The Roles Of Men And Women In The 1930's

Amelia Earhart was the first female aviation pilot to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. Born on July 24, 1897, in Atchison, Kansas, Earhart started off as an nurse aide for Red Cross during WWI and was stationed in Toronto, Canada. Earhart soon developed a sense of love for airplanes while constantly watching fighter pilots and returned to the U.S. to enlist in flight school after the war. Amelia attended Columbia University in New York as a pre med student. Earhart’s first

The 1920s had a big impact on American life all around; however, one of the biggest changes during this time period was in the roles of women. During this time period, women started dressing different, leaving the house, getting jobs, and gaining rights. On top of all of that, they had a bigger role in education, they began taking parts in politics, and divorce became more of a common thing. This may not seem like a big deal to people today, but this was very important at the time. Prior, women had next to no rights. They lived to wait on and please their husbands. Women rarely even left the house. This time period could be said to have paved the way for modern day feminism and women’s roles. This was the time period when they began to be free and stop worrying about how society thought they should live. However, the question still remains: Did the changing roles of women in the 1920s really have a significant effect on women’s roles today? In the next few pages, one will be given examples of women’s role before, during, and after the 1920s. In each paragraph, the roles, rights, impacts, and more that women had at these times will be explained. To conclude, a comparison on how women were thought to act in these different time periods will be made in order to come up with an answer for the question stated above.

By the fall of 1929 Amelia was elected as an official for National Aeronautic Association. In June of 1930 she set the women’s speed record for 100 kilometers with no load, and with a load of 500 kilograms. A month later, she set a speed record of 181.18 over a 3k course. Around April of 1931, she set an altitude record for the autogyros of 18,415 feet that stood for years. In May 1932 Amelia flew solo across the Atlantic. As well, in August she flew solo nonstop coast to coast and set women’s nonstop transcontinental speed record. By fall of 1932, she was elected president of the Ninety Nines which is a woman’s aviation club that she helped to form. By July of 1933, Amelia set a new transcontinental speed record in seventeen hours and seven minutes which was two hours less than the previous. On January 11th, 1935 she flew from Honolulu, Hawaii to Oakland, California, making her the first person to fly solo in the Pacific. Later that year she was the first to fly solo nonstop from Mexico City to Newark. Also in 1935, she got a job with the faculty of Purdue University as a female career consultant which enabled her to fulfill her dream of circumnavigating the globe by air. In June 1937 right before her 40th birthday she was ready for a final challenge. Amelia and Fred Noonan departed on June 1st for the 29,000 mile journey. On June 29th they landed in Lae, New Guinea, all but 7,000 miles of their journey had been completed. On July 2nd

In 1928, Earhart recieved a call to be a passenger of a transatlantic flight, which she accepted graciously. This sparked Eathart’s desire to become the first women to fly across the Atlantic Ocean soley. This was a huge advancement for women as the transatlantic flight was seen as too perilous for a woman to even think about undertaking. Earhart would then acheive many different records such as the woman’s altitude record of 14,000 ft and the transcontinental speed record. In 1937, became lost at sea when attempting to fly across the globe. “She radioed “one-half hour fuel and no landfall” and later tried to give her location” (History). With many succesful voyages such as the transatlantic flight or the woman’s altitude record of 14,000 ft to consolidate her legacy as a female aviator, her ambition of flying eventually led to her tragic dissapperance at sea while she was attempting to fly across the globe. Earhart was more than just a pilot by the public, she was viewed as a inspiration, as a role model and as a strongly willied woman.

She was born in Atchison KS, July 24, 1897, and from a young age, she defied gender roles by playing basketball, taking auto courses, and attending college for a brief amount of time. Later on, she worked as a military nurse in Canada and then moved to Boston to work as a social worker. She didn’t just become a pilot and then set records, she was helping and achieving so much before her height in fame, not many people know of this. Amelia Earhart’s early life was one of strength and generosity, by doing what she wanted to do and helping others.

In 1937, she was determined and ready for a monumental and final challenge. She wanted to be the first woman to fly a plane around the world. In July, despite the weather conditions Amelia Earhart flew into the overcast skies and rain showers on and off. This made Noonan’s premier method of tracking difficult. “We must be on you, but we cannot see you. Fuel is running low. Been unable to reach you by radio. We are flying at 1,000 feet.” Those are the last words heard from Amelia Earhart. Nothing else was heard from her.

"They knew I had never used the machine before and probably thought I would find some excuse at the last moment to back out of the flight. This attitude made me more determined than ever to succeed” (America’s First Lady of the Air). Harriet Quimby decided to fly the Blériot XI even though it didn’t have an amazing reputation. “The Blériot XI was by all accounts the trickiest plane Blériot had yet designed, and Quimby had never piloted the model, much less the particular plane Blériot had loaned her” (America’s First Lady of the Air). Harriet did not have any experience in flying over large bodies of water and all she had during the flight was a compass.

When she went to her first air show in Iowa she hated planes and called them rusty old junk that can fly. But on December 29, 1920 Amelia attended an airshow in Long Beach, California with her father. Here is when her fascination with planes took flight. This is when she encountered her first airplane flight, and she recalled that she knew she had to fly. Right in the next year on January the third Amelia takes her first flying lesson.

Amelia Earhart was born on July 24, 1897 in Kansas. She was a nurse’s aide in World War I, where “she developed a strong admiration for aviators, spending much of her free time watching the Royal Flying Corps practicing at the airfield nearby” (“Amelia Earhart"). In 1920, she went on a ten minute plane ride in Long Beach and decided she wanted to learn how to fly (“Amelia Earhart"). She wanted to be “the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic” (Grossman). Amelia, and her flying partner Fred Noonan, set out on June 1, 1937 to try and accomplish this. By June 29, approximately 22,000 miles of their trip had been completed when they stopped in New Guinea for repairs (“Amelia Earhart"). They were supposed to land on Howland Island to refuel the plane about 2,556 miles after starting the final 7,000 miles of their journey (“Amelia Earhart"). They could not find the island because of some problems they were experiencing (“Amelia Earhart").

Amelia Earhart was born in Acheson, Kansas in 1918 July 24. Her family consist of her mom, father and sister. They had family issues so their family split an Amelia and her mother and sister moved to Chicago. She met a WW1 soldier who caused her to change her career choice and she became a nurse in a soldier hospital. After her first flight she wanted to become a pilot so she trained with Anita Snus. Cpt. Heely Riley changed her life as she became the first women to fly over the Atlantic Ocean she became the spotlight from this flight. She also was the fastest to fly over the Atlantic Ocean on 30hours and 30 minutes. In 1929 she flew in a cross country race for women. In 1937, she attempted to fly around the world with Fred Nuna a little after

In 1937, Earheart and her navigator Fred, set out to fly across the world. Flying from Florida, to South America, and to Africa,

A woman’s role in the 1950’s compared to present day women’s roles are very distinct. Back then, women were expected to stay home and relish in their role as a homemaker, and if they did not appreciate their role they were viewed as either mentally ill or unfeminine. Not only were women expected to behave properly, but they were also expected to look

Amelia’s father Edwin later takes her to an air field in Los Angeles. It is here that Amelia takes her first plane ride. Edwin paid Frank Hawks ten dollars to take Amelia into the air for a total of ten minutes. It was this plane ride that allowed Amelia to see what she really wanted to do with her life: fly.

Her previous careers were no comparison to the joy she felt when she was flying. Amelia found a woman to teach her to fly at Kinner Airfield; her name was Neta Snook. Amelia agreed to pay one dollar per minute. To pay for her lessons, Amelia got a clerk’s job at a nearby telephone company. Eventually, Amelia and Neta became good friends; Neta was only one year older than Amelia. Neta soon called Amelia a “natural,” realizing Amelia’s natural talent. Amelia was dedicated to aviation, and worked on her skills every chance she could. Amelia flew when the weather was good, and studied planes when the weather was bad. She learned how to repair airplanes, and in the summer of her 24th birthday, Amelia’s mother and sister bought her an airplane, which she painted yellow and called the Canary. On December 15, 1921, Amelia passed her license test, and by 1922, she could fly solo. Around that time, Neta had to give up flying due to marriage; exactly what Amelia did not want to happen to herself. Amelia had to find a new instructor; his name was Monte Montijo. He flew in the army and worked as a stunt flyer in movies. He taught Amelia tricks and encouraged her to set new records. Amelia’s life was soaring to new heights; she started flying in airshows, and she soon set the record at that time for flying the highest at a height of 14,000ft. With all this success in her career, her family life was taking

The American aviator, Amelia Earhart, remains the world’s best known pilot, even long after her mysterious disappearance during a round-the-world flight in 1937. Amelia was born on July 24, 1897 in Atchison Kansas (2”Amelia”). Her mother, Amy Otis Earhart, married a man named Edwin, who was an alcoholic. He was always searching for a job because he wanted to establish a good financial foundation for the family. In her early childhood, she spent most of her time with her upper-middle class household of her maternal