Amelia Earhart worked any job to help pay for her training

Amelia Earhart was born on July 24, 1897, in the small Kansas town of Atchison. Young Amelia Earhart had no interest in flying in 1908 because "it was a thing of rusted wire and wood and not at all interesting." (John Burke) Although it was a fascinating work, she joined the Voluntary Aid Detachment Nurses in 1918 because it seemed like the ideal career for her. She commented, "I felt I personally had to fly," when she took her maiden flight in a plane in 1920 and took off (Sherman, Stephen). She ultimately decided to follow her ambition of flying and become a pilot. She showed amazing fortitude to accomplish such a seemingly impossible task and was passionate about what she enjoyed doing, demonstrating to others that they could follow her on a journey full of opportunities and nothing could stop them.

Being so passionate about flying because she experienced gender prejudice and believed that women could not hold the same positions as men.

She pursued her passion of becoming a pilot despite the challenges of living in a time when men dominated the workforce, and she became the first woman to fly over the Atlantic. It was an incredible gesture and accomplishment for a woman to take on such an undertaking in support of Amelia Earhart. Even though she was struggling financially, she persisted in following her dream: "Learning to fly in California, she took up aviation as a pastime, taking odd jobs to pay for her flying lessons" (Amelia Earhart Birthplace Museum). She chose not to give up on her dream of becoming an aviator and continued to work any job to help pay for her training. She therefore didn't give up because of a lack of funds.