Sarah Breedlove McWilliams was born in one of the most rural parts of Louisiana on December 23,1867.Though she was born to slaves, she later became a orphan at the young age of seven, she grew up in poverty and had to get jobs working in cotton fields in different parts of Mississippi. Seven years later she got married and conceived a child at the age of 18. Then the death of her husband came two years later, so she decided to travel to St. Louis to work with her brothers who had established themselves as barbers. Later on during the 1890's Walker tried to fight a scalp ailment condition that caused her to loose some of her hair. She tried a numerous amount of hair products and remedies made by another black woman whose name was Annie Malone.…
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.…
Nancy Morgan Hart was born in Orange County, North Carolina in 1735. She grew up to be a feisty and short tempered woman. In fact, the local Cherokee Indians called her a "war woman." She was uneducated but she ran her household well and she had an excellent shot despite being cross-eyed. After she and her husband Benjamin Hart were married, they moved to the Wilkes river in Northern Georgia. Hart then became one of the most patriotic women in Georgia. While her husband was fighting in the war, she took care of their children but she still managed to work as a spy from time to time. She would disguise herself as a man and enter the British ranks. Then she would act dumb and get tons of information from them.…
In July of 1984, Jennifer Thompson-Cannino became a victim of breaking and entering, and sexual assault in her North Carolina apartment (Ronald Cotton). However, Thompson-Cannino wasn't an ordinary victim; she was going to find her attacker after that night, and she did everything she could try and remember him. While being assaulted, she studied his facial features, hair, tried finding any significant scars or marks that could help identify him in the future (The Perfect…
Mary Mackillop did incredible things in her life for the better of the Catholic Church in Australia. In 1866 in Penola Victoria, Father Julian Tenison Woods and Mary Mackillop began the first Saint Joseph’s school in an old stable. On 19 March 1986, Saint Joseph’s Day, Mary started to wear a black dress and began the congregation of the Sisters of Joseph. Mary devoted her life to God and started to set up more schools across Australia as more sisters joined the congregation. All children were welcome to the Josephite schools with free Catholic…
No wonder Kerri Walsh is a sand volleyball player she was born in Santa Clara California. Her parents play a lot of sports her mom played sand volleyball and her dad played minor league baseball. She went to Stanford University for college. During college in 2000 she went to the olympic games in Sydney Australia and played indoor volleyball for the USA team. She got fourth place in the olympics. A year later she graduated from Stanford University in 2001. She got a degree in American studies. After college she went to the olympics for volleyball in 2004,2008 and 2012. Kerri got married to Casey Jennings in 2005. She has 3 kid named Joseph(6), Scout(2) and Sundance(5).…
Sharon Draper was born in 1952 in Cleveland, Ohio. The oldest child of Victor Mills who was a hotel maitre'd, and Catherine Mills, who worked as a advertising manager for the Cleveland Plain Dealer. Catherine always read to her three children each night starting when they were very young. By the time Sharon began school she was already known to be the bookworm. Victor and Catherine encouraged their kids to try to study and work hard, and as a result they could reach whatever goal they set for themselves. Sharon started becoming a straight A student and going through almost every single book in her school library. While still in elementary school Draper also realized that one day she wanted to become a teacher. Sharon always would single out one old woman and call them her role model. One of her role models was, her fifth grade teacher Mrs. Kathadaza Mann. According to Sharon the teacher taught her students about Black history long before it was accepted. In high…
Born in Roanoke, Virginia, Dinah Cox was the slave of John Randolph. She was a mother, lived to be one hundred and five years old, and had an extraordinary memory. Cox was freed of her slavery in 1833, when Randolph passed. In Randolph’s passing he freed his slaves and apologized to all of them. Everyone called Cox Aunt Dinah. She was sort of a leader to her people. Some land was purchased for slaves to live on by Randolph. As the slaves prepared for the move, Cox stated her desire to stay. She had work knitting and quilting and didn't wish to quit. The slaves left their homes singing, "Don't weep, don't cry, I shall never turn back anymore." White people came to ridicule but ended up crying because the song was so moving. The elderly and child rode by wagon while others walked. The group made up of over three hundred slaves, took a boat to New Bremen were they were welcomed with aggression. These who’ve already settled the land armed up to stop the slaves from settling on land that was purchased for them. This surely made the slaves feel unwanted anywhere. Despaired the group settled in Ohio. The land that was purchased for them was sold and resold. It is said to be some of the best farm land, but the slaves only collected fair to Ohio. This unjustifiable act brings to question where the rest of the money went. The descendants of the slaves attempted to retrieve their ancestors’ fair portion of the property in 1917. The case was taken to the Supreme Court were the present owners won. The outcome of the verdict was in favor of the current land owners due to statutes of limitation. Lucky for the case, Cox carefully protected her manumission papers. Going from slave to free, Dinah Cox certainly lived a hard life. With these events Cox has learned the value of freedom.…
Cathy Freeman deserves to be placed in Australians sports hall of fame because she is a role model to the younger generations and inspires them to achieve their goals.…
Imagine parachutes loaded with chocolate and gum floating down from the heavens. The children of West Berlin deserved the sweet gifts after going through the tragedy of the loss of loved ones and the destruction of their city. Gail Halvorsen was an angel to these children. He delivered candy to the young war survivors. As a young boy Gail Halvorsen would watch beautiful silver airplanes fly high in the sky, going to faraway places. He never imagined that one day he would fly a plane carrying food to the starving boys and girls of West Berlin. Halvorsen arrived in Tempelhof, where he met thirty young children. “Their pride and dignity moved me”, said Lt. Halvorsen. He gave them all he had: two sticks of gum, and that's where the journey began. I firmly believe that Gail Halvorsen is an American leader that influenced many lives in Berlin after World War II.…
As a Christian Counselor, Angela Harris uses the tools of the mental health profession, the truths of spirituality, and the wisdom of life experience to help those in need. Angela’s educational and professional experience has focused in the fields of psychology, theology and life skills development. She integrates mind, body and spirit with the intent to bring women and girls to wholeness with spirituality, self, and others.…
Who is Melissa Zuniga? I am the youngest of three children of immigrant parents from Mexico and Honduras. I work hard and strive to have the life my parents dreamed for me when they came to America. I have a strong Latino heart and have been raised with Latino culture, so when I entered school I was suddenly informed that learning English was essential, so I learned from an early age to have strong work ethic to achieve success. . I am very “expressive” I express my thoughts and personality through different types of arts; such as include painting rocks, sculptures, and music.…
Sara Teasdale is an American lyrical poet born in St. Louis, Missouri in 1884. Throughout her childhood and adulthood, she suffered from many illnesses. This caused her to be homeschooled until she was well enough to be put in school, which finally came at the age of nine. Teasdale finished school in 1903 after going to three different schools and battling many more illnesses along the way. She was an accomplished writer of poetry shortly after finishing school and she has had many poems published to multiple different sources. Her poems have also been used as lyrics for many choral pieces and she has won awards for her collection of poems entitled “Love Songs”. At Sara’s funeral, her mother spoke of how Sara always loved reading poetry and looking at anything beautiful, so she was amazing at taking those beautiful things she saw and turning them into poetry.…
Käthe Kollwitz was born on 8th July 1867 in Kaliningrad, Russia. Her father, Karl Schmidt, studied law, but because of his political and social views he never worked as a lawyer. He was a stone mason and house builder. Her mother, Katharina, was the daughter of Julius Rupp, the leader of the Free Congregation. By religion and socialism lessons her grandfather strongly influenced her education. Her parents were encouraging their children in political and social life.…
I am Kanita Hutchinson, born June 6, 1995 in Atlanta , Georgia. I enjoy shopping, being around my family and friends and going to new places.…