Amelia Earhart is one of the most influential and inspiring woman figures in history. Amelia was an amazing pilot and broke many records and completed amazing feats during her lifetime. She advocated for equality between women and men and all fields of work. I believe she should always be remembered for her accomplishments. Amelia Earhart was born July 24, 1897, in Atchison, Kansas to Amy and Edwin Earhart. She later had a sister named Grace. When Amelia witnessed her first plane at 10 years old she was not at all interested. 10 years later at a stunt flying exhibition, her mind was drastically changed. All throughout her life, Amelia was inspired by women working in male dominated fields. When she graduated Hyde Park High School in 1915, …show more content…
She knew she wanted to become a pilot. Earhart took her first flying lesson on January 3, 1921, from Anita Snook. She began saving her money, and with help from her mother, bought her first plane in July 1921. It was bright yellow and she named it the Canary. On October 22, 1922, she flew the canary to an altitude of 14,000 feet setting a world record for female pilots. She began pursuing her dreams, setting records along the way. On May 15, 1923, Earhart became the 16th woman to be issued a pilot's license. On June 17, 1928, she flew across the Atlantic with pilot Wilmer Stultz, co-pilot Louis E. Gordon, and publicist George P. Putnam. She was the first woman to cross the Atlantic. In November 1929, she founded The 99s, a women’s pilot club. She placed third at the Cleveland Women's Air Derby, Set new altitude record of 18,415 feet and set the women's world flying speed record of 181.18 mph. On February 7th, 1931 she married george Putnam, after he proposed six times. She insisted on calling the marriage a “partnership” so people knew they had equal control in the relationship. On May 20th, 1932 she set off to be first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic, but weather conditions forced her to land in a field about halfway through. She was still honored for bravery. She became the first woman to receive Distinguished Flying Cross and gold medal from the National Geographic …show more content…
She was determined for her last flight to make it around the world. On June 1st, 1937 she set off w navigator to fly across the earth. The last communication we heard from Amelia was July 2nd at 8:45 pm was the last we heard from her when she was trying to land on Howland Island in the Mid Pacific. On July 19th, after spending $4 million and scouring 250,000 square miles they called off the most extensive sea search in history that was to find her. There are many speculations as to what exactly happened to Amelia. She was trying to land on Howland Island to refuel, but it was so foggy that her navigator couldn’t work, and they couldn’t see below them. There’s a few possibilities and some far reaching theories too, such as coconut crabs ate her body and scattered her bones of the island after she crashed. She could have flown around above the water till she ran out of fuel and crashed. Or she landed in Saipan but was executed by the Japanese. We will never truly know what happened to Amelia, but searches and evidence are still