ALL ABOUT AMELIA

EARHART
By: Abbey Schaumberg…With help
from Tiffany Schaumberg!
 Little Amelia
Amelia Earhart was born in Atchison, Kansas, on July 24,
1897.  She only had one sister, Murial, in her family.  Her
mom's and dad's names were Amy and Edwin Earhart. 
When Amelia was a little girl, she would only participate in
boy activities.  In 1905, her dad received a promotion that
took him and Amy away to Des Moines.  For three years,
Amelia and her sister lived with their grandparents.  In 1908,
Amelia and Muriel joined their parents.  When Amelia was
11, her dad took her to the state fair.  There she saw her first
airplane.
 AMELIA’S RECORDS
Amelia's courage to fly across the Atlantic spread rumors all
over the world.  Now, flying was right in the middle of
Amelia's life.  In 1928, she made her first solo trip across
the United States.  In 1930, Amelia married a young man
named George Putman.  They spent many years together.
    When Amelia was 38 years old, she challenged herself to
fly around the world! 
On June 1, 1937, the silver plane, Electra, took
off in Miami at sunrise. 
On July 2, the Electra left New Guinea to go to an island so small, it was difficult to locate. 
There were coast guard ships to locate the island for the plane to land safely.  The ship got
signals from Amelia requesting a bearing.  They answered but didn't hear back from her
until five hours later.  Her last call came less than an hour later.  She said, "We are running
north and south."  The crew tried to reach her with every frequency call they had, but they
still could not reach her.  Then there was a dead silence, and they received no more calls
from Amelia.  They never found her plane, Amelia, or Fred.  Amelia is remembered as
someone who was brave and courageous.  She is a role model to many because she blazed
a trail for women in aviation and other fields that had not been open to women.
 Bones
We know that in 1940 British Colonial Service
officer Gerald Gallagher recovered a partial
skeleton of a castaway on Island near the crash
called Nikumaroro. Unfortunately, those bones
have now been lost.
The reason why they found a partial skeleton is
that many of the bones had been carried off by
giant coconut crabs.
A woman's shoe, an empty bottle were all
found near the site where the bones were
discovered.
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liked it