Amelia Earhart Research Paper

Amelia Earhart was a peculiar child. Her family and friends considered her to be a tomboy, not conforming to the status quo. As she got older, she came to realize her inner desire to fly. In time, she became a new sensation in the world of aviation. She set and broke many records, and was an active supporter of the Equal Rights Amendment. As she approached forty years of age, she chose to take on one last task—becoming the first woman to fly around the world (BLACK). On the last leg of their journey, they reported they were running low on fuel, and that was the last thing anyone heard from them (GREEN). Amelia Earhart was changing the world’s view on the capabilities of women, which is why her strange disappearance is so tragic. Amelia Mary …show more content…
On June 17, Earhart joins Wilmer “Bill” Stultz and Louis E. “Slim” Gordon on Friendship, a Fokker F7 and reached their destination in 21 hours. Three other women had died that year trying to make the trip. When they returned, a parade and a reception were thrown in their honor by President Coolidge. About four years later, she decided to make the journey again—alone. She, then, also held the record for the first woman to cross the Atlantic solo, with a time of 14 hours and 56 minutes. For this, she was awarded a gold medal from the National Geographic Society by President Hoover (BLACK). For years, she sought out to break several of her previously standing records by flying them again in less time. Earhart was also invested in emboldening women to refuse to comply with social traditions and inspire them to seek opportunities. That is why, in 1929, she helped create a group of female aviators that became known as the Ninety-Nines (GREEN). Earhart was voted president of this association in 1932 (BLACK). Amelia continued to make history in 1935 by flying unaccompanied from Hawaii to California in 17 hours and 7 minutes, a course of 2,408 miles (GREEN). Later that same year, she was the first to complete a trip from Los Angeles to Mexico City, then the first to complete a nonstop trip from Mexico City to Newark …show more content…
She dreamt of being the first woman to fly around the world. So, on June 1st, 1937, Amelia Earhart and Fred Noonan, her navigator, left Miami and started their 29,000-mile expedition heading east. They made a number of stops for refueling, including their stop at Lae, New Guinea, on June 29th (GREEN). The next leg of their trip, to Howland Island, was the most difficult, for it was a very small island. The left for Howland Island on July 2nd, with multiple U.S. Coast Guard ships lighting their way. They flew through dark, cloudy skies and sporadic rain, which made their navigation method tough. The ITASCA, the ship stationed just off the coast of Howland Island, sent constant transmissions, but Earhart and Noonan never received them. At 7:42 AM, Earhart radioed the message to the ship, “We must be on you, but we cannot see you. Fuel is running low. Been unable to reach you by radio. We are flying at 1,000 feet.” The ITASCA tried to reply but to no avail. At 8:45, she sent one last report—“We are running north and south.” (BLACK) Once they realized they had lost contact with the plane, immediately a search and rescue team was sent out. In fact, FDR approved a $4 million search including 66 airplanes and nine ships (BLUE). It is believed that the plane dropped somewhere around 100 miles from the island. Nonetheless, the efforts concluded on July 19, when it was announced that