Caroline Crosson Gilpin - National Geographic Readers: Amelia Earhart

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For Diane Crosson McEnroe

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PILOT: A person
who flies an
airplane

Airplanes were new in the 1920s.
People mostly traveled by car or
boat or train. But Amelia Earhart
dreamed of flying.

Amelia was one of the first women
pilots. She was known all over the
world. She did many things women
had never done before.

Amelia Mary
Earhart was
born on
July 24, 1897.

The house where Amelia was born

She grew up in Atchison, Kansas.
She had a sister named Muriel.

The girls played football and fished.
They read books and collected bugs.

Back then girls wore long dresses.
But Amelias mother made them
playsuits ( PLAY - soots ). Then they
could run and play like the boys.

I believe that
women have as
much courage
as men.

Amelias family moved a lot.
She went to many different schools.
Amelia made friends easily.
She enjoyed making people laugh.

When Amelia grew up, she worked
as a nurse. Later, she worked at a
center that helped poor children.
The children loved her.

Amelia loved to help people.

Amelia in her nurses uniform

When Amelia was 23, her father
took her to an air show. She took
a short ride in an airplane that day.
Amelia fell in love with flying.

As soon as we left the ground,
I knew I myself had to fly.

Amelia with the first
plane she owned