Amelia Earhart By Kenyana Johnson

                 Amelia Earhart

Amelia Earhart was the first women to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean, and the first person to ever fly solo from Hawaii to the U.S. mainland. In July, 1937, she disappeared over the Pacific Ocean ("Amelia Earhart”). There are two conspiracy theories. The first being her plane ran out of gas which caused her to crash into the ocean, or was she captured and killed by the Japanese? Let’s take a look into the conspiracy theories of Amelia Earhart’s death and find out if she was indeed murdered, or ran out of gas and crashed into the Pacific Ocean killing her on impact.

            Born in Atchison, Kansas on July 24, 1897, Amelia Earhart had a non-traditional

childhood for the time period. She spent much of her early childhood in the upper-middle class

household of her maternal grandparents. Amelia's mother, Amelia "Amy" Otis, married a man

who showed much promise, but had never been able to break the bonds of alcohol. Edwin

Earhart was on a constant search to establish his career and put the family on a firm financial

foundation. When the situation got bad, Amy would shuttle Amelia and her sister Muriel to their

grandparents' home. There they sought out adventures, exploring the neighborhood, climbing

trees, hunting for rats, and taking breathtaking rides on Amelia's sled. ("Amelia Earhart

Biography.”) That’s when she saw her first airplane stating “It was a thing of rusty wire and wood and

looked not at all interesting,” (“Amelia Earhart”.)

Unaware that in her future she would go on to become the first woman to ever attempt a

flight over the Pacific Ocean, Amelia spent much of her life proving that women can soar to the

top and be better than or equal to men. Despite openly advocating for equal rights and

opportunities, according to her husband, George Palmer Putnam, Earhart was not “offensively

feministic”. Flight Paths. (“Flight Paths: Purdue University's Aerospace Pioneers." Flight paths.

Emilie Watson, n.d. Web. 7 Aug. 2017.0 She believed that every woman should have an equal

opportunity to prove her

competence, and that no one should receive preferential treatment based on his or her gender.

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This individualistic view of women’s rights affords her a unique place in the history of feminism.

Through her support of the Equal Rights Amendment, her encouragement of women pilots, her

style and fashion sense, her career at Purdue University, and many other accomplishments,

Amelia Earhart left a significant mark in the fight for women’s equality. (“Amelia

Earhart: The Flying Feminist"). With that, women everywhere looked up to her, and men

respected her

because of what she stood for. Amelia Earhart through much work and dedication made her

dreams come true in her short life.

            In 1937 Amelia Earhart disappears after her plane takes off on a journey across the

Pacific Ocean. The first Conspiracy theory would be that Amelia Earhart and her navigator

Frederick Noonan ran out of gas and crashed into the Pacific Ocean causing them to die on site.

(According to HISTORY’s investigative special “Amelia Earhart: The Lost Evidence,” retired

federal agent Les Kinney scoured the National Archives for records that may have been

overlooked in the search for the lost aviator.) Although it has been acknowledging that some

remains from her plane were discovered in the Ocean There still wasn’t enough evidence to

prove and, a (1937 British expedition exploring the island for settlement snapped a photo of what

Gillespie said shows part of the landing gear from Earhart's plane sticking out of a reef. “On an

uninhabited island, there shouldn't be anything sticking up out of the water,” Gillespie said.)

The second conspiracy would be that the Japanese Captured and killed Amelia Earhart

and her navigator after suspecting that she was a spy. Even though the Japanese claim to have

never seem Amelia Earhart or her navigator there are pictures of her with the Japanese and in

those photos some claim to see a boat pulling some of the wreckage from the airplane crash.

(Earhart and Noonan were spies shot or forced down on a secret mission to gather intelligence

about the Japanese in the Marshall Islands, according to one set of theories. Supporters argue

their secret mission, approved by President Franklin Roosevelt, was kept under wraps after they

were captured.)

Although both conspiracy theories are believable what really happened to Amelia and her

navigator? If her plane ran out of gas sending them to crash onto the Ocean why wasn’t there

anybody discovered? Second If the Japanese captured her and her navigator why did they deny

it? How come there are pictures showing Amelia and her navigator with the Japanese? There are

still today people trying to figure out exactly what happened to Amelia and her navigator and,

how they really died. “Women must try to do things as men have tried. When they fail their

failure must be but a challenge to others” (Amelia Earhart).

                In conclusion, Amelia Earhart was the first woman to attempt a flight across the Pacific Ocean. Amelia touched many women with her powerful quotes, and her will to show that woman could equally do as men. Amelia Earhart’s death to this day is still a mystery. Many people would say that her plane crashed in the ocean, and that’s how she died but, no one really knows for sure. I believe that Amelia Earhart was captured, tortured, and killed by the Japanese because they thought she was a spy, but only Amelia knows her real truth about her death.

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