10-year-old Amelia Mary Earhart saw her first plane at a state fair‚ she was not impressed. "It was a thing of rusty wire and wood and looked not at all interesting‚" she said. It wasn’t until Earhart attended a stunt-flying exhibition‚ almost a decade later‚ that she became seriously interested in aviation. A pilot spotted Earhart and her friend‚ who were watching from an isolated clearing‚ and dove at them. "I am sure he said to himself‚ ’Watch me make them scamper‚’" she said. Earhart‚ who felt
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including the American aviation pioneer and women’s rights advocate‚ Amelia Mary Earhart. Born on July 24‚ 1897 in Atchison‚ Kansas‚ Amelia Earhart from an early age began to show leadership skills as well as a tendency to cause mischief. Nicknamed “Meeley” by her parents‚ she would often misbehave with her sister‚ Grace Muriel‚ who acted as her “dutiful follower”. Their upbringing was rather unconventional because Amy Earhart‚ Amelia’s mother‚ did not believe in molding her children into “nice little
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Bessie Coleman Bessie Coleman was the first African American female pilot. Starting off in a racist Texas Bessie worked as a laundress after she dropped out of college. At the age of twenty three she decide to move in in with her brother in Chicago to find a better life. After hearing stories of World War I pilots she had a sudden interest in flying. Due to discrimination Bessie could not go to an aviation school in America‚ so she moved to France to pursue her dreams. After this she came back
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because I want to do it. Women‚ like men‚ should try to do the impossible. And when they fail‚ their failure should be a challenge to others.” Amelia Earhart was a revolutionist‚ daring to go where women were usually shamed from going. It was‚ and still partially is‚ a man’s world‚ but Amelia didn’t let that stop her from chasing her dreams. Amelia Mary Earhart was born on July 24‚ 1897 in Atchison‚ Kansas. Her father was an alcoholic and her mother didn’t want her around that‚ so most of her childhood
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you ever wonder who was the first African American who stage public flight? Bessie Coleman was born in Atlanta‚Texas at January 26‚ 1892 and died in Jacksonville‚Florida at April 30‚1926. Bessie Coleman was one of the 13 children to Susan and George Coleman. Which they both worked as sharecroppers. At 12 years old Bessie and her family began going to the Missionary Baptist Church in Texas. In 1915‚ at 23 years old‚ Bessie moved to Chicago where she lived with her brothers and worked as a manicurist
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Amelia Earhart was born in July 24‚ 1897. She was born in Atchison‚ Kansas. Amelia Earhart is inspiring because she was the first female to fly by the Atlantic Ocean. However‚ she proved the women’s could do this not just men. Amelia Earhart had lived a great life and was awarded in history as one of the greatest women to ever live. She had accomplished many things as a pilot that no women had ever accomplished before. Though her love for flying finally killed her in a mysterious plane accident‚
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record and took on tasks that were life threatening. She was determined to make a difference in the lives of women. Amelia Earhart is a hero for women because she proved that they can do the same things that men can do. Amelia’s mother is Amy Otis. She was also a very honorable woman and had many achievements throughout her life (Randolph 12). Amelia’s father is Edwin Stanton Earhart who attended law school at the University of Kansas and was a hard working man (Randolph 12-13). Amelia’s parents
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Amelia Earhart became an aviator and she gave others hope for the chances of air travel. When she realized that she loved aviation‚ she didn’t let anything stop her from achieving her dreams. She created‚ innovated‚ and illuminated in an enormous way. She followed her own noble words when she said‚ “The most effective way to do it‚ is to do it” and she also followed her own words when she said‚ “Women‚ like men‚ should try to do the impossible. And when they fail‚ their failure should be a challenge
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there are things others cannot and will not do” (www.brainyquote.com Amelia Earhart ). Amelia Earhart was the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. She was born on July 24th‚ 1897 in Atchison‚ Kansas. She lived with her mother‚ Amy Otis Earhart‚ her father‚ Edwin Staton Earhart and her younger sister‚ Grace Muriel Earhart. When she was 19‚ she went to Ogontz School near Philadelphia‚ Pennsylvania. A year later‚ Earhart attended the Columbia University in New York. In 1917‚ she became a
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led their societies and changed the world for the better. Amelia Earhart is one of these women. She was born and raised in Atchison‚ Kansas on July 24‚ 1897. Amelia became a volunteer nurse in a hospital for veterans after she saw a man who had many of his limbs amputated because of the war. Amelia saw her first air show in the winter of 1920‚ where she took her first plane ride. From then on she knew she had to fly. In April 1928‚ Amelia received an unexpected call asking her if she wanted to be
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