The Life and Disappearance of Amelia Earhart

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The Life and Disappearance of Amelia Earhart

• By Ellen

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The Birth of a Pioneer

• Amelia Earhart was born on July 24, 1897.
• She was born in Atchison, Kansas.
• She was born in her rich grandmothers house.

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Amelias Family

• She had a sister named Muriel.
• Her mothers side of the family was very rich.
• She was especially fond of her father, and she
  thought he was smart, funny and handsome.
• Her father had trouble keeping a job.

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Childhood

• In the summer of 1909, before Amelias eighth
  grade year, she went to the Iowa state fair and
  saw her first airplane. At the time she didnt
  think much of it.
• She went to the world fair, where she saw her
  first roller coaster. When she went home, she
  built one of her own.
• One December she went sledding with her sister.
  She was going so fast she went right under a
  horse.

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Teenage Years

• Her father couldn't keep a job so her family
  split up.
• Her mother took her and her sister to a rooming
  house in Chicago.

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Education

• Amelia Earhart went to Hyde Park High School in
  Chicago.
• She was a good college student .
• She dreamed of going to a first-rate college, but
  there wasnt enough money in the family.
• There was enough money to send her to a good
  private school for girls.

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Adult Life

• Worked as a volunteer nurse during world war I
  from 1914-1918.
• Moved in with her mother, who lived in California
  in 1920, where she became fascinated with
  aviation, which was dangerous, even for men.
• She became a social worker in 1926, but she
  continued to fly planes.
• She married George Palmer Putram.

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Important Events

• She took flying lessons from one of the only
  women pilots at the time, Neta Snook.
• She purchased her very own plane, which was
  unusual at the time for women.
• In 1937 she became the first woman pilot to fly
  across the Atlantic Ocean.

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The Disappearance

• Amelia disappeared on July 2, 1937, along with
  her navigator Fred Noonan.
• She is probably deceased, because she was never
  found and it has been 71 years since she was last
  heard from.
• A giant search was issued, but neither she or
  Fred Noonan were found.

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Why She is Remembered

• She was one of the first female pilots.
• She was the first woman pilot to fly across the
  Atlantic Ocean.
• She tried to fly around the world.
• She inspired many woman with her achievements.
• She was a pioneer.

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Why She Interested Me

• She was the first woman pilot to fly across the
  Atlantic Ocean, and she tried to fly around the
  world.
• She had a puzzling disappearance.

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The Two Most Important Lessons I Learned

• Hard work pays off. She bought her own plane, and
  got a flying license.
• You shouldnt always care what other people
  think. She didnt care that some people thought
  she shouldnt fly a plane simply because she was
  a woman.

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Why She Is a Hero

• She inspired many women with her accomplishments.
  
• Now, we have many women pilots because of her.

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References

• Earhart, Amehlia. "Amehlia Earhart." Amehlia
  Earhart. 10 Oct 2008