Life & Aviation Career of Amelia Earhart

Born into a lawyer family in 1897, Earhart was a tomboy as a child and eventually began studying for a medical career. However, in 1920 her lawyer father took her to a California air show and bought his daughter a ten-minute airplane ride as a present. Earhart knew the minute the plane took flight that she, herself, had to become a pilot. After the flight, she stated: ôAs soon as we left the ground, I knew I myself had to fly.ö Within two years, Earhart would own her own plane and begin setting aviation records. This analysis will discuss the significance of Amelia Earhart to the world of aviation, particularly her influence on expanding roles for women in a previously male-dominated field.

Amelia EarhartÆs childhood experiences filled her with ambition and the desire to try new things. While there was no cle

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ions accompanied her flights. Her flight to Mexico City forced a detour landing when something got in her eye, but she still arrived to cheers from thousands, ôWhen she finally arrived Mexico City, there was a crowd estimated at ten thousand people to greet her.ö Now thirty-seven years-of-age, Earhart became the queen of the air after she flew to Newark airport from Mexico City, ôThe crowd of thousands at the airport were so excited by her arrival that they broke through police lines. Earhart had to be rescued by a police guard unit that had to use their nightsticks to clear a path for heràshe was now queen of the air.ö The growing popularity and celebrity of Earhart began to take their toll on her. By 1935, she was a close associate of Eleanor Roosevelt, has started her own line of womenÆs fashions, and had been awarded with many awards and honors, including the Army Air Corps Distinguished Flying Cross and the Harmon Trophy. Earhart made a flight across the Atlantic by herself in 1932, but it was her flight as a passenger in 1928 that had made her famous. She recounts this flight in her book, 20 Hours, 40 Min: Our Flight in the Friendship. Putnam saw to it that despite being only a passenger, ôa sack of potatoes,ö as Ea
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