Amelia Earhart was born on July 21, 1897 in Aitchinson, Kansas. Amelia had one sister named Murill. Her mother’s name is Amy and her father’s name is Edwin. Together, they were a great family. The trouble started when Amelia was 3. He started to drink alcohol. A year later, Edwin was fired from his railroad job as a minor clerk. He was fired because he kept drinking and lost concentration. Life was tough because they didn’t feel good around Edwin and he was Amelia and Muriel’s playmate. In 1907 the family moved to Des Moines, Iowa. In Iowa, they saw an air show in Des Moines. There were people jumping from one plane to another. She liked the techniques and the art of flying.

She thought about being a pilot when she got older. She went to Hyde Park Junior High School in Chicago and Ogontz University in Pennsylvania. She left school early to be a nurse in World War I. She was a nurse from 1917 to 1919. She was important because she was the first woman to cross the Atlantic Ocean in 1932. She was willing to help out others. In 1935, Amelia became the first person to cross the Pacific Ocean. She also was the Gulf of Mexico, flying from New York to Mexico. She made a difference because she had the courage to achieve something else in flying. Instead of giving up, she tried to do more to prove that women can do anything they believe they can do. If Amelia hadn’t lived the world would have less confidence and courage to do something that men usually do. In 1937, Amelia died in a plane crash, on her flight to Houland Island.