Essays Tagged: "Amelia Earhart"

Amelia Earhart: A biography about the woman aviator.

Amelia EarhartAmelia Earhart was born on 24 July 1897 in Atchison, Kansas. Her flying career began i ...

(3 pages) 76 2 4.7 Apr/2002

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Civil Rights > Women's Studies

The Roaring 20's.

eally didn't know what happened in the 1920's. I knew a lot of famous people were around back then. Amelia Earhart, Charles Lindbergh, Al Capone and Bugsy Malone, Albert Einstein, and Harry Houdini we ...

(3 pages) 91 0 5.0 May/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

Amelia Earhart.

Amelia Earhart was born on July 24, 1897. She didn't become interested in planes until about 1919. A ... rs , 40 minutes." In the American society, men were the only people flying planes. Because of this, Amelia was appointed Assistant to the General Traffic Manager at Transcontinental Air Transport with ... s speed record for 100 kilometers with no load, and with a load of 500 kilograms. In September 1930 Amelia helped organize and became vice-president of public relations for the new airline New York, P ...

(2 pages) 28 0 3.0 May/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers

Amelia Earhart.

Name of person Researched: Amelia EarhartI.Early Life: Amelia Mary Earhart was born on July 24, 1897 at her grandparents' home ... Life: Amelia Mary Earhart was born on July 24, 1897 at her grandparents' home in Atchison, Kansas. Amelia and her sister Muriel were to know privilege and wealth through their grandparents. They atte ... ents in Atchison. It was not till 1908 that the girls moved to Des Moines to be with their parents. Amelia was 10 years old when she saw her first airplane at the Iowa State Fair. She saw it as, "a th ...

(4 pages) 33 0 3.5 May/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers

Amelia Earhart: A Hero

a choice, we pay with courage to behold the restless day and count it fair."Those were the words of Amelia Earhart in a poem she wrote, entitled "Courage." Amelia Earhart knew a lot about courage. Eve ... served as vice president for public relations of the New York, Washington, and Philadelphia Airways.Amelia enjoyed public relations, but missed flying greatly during her four year sabatical. In 1932, ...

(4 pages) 58 2 3.3 Feb/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Biographies

100 years of flight

to try their hand at long-distance flights. Other famous pilots of The Golden Age of Aviation are Amelia Earhart known for being the first woman to fly across the Atlantic, and for flying solo from ... he Atlantic, and for flying solo from Honolulu to California. In an attempt to fly around the world Amelia Earhart disappeared without anyone ever being able to find out what really happened to her. ...

(5 pages) 73 0 3.7 Mar/2004

Subjects: Science Essays

AMelia

America.s famous aviator, Amelia Earhart, was born on July 24, 1897 in Atchison, Kansas to Edwin Stanton and Amy Otis Earhart. ... e family had to travel a great deal as a result of her father always losing his jobs. In 1908, when Amelia was ten years old they were living in Des Moines, Iowa and it was at the Iowa State Fair that ... nt she then described a plane as a thing of rusty wire and wood and not at all interesting. Despite Amelia.s difficult childhood she excelled academically and had a love for sports, animals, and poetr ...

(5 pages) 38 3 4.6 Mar/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers

Amelia Earhart

Amelia Earhart was famous for being the first woman to fly almost all the way around the world. No o ... s tried to find evidence of where she might be has had no luck. Her fate has become a great mystery.Amelia Earhart was born on July 24, 1898 in her grandparents' house overlooking the Missouri River. ... s' house overlooking the Missouri River. Her father was an alcoholic and could not hold a job. When Amelia was 13, she grabbed a bottle of whisky and poured it down the sink. When her father found out ...

(1 pages) 51 1 4.0 Apr/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

Biography of Amelia Earhart

When 10-year-old Amelia Mary Earhart saw her first plane at a state fair, she was not impressed. It wasn't until Earh ... mptions exist, there is no proof of her fate. There is no doubt that the world will always remember Amelia Earhart for her courage, vision, and incredible achievements, both in aviation and for women.

(4 pages) 41 0 4.0 May/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers

Amelia Earhart was born on July 24, 1897 and lived on her...

Amelia Earhart was born on July 24, 1897 and lived on her grandparents' homein Atchison, Kansas with ... grandparents' homein Atchison, Kansas with her sister Muriel. They both went to private schools andAmelia graduated from Hyde Park School in 1916.In the fall of 1919 Amelia enrolled as a pre-med stud ... California. But her sisters didnot want to join them.Several months after her arrival in California Amelia and her father went to the"aerial meet" at Daugherty Field in Long Beach. She then became ver ...

(5 pages) 28 0 3.7 Mar/2005

Subjects: History Term Papers

Amelia Earhart

Amelia Earhart was born in Atchison, Kansas on July 24, 1897. While growing up, she was a real tombo ... a University in New York and then later at Harvard in Boston. She eventually became a social worker.Amelia saw her first plane at a state fair when she was 10 years old, but she wasn't that excited ab ... first plane, a bright yellow, two-seater biplane that she named "Canary." It was in that plane that Amelia set the woman's altitude record when she flew at 14,000 feet.In 1928, when she was 31 years o ...

(3 pages) 20 0 4.2 Aug/2006

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

"Dr. Robert A. Moog and His Contribution to Electronic Music"

person was Albert Einstein. For African-American civil liberties it was Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Amelia Earhart became a celebrity after she flew a solo flight across the Atlantic during a period w ...

(6 pages) 2924 0 4.0 Apr/2007

Subjects: Art Essays > Music History & Studies

Women

ghts and not women's rights guaranteed in the constitution women's suffrage came about. In addition Amelia Earhart, was the first woman to fly a plane. These pioneers have helped women get their foot ...

(1 pages) 26 0 2.3 Apr/2001

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History

Amelia Earhart

Introduction For my hero project, I've chosen Amelia Earhart. I chose her because of the way she was brave enough to do something that only a man ... her because of the way she was brave enough to do something that only a man had done.Amelia EarhartAmelia Earhart was born at her Grandparents' house in Kansas on July 24,1897. One day Amelia's paren ... dparents' house in Kansas on July 24,1897. One day Amelia's parents took her to a fair. At the Fair Amelia had seen her first plane, she was ten years old. The plane did not interest her at all.In 191 ...

(4 pages) 7 0 3.0 Sep/2001

Subjects: Humanities Essays

The Incredible Edible Enigma: Circus Peanuts

The great mysteries of the world: How did they build the pyramids? What happened to Amelia Earhart? What is up with Circus Peanuts? That's right, Circus Peanuts. These things. ...

(2 pages) 1161 0 0.0 Nov/2001

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Amelia Earhart

just one more good flight in my system...I mean to give up major long distance flights," said Amelia Earhart to reporter Carl Allen ( Briand 141 ).I believe that Amelia Earhart is one of the gre ... stacles. To this day people still talk about her disappearance and wonder, "What really happened to Amelia Earhart?" Amelia Earhart's plans and preparations were very precise and elabora ...

(3 pages) 6 0 0.0 Dec/2001

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

Amelia Earhart

THE STORY OF AMELIA EARHART My name is Amelia Earhart I was born in Atchison, Kansas on July 24, 1898, I rember t ...

(5 pages) 1233 0 0.0 Feb/2002

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Ameila Earhart

Amelia Earhart is America's favorite female aviatrix of all time. She was born on July 24, 1897, in ... female aviatrix of all time. She was born on July 24, 1897, in the small town of Atchison, Kansas. Amelia (Millie) and younger sister Muriel (Pidge) were brought up to know privilege and wealth, atte ... ivilege and wealth, attending private schools and living the comforts of life. By the age of eight, Amelia had a fascination with many things. Amelia was extremely smart, and somewhat of a tomboy. She ...

(1 pages) 1132 0 0.0 Feb/2002

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Amelia Earhart : Lost Hero

price that life exacts for granting peace with yourself." ("General facts") These are the words of Amelia Earhart, one of the world's most celebrated aviators, a person who has inspired generations o ... one had accomplished before, began in Lae, New Guinea, July 2, 1937. As Randall Brick described: " Amelia Earhart departed from Howland Island at 10 o'clock beginning a 2,556-mile flight across the P ...

(9 pages) 28 1 4.8 Oct/2008

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Biographies