Amelia Earhart

Amelia Earhart was famous for being the first woman to fly almost all the way around the world. No one knows what happened to her or her plane. Everyone that has tried to find evidence of where she might be has had no luck. Her fate has become a great mystery. Amelia Earhart was born on July 24, 1898 in her grandparents' house overlooking the Missouri River. Her father was an alcoholic and could not hold a …

…her landing gear collapsed. She then had her plane shipped back to California to be repaired. Earhart had to start her flight around the world again, but this time in the opposite direction around the world. When she took off again, her first stop was Miami, Florida. The rest of her flight was as scheduled until she left New Guinea and was nearing Howland Island where she and her plane disappeared and was never found.