The mystery behind the rule and death of Queen Hatshepsut, it was believed that Queen Hatshepsut dressed as a man to gain support of the Egyptians. During her reign she created wealth for Egypt by trading goods and oversaw building projects. Her reign was peaceful without war and was considered very successful. Upon Hatshepsut death, her successor Thutmose III removed as many remnants of her rule as possible by defacing monuments and removing her name from the kings’ lists. The theories were she was killed by Thutmose III, accidently committed suicide or died of natural causes. Her remains were not identified until 2007, although British Howard Carter had discovered the remains in 1902 in Egypt’s Valley of Kings.…
Shelly’s mother who is part Indian and African-American, was born and raised in Ringwood, New Jersey. Her father is originally from New York and comes from a mixed heritage of both Italian, Dutch and Spanish.…
Anne Hope Jahren was born in Austin, Minnesota on September 27, 1969. Hope grew up with a college physics and Earth science teacher as a father, and spent most of her free time in his laboratory. With three older brothers at home, this felt like her own space to do what she wanted to do.…
Natalie was born on June 9th 1981 in Jerusalem, Israel as Natalie Hershlag. Her parents migrated to America when she was 3 and settled in Washington, later Connecticut and finally Long Island. Her first challenge came about around the time of her first onscreen debut when she was 11. Her grandfather was a Polish-Jew socialist and to avoid any judgment because of her affiliation with that group she took her grandmothers last name, Portman. Being a famous young actress trying to blend in with her fellow peers also posed a challenge for her, she told Premier (1995) that she thought school was much harder than real life, and that people are so much more accepting when they are adults. The negativity from her peers only drove her to be a better person and to only pick movie roles that portrayed a positive role model for young girls.…
Scarlett Johansson was born in New York City. Her mother, Melaine Sloan, is from an Ashkenazi Jewish family, and her father, Karsten Johansson, is Danish. She has a sister,Vanessa Johansson, who is also an actress, a brother, Adrian, a twin brother, Hunter Johansson, born three minutes after her, and a paternal half-brother, Christian. Her grandfather was writer EjnerJohanson.…
Julianna Margulies was born in America, but raised in England and Paris. Most famous for her work in ER and now The Good Wife, she is an ageless star. Here is part one of our list of facts about the actress.…
Synopsis American model as well as an actress, Elle Evans is known for her appearance in a music video, Blurred Lines by American recording artists Robin Thicke, T.I., and Pharrell Williams. She is also one of the brand ambassadors of NYX Cosmetics. Evans was crowned Miss Louisiana Teen USA in 2008 and was the third runner-up in the Miss Teen USA 2008 pageant. However, both of her titles were confiscated when Evans was arrested for marijuana possession and dine-and-dash with her three colleagues. Early life and career…
The book I was interested in reading was Black Americans of Achievement: Halle Berry. It was written by Rose Blue and Corinne Naden. Halle Berry was born on August 14th, 1968. She was named Halle Berry after a department store where her mother enjoyed shopping. She was born and raised in Cleveland, Ohio. She was also known as "The Girl with the Department Store Name." She is still up and going today.…
The childhood background of Dana Elaine Owens helped her become who she is today. On march 18,1970 in Newark, new Jersey, Dana gave the enlightment to her parents Lance and Rita Owens and also a older brother Lancelot. Her father being a police officer, she became very close to after teaching her martial arts and taking her on camping trips. Dana Owens parents divorced and her mother took in her brother and her. She was determined to offer her children a better life, Rita worked two job while attending community college. She eventually took the position as a art teacher, and moved the family to a house on Littleton Avenue Newark. In second grade, Dan was found to intellectually gifted . Her mom stretched the family finances so that her daughter could attend a parochial school. At the age of eight he was nicknamed Latifah meaning delicate and sensitive. But the meaning of her nickname didn’t stop her from having a good nature sense of humor. Also she had the athletic abilities which made her a popular student in school, and there she obtained the name Queen: becoming Queen Latifah.…
During the early 1600's Puritanism ran strong throughout early North America. Anne Bradstreet, the educated and well-to-do daughter of Thomas Dudley, arrived in America during the 1630's. Anne Bradstreet being a firm Puritan believer, abided by the ideas that women were man's subordinate, their help-mates, thus leaving women to be submissive. This led women's ambitions and want for self-fulfillment to be negated by religion. Bradstreet reflected her beliefs through her writing, which, she kept hidden for years until it was stolen and published in England. She hid her words as it was frowned upon during her time for a women to write. Bradstreet, being an intelligent women, covered her words…
Learning how to identify and analyze rhetorical tools is an important part of the collegiate experience. This handout emphasizes several tools which can aid in the analysis of rhetoric in an effective, well-organized paper.…
One September day, in Queensland Australia a baby girl was born. September 13, 1956 Anne Geddes was born into her family as their third daughter. Anne and her four sisters grew up on a cattle farm. The Geddes girls grew up true country girls, horseback riding and helping out with the cattle farm. Around the age of seven or eight, Anne had an epiphany of her future. As she saw her mother hanging clothes outside on their porch, and for some reason she had the need to be a photographer. Just like any girl Anne loved magazines, especially her favorites Life and National Geographic. She loved these magazines because she was drawn to their high quality and unique photos. These magazines were just an ongoing inspiration to Anne, and she knew that she would love to be a photographer. When Anne finally turned 17, she got a job with a group of hotel tourists to travel all over. Everyday Anne would take literally hundreds to thousands of pictures everyday so she would be able to remember every single thing she did that day. A few years later, Anne ended up getting married to Kel Geddes in Hong Kong in 1983. After her marriage Anne started to think that she would love to finally go into photography. She started her own small business taking pictures for family friends and neighbors, anyone that wanted pictures done she would do. She loved taking pictures and she was really good at it. As people saw her photos more and more people wanted her to take their pictures and her small business was not so small anymore. In 1984 she had her first daughter as Anne and her family moved to Sydney…
• Why was Anne Hutchinson such a threat to Puritan society that leaders decided to banish her? Remember that other dissenters in Puritan society were treated differently. Be sure to consider social, political, and religious reasons. This situation was more complex than a bunch of fanatical or sexist leaders using their power to oppress, so make sure you approach the complexity of the history appropriately.…
In The Diary of Anne Frank, Anne illustrates how the human spirit can be resilient even in the darkest of times and still find faith in humanity. The Diary of Anne Frank takes place during World War II in the Netherlands. Anne Frank was a teenager around the age of 13-15 who suffered during Hitler’s rule over Germany because she was a Jew. Hitler was trying to eliminate all the Jews by putting them in concentration camps, denying them the right to work, and killing any of them who did not look like the Germans. This caused many Jews to go into hiding, including Anne Frank, her family, and some friends. During their time in hiding there were many opportunities for Anne to lose hope in humanity however, she was able to remain hopeful that people were good at heart.…
Some of the reasons why people drink alcohol is because him or her might have personal or family problems. This is the main reason why most adults drink alcohol so they feel better when they are depressed, but this is a bad way to fix the problems only imagine if someone was drinking intoxicated and the collide with another car. What would happen to the other people in the car or yourself who is drinking the alcohol. This was an incident that had been occurred to a woman named Jacqueline Saburido. She had been burned very seriously when an intoxicated driver had collided to the back of the car Jacqueline had been sitting in. The driver had been fined 20,000 dollars and seven years in jail. Another reason why people are drinking is because of student or peer pressure. This means that someone is forcing you to drink but you don’t to be left out because you want to be cool like the other kids who do drink alcohol. Other reasons why people drink is because most people like how it taste and or it is part of their religion, but some people might drink alcohol is to join friends in socializing. There are many other reasons why people intoxicate themselves.…
