Amelia Earhart was the first child born to Edwin Stanton and Amy Otis Earhart in Atchison, Kansas. After graduating from high school, Amelia went to college. After college she became a social worker at the Denison House in Boston and taught English.

Amelia got interested in flying when she went to airplane shows. After taking a ten minute plane ride at a show that costed her $1, Amelia knew she must learn to fly. Amelia took flying lessons and earned $1,000 to take them. After ten hours of instruction, Amelia was able to fly solo.

In 1928, Amelia went on a flight from America to England. Amelia was only a passenger, but she became the first woman to cross the Atlantic on a plane. After the flight a publisher named George Putnam covered the story of the plane ride and in 1931, the two married.

In June 1937, Amelia began her final flight. Amelia and Fred Noonan went on a flight in a twin-engine Lockheed. They were trying to fly around the world. They departed from Miami, Florida. After crossing the Sahara Desert, they flew to Thailand. After departing Lae, New Guinea, the U.S. Coast Guard lost contact with the plane. The United States Navy searched extensively but never found a trace of the the plane.

The mysterious disappearance of Earhart and her plane has raised speculation throughout the years. No one knows what actually happened that day Amelia took her final flight..