Following a dream is scary, but following a dream as a woman in the 1920’s was even scarier. This however did not scare Amelia Earhart, who followed her dream as a pilot. She was one of the first woman pilots and set a lot of records. Earhart grew up in an upper class home until her parents spent all of their money and it became harder to follow her dream. She went to an airshow with her father and fell in love with the thought of flying. She went to school but never graduated and instead became a nurse in World War I. She then left and bought flying lessons for 10 minutes. Earhart's professional career soon took off. Amelia Earhart grew up in an upper class home which helped provide money for flying lessons, she became the first woman pilot
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Earhart then went back three days later and bought a ticket to ride an airplane. Earhart's parents spent all of their money but saved a little for Earhart to go to school. She graduated from Hyde Park High School in Chicago in 1916. She did not go to college but instead became a nurse in the war. Her volunteering in the war put a pause on her flying career, but her career soon picked up after she was home.When she came home she went back to school to become a social worker to earn more money to buy her first plane. According to Adam Woog, “It was a thing of rusty wire and wood, I was much more interested in an absurd had made of an invented peach blanket which I purchased for fifteen cents” (13-14). Amelia Earhart received her pilot's license from the Federation Aeronautique Internationale. Amelia Earhart had many accomplishments in her lifetime but also impacted many women in the 1920’s. Rosanne Welch says, “On July 5 she used the three-kilometer international course to set a record of 181 miles per hour, which kept her in the news as she planned her own transAtlantic flight as pilot”(64). Amelia Earhart was a big success in the 1920’s she had many accomplishments. On her 24th birthday Amelia Earhart bought her first plane with the money she earned working three jobs. Just two years after buying her first she started setting many
Earhart then went back three days later and bought a ticket to ride an airplane. Earhart's parents spent all of their money but saved a little for Earhart to go to school. She graduated from Hyde Park High School in Chicago in 1916. She did not go to college but instead became a nurse in the war. Her volunteering in the war put a pause on her flying career, but her career soon picked up after she was home.When she came home she went back to school to become a social worker to earn more money to buy her first plane. According to Adam Woog, “It was a thing of rusty wire and wood, I was much more interested in an absurd had made of an invented peach blanket which I purchased for fifteen cents” (13-14). Amelia Earhart received her pilot's license from the Federation Aeronautique Internationale. Amelia Earhart had many accomplishments in her lifetime but also impacted many women in the 1920’s. Rosanne Welch says, “On July 5 she used the three-kilometer international course to set a record of 181 miles per hour, which kept her in the news as she planned her own transAtlantic flight as pilot”(64). Amelia Earhart was a big success in the 1920’s she had many accomplishments. On her 24th birthday Amelia Earhart bought her first plane with the money she earned working three jobs. Just two years after buying her first she started setting many