Amelia Earhart Informative Writing We have all heard the name Amelia Earhart somewhere in our lifetime, but do you really know who Amelia is? Amelia Earhart is the known as one of the world's most respected and well-known aviators. Amelia is a symbol of the respect, perseverance to women, and beauty. Her influence on women also happens to be why she is so greatly appreciated. Amelia was born in Atchison, Kansas on July 24, 1897. She spent most of childhood in various towns, including Atchison, Kansas City, and Des Moines. Amelia had a welcoming and happy childhood living with parents and siblings who both loved and cared for her. When Amelia was around 19 she began her aviator career by taking a course …show more content…
Another thing Amelia did to increase her popularity was open the new field of aviation to women. She inspired many women who also shared a passion in aviation and inspired women in general. Due to her becoming the first person to fly from Hawaii to the American, she was not only the first person to solo anywhere in the Pacific, but also the first person to fly across the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans solo. Amelia fulfilled her dream of traveling the globe in aircraft and ever since we all love and respect her influence on our world today. Amelia's popularity also contributed to her death and disappearance. In June 1937, Amelia began the first flight at the equator. On July 2, after completing almost over 22,000 miles, she vanished and so did Frederick Noonan who happened to be her navigator. They started in Lae and their destination point was Howland. However, their plan was disrupted do to her disappearance. Many air and land searches were conducted to find her. However, they failed to locate Amelia, Noonan, and the aircraft. So naturally, they could only assume they were lost at sea. Still this day, many theories have been made to understand what exactly happened to Amelia