"Moscow Is Almost Certain: Anastasia Died with Tzar's Family", by Michael Specter, New York Times International (newspaper of New York, New York, USA), September 7, 1994, page A6.…
Baltimore, April 18th, 2011. Chrissy Lee Polis, a 22 year old woman, goes to use the women’s bathroom of a Mcdonalds. For attempting to do so, Polis is assaulted by a 14 year old girl and an 18 year old woman, who push her down and repeatedly kick and punch her in the head, as employees and customers stand by idly or spectate with laughter- one employee is recording the assault. Polis doesn’t fight back against the younger women. One of the assailants land a sharp blow to her head, and Polis begins to have a seizure. Someone calls the police. The attackers are told to run before they arrive. Why was Chrissy, an innocent woman, attacked? Was she doing anything wrong; was she plotting to harm anybody? The answer is no. Chrissy Lee Polis went…
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.…
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…
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.…
Gracia Jones was born on January 17, 1959 in Cairo, Illinois. She grew up in Kansas City where she attended a private school and got to pursue her talents; music and socializing. She eventually heads off to college to Calvary Bible College where she acquired her bachelors in Christian Education. Upon graduation, the school offered her a job as a secretary, and soon after she met the man she would spend the rest of her life with.…
October 5th 2012, 10-year old Jessica Ridgeway went missing just after leaving her house to meet a friend two blocks down of her house to make there way to school together. This took place in Golden, Colorado, on an early and tragic morning for the Ridgeway family. (P. Solomon, 2013, pg.1)…
HOUSTON, TX- Almost a week has passed since the case on Andrea Yates occurred. Andrea Yates drowned all five of her children in her bath tub last week on June 20th, 2001. The family grew up in a suburban area of Houston, Texas. This quintuple murder has shocked the whole nation of horrific comments and opinions on this case. Yates has been charged with first degree murder, and the trial has started. The kids ages ranged from 6 months to 7 years old, 4 brothers and 1 sister. Her Attorneys say the murders were brought on by her psychotic delusions, exacerbated by repeated episodes of postpartum depression. The morning of the murders, her husband went to work, and Andrea Yates fed her children breakfast and drowned them one by one as the other…
Jane Dee Hull was born in Kansas City, Missouri, on August 8, 1935. Governor Hull is married to Dr. Terry Hull. Dr. Hull practiced medicine in Pheonix for 32 wears and now works as a consultant. Governor Hull and Dr. Hull have four children and eight grandchildren. Governor Hull received a bachelor's degree in elementary education from the University of Kansas and also did postgraduate work in political science and economics at Arizona State University. She is a graduate of the Josephson Ethics Institute.…
Have you ever thought about what it really means to be a Canadian? What you need to do to even consider yourself to be a part of this country? I believe that Sam Steele could be considered a Canadian. There are many things that he did that made him canadian but the main reason for that is that he was the one who actually fought for Canada.…
Helen Gurley Brown was born February 18, 1922, she died August 13, 2012. (Fox, 2012) Helen was an american author, publisher, and business women. She also was the editor and chief for Cosmopolitan magazine for 32 years. ("Helen Gurley Brown" 2017) When she wrote the book "Sex and the Single Girl", about a single girl who thoroughly enjoyed sex, she shocked the world. Although Helen said things that was questioning to most she was an independent powerful woman in the publishing world. (Weigel, 2016) w\Warrior women come in all shapes sizes and what they do, i see Helen as a warrior women, because she wasn't afraid to ever speak her mind. she didn't care about what the readers thought she wrote about what she wanted to write about. She took a lot of crap from people about what she stood for. Even with that she never backed down.…
A mathematician is someone who uses an extensive knowledge of mathematics in his/her work, typically to solve mathematical problems. Mathematicians usually accomplish many great things in life like mathematical contributions to the educational program or receiving awards for their greatness. A great example of a very successful, African American mathematician is Marjorie Lee Browne. Marjorie Lee Browne was born September 9, 1914 in Memphis, Tennessee. Marjorie Lee Browne was born to Mary Taylor Lee and , Lawrence Johnson Lee, in which she acquired her math skills from. She had no spouse and no children. Her mother died when she was only two years old and her father soon got remarried and she was raised by the both of them.…
Lily Roe Scott isn't your normal girl in all sense and purposes. Her entire life all she wanted was to be normal and live a normal life, but that wasn't what her mother and step-father had in mind for her. From an early age she was traveling the world and learning new customs including when it came to who her family was. Born in June of 1989 in Tree Hill, North Carolina to Karen Roe and Keith Alan Scott; except when Lily was born her father had been dead for almost a year. Soon after Lily was born her mother left Tree Hill and went in search of a new life where she found that with former boyfriend Andrew Hargrave. When Lily was 5 years old, her mom married Andrew Hargrave in a small ceremony back in Tree Hill shortly after her big brother Lucas marrLily Roe Scott isn't your normal girl in all sense and purposes.…
Laurel Thatcher Ulrich claims, “Well-behaved women seldom make history.” By this she means that being ordinary is “well-behaved,” and being obedient does not make changes to anything, but it does pass on tradition of how to behave. Therefore, creating chaos politically draws attention to make it in history. To make a legacy, you must be uniquely different and brave to stand up against the set rules. Women such as Jeannette Rankin is one of that stubborn and demanding person in history. Jeannette Rankin is such an inspiration for women, gives women hope that they can be anything they set their heart to. Jeanette was a suffragist, pacifist, and the first congresswoman. I believe that her education played a significant role in her success. People…
