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Do You Know About Amelia Earhart
“The most effective way to do it is to do it’’. Do you know about Amelia Earhart, you should because is one important woman in America. She was also one of the few women that had a pilot license. Amelia Earhart was the first woman to fly. The Atlantic Ocean, she wanted to prove that women could do anything. She wanted to prove it because in the past women were thought to be in home. Amelia Earhart was born in Atchison, Kansas on July 24, 1897. As a young girl she climb trees and collect bugs. Also, she loved hunting rats with a rifle. Her parents were Edvin and Amy Otis Earhart. She also had a sister named Grace Murial Earhart. Amelia Earhart attended a High school named Hyde Park High school. She also attended Columbia University. I also

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