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
RESOURCES
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