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How Did Amelia Earhart Improve The World

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Have you ever had the urge to improve the world by doing something you love? Well Amelia Earhart did just that. Amelia proved to the world that women are capable of doing things that are tradionally a male role. She proved it by learning to fly, earning many awards and not let anyone stop her from pursuing her dreams. Amelia is an influentioal person that is still talked about and amired today. When she disappeared no one knew what to think so several theories were generated to try and make sense of the disappearnce. Extensive search parties were unsuccessful in finding Amelia and her navigator Fred Noonan. Over the years the search continues to find out what happened to Amelia and Fred. Ameila had a diverse background and experienced …show more content…

Thease two were really close and Amelia was the main leader. Amelia’s parents were very supportive of her decion to fly. They wanted here to grow up to be a genuine lady but Amelia was never that according to Amelia Earhart the official website, she defied conventional feminine behavior, she climbed trees, "belly slammed" her sled to start it downhill, and hunted rats with a .22 rifle. She also kept a scrapbook of newspaper clippings about successful women in predominantly male-oriented fields, including film direction and production, law, advertising, management, and mechanical engineering. Amelia graduated from Hyde Park High School in 1915 and attended Ogontz which is a girls finishing school in the suburbs of Philadelphia. During WWI, Amelia worked as a nurse’s aid at a military hospital in Canada. She later attended college and became a …show more content…

Her second time was in June when her plane was repaired after the first time. According to the national geographic film “Where is Amelia Earhart” from 2009 Amelia’s last words before she took off were “find me if you can”. Amelia and her Navigator Fred went on an all around trip on July 2, 1937 and never returned, and we have been looking for her and Fred ever since. When the navy ship Itasca lost communication with Amelia, they sent out the most expensive search party in U.S history. Ther search consisted of 250 square miles, 60 aircrafts, 9 ships, 80 islands, and 165 people. They eventually gave up looking on July 19th, 1937. They were both declared dead on Janaury 5th 1939, and a lighthouse was built in remberance of

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