Rachel Gordon December 12th, 2016 AP World Mr.Fragapane Amelia Earhart
Amelia Earhart was an aviation pioneer, and author. Despite her notorious disappearance, Amelia was shown to be a role model for women, and young girls everywhere. Women were often oppressed in the 1920’s and 1930’s, and not given the same opportunities as men. Amelia not only formulated The Ninety-Nines (an organization for female pilots), but she also wrote best selling books about her flying experiences, set world records, and was a career counselor to women interested in aviation careers. (1) Through her strong speeches, Amelia inspired young women, and children everywhere that the world is limitless.
Amelia Earhart was born on July 24th, 1897 in Atchison, Kansas. …show more content…
During this time she developed a strong admiration for aviators, spending a majority of her time watching the Royal Flying Corps practicing at the airfield nearby. She enrolled as a premedical student at Columbia University in 1919, and dropped out to be with her parents who had reunited in California. It wasn’t until 1920 that Amelia took her first airplane ride, and it wasn’t till 1921 that she started taking flying lessons from Neta Scott. (5) She was the 16th woman to be issued a pilot’s license, and was nicknamed “Lady Lindy.” Amelia was selected to be the first female passenger on a transatlantic flight by her future husband George Pullman. After this Amelia took a giant leap, and started an aviation career. Amelia devoted her life not only to flying, but to women who aspired to have the same career as her. She organized a club for women who were interested in aviation careers called the Ninety-Nines, and also was a career counselor for women interested in aviation careers. Amelia was the first, and one of the only woman to ever be awarded the Air Force Distinguished Flying Cross. On June 17th- 18th 1928 Amelia became the first woman to fly across the Atlantic as a passenger, and was the first woman to make a solo round-trip flight across the United States. Amelia constantly broke records for speed, and would be the first person to fly solo from Honolulu, Hawaii to Oakland, California, Los Angeles, California to Mexico City, and Mexico City to Newark, New Jersey. (4) The most famous, and notorious flights of Amelia’s is when she attempted to fly around the world in June 1937. During the first leg of their journey they began in Miami, and in the second leg of their journey began their way to Howland Island in New Guinea. On July 2nd, 1937 was the last time Earhart and her co-pilot Fred Noonan were heard by a nearby Coast Guard Ship.
Amelia Earhart was an aviation pioneer, and author. Despite her notorious disappearance, Amelia was shown to be a role model for women, and young girls everywhere. Women were often oppressed in the 1920’s and 1930’s, and not given the same opportunities as men. Amelia not only formulated The Ninety-Nines (an organization for female pilots), but she also wrote best selling books about her flying experiences, set world records, and was a career counselor to women interested in aviation careers. (1) Through her strong speeches, Amelia inspired young women, and children everywhere that the world is limitless.
Amelia Earhart was born on July 24th, 1897 in Atchison, Kansas. …show more content…
During this time she developed a strong admiration for aviators, spending a majority of her time watching the Royal Flying Corps practicing at the airfield nearby. She enrolled as a premedical student at Columbia University in 1919, and dropped out to be with her parents who had reunited in California. It wasn’t until 1920 that Amelia took her first airplane ride, and it wasn’t till 1921 that she started taking flying lessons from Neta Scott. (5) She was the 16th woman to be issued a pilot’s license, and was nicknamed “Lady Lindy.” Amelia was selected to be the first female passenger on a transatlantic flight by her future husband George Pullman. After this Amelia took a giant leap, and started an aviation career. Amelia devoted her life not only to flying, but to women who aspired to have the same career as her. She organized a club for women who were interested in aviation careers called the Ninety-Nines, and also was a career counselor for women interested in aviation careers. Amelia was the first, and one of the only woman to ever be awarded the Air Force Distinguished Flying Cross. On June 17th- 18th 1928 Amelia became the first woman to fly across the Atlantic as a passenger, and was the first woman to make a solo round-trip flight across the United States. Amelia constantly broke records for speed, and would be the first person to fly solo from Honolulu, Hawaii to Oakland, California, Los Angeles, California to Mexico City, and Mexico City to Newark, New Jersey. (4) The most famous, and notorious flights of Amelia’s is when she attempted to fly around the world in June 1937. During the first leg of their journey they began in Miami, and in the second leg of their journey began their way to Howland Island in New Guinea. On July 2nd, 1937 was the last time Earhart and her co-pilot Fred Noonan were heard by a nearby Coast Guard Ship.