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By Klaudia Card

Amelia Earhart. By Klaudia Card. Amelia Earhart was born on July 24, 1897, in Atchison, Kansas. She was married to George Putnam in 1931 and had n o children. Amelia Earhart’s death is u nknown but she disappeared on July 1, 1936. Some believe she disappeared

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  1. Amelia Earhart By Klaudia Card

  2. Amelia Earhart was born on July 24, 1897, in Atchison, Kansas She was married to George Putnam in 1931 and had no children Amelia Earhart’s death is unknown but she disappeared on July 1, 1936. Some believe she disappeared over the Gilbert Islands which is located near Australia.

  3. Social Contribution Amelia Earhart accomplished many things with her airplane. But she also broke several barriers. In the time she lived, women were expected to be the ones to stay home and do chores. Amelia Earhart showed the society that women can do more than just sit at home and be a mom.

  4. Childhood When Amelia Earhart was little, her dad, Edwin Earhart, became an alcoholic. Because of this, her mom, herself and her moved to Chicago with their friends, the Shedd family. Amelia Earhart became who she was at the Iowa State Fair when she was very young. That’s where she saw her first airplane. At the time, she was uninterested. Later in her life, she realized that she was very interested in learning how to fly an airplane, just like her dad.

  5. Adolescence • In 1915, Amelia graduated from Hyde Park High School in Chicago. • She finished high school is 1916 • Amelia Earhart moved back to Kansas with her dad • After seeing 4 injured men on the streets, she decided she wanted to help people who came from war and became a nurses assistant at Spadina Military Hospital in Canada • While being a nurses assistant, patients told her several stories about dangerous airplane fights. • Her curiosity led her to the Toronto fair and she watched pilots do stunts with their airplanes. • After that she signed up to learn more.

  6. Adulthood • Amelia Earhart taught foreign students how to speak English at the Columbia University in New York. • In 1924, Amelia’s parents divorced and she bought a car for her mom for her to move to Connecticut to live with Muriel, Amelia's sister. • At age 34, she married George Putnam • Somewhere in-between 1913 and 1915, Amelia entered her plane in the women’s air Derby. • On May 20 and 21, 1932, when Amelia was the first women to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean, she was awarded National Geographic Society’s gold metal form the president.

  7. Awards and Records • June 12, 1928: First women passenger • to fly across the Atlantic. • April 8, 1931: Altitude record for • autogiros; 18,451 feet • May 20-21, 1932: First women to fly • across Atlantic solo • August 24-25, 1932: Woman’s nonstop • speed record 17 • hours, 7 minutes

  8. Awards and Records (continued) • July 7-8, 1933: Women’s nonstop speed • record (19 hours, 5 minutes) • January 11-12, 1935: First solo from Honolulu to Oakland • April 19-20, 1935: First solo from Los Angeles to Mexico City • May 8, 1935: First to solo from Mexico City to Newark • June-July, 1937: First to fly around the world at the equator (not completed)

  9. The President of the U.S In 1897 William McKinley was president when Amelia Earhart was born. McKinley ran in office in 1897 to 1901. He was the 25th president of the United States.

  10. Interview: 3 questions: • How did you prepare yourself • for your long airplane trips? • Why did you become • Interested in flying? • Do you wish you changed • anything during any of your • plane journeys?

  11. Bibliography • Digital image. Oceana Amelia Earhart. Web. 4 May 2010. <http://www.janesoceania.com/oceania_amelia_earhart/earhart1.jpg>. Amelia Earhart. New York: Sterling, 1970. Print. • Digital image. Simple Solutions for Planet Earth and Humanity. Web. 4 May 2010. <http://www.janesoceania.com/oceania_amelia_earhart/earhart1.jpg>. • Digital image. Historical Context. Web. 4 May 2010. <http://www.asds.org/ClassProjects/8thAH_06/cristina/amelia.jpg>. • Digital image. Cumulus Clouds. Web. 5 May 2010. <http://www.caenz.com/info/downloads/photolibrary/PhotoLib/MiscOther/images/Cumulus%20clouds.jpg>. • Categories. Web. 6 May 2010. <http://georgeberlin.files.wordpress.com/2009/07/jet-plane.jpg>. • Autogyros. Web. 6 May 2010. <http://www.unc.edu/~franco/autogyro/autogyro2bigger.jpg>. • Amelia's Adolescence. Web. 7 May 2010. <http://www3.mpls.k12.mn.us/marcy/Difference/earhart/adolescence.html>.

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