Amelia Bedelia

Amelia Mary Earhart, born on the 24 July 1897, was an American aviator, author and women's rights activist. She was instrumental in the formation of the Ninety-Nines, an organization for female pilots. Earhart was the second person and first female to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. Even as a young girl Earhart defied conventional female behaviour. She would climb trees, hunt rats and she kept a scrapbook of newspaper clippings about successful women in predominantly male orientated fields…

passionate readers, recently, I read the inspirational biography Winged Legend: Story of Amelia Earhart by John Burke, which recounts Amelia Earhart's daring life story. Amelia was a fearless aviation pioneer who set countless height, speed and distance records. She lived at a time when women were considered to be inferior to men. Women had limited jobs and their talents were greatly underestimated. However, Amelia broke down these barriers and proved to the world that women were as capable as…

Flight has always been the dream of men. Since the time of Chinese military kites, mankind has utilized the air as a method of war, exploration, travel, and thrill. Pushed to the side were women. Before 1908, no woman had ever soloed in an airplane. In September of 1908, Thérèse Peltier, a French woman, set that record with a 200 metre flight in a Voison boxwite at Turin, Italy. Two years later, two women in the United States would follow Peltier into the sky: Blaunche Stuart Scott and Bessie…

Name Emily Johnson Date 4/17/18 Name of Influential Person Amelia Mary Earhart “Adventure is worthwhile in itself.” Amelia Mary Earhart was the inspiration to women all around the world, she defeated the disbelief and the people who didn’t believe she could do anything as well as any man. She took a risk and she let herself soar picking up the world with her.(Amelia Earhart, The Legend of the Lost Aviator by Shelley Tanaka and Illustrated by David Craig, 2008). She proved to the malicious…

Amelia Earhart was a female pioneer and pilot. She did many things to prove that to be true, and they are Amelia always looking for achievement, she persevered to achieve her goals, and she had many long term goals that she set to be able to achieve more for herself. Firstly, Amelia Earhart was always looking for achievement as a part of why she was a female pioneer. Earhart kept a scrapbook of newspaper clippings about successful women in predominantly male-oriented fields, including film…

Amelia Earhart  "The most effective way to do it, is to do it." Amelia Earhart said and believed this wholeheartedly. She didn't have time to think of effective ways to do things, she had too many records to set and dreams to accomplish. Because of this she became famous.  Amelia Earhart was born on July 24, 1897 in Atchison, Kansas. In her young life, Amelia climbed trees, collected bugs, and hunted rats with a .22 rifle. She lived with her grandparents up to the age of 12,…

atlantic by herself. Does she know her daughter will inspire others to join aviation. Perhaps Amy Earhart named her Amelia because it means work. DId she know how much work it would take for Amelia to break free of the chains that bound women at the time? ALl of Amelia’s great accomplishments were influenced by her difficult early years. It all started in Atchison, Kansas. Amelia, called Meely by her family, had a childhood full of adventure. She and her sister, Muriel,…

atlantic sea alone? Amelia Earhart was born on 24 July 1897 in Atchison, Kansas, the daughter of a lawyer Edwin Earhart. Amelia was a great rider, swimmer, tennis player, and shooter .She did her target practice with a .22 caliber rifle. She learned to read when she was four years old and since then, read many books, but was especially intrigued by adventure novels. As a result, despite her belonging to the “weaker sex”, Amelia has become a recognized leader amongst the crowds. Amelia Earhart…

There is always a first to something. Whether it be the first computer being invented or the first person to perform open heart surgery successfully, there will always be a first. Amelia Earhart was one of them; she accomplished many firsts during her life which helped her become who she was, an American Aviator, which also helped her transform into an iconic person. She was the first woman to fly solo in multiple different places, inspiring thousands of others to follow her footsteps. Along…

Rainsford woke up that morning from the best night’s sleep he has ever had. He wakes up like it is a normal morning in New York, he changes into new clothes and makes himself some breakfast. After Rainsford had a wonderful homemade breakfast he decided to do some exploring of the house. Upstairs in General Zaroff’s room he found a huge safe filled with guns and ammo. These guns were illegal to own in the United States and Rainsford was wondering where he could possibly get such rare infantry. He…