The Trailblazer Caroline Meagher Amelia Earhart 41897 1937

The Trailblazer Caroline Meagher

Amelia Earhart 41897 -1937 (disappeared) 4 Airwoman 4 Social worker 4 Nurse’s Aid 4 Writer

Date and Place of Birth 4 Atchison Kansas 4 July 24, 1897 4 Born into a prominent family. 4 The daughter of Amy and Edwin Earhart. 4 She had one sister named Muriel.

Early years 4 Amelia’s family traveled frequently and the girls attended private school while living with their grandparents. 4 From the age of ten years old the girls were homeschooled. 4 Amelia’s teen years were spent on the road with her parents.

Young Adult 4 In 1916 Amelia attended a finishing school because she could not yet afford university. 4 She started a crusade for equal rights and joined a secret society.

Work 4 Became a nurse’s aide in Toronto and worked at the Spadina Military Hospital. 4 In 1921 she took flying lessons and bought her first plane in pursuit of being an airwoman. 4 She became a social worker in 1926 and worked at denison house in Boston.

Middle Years 4 In 1931 Amelia married George Palmer Putnum. 4 She became the first woman to fly the Atlantic solo and the first woman to fly the Atlantic Ocean twice. 4 She set the womanize record for the fastest nonstop transcontinental flight 19 hours and five minutes.

Accomplishments 4 Amelia wrote, For the Fun of It, a novel about her life experiences. 4 She was the third person to win the Harmon Trophy for being America’s Outstanding airwoman.

Other Earhart Records 4 In 1933 she broke her own transcontinental record - 17 hours, 7 minutes, 39 seconds. 4 She was elected first President of Ninety Nines; she became Vice President of Ludington Line, a commercial airline. 4 Amelia set a women’s speed record of 181. 19 miles per hour.

Other Firsts 4 Became the first person to fly over the Pacific Ocean form Hawaii to California. 4 First person to fly from Los Angeles to Mexico City. 4 First person to fly from Mexico City to Newark to New Jersey.

In Memoriam 4 Amelia disappeared in 1937 at age thirty- nine during an attempt to fly around the world at the equator. 4 When Amelia Earhart became the first woman passenger to cross the Atlantic Ocean she also became America’s national hero. 4 She was a trailblazer in many ways as a women, as a pilot, and as a speaker.

Take the Amelia Earhart Quiz 4 Click on the plane to start quiz.

Credit 4 Morey, Eileen. The Importance of Amelia Earhart (San Diego: Lucent Books, 1995) 4 http: //ellensplace. net/aeintro. html 4 http: //www. lucidcafe. com/library/96 jul/earh art. html

Quiz 4 The first time Amelia Earhart flew over the Atlantic Ocean 4 4 4 was she a passenger or a pilot? Name two of Amelia’s “firsts”. What does the Harmon Trophy represent? In 1921 what did Earhart buy in order to take flying lessons? Name three jobs that she did in her life. What happened to Amelia Earhart at age thirty-nine when she attempted to fly around the world at the equator?