Amelia Earhart was a little girl in the early 1900's.  In those days, girls wore only dresses.  They were told to walk slowly.   They were told to sit still.  Amelia was not like other girls.  She wore pants.  She played ball and climbed trees.  Amelia even wanted to fly airplanes.  So she went to flight school to learn to fly.

    In 1928, she flew across the Atlantic Ocean.  She was the first woman to make that flight.  In 1932, she made the same flight.  This time she went alone.  She was the first woman to do these things.

    In 1937, she tried to fly all the way around the world.  Her plane disappeared in the Pacific Ocean.  Amelia and her plane were never found.  Amelia was a brave person.