Analisa Alvarez
Electronic note cards
March 23rd 2010
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Source: "Amelia Earhart -The Early Years, Biography." Ellen's Place - Art,
Photography, Biographies, Travel, History. Web. 24 Mar. 2010.
<http://www.ellensplace.net/ae_eyrs.html>.
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Subject: Amelia Earhart’s life and accomplishments.
Key Words: Amelia Earhart, flying, air planes
Abstract:
“America's famous aviatrix Amelia Mary Earhart was born on July 24, 1897 at her
grandparents' home in Atchison, Kansas. Her grandfather, Alfred Otis was one of the
leading citizens of Atchison. Amy Earhart, having suffered a miscarriage in an earlier
pregnancy, returned to her parent’s home to await the birth of Amelia. Her father,
Edwin Earhart remained with his law practice in Kansas City during this period. A
sister, Muriel would be born 2 1/2 years later Amelia (Millie) and her sister Muriel
(Pidgin) were to know privilege and wealth through their grandparents.... attending
private schools and enjoying many of the comforts of life. Alfred was never
impressed with who he considered the "ne'er-do-well" son-in-law, Edwin. Edwin
Stanton Earhart failed to measure-up to the Otis standards of providing social status
and large income for his family. After failing in his private practice, Edwin took an
executive job in 1905 with the Rock Island Line Railroad in Des Moines, Iowa. He
and Amy moving to Des Moines, leaving the girls with their grandparents 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...”
Amelia is a very interesting, and important woman for world history. In this
source I was able to find plenty of her biography and life functions. She did not have
and awful life, she was very happy and loved her sister. She was the first woman to
fly an airplane. Even though in her period of time women had no decision and were
saw inferior that man, she stood out and became very important for history. She has
been an inspiration for many women threw out time.
Electronic card #2:
Source: "Amelia Earhart Remembered for Her Strength | Amelia Earhart." The
Official Website of Amelia Earhart. Web. 24 Mar. 2010.
<http://ameliaearhart.com/news/2009/11/amelia-earhart-remembered-for-herstrength/>.
Subject: life of Amelia Earhart, strength and last flights.
Key words: last flight, her death, and career.
Abstract: “Amelia Earhart was a strong, successful woman and really a pioneer for
women. She never allowed anyone to tell her she could not accomplish what she had
put her mind to. As most everyone knows Amelia is known for her dedication to
flying and her final flight. The last flight she ever took was attempting to fly around
the world. She knew that no one had ever successfully done it, but she just figured
she’d be the first. She disappeared during her trip never to be heard from again, but
that single attempt made her a role model for young girls for years to come. In 1932,
she was the first woman to ever fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. In addition, she
was the first female to ever receive the Air force Distinguished Flying Cross. Only a
few women preceding her have been able to receive the same honor. Amelia is easy
to identify with her cropped hair, which was almost unheard of at that time, tomboy
appearances, and usually always pictured around an airplane or on a runway. She also
always had on a leather flight jacket, which would keep her warm during flights in
her small aircraft. Airstrips, also known as the runway, were not the only things she
was known for during her time period.”
Amelia, was always seeking for her goals, and accomplished them. She was an
inspiration to many people. In one of her flights or may I say her last flight was the
cause of her death. She was the first woman to cross the Atlantic Ocean and won
prices for it. She was a very perseverant woman with a strong character that made
her succeed! This source is going to be very useful for me.
Electronic Card #3
Source: Eric, Niderost. "American History." Amelia Earhart Biography. N.p., 28/8/09.
Web. 14 Apr 2010.
http://americanhistory.suite101.com/article.cfm/amelia_earhart_biography
Subject: Amelia’s records, as a celebrity, and her competition
Key words: number of records, celebrity, competition
Abstract: “In 1928 book publisher and publicist George Palmer Putnam and some
associates were looking for a woman to go on a planed flight across the Atlantic. Putnam
heard of Earhart, and when he interviewed her he was struck by her resemblance to
aviator Charles Lindbergh. Amelia was picked, and accompanied pilot Bill Stultz and copilot “Slim” Gordon on the “Friendship” flight across the Atlantic in a Fokker F-7.
It was a dangerous undertaking—several people, including three women—had died
making the attempt. But the Friendship airplane reached Wales in Europe in 21 hours.
Amelia became an instant celebrity, her fame even eclipsing her two male companions
Amelia was gracious, but unhappy with herself. She had only been a passenger on the
flight, in her words, a ‘sack of potatoes.” Earhart wanted to prove she was worthy, to the
public and to herself.
In 1931 Amelia married George Palmer Putnam. Did she love him, or was it more of a
“working” relationship? The subject is still debated. But in 1932 she crossed the Atlantic
solo, the first woman and only second person (after Lindbergh) to do so.
As the years passed Amelia broke a number of records. including altitude records. In
1935 she became the first person to fly the 2,408 miles from Oakland, California to
Honolulu, Hawaii. She also campaigned passionately for equal rights for women, and had
among her friends Eleanor Roosevelt.
But Amelia the celebrity started to become a drag on Amelia the woman and pilot. In part
to finance her flights, and in part to maintain their almost “Hollywood” lifestyle, Putnam
had Amelia go on grueling lecture tours and public appearances. She endorsed various
products, and had her own clothing line and “signature” luggage. Amelia was often
exhausted, battling stomach problems and her old enemy, sinusitis.
If that wasn’t bad enough, it seems she didn’t practice enough to be a truly good flyer.
Bobbi Trout, another women pilot of the era, says in a PBS documentary that you needed
to fly every day to maintain skills. Amelia, perhaps, spent too much time on lecture tours
and publicity.”
Through the years Amelia started to break many records around the world. She
started to become a very big celebrity because of all of her amazing achievements.
Amelia was not the only women that started to flight, later on more women started to
fly. There was obviously competition started to grow within her career. Many people
thought that since she was always on tours and being a celebrity was affecting her
because she needed to practice every single day to be the best.
Electronic Card #4
Source: Delmore, Lauren. "Jiskha Homework Help." Jiskha. N.p., n.d. Web. 14 Apr
2010. <http://www.jiskha.com/social_studies/people/earharta.html>.
Subject: Amelia’s problems, all of her influences and her impacts
Keywords: Problems, Influences, Impacts
Abstract: “There were a few problems that Amelia faced in her life. One problem was
that her dad had developed a serious drinking problem, in which he could not keep a
steady job. An effect from this is that their family had to move a lot. They lived in many
places, including Kansas City, Des Moines, St. Paul, and Chicago. This also effected
Amelia because she had attended six high schools before graduating, had to break off
friendships, and had missed some things by not staying in one place for a long time.
Amelia had one benefit from this and that was that she learned to adapt to new
surroundings quickly. This influenced her development because she learned that her
father's drinking problem was very bad, and not healthy.
Amelia faced her problems very wisely. Her other problem was criticism. People always
considered women as "different". Women also had to prove their ability constantly, and
were not taken seriously. She always said to herself that she was not afraid to fail, would
refuse to accept boundaries set by society, and would never give up. She overcame this
problem by becoming the first woman to fly across the Atlantic Ocean solo, in which she
became even more confident. She wanted to set new records. She eventually
accomplished that by becoming the first woman to fly solo across the Pacific Ocean. She
also attempted to fly around the world in the hardest direction, along the equator. At the
end of her attempt she was lost in the Pacific Ocean.
The influences on Amelia's life were very important. One person who influenced
Amelia's life was Charles Lindbergh. Charles Lindbergh made the first solo flight across
the Atlantic in 1927. This impressed Amelia and she hoped to someday make the first
woman solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean. She accomplished this, along with a record
of being the first woman to fly solo across the Pacific, and attempting to fly around the
world. Her flight across the Atlantic took thirteen and a half hours from Harbor Grace,
Newfoundland to Londonderry, Ireland. Her Pacific flight was from Hawaii to Oakland,
California. Charles had a positive effect from the influences on Amelia's decisions to
never give up in her life.
The impacts on Amelia's life were also very important. Amelia's dad's drinking problem
was an impact on Amelia's life. There was a negative and positive effect. The negative
effect was how it effected her family's development, especially since he could not keep a
steady job. Not being able to keep a steady job cost them a lot of money. The difficulties
with the money had to do with why they had to keep moving. The positive effect is the
benefit of adopting to new surroundings. Another impact on Amelia's life was when she
went to visit her sister in Canada during the war. When she saw all of the wounded
soldiers, she felt that she needed to help. She quit college to become a nurse for the Red
Cross. Working as a nurse during the war also had an impact because she met many
pilots. The pilots told her about flying planes and she became very interested. This had a
positive effect because she later became a pilot and set records for women.”
Amelia went through lots of problems as a kid, her dad had a very big drinking
problem which had a bad influences. Since her dad was not had a steady job they were
moving around place to place every time, and she needed to adapt to this type of living
over the years. Amelia before being a pilot helped the military by being a nurse, there she
meets lots of pilots and that’s how she started to get interested on the planes. Also she
was influenced by a great man named Charles Lindbergh which was the first men to go
through the Atlantic on his own.
Electronic Card #5
Source: "Kansas State Historical Investigation." Kshs. N.p., n.d. Web. 14 Apr 2010.
<http://www.kshs.org/people/earhart_ameliatimeline.htm>.
Subjects: Amelia’s achievements and important events timeline
Keyword: Timeline
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“ 1897 - Born Atchison, Kansas, July 24.
1915 - Graduated from Hyde Park High School Chicago.
1916 - Studied at Ogontz School at Philadelphia.
1918 - Worked as a Nurses' Aide under the Canadian Red Cross.
1919 - Went to New York and matriculated for medicine at Columbia University.
1920 - Joined her parents in Los Angeles and trained for aviation at Rogers
Airport. After but ten hours instruction, she made her first solo flight. During this
time she worked in a telephone office, worked in a photograph studio and did
trucking to earn money for her flying expenses. Bought a second-hand plane.
1926 - Attended Harvard Law School. Took up social service work and was
connected with Denison House in Boston. Was later elected to the board of
directors.
1928 - Was one of the five incorporators of Denison Aircraft Corporation that
established a commercial airport at Squantum. Was invited to join Wilbur Stultz,
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pilot, and Louis Gordon, mechanic, in a flight across the Atlantic. Took off from
the Jeffry Yacht Club moorings of East Boston on June 3. Flew to Newfoundland
and took off from Trespassey, June 17, and 20 hours, 40 minutes later landed at
Burry Point, Wales. Published 20 Hours and 40 Minutes.
1928 - July 3-Became a member of Boston Zonta Club, under classification of
social worker.
1929 - Became vice president of the New York, Philadelphia and Washington
Airways Corporation, and president of the Boston chapter of the National
Aeronautic Association.
1930 - Aviation Editor of Cosmopolitan Magazine.
1930 - May-Became member of Zonta Club of New York City, this time under
Aeronautical classification.
1931 - Married Publisher George Palmer Putnam on February 7. Published The
Fun of It.
1932 - Flew alone across the Atlantic May 20-21, the first woman to do so, in 13
hours, 30 minutes--a new trans-Atlantic record. This flight was made from Harbor
Grace, Newfoundland, to near Londonderry, Ireland. For this achievement she
was made a Chevalier of the Legion of Honor of France; was the first woman to
be awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross, and received the gold medal of the
National Geographic Society. Made her first autogiro flight, and later made the
record altitude flight in this plane.
1935 - In January became the first woman to fly from Hawaii to Oakland. In May
she flew non-stop from Mexico City to New York City in fourteen hours, nineteen
minutes.
1936 - Became a traveling faculty member and aeronautics and career advisor at
Purdue University.
1937 - In March, accompanied by Fred Noonan, navigator, she started on a flight
around the world. Flew from California to Hawaii but crashed at Honolulu as she
was taking off on a second leg of the trip. Returning to the United States, she
prepared for another attempt on June 1. She flew south from Miami and landed at
San Juan, Puerto Rico, Dutc h Guiana, Brazil; across the Atlant ic to the Red Sea,
along the Arabian Coast to India; across India Calcutta, Rangoon, Singapore,
Java, Port Darwin, Australia, to Lae, New Guinea. From Lae she took off for
Howland Island. The Coast-Guard cutter, Itasca, attempted establish radio contact
with her plane, but because of a difference of frequencies the Itasca radioman was
unable to give her bearing. The greatest search party in flight history was sent out,
but no trace was ever found of the plane or fliers.”
The timeline on Amelia Earhart will help me specificly in the summery part of the
project. In details there are very important dates that are arranged in order so that it
can be easier. With the timeline I will be able to know every single thing about her
life.
Electronic Card #6
Source: "Amelia Earhart last flight." Unmuseum. N.p., 1999. Web. 14 Apr 2010.
<http://www.unmuseum.org/earhart.htm>.
Subject: Amelia’s strange disappearance, researches and theories
Keywords: Search, theories, Last flight
Abstract: Investigations into the disappearance of Amelia Earhart and Fred Noonan
“Investigations into the disappearance of Amelia Earhart and Fred Noonancontinue even
today. TIGHAR (The International Group for Historic Aircraft Recovery) has an active
project trying to determine if the Electra might have gone down on of a collection of
islands called the Phoenix Group which lie on the same line-of-position as Howland. If
the Electra had missed Howland and turned onto that line heading in a southwardly
direction, it might well have reached one of the small islands of Baker, McKean or
Gardner (now known as Nikumaroro) and crash landed on it. A search of Nikumaroro
turned up aircraft parts similar to those on the Earhart's Electra and a heel from a
woman's shoe from the 1930's. Perhaps these items were Earhart's, but there is no proof
as of yet. Further expeditions to Nikumaroro are planned.
Somewhere, perhaps on Nikumaroro, perhaps on Siapan, perhaps in the Marshall Islands,
maybe at the bottom of the Pacific, is the evidence that will solve the mystery of what
happened to Amelia Earhart. Will someone find it? Or will this piece of aviation history
remain forever a mystery?
In 1960 a woman named Josephine Akiyama came forward with a tale she said took
place while she was living on Saipan (a small Pacific island). In 1937 Akiyama had seen
two American flyers there, a man and a woman, who were being held by the Japanese.
Saipan seems an unlikely candidate as an emergency landing site for the Electra, though,
unless Noonan was very, very lost.”
One of the biggest mysteries of all times has been the disappearance of Amelia Earhart.
Many theories have been said, but no body really knows what happened that last flight.
Many studies have been also done and still there is no clue the reason why they simply
erase from the map. This information will help me get ideas and analyze and get my
theories about what I think happened in that plane.