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Explore the life of Amelia Earhart, a pioneering airwoman and social worker who set numerous aviation records before disappearing during a world flight attempt. Learn about her accomplishments, firsts, and enduring legacy as a national hero.
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The Trailblazer Caroline Meagher
Amelia Earhart • 1897-1937 (disappeared) • Airwoman • Social worker • Nurse’s Aid • Writer
Date and Place of Birth • Atchison Kansas • July 24, 1897 • Born into a prominent family. • The daughter of Amy and Edwin Earhart. • She had one sister named Muriel.
Early years • Amelia’s family traveled frequently and the girls attended private school while living with their grandparents. • From the age of ten years old the girls were homeschooled. • Amelia’s teen years were spent on the road with her parents.
Young Adult • In 1916 Amelia attended a finishing school because she could not yet afford university. • She started a crusade for equal rights and joined a secret society.
Work • Became a nurse’s aide in Toronto and worked at the Spadina Military Hospital. • In 1921 she took flying lessons and bought her first plane in pursuit of being an airwoman. • She became a social worker in 1926 and worked at denison house in Boston.
Middle Years • In 1931 Amelia married George Palmer Putnum. • She became the first woman to fly the Atlantic solo and the first woman to fly the Atlantic Ocean twice. • She set the womanize record for the fastest nonstop transcontinental flight 19 hours and five minutes.
Accomplishments • Amelia wrote, For the Fun of It, a novel about her life experiences. • She was the third person to win the Harmon Trophy for being America’s Outstanding airwoman.
Other Earhart Records • In 1933 she broke her own transcontinental record - 17hours, 7 minutes, 39 seconds. • She was elected first President of Ninety Nines; she became Vice President of Ludington Line, a commercial airline. • Amelia set a women’s speed record of 181.19 miles per hour.
Other Firsts • Became the first person to fly over the Pacific Ocean form Hawaii to California. • First person to fly from Los Angeles to Mexico City. • First person to fly from Mexico City to Newark to New Jersey.
In Memoriam • Amelia disappeared in 1937 at age thirty-nine during an attempt to fly around the world at the equator. • When Amelia Earhart became the first woman passenger to cross the Atlantic Ocean she also became America’s national hero. • She was a trailblazer in many ways as a women, as a pilot, and as a speaker.
Take the Amelia Earhart Quiz • Click on the plane to start quiz.
Credit • Morey, Eileen. The Importance of Amelia Earhart (San Diego: Lucent Books, 1995) • http://ellensplace.net/aeintro.html • http://www.lucidcafe.com/library/96jul/earhart.html
Quiz • The first time Amelia Earhart flew over the Atlantic Ocean was she a passenger or a pilot? • Name two of Amelia’s “firsts”. • What does the Harmon Trophy represent? • In 1921 what did Earhart buy in order to take flying lessons? • Name three jobs that she did in her life. • What happened to Amelia Earhart at age thirty-nine when she attempted to fly around the world at the equator?