Amelia Earhart

Alexandra Macavei

Birth – Date and Place

• Atchison, Kansas • July 24,1897

Family

• Mom Otis, dad Edwin, sister Grace

Early Childhood Life

• Wore jeans not dresses

• At three sent to live with grandparents

• Learned to read at five

• Played basketball

Education

• Learned to read at five

• Home school until twelve

• Attended six high schools graduated on time

Accomplishments and Awards

• In 1922 Amelia Earhart sets a world record for women’s flying with an altitude

• In 1928 Amelia Earhart was the first women to fly across the Atlantic

• In 1932 she was the second person to fly solo across the Atlantic

• In 1935 the first person to fly solo from Hawaii to California

Obstacles Amelia Earhart Overcame

• People did not like her fame because she was a women

Why I think Amelia Earhart is a hero

• She was one of the first people to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean

Famous Quotes

• “Never do things others can do and will do if there are things others can not do or will not do.”

• “The women who can create her own job is the women who will seek fame and fortune.”

Death – Date and Place

• 1937,Somewere in the Atlantic Ocean

Other Interesting Facts

• In 1922 Amelia Earhart set a world record for women’s flying with altitude record of 14,000 feet

Bibliography

• Adler, David A. A Picture Book of Amelia Earhart

• www.acepilots.com/earhart.html

• www.history-timelines.org.uk/people-timelines