Hi my name  is Kristin Lear. The topic I am studying is Amelia Earhart. Did you know that Amelia was the first woman to fly across the Atlantic? I picked Amelia as a topic because I was really interested in how she died.

                                                                           Child
      Amelia was born on July 24, 1897 at her grandfather's house. Amelia was the first born. Amelia was named after her two grandmothers. Amelia was a tomboy when she was a girl. When Amelia was a little girl she liked adventure. When Amelia was a girl she got scolded for jumping a fence.

                                                                       Adult
      Amelia attended Hyde Park high school in Chicago. Amelia planned to go to college but after she saw four wounded men she went to work at the Red Cross. Amelia did not have to give up action and daring in adulthood. Amelia got money to buy her first plane from her mom. She  wanted a plane for her flying .

                                                                      Family
     Otis, Amelia's grandfather, did not want Amy, Amelia's mother, to marry Edwin, Amelia's father, because he did not think he could support a family. Amy is the otis's oldest child. Amy encouraged her daughters to be independent. Edwin was a lawyer for the railroad. Edwin was a alcoholic. Amelia married George Putnam. Amelia's husband George wrote a book about her life called Soaring Wings.

                                                                       Quotes
     Amelia said "she was not afraid to fail". Amelia said " courage is the price that life exacts for granting peace with your self ". Amelia said "you too can dream big dreams, and in spite of the challenges you encounter in your life , you can accomplish your hearts desires". Amelia said "women must try to do things as men have". I think that the quotes are are right because you can do all those things.

                                                            Changing the world
     Fame was never Amelia's goal. Amelia's plane mysteriously disappeared after take off from New Guinea. Amelia was the first woman to earn her pilot's certificate from NAA. Amelia was the first woman to cross from Newfoundland to Ireland. Amelia was the first woman to cross the Atlantic Ocean solo. Amelia set a record of crossing the Atlantic in 13 hours and 30 minutes. Amelia was the first woman to cross the Atlantic as a passenger. Amelia con-founded the 99 in 1929. Amelia was elected president of the 99. The 99 are a group of women that are involved in flight.

                                                             Accomplishments
     Amelia was the first woman to fly the Atlantic she won the public's affection. Amelia took off from Honolulu and the left wing hit the ground and it crashed onto it's belly. It took two months to repair the Electra. Amelia flew coast to coast in autogyro. Amelia made her first solo flight in 1921. It took three weeks to get to New Guinea and now they had to land. It was very dangerous to land . The plane vanished out of sight and that was the last time they saw  Amelia Earhart.  They think that she landed in the water and crashed right before land.

                                                         A Report By
                                                                Kristin  Lear

     
I picked this picture    I picked this picture of Amelia on her plane
of Amelia because      because I wanted one of Amelia's plane.
I wanted a picture of
Amelia when she was
young.
      
 I picked the picture because I wanted      I made this  picture because I wanted to draw a
a picture of Amelia and her husband        picture of Amelia and her plane.
George.

My favorite web site is the early years because I got allot of information and it had pictures. The web site is about when Amelia was a little girl and if you go to the celebrity it's about the celebrity and if you click the last flight it's about the last flight.
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