A BIOGRAPHY OF

AMELIA EARHART

1897-1937

By Brynn

BACKGROUND

-Born in Atchison, Kansas.-Growing up when World War I was happening-She had to prove that she could fly even though she was a girl

Amelia Earhart as a little girl

1921

She took flying

lessons from Neta

Snook.

Neta Snook

called her a

natural.

Amelia liked to fly

between wires that

were only eight

feet apart!

Amelia Earhartwith her teacher, Neta Snook, and her first plane.

1922

She set her first record

flying to a height of 14,000

feet.

She set the record in her

first plane that she got

from her parents and sister. Amelia Earhart’s first

plane.

1932

She became the

first person to fly

solo across the

Atlantic Ocean.

She was the fastest

to cross the Atlantic

twice by air in May.

1935

She became the first

person to fly solo

across the Pacific

Ocean.

She flew

from .Honolulu,

Hawaii to Oakland,

California in January.

JULY 2

She disappeared near Howland Island in the Pacific.

Some people say that they claim to find bones, and

they think it might be her bones.

Some people think the Japanese might of captured her.

Some people think she might have landed on a

deserted island.

CHARACTER TRAITS

She was very brave

because she wanted to

fly a plane, but all the

men said she couldn’t

fly a plane, but she did.

She was very

determined cause she

stuck with her talent.

Amelia Earhart getting ready to

fly

QUOTE“Women must try to do

things as men have tried.

When they fail, their failure

must be a challenge to

others.”

Meaning: Women should

pick up where she left off and

try things that women

supposedly can’t do, even if

other women tried but did

not completely succeed.

Amelia Earhart in

Hawaii

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