Her name was Amelia Earhart. She was born in Atichison, Kanas in the year of 1897 on June 24th. Her parents, Edwin and Amy Earhart also had Amelia’s sister, Muriel. Her father was a railroad attorney in Rydal, Pennsylvania and her mother was a record breaker, just like Amelia would soon be. Her mother was the first woman to climb Pike’s Peak in Colorado.

When she was little, Amelia Earhart attended a private elementary school. Later, during her high school years, she attended six different high schools. She loved to do chemistry and physics and later graduated from Hyde Park High school in Chicago. After graduating she went to Organtz College, but never finished college.

After college, Amelia worked in Boston as a settlement worker. Wilmer Stultz was the aviator which flew Friendship, a tri-motor plane. He asked Amelia to join him on the flight from Newfoundland to Wales, by being a passenger on this flight, she became the first woman ever to go on a transatlantic flight.After its landing in Wales at Burry Port on June 18, 1928, Amelia had decided to make flying her career.

She is renowned for her solo flights. She made one from Harbour Grace, Newfoundland to Ireland in 1932, and one from Hawaii to America, making her the first aviator to fly this route. She also set many other records in aviation. Amelia chronicled most of her flights in three books.

Her mark in history continued when she entered a flight with Frederick J. Noonan from Miami, Florida to co-navigate the first round-the-world flight. The two flew to the journey’s starting point, New Guinea, but after they took flight on July 1, 1937, they never arrived at their destination, which was Howland Island, located in the Pacific. The government and historians believe that the plane ran out of gas, and crashed into the Pacific Ocean. Although, there are many stories about what may have happened to Amelia Earhart and Noonan. Some think, based on the accounts of Army veterans, that they were captured, imprisoned and possibly killed by the Japanese on the island of Saipan. Another well-known theory is that the government sent them over as spies to spy on the Japanese aircraft, and that they now live under new names.