Amelia Earhart

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Amelia Earhart

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• Childhood
• July 24, 1897 Amelia was born.
• Her parents names where Amy and Edwin Earhart.
• On July 24, 1897 Amelia Earhart got her name from
  her parents.
• She and her sister liked to be adventurous when
  they where little.
• One time Amelia and her sister where bored at
  their Grandmas house, so they built a
  rollercoaster.

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Why this person is famous

• Amelia was the first girl to fly across the
  Atlantic Ocean with a crew.
• Amelia made a record for flying 14,000 feet in
  the air.
• She was the first girl to fly across the Atlantic
  Ocean alone.
• People cannot find her or her plane in the ocean
  where she wrecked.

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Adult Life

• Amelia and her friend saw the Wright Brothers
  flying in their airplane.
• When she took her first flight she loved it and
  took lessons.
• She got a job and she used the money to take
  flying lessons.
• One day in April 1928, she got a phone call to
  fly across the Atlantic ocean. She said yes ,
  and the next thing you know she was on her trip.

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Interesting Facts

• She died mysteriously.
• She crashed on her way back to the United
  States.
• She had to write a book about the trip.
• On the trip they had to stop in the middle of the
  ocean by a ship to get gas so they would make it
  back to shore.

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Character Traits

• Adventurous
• She was adventurous, because she made the
  record for flying the highest in the air.
• Brave
• She was brave because she was the first female
  to fly across the Atlantic Ocean all by herself.
  

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Biography Time Line
Amelia Earhart
July24,1892
1917
1918
1928
1932
1937
Amelia Earhart was born.
Amelia went to work at the Toronto Hospital.
She quit her job and switched to flying.
She flew across the Atlantic Ocean with a crew.
She took off for Europe.
Amelia wrecked over 100 miles away from shore.