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    Amelia Earhart was a pioneering American aviator who was the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. She was born in Kansas in 1897 and grew up adventurous and tomboyish, seeing her first airplane at age 10. As an adult, in 1928 she became the first woman to fly across the Atlantic, launching a career of many firsts and record-setting flights. However, she mysteriously disappeared in 1937 while attempting to circumnavigate the globe in a flight over the Pacific Ocean.

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    Amelia Earhart was a pioneering American aviator who was the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. She was born in Kansas in 1897 and grew up adventurous and tomboyish, seeing her first airplane at age 10. As an adult, in 1928 she became the first woman to fly across the Atlantic, launching a career of many firsts and record-setting flights. However, she mysteriously disappeared in 1937 while attempting to circumnavigate the globe in a flight over the Pacific Ocean.

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    Amelia Earhart was a pioneering American aviator who was the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. She was born in Kansas in 1897 and grew up adventurous and tomboyish, seeing her first airplane at age 10. As an adult, in 1928 she became the first woman to fly across the Atlantic, launching a career of many firsts and record-setting flights. However, she mysteriously disappeared in 1937 while attempting to circumnavigate the globe in a flight over the Pacific Ocean.

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    Amelia Earhart

    By: Crystal Duong

    Background Information:
    Full name: Amelia Mary Earhart
    Born: July 24, 1897, Atchison, Kansas
    Disappeared: July 2, 1937
    Died: January 5, 1939
    Spouse: George P. Putnam
    Education: Columbia University
    Parents: Amelia Otis Earhart, Samuel
    Stanton Earhart

    Childhood:
    Amelia Earhart was always an
    adventurous Individual.
    She was Characterized as Tomboy.
    At age 10 she saw her first aircraft
    at Iowa State in Des Moines.
    She spent a part of her teen life
    being home schooled.
    Amelia finally enrolled in a public
    school at the age of 12.
    In 1928 she was asked if she
    wanted to be the first women to
    cross the Atlantic.

    Career
    In 1928, Amelia Earhart was the
    first women to fly across the
    atlantic.
    After the 1928 flight, she turned
    her hobby into a paying career.
    Many of her publicized flights
    include the the trans-atlantic
    flight in 1932, Hawaii to
    California in 1935, and the round
    world attempt in 1937.
    She disappeared on her round
    world attempted on July 2nd,
    1937.

    Works Cited
    www.history.com/topics/amelia-earhart
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amelia_Earha
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