What Was The Impact Of Amelia Earhart In The 1920's
On May 21, 1932 a small, tattered plane touched ground on a pasture near Londonderry, Ireland. An Irish farmer left tending his cows to find where the rumbling noise was coming from, and in his backyard he found an airplane and a young woman by the name of Amelia Earhart. The man drove her five miles away to the nearest telephone, and over a quick phone call to New York, she proclaimed, “I did it!” After 15 hours and 2,026 miles, Amelia Earhart had set a new record (Bailey, 201). Amelia Earhart’s flight as the first aviatrix to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean was a defining event in American history because it was a feat in the field of aviation, created greater opportunity for women, and made her into an inspirational celebrity for the
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The national debt rose 40 percent of GDP, the debt in relation to the average income per person, resulting in the highest it had ever been (There could be trouble ahead). Because there was no money reserved as a precaution for a depression, the economic damage was the worst it could be in the situation. Banks went into a panic and pulled their money out of the economy; therefore, the money necessary to restore the economy was in reserve. During the Great Depression in the United States, unemployment captured one in four people and the government tried to control wages and prices with the hopes of hindering the rising rates of unemployment; however, this only obstructed the recovery (There could be trouble ahead). Amidst the gloom of the Great Depression, accomplishment’s like Amelia Earhart’s added positivity into American …show more content…
Her father was a railroad attorney, so as a child she traveled a lot. When she was 19 years old, she attended Ogontz School in Philadelphia; however, after a trip to see her sister in Canada, she saw the need for assistance in the war. Immediately, Earhart dropped out of school and enlisted as a nurse for the Red Cross during World War I (Amelia Earhart Birthplace Museum). After serving a few years as a nurse for the soldiers, her parents convinced her to move to California with them. In 1920, while in California, her and her father attended an airshow for stunt fliers in Los Angeles. At the airshow, she persuaded her father to let be a passenger on a flight, and she fell in love with airplanes (Bailey,
The national debt rose 40 percent of GDP, the debt in relation to the average income per person, resulting in the highest it had ever been (There could be trouble ahead). Because there was no money reserved as a precaution for a depression, the economic damage was the worst it could be in the situation. Banks went into a panic and pulled their money out of the economy; therefore, the money necessary to restore the economy was in reserve. During the Great Depression in the United States, unemployment captured one in four people and the government tried to control wages and prices with the hopes of hindering the rising rates of unemployment; however, this only obstructed the recovery (There could be trouble ahead). Amidst the gloom of the Great Depression, accomplishment’s like Amelia Earhart’s added positivity into American …show more content…
Her father was a railroad attorney, so as a child she traveled a lot. When she was 19 years old, she attended Ogontz School in Philadelphia; however, after a trip to see her sister in Canada, she saw the need for assistance in the war. Immediately, Earhart dropped out of school and enlisted as a nurse for the Red Cross during World War I (Amelia Earhart Birthplace Museum). After serving a few years as a nurse for the soldiers, her parents convinced her to move to California with them. In 1920, while in California, her and her father attended an airshow for stunt fliers in Los Angeles. At the airshow, she persuaded her father to let be a passenger on a flight, and she fell in love with airplanes (Bailey,