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    showing true determination through her flying abilities. Amelia started her around the world flight on May 20th. She was flying with a man named Frederick J Noonan who worked as her navigator. Amelia worked as hard as she could to achieve the goals that she set for herself. Sadly Amelia was reported missing as well as her navigator Frederick J Noonan on July 2, 1937 around the Howland Island in the Pacific, and were never found. But even through Amelia was never found she is still looked at as a courageous

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    Amelia Earhart's True Disappearance Amelia Earhart or “The Babe of The Sky” most popular for being the first female aviator to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean, Setting a record for longest distance without refueling, First women to a fly nonstop transcontinental flight, also achieving many more honors all while also writing two books.While achieving another record; to be the first woman to fly around the world she suddenly disappeared on her voyage so close to the finish line.But what exactly

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    World Flight Amelia Earhart strove to be herself in any case, no matter whether it was when she slid under a horse on a sled, or when she was the first woman to fly over the Atlantic. But her greatest feat was trying to fly around the world. Everyone knows about this, but not many people know about her backstory, or what actually ended her trip around the world. Amelia Earhart was a strong woman (in some aspects) because of her independence, her devotion to rights, and courage. (need to only

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    Amelia Earhart was an aviator that went missing during her final flight in 1937. The flight plan had originally been made for Amelia to land on Howland Island but, because of failure in finding the island, she landed on what is now known as Nikumaroro. Since her disappearance, many people have tried to find her with no results. The only evidence that can lead to her disappearance, is her low plane fuel and the logs she left to Itasca during her final journey around the Pacific. The investigations

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    Amelia Earhart was born on July 24, 1897 at Atchison, Kansas, United States. Amelia Earhart made a lot of triumphs that pulled the trigger to many of other human being. Amelia Earhart was a pioneer aviatrix who made the stunning record breaking solo journey across Atlantic Ocean as a woman. However, Amelia Earhart was a second aviator to journey over Atlantic Ocean. Amelia Earhart used Lockheed Model 5B Vega to complete the flight over Atlantic Ocean alone. As a young female child, Amelia Earhart

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    According to Britannica.com,Earhart and co-pilot Fred Noonan had stopped at many stops before, but took off for Howland on July 2. The U.S. Coast Guard had a base on the island, giving Earhart a line of communication in case something went wrong. On this particular day, she had called saying they were low on

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    She was about to be the first woman to go around the world, until she went missing. Amelia Earhart had to deal with many obstacles in her life. From battling gender roles to being the first woman to pilot a plane across the Atlantic Ocean, she has accomplished a lot. When she was a child, she had went to the fair that the Wright Brothers were at. As they showed off their first flight, she was not that interested in it. She has had to go through a lot in her life. As a kid, she did not do normal events

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    The Disappearance of Amelia Earhart Amelia Earhart left quite an impression on the world. From being the first woman to fly across the Atlantic to even setting a speed record of 181 miles per hour, Earhart was a figure to look up to. When she disappeared, she was attempting to become the first person to fly around the world. Her disappearance has always been a mystery and it will continue to be one for as long as we live. However, new evidence has brought up the suggestion that maybe she crashed

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    One day she was flying over the ocean, the next day she was gone, never to be seen again. Amelia Earhart was a pilot and the first woman to fly across the Atlantic Ocean. In 1937 Amelia was flying over the Pacific Ocean when she and her plane disappeared. Because Amelia Earhart was such an important person in American History, we need to find out what happened to her. There are quite a few theories about what happened to Earhart. Some of these are she was a spy, gathering information about the Japanese

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    Slacks and Calluses, presents the summer of 1943 from the perspective of Constance Bowman and Clara Marie Allen, two school teachers, who set aside summer vacation to help with war efforts in a bomber factory. Coming into the air craft industry, they had no idea what to expect, “We were the kind of girls who knew nothing about airplanes except that they had wings and they fly.” (p.1). Obstacles they faced included an unjust work place and harassment. Women who wore skirts and rings on their fingers

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