AMELIA EARHART

AMELIA EARHART

Amelia Earhart was born in Atchison, Kansas, EEUU, the 24th of july 1897.IN HER CHILDHOOD, Amelia LIVED with her grandparents, WHO took care of Amelia. AS a child she had a comfortable life with her grandparents. She was  ALWAYS a curious child. In 1905 she moved with her family to Des Moines. When she was 10 years old, she saw her first airplane in a exhibition. Her father became AN alcoholic and he was fired from his job and the family moved again to St Paul and then to Springfield.

During the World War I she AND her sister helped the pilots and she visited an air field. In 1920 Amelia was passionate about the planes because she went to an exhibition with her family in California.

Amelia became famous because she was the first woman who crossed the Atlantic ocean as a passenger. In 1932 she crossED  the Atlantic ocean alone in a plane. THEN, in 1935 she crossed Hawaii and California. This was a very difficult trip.

When this women wanted to finish her trip across the Equator in 1937 she disappeared. Amelia is a figure of the feminism, a national idol  and a legend because of her disappearance.

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