Amelia Earhart Research Paper

"Flying may not be all plain sailing, but the fun of it is worth the price” is something Amelia Earhart once said. Amelia Mary Earhart wasn’t just a pilot, she was the first woman to fly a plane at fourteen thousand feet, she was the first woman to fly across the Atlantic and solo across the Atlantic, and she opened up many opportunities for woman to become pilots. Because of her there are women interested in flying. Amelia was born Jul 24, 1897 in Atchison, Kansas, her parents named, (dad) Samuel Stanton Earhart and (mom) Amelia Otis Earhart. She was called “Meeley”, the family pet’s name, Two years later her sister, Grace Muriel Earhart was born, nicknamed “Pidge”, however when Amelia was growing up, she was a real tomboy. They were both homeschooled by their mom and a governess, until age twelve when Amelia attended Hyde Park in Chicago, Illinois, she graduated in 1916. After that Amelia then goes up to Toronto, Canada to visit her sister where she received medical training from the Red Cross, she volunteered as a nurse at the military hospital in Toronto during WW1. The Spanish flu pandemic reaches Toronto and contracted the flu during her nursing duties, in addition to the flu she received a serious condition called chronic sinusitis, and in conclusion …show more content…
Only one year later she leaves the university, goes back to New York, and has her first flight with Frank Hawks. She later stated “as soon as I was 200 or 300 feet off the ground, I knew I had to fly.” One year later she completed her flying lessons with Neta Snook a pioneer in female aviation, who used a “Canuck” for training. Next she purchased a Kinner Airster, which she nicknames “The Canary.” Later in 1922 she set a women’s’ record of flying a plane at 14,000 feet, only a year after that record, she became the sixteenth woman to receive a pilot’s

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