Amelia

Decent Essays
Improved Essays
Superior Essays
Great Essays
Brilliant Essays
    Page 6 of 50 - About 500 Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Amelia Earhart is remembered as one of the most famous aviators in history because she had the courage to do what no other aviator had done yet, which was to fly across the Pacific Ocean. She is very much known for flying. Amelia Earhart had the courage to do what no oneelse did. She was always adventurous even as a small child. On the date of July 24, 1897 a baby girl was born to Amy and Edwin Earhart in Atchison,Kansas. Her name was Amelia Mary Earhart. They nicked named her Meely. “She spent…

    • 1350 Words
    • 6 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    found eye catching was the mysterious disappearance of Amelia Earhart. Many are familiar with Amelia Earhart’s accomplishments and what was known as her “last known flight”. Her plane had never landed during her journey in attempts to cross the Pacific; she mysteriously disappeared in July of 1937. Her disappearance remains a mystery to this day. I question why we are still questioning what happened…

    • 2135 Words
    • 9 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    What do you think happened to Amelia Earhart? Millions of people know the famous aviator, Amelia Earhart. But not so many people know how she died. There are multiple assumptions for what happened to Amelia Earhart and her navigator, Fred Noonan. Her first flight, in 1920 was the start of something huge. She began flying many places, like across the Atlantic to Britain, and from Hawaii to the US Mainland. These flights were the many things that made her famous. Not so long after, she had bigger…

    • 307 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Amelia Earhart: An Aviator and a Feminist “I want to do it because I want to do it. Women, like men, should try to do the impossible. And when they fail, their failure should be a challenge to others”, wrote Amelia Earhart in a letter to her husband as she prepared for her greatest challenge, a solo trip around the world (Edwins). Known as one of the most brilliant female aviators of the 1920’s and 30’s, Amelia Mary Earhart emerged as one of the most independent and powerful feminists of the…

    • 1170 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Decent Essays

    The roaring 20s is an era known for its sustained economic prosperity and new social movements. Amelia Earhart was one of the many figures who were known in the roaring 20s for her determination in her career and for fighting for equal rights for women. Amelia Earhart was born in July 24 of 1897 in Atchison, Arkansas. Her father was an alcolic and there were always fights between him and her mother. Most of the time, Earhart's mother sent her and her older sister to her grandparents’ house.…

    • 516 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Improved Essays

    you haven’t come up with the answer yet, it’s Amelia Earhart. Amelia was born on July 24, 1897 in Atchison, Kansas and died around the day of July 2, 1937. Amelia Earhart is one of the most significant figures in the twentieth century because of her role in women’s rights, the records she set in her aviation career, and she was a role model to many people around the world. For many years, men had been superior to women in most areas of work. Amelia Earhart wanted to change that. She…

    • 1072 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Great Essays

    Amelia Mary Earhart, named after her two grandmothers Amelia and Mary, was born on July 24, 1897 in Atchison, Kansas. Being the daughter of a railroad attorney she spent her childhood in various towns, including Atchison and Kansas City, Kansas and Des Moines, Iowa. She spent the winter months with her grandparents, Alfred and Amelia Otis, in Atchison and the summers with her parents in Kansas City, Kansas. Her mother and sister, Grace Muriel, visited her while she stayed with her grandparents,…

    • 2315 Words
    • 10 Pages
    Great Essays
  • Improved Essays

    During the seventy-three years since Amelia Earhart had “vanished into thin air” many theories have emerged about how and where the famous pilot died. According to some researchers, new discoveries on the Pacific island of Nikumaroro may bring us closer than ever to the discovery of what might’ve happened to her. Amelia Earhart’s daring flight around the world was cut short when her plane, the Lockeed Electra, disappeared over the Pacific Ocean on June 2, 1937. Shortly after,…

    • 755 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    there is one more good flight left in my system and I hope this flight is it.” Is what Amelia Earhart-aviator-said before she left for her last flight. Amelia Earhart disappeared on a mission to fly around the world. Scientists are still puzzled about what happened to the aviator. Amelia Earhart and her navigator Fred Noonan may have landed on a different island, crashed or maybe she was taken hostage. Amelia Mary Earhart was born to Amy and Edwin Earhart on July 24th 1897. The first ten years…

    • 736 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Amelia Earhart Whoosh! There she goes! Amelia Earhart, she was an American aviation, pioneer, author, and all around inspiration. Amelia was the first female to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. Amelia broke many records, and received many awards. But how did Amelia get her start? The first time Amelia saw a plane, she was not impressed. " It was a thing of rusty wire and wood and looked not all that interesting. " Amelia explained. Amelia Earhart was born on July 24, 1897. She…

    • 1027 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Page 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 50