My healthcare hero that I’m researching is Clara Barton. She is the person who found the American Red cross. During the civil war she served as a volunteer to provide aid to wounded soldiers. She also requested supplies from the public and then after she got the supplies she personally delivered them to the soldiers on the north and the south.…
Ida B Wells was born on July 16th 1962 in Holly Springs, Mississippi. Ida’s parents were slaves, so Ida was born a slave. When Ida was only 6 months old her and her family were declared free because of the Emancipation Proclamation. Both of her parents were active in the Republican Party. Ida’s father James helped start Shaw university, which was a school for newly freed slaves. It was at Shaw University that Ida received her early schooling, however she had to drop out at the young age of 16 when she lost her family. Both of Ida’s parents and her baby brother died in a yellow fever outbreak and since she was the oldest, this caused Ida to be the one in charge of caring for her younger siblings. At just the age of 16 Ida was having to be a…
Clara Barton, born in Massachusetts in 1821, influenced individuals worldwide. She was an educator and nurse who continually helped children and patients. While in Europe, Clara Barton worked with The International Red Cross. The experience of aiding injured individuals in Europe inspired Clara Barton to begin her own association. When she returned to America, Clara Barton visited President Rutherford B. Hayes to have her treaty approved. However, he declined this appeal. Even though there was much opposition, even from the president, the treaty was signed in 1881. With that, Clara Barton formed the organization notably known as, The American Red Cross. For 23 years, until 1904, she led this association. As the leader of The American…
She also researched antibiotics and breast cancer. Not only was she a women, but she was a black women. During this time period, not a lot of black women were treated with respect. Dr. Logan’s studies saved countless lives, even today. During her research of breast cancer, she developed a more accurate way of diagnosing tumors.…
Rachel Louise Carson was born on May 27, 1907 in Springdale, Pennsylvania. What made Rachel Carson famous was her legacy and contribution to society which was alerting the world about the environmental effect of fertilizers and pesticides through her writings and books. This discovery affected society because after one of her books, “Silent Spring” came out in 1962, it proved her thesis about the harmful effects on certain pesticides and fertilizers. Rachel Carson’s discovery ended up having the pesticide DDT banned which ultimately probably saved many lives. Also, Rachel Carson’s discovery helped shape the growing concern for environmental help.…
For instance, during the Great Depression, she photographed people who were suffering. In the Dust Bowl era when drought forced farming families to move West, she took photos of hard times. One of her most well known photographs was during this time, and was titled “Migrant Mother.” She did extensive traveling all over the world to places where hardships were taking place. She had great compassion toward hurting people and wanted the rest of the world to see what they were enduring. (Americanswhotellthetruth.org) Dorothy was the first woman to receive the Guggenheim fellowship award, which was given too one who “demonstrated exceptional capacity for productive scholarship or exceptional creative ability in the arts.”…
As you can see, Dr. Jane Cooke Wright had many contributions and impacts to our society. She informed every one of her research, spreading the knowledge on cancer, its effects, and ways that could cure it. Her tests and experiments help doctors and nurses all over the world today improving…
Clara Hughes; gold medal olympian, mental health spokesperson, global citizen and many more outstanding achievements. Most importantly she is a leader to Canadians and around the world to anyone who she comes across. She leads as a positive example in many ways as a democratic leader, she values others opinions as proven by her position as an Honourary Witness for the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, which is part of a national, comprehensive response to the Indian Residential School legacy. She works with many boards and councils, such as the former, valuing everyone's opinion on the topic they are discussing. Her biggest success has been with Bell let’s talk initiative but there’s multiple other companies she has had success in working…
Strengths are that she basically impacted billions of animals and human lives, and she is still working to help…
Susan B. Anthony was a women’s rights activist and an agent for the American Anti-Slavery Society. She fought for the rights of women and basically anyone else that wasn’t treated equally. She was born to a Quaker family that was neither prejudice nor biased towards anyone. Her family moved to a farm in the 1840’s and they fought to end slavery as part of the abolitionist movement. She became a teacher and later was involved with the fight of equal rights for women. In my opinion, I would say Susan B. Anthony is an above-average leader and I will provide evidence for this opinion in the following paragraphs.…
In conclusion, Eleanor Roosevelt helped with political and social issues about human rights and changed how the First Lady is viewed. Eleanor Roosevelt is, and will continue to be, one of my favorite people from American…
The term "hero" comes from the ancient Greeks. For them, a hero was a mortal who had done something so far beyond the normal scope of human experience that he left an immortal memory behind him when he died, and thus received worship like that due the gods. Many of these first heroes were great benefactors of humankind: Hercules, the monster killer; Asclepius, the first doctor; Dionysus, the creator of Greek fraternities. But people who had committed unthinkable crimes were also called heroes; Oedipus and Medea, for example, received divine worship after their deaths as well. Originally, heroes were not necessarily good, but they were always extraordinary; to be a hero was to expand people's sense of what was possible for a human being.…
Throughout her years as the Girl Scout founder, she was able to grow the program to 90,000 member known as Girl Scouts. Much of her success to the organization was the large network of people she established throughout the year. With the network, she was able to find resources and attributes which developed into Girl Scouts. She became well known of her energy, willingness and appreciation for the girl scouts in the…
In 1920 women got the right to vote (“19th Amendment”, 2010). That was 97 years ago. Not that long ago women were thought so scant of. Sandra Day O'Connor gave hope to women that they would be something one day, not just a homemaker. Before Sandra Day O'Connor was elected only 39% of law students were women, after the number grew to 49% (“Reagan's Nomination of O'Connor”, 2009).We have grown a lot as a county, making equal rights and doing amazing things. She became Supreme Court Justice in the time women were thought so paltry of. We may not be where we are as a country without her persistence.…
After she knew that children didn't get to learn about nature everywhere, she founded Roots & Shoots. In this club, teachers show students how to interact with nature. Jane Goodall did many things in her life, but one of the best things she did to help people was inspiring many women to become a animal anthropologist. After she made so many amazing discoveries, many women…