AMelia Earhart Biography
In today’s world, Amelia Earhart would be considered a major celebrity for all that she accomplished. Amelia was born on July 24, 1897 in Atchison, Kansas. When Amelia was a child she spent her winters with her grandparents in Atchison, Kansas and her summers with her parents in Kansas City, Kansas. Amelia had been moving around from place to place because her father was a railroad attorney. She attended a private college preparatory school and when Amelia was in seventh grade her family moved to Des Moines, Iowa. During Amelia’s childhood girls were to behave as young ladies but Amelia was the opposite. Amelia was interested in adventures, sports and games that were thought to be for boys only. Her mother wanted her to be “girly” but she was a tom boy.
By the time Amelia was 19, she went to Ogontz School in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Not much later, Amelia’s parents wanted her to move to California where they were living. California was where her flying career started. Amelia started taking flying lessons and soon after, in 1922, she bought her first airplane. When Amelia’s parents got divorced she moved to Boston, Massachusetts where she was working as a social worker. While Amelia was in Boston, Wilmer Stultz and Louis Gordon asked her to be the passenger in their journey across the Atlantic Ocean. She took the offer, even though she wasn’t particularly interested in being the passenger. She wanted to be the one flying the plane. Shortly after the flight was complete, Amelia wrote her book,
20 Hours – 40 Minutes. Her husband, George Palmer Putnam later published her book. After the flight across the Atlantic, Amelia accomplished many more flights that no one had completed before. The last flight Amelia ever took was her flight around the world. Amelia and her navigator, Fred Noonan were 2/3 of the way around the world when they lost connection with the radio. Today Amelia and her navigators whereabouts still remain a mystery.
By the time Amelia was 19, she went to Ogontz School in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Not much later, Amelia’s parents wanted her to move to California where they were living. California was where her flying career started. Amelia started taking flying lessons and soon after, in 1922, she bought her first airplane. When Amelia’s parents got divorced she moved to Boston, Massachusetts where she was working as a social worker. While Amelia was in Boston, Wilmer Stultz and Louis Gordon asked her to be the passenger in their journey across the Atlantic Ocean. She took the offer, even though she wasn’t particularly interested in being the passenger. She wanted to be the one flying the plane. Shortly after the flight was complete, Amelia wrote her book,
20 Hours – 40 Minutes. Her husband, George Palmer Putnam later published her book. After the flight across the Atlantic, Amelia accomplished many more flights that no one had completed before. The last flight Amelia ever took was her flight around the world. Amelia and her navigator, Fred Noonan were 2/3 of the way around the world when they lost connection with the radio. Today Amelia and her navigators whereabouts still remain a mystery.
"I want to be free." - Amelia Earhart