Bessie Virginia Blount was born on November 24, 1914, in Hickory, Virginia. During World War II as a part of her work working with wounded soldiers,, Blount invented a device to help amputees feed themselves, the apparatus. She invented the electric feeding device in 1951, a feeding tube that delivered one mouth full of food at a time. Blount device was not accepted by the American Veteran’s Administration, so Blount sold it to the French Government. Bessie Blount was once a physical therapist for Theodore Edison son of famed inventor Thomas Edison. Blount and Edison became very close friends while in his home Blount invented the disposable cardboard emesis basin, this invention was also rejected by the American Veterans Administration and…
Hana Brady, or as she was actually named Hanička Bradyová, was born on May 16, 1931 in Prague, Czechoslovakia (what would be the Czech Republic today). She was a Jewish girl and even though they didn’t practice the religion her parents still wanted her to know about her heritage. She lived in a yellow house above her Family’s store in Nove Mesto, a town in Prague. Hana lived with her brother George and her parents Marketa and Karel. Hana lived a happy life and enjoyed ice skating and fighting with her brother. Hana lover her life in Nove Mesto, but when the Nazis invaded her home her whole life turned upside down.…
This paper is about Margaret Cochran Corbin. She was the first wounded woman of the American Revolution. She was a strong woman and an interesting person. Margaret Cochran Corbin was a woman who fought in the American Revolution war that was her job. This paper is about her early life, adult life, and contribution to the Revolutionary War.…
When she was little, she wanted to practice ballet while her little brother wanted to learn Tae Kwon Do.…
Mary Rita Lambert was born on June 8th, 1934 in St. Louis, Missouri. She grew up in the city area with her four other siblings in a strict, Catholic household. She had three sisters and one brother. She was the middle child of the family, despite being close in age with her other two, younger sisters born two years apart from each other. My grandmother, Phyllis was born in 1936 and her youngest sister, Connie was born in 1938. Her older sister, Frances was born in 1925 and her older brother, Jackson was born in 1926. The older siblings often took care of the family and were regularly responsible for household duties while their parents were off working their jobs. I asked her if she remembered anything about the Great Depression, but she really…
Mae Carol Jemison or better known as Mae C. Jemison was an American engineer, physician, and a NASA astronaut. She became known as the first African-American woman to travel in space. Mae was born on October 17 1956 in Decatur, Alabama. When she was around three years old, her parents, Charlie and Dorothy Jemison, move to Chicago in order to provide her and her siblings a better education.…
“If you commit the crime, you are guilty”(Rush Limbaugh). Even though not all crimes are reported to the police, crime rates have fallen since the early 1990’s. For example, the country of Honduras has the average highest murder rate at about 90 people per 100,000 people. The criminals that commit the crime are most likely going to lie to you. They may make up stories and pretend it was something else. Queenie Keithley is guilty because she left the country club 10 minutes early, she was in an argument with her husband, Joe, and the glass in Joe’s hand was not broken after he “fell” down the stairs.…
A young black strong female named Melba Pattillo Beals, has a great story of how she found strength and finish high school even though they it was a very dangerous situation. She was one of the few from LIttle rock 9 that got chosen to go to a all white school named Centrtal high. She was constantly getting picked on and abused by the students but she didn't give up. There was something in her head to tell her to keep pushing keep fighting. Sometimes it was her grandma India, Personal solider Danny or even the lord himself, the list can go on and on. Melba was going to give up until her grandma reminded her why she even started this journey to make a difference in the world , Arkansas and to prove everyone should be equal. Nonmatter what obstacle…
Do you ever wonder who was the first African American who stage public flight? Bessie Coleman was born in Atlanta,Texas at January 26, 1892 and died in Jacksonville,Florida at April 30,1926. Bessie Coleman was one of the 13 children to Susan and George Coleman. Which they both worked as sharecroppers. At 12 years old Bessie and her family began going to the Missionary Baptist Church in Texas. In 1915, at 23 years old, Bessie moved to Chicago where she lived with her brothers and worked as a manicurist. Not very long she has been in Chicago she also has been listening and reading stories of the World War 1 pilots.…
Two different women born in two very different places, Dorothy Fanny and Maria Guadalupe Felix share two different experiences through interviews and share a wealth of memories and rich insight of their ever maturing lives. Their place of birth, education, work, and their personal lives are shared as to giving us a glimpse of their mark in history.…
My person’s name is Heidi Phillips. She was born in Bryan, Ohio on June 4th, 1973. Her parents are Diane and Jim Phillips. She has one sister named Sarah Phillips but she is married so her name is Sarah Bostater. Heidi Phillips lived in Sherwood Ohio, Oxford Ohio, Dayton Ohio, Littleton North Carolina, Emerald Isle North Carolina, Fredericksburg Virginia, St. Robert Missouri and Bowling Green Ohio. She has gone to Sherwood Elementary, Fairview Junior High, Fairview High School and Miami University. Heidi Phillips has blue eyes, dark brown hair, is skinny and has a ivory skin tone.…
“The Dakotahs, or Nadowessious were doubtless a valorous people considered from an Indian standpoint”-Annie Tallent. This quote symbolizes how Annie felt about the Indians. She saw the Indians as a savage, and obstacle to civilizing forces whose righteousness and benighted destiny was self evident (Mackintosh). Annie Tallent was an important figure in American History because of what she accomplished in her lifetime.…
Born Sarah Breedlove on December 23, 1867 on a Louisiana plantation,Walker transformed herself from an uneducated farm worker of the twentieth century's most successful, self-made women entrepreneurs. Orphaned at age seven, she often said, "I got my start by giving myself a start." She and her older sister, Louvenia, survived by working in the cotton fields of Vicksburg, Mississippi. At 14, she married Moses McWilliams to escape abuse from her cruel brother-in-law, Jesse Powell.…
After Fannie Lou Hamer met with members of Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) when she was forty-four, her life experienced a drastic change. (Lee 23). In this organization, Hamer helped black people to register to vote. In order to participate in the state Democratic Party, Fannie Lou Hamer helped start Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP) and was elected Vice-Chair of this party. By pursuing rights for black people, Hamer devoted her whole life, and she is remembered by the world. As an American voting rights activist, Fannie Lou Hamer is remarkable, and her goal, method, and obstacles in Student Nonviolent Coordinating…
Billie Holiday (born Eleanora Harris (1915–1959) was an African American jazz singer and songwriter. Her singing style, strongly inspired by jazz musicians, lead to a new way of using word choice and rhythm. A critic named John Bush once wrote that Holiday "changed the art of American pop vocals forever." She only co-wrote a few songs, but a number of them have become jazz standards that many musicians strive to live up to. Some of these standards were set by songs of hers such as "God Bless the Child", "Don't Explain", "Fine and Mellow", and "Lady Sings the Blues". She also became famous for singing "Easy Living", "Good Morning Heartache", and "Strange Fruit", a protest song which became one of her standards and was made famous with her…