Amelia Earhart Autobiography.

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Alexia Bass

Mr. Bergen

World History Honors

25 May 2012

Amelia Earhart

        I was born July 24, 1897 in beautiful Atchison, Kansas where I was raised by my parents Edwin and Amy Earhart. Growing up I was a total tomboy who had a passion for chemistry and sports. I often felt like I was born in the wrong time period because when I was young, girls were expected to do girly things. They could not fish, play football or basketball, perform experiments, or do anything else that I was interested in. So I made my own rules following the passions that I wanted.

        After my adolescent years I stared to volunteer as a nurse during World War 1. As I cared for the wounded pilots I became acquainted with the world of flying. My family and I then moved to Southern California. In Long Beach, CA I attended an air show that changed my life. Even though the ride was only 10 minutes, once I was off the ground I knew that the air was where I was destined to be. I immediately started taking flying lessons from Anita Snook at Kinner Airfield. Then, I bought my first second-hand Kinner Airster biplane painted bright yellow and I nicknamed it “The Canary”. On May 15, 1923, I became the 16th woman to be issued a pilot's license by the world governing body for aeronautics, The Federation Aeronautique. In 1924 my parents separated forcing me to move Boston and also to sell my plane.

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In 1928 a public relations firm was looking for a female to be the first woman to fly across the Atlantic Ocean as a good gesture to England from the United States. On June 17, 1928, I took off from Trespassey Harbor, Newfoundland. Accompanying me on the flight was pilot Wilmer Stultz and co-pilot/mechanic Louis E. Gordon. Twenty hours and 40 minutes later we landed in Burry Point, Wales. It was that day that I became infamous. Although the journey was a success I felt like baggage on the plane ride because I did not get to participate ...

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