7. Amelia Earhart
to do just that. She took flying lessons, purchased a yellow airplane she nicknamed the ‘Canary’, and got and pilot’s license. She set a new record for female pilots of 14,000 feet altitude, and became the first woman to make the flight across the Atlantic. She was the first person to fly solo from Hawaii to California, and gave speeches about women’s rights and flying as her fame grew.
In 1937, she aimed much higher: she wanted to be the first woman to fly across the globe. She departed from Florida with her navigator, and made several flights. But on the 2nd of July, they took off to fly to Howland Island and never returned. Neither she, or the plane, were ever seen again.
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Amelia Earhart, born in 1897, wasn’t very sure of what to do, growing up. One day, her father brought her to an air show in California. During that first flight, she knew she wanted