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Homework Help: Social Studies: People: Amelia Earhart
by Lauren Delmore
There were many interesting facts about the background information of Amelia's life. She was born on July 24, 1897, in her grandparent's home. Her grandparents lived in Atchison, Kansas. She lived with her grandparents only during the school year, with her sister, Muriel. Her parents, Amy and Edwin, had a home in Kansas City. Her father worked for the railroads, and his job required a lot of travel. He always brought Amy along when he traveled. Amelia was an avid reader. She enjoyed reading in her grandfather's library. She said, later in her life that her childhood memories were of mud ball fights, picnics, games, and school(reading). She fished and played football with her father. With her mother, she collected bugs and insects. In the winter she enjoyed belly flopping, which was known as the "tomboy method of sledding". She also enjoyed taking make-believe journeys to faraway places. When she was eight her parents bought a home in Des Moines, Iowa.
The background information of Amelia's life included her family, early life, and education. Amelia and her sister joined their parents in 1908. Their father took them to the Iowa state fair, where they would celebrate Amelia's 11th birthday. This is where Amelia saw her first plane. Her family moved a lot when she was a teen. During World War I, Amelia was a volunteer. Amelia attended collage at the Ogontz School, near Philadelphia. She began to work as a nurse for the Red Cross, when she went to visit Muriel, during the last year in college. Her sadness from seeing many wounded soldiers made her feel like she needed to help. This is why she became a nurse. Amelia became interested in planes in 1918.
There were a few problems that Amelia faced in her life. One problem was that her dad had developed a serious drinking problem, in which he could not keep a steady job. An effect from this is that their family had to move a lot. They lived in many places, including Kansas City, Des Moines, St. Paul, and Chicago. This also effected Amelia because she had attended six high schools before graduating, had to break off friendships, and had missed some things by not staying in one place for a long time. Amelia had one benefit from this and that was that she learned to adapt to new surroundings quickly. This influenced her development because she learned that her father's drinking problem was very bad, and not healthy.
Amelia faced her problems very wisely. Her other problem was criticism. People always considered women as "different". Women also had to prove their ability constantly, and were not taken seriously. She always said to herself that she was not afraid to fail, would refuse to accept boundaries set by society, and would never give up. She overcame this problem by becoming the first woman to fly across the Atlantic Ocean solo, in which she became even more confident. She wanted to set new records. She eventually accomplished that by becoming the first woman to fly solo across the Pacific Ocean. She also attempted to fly around the world in the hardest direction, along the equator. At the end of her attempt she was lost in the Pacific Ocean.
The influences on Amelia's life were very important. One person who influenced Amelia's life was Charles Lindbergh. Charles Lindbergh made the first solo flight across the Atlantic in 1927. This impressed Amelia and she hoped to someday make the first woman solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean. She accomplished this, along with a record of being the first woman to fly solo across the Pacific, and attempting to fly around the world. Her flight across the Atlantic took thirteen and a half hours from Harbor Grace, Newfoundland to Londonderry, Ireland. Her Pacific flight was from Hawaii to Oakland, California. Charles had a positive effect from the influences on Amelia's decisions to never give up in her life.
The impacts on Amelia's life were also very important. Amelia's dad's drinking problem was an impact on Amelia's life. There was a negative and positive effect. The negative effect was how it effected her family's development, especially since he could not keep a steady job. Not being able to keep a steady job cost them a lot of money. The difficulties with the money had to do with why they had to keep moving. The positive effect is the benefit of adopting to new surroundings. Another impact on Amelia's life was when she went to visit her sister in Canada during the war. When she saw all of the wounded soldiers, she felt that she needed to help. She quit college to become a nurse for the Red Cross. Working as a nurse during the war also had an impact because she met many pilots. The pilots told her about flying planes and she became very interested. This had a positive effect because she later became a pilot and set records for women.
The accomplishments and contributions Amelia had were also very interesting. Amelia accomplished many great things. She led the way for women in aviation, by being the first woman to have flied the Atlantic solo(1932), the Pacific solo (1935), and attempted to fly around the world (1937). Her contribution was that there was not as much criticism for women pilots after what she had accomplished because the people saw how brave women were. When she attempted to fly around the world in 1937, she was lost in the Pacific during July of that year. This brought sadness to many people, but they still never gave up. Amelia had built confidence in other women to fly around the world and never give up for the rights of women.
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