was able to achieve the American Dream through courage and determination in a time when women were not equal to men.

Amelia Mary Earhart was born to Amelia “Amy” Earhart and Edwin Earhart on July 24th, 1897 in Atchison, Kansas. Her father was an alcoholic causing Earhart and her sister to spend countless hours at her …show more content…
In 1931, historian James Truslow Adams created the term.(Lewyn) He stated it as being, “That dream of a land in which life should be better and richer and fuller for every man, with opportunity for each according to his ability or achievement. . . That dream or hope has been present from the start”(Lee). When this important term to society was created the Great Depression was already in full swing. The Great Depression began in 1929 and ended in 1938. It was a time where the entire world economy suffered major losses. Inflation increases and the quality of life went down.(Nelson) People began to lose faith in the country and began to question if the promise for a better life was even attainable in America. “The perception of America as a land of economic opportunity was broken only during the years of the Great Depression.”(Thomas) Perhaps James Adams created the American Dream as a hopeful cry that life could get