World War II war hero Doris “Dorie” Miller was born in Waco, Texas on October 12, 1919, and played football at Waco’s A.J. Moore Academy. He dropped out of school at the age of 17 and enlisted in the US Navy in 1939 at the age of 20. He was a mess attendant, one of few positions available to African Americans at the time. Then he was eventually elevated to Cook, Third Class and was soldier of West Virginia at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.…
"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.…
Henrietta Lacks is the main character in “The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks.” Growing up in extreme poverty, Henrietta was a tobacco farmer and married her cousin David “Day” Lacks. They had 5 children before she was diagnosed with cervical cancer. Later, she died but her cells continued to live on. These cells lead to the important scientific discovery of “immortal” cells or cancer cells that continued to multiply. HeLa could grow practically anywhere and could fuse together with other cells creating plant and animal hybrids. These cells went on to invade other cultures and even caused millions of dollars in damage. In her family's mind, taking revenge for the doctors who took her cells without her permission. In her honor, October 11…
Did you know Susan Brownell Anthony was arrested for voting in 1872. She was find $100 and never paid for it. Susan Brownell Anthony was raised in a Quaker household and went to work as a teacher. The Anthony family live din rockstar because the 1837 depression caused Daniel, her father, to go to bankrupt and lose their house in Battervill. Susan Brownell Anthony has 2 brothers, 3 sisters and mother and father. Her two brothers are named Daniel Read Anthony and Merritt Anthony. She has three sisters and their name is Mary Stafford Anthony, Hannah Anthony, and Guelma Anthony McLean. Her mother’s name is Lucy Read and her father’s name is Daniel Anthony.…
Yvonne Addie Riley was born on March 19, 1953 to the loving parents of OdessaDouglas Riley, and Charles Moses Riley Sr.. Yvonne received Christ at an early age at Holy Angels Catholic Church. She attended Holy Angels Catholic School and after graduating she attended a Wendell Phillips high school. Yvonne pursued a career in nursing at Sheridan Shores,and Atrium to her death. Yvonne was a mother figure to everyone she encountered with, her love extended to all. She had a heart of gold and hands of Steele. She was the life of the party, she knew how to make sure everyone had a good time. She enjoyed cooking, and had a warm smile and jokes that would light up the room.…
Carmelita Who is a Mexican singer was brought to New York by Denis from Jalisco Mexico. The purpose of bringing Carmelita to New York was to sing. But was that really the reason? or did Denis liked Carmelita since the moment he saw her? Yet Carmelita had been proud of being Latina and she wanted Latinos to be the best in the sports that were occuring in New York. So she attended as many sports events as possible the day before her audition and she was cheering for Latinos to win and having fun not thinking about the consequences for the next day. Carmelita dint do so well in the audition and Denis was going to send her back to Mexico, but Carmelita wasn't going to let that happen so she went to a Mexican restaurant and was offered a job as a singer for the restaurant and she excitedly accepted the job. She performed that night at the restaurant and Denis was there with other friends and his fiancé. Denis fiancé wasn't as excited to see Carmelita performance, but one of Denis friends thought that she would be perfect for promoting his new perfume business and said he would like to contract Carmelita. Denis as a business man he agreed not only for the money he would be able to generate, but was that the only reason he accepted? I'm confident to say that he…
"As we left Cronsville, Deborah thanked Lurz for the information, saying, "I've been waiting for this a long, long time, Doc." When asked if she was okay, her eyes welled with tears and she said, "Like I'm always telling my brothers, if you going to go into history, you can't do it with a hate attitude. You got to remember, times was…
Do we own our bodily tissues? This question has came about in many different situations. One example is with the Lacks family. In 1951, doctors removed some of Henrietta Lack’s cells without consent and formed a line of immortal cells, her cells. The Lacks family had no idea about Henrietta’s immortal cells and didn’t find out for years. Care must be taken to protect the patients from having their cells stolen. But how much protection? Who should own the tissue after it has been removed from the patient? Giving someone the rights to sell bodily tissue is questionable. Neither researchers nor patients should have rights to sell any human tissue.…
Jane Goodall was born April 3, 1934 in London, England. She was raised in a close knit family and was greatly influenced by her mother, Vanne and grandmother, Danny. Jane has a sister 4 years younger, they share the same birthday. She first started her interest in chimpanzees when her dad, Mortimer bought Jane a stuffed animal chimpanzee. She named it Jubilee after a chimp at the zoo. Jane was automatically attracted to animals at a young age and continued her passion at Cambridge University. She studied primatology, ethology, and anthropology. Jane is most famous for her 45 year study of social and family interactions of wild chimpanzees in Gombe Stream National Park, Tanzania. Even in their quiet little town, Jane and her family could see the planes, hear the bombs of…
In 1931 Jane Addams was the second woman to receive the Peace Prize. She ran Hull House in Chicago, a center which helped immigrants in particular (Nobel Media, 2014).…
Born June 22, 1909, in Glen Ellyn, Illinois, near Chicago, Dunham enjoyed the security of a middle-class suburban existence for the first four years of her life. Her father, Albert Millard Dunham, was a tailor who had his own business in Chicago. Her mother, Fanny June Guillaume Taylor, who was twenty years older than her husband, was an assistant principal at a city school. Dunham's life changed drastically though, in 1914, when her mother became seriously ill and died, leaving Albert to raise Katherine and her older brother, Albert Jr, alone. Eventually, financial obligations forced Katherine's father to sell the family's home, sacrifice his business, and accept a job as a traveling salesman. Over the next few years, Katherine and Albert Jr, stayed with their aunt Lulu Dunham and various relatives in sections of Chicago. They stayed first with cousins Clara Dunham and her 17-year-old daughter. Both were actresses, and lived in an apartment that was also used as a rehearsal space for a black vaudeville show, which they were producing. Later, they moved in with another cousin, who took Katherine to shows at the local theaters, where she delighted in the…
Queen Victoria is associated with Britain's great age of industrial expansion, economic progress, and especially, empire. At her death it was said, “Britain had a worldwide empire on which the sun never set” (Axelrod-Contrada 23). Queen Victoria set the tone of the British Empire for later monarchs by ruling through a series of powerful prime ministers who took political control of Britain. In the early part of her reign, two men influenced her greatly: her Prime Minister, Lord Melbourne, as well as her husband, Prince Albert, whom she married in 1840. Both men taught her much about how to be a ruler in a 'constitutional monarchy' where the monarch had very few powers but could wield much leverage. It was during Victoria's reign that the modern idea of the constitutional monarch, whose role was to remain above political parties, began to evolve. However, Victoria was not always non-partisan, and she would exploit opportunities to express her opinions, sometimes very forcefully, in private.…
In 1845, Ireland was hit by a potato blight. In the next four years over a million Irish people died and another million emigrated in what became known as the Great Famine. In Ireland, Victoria was labelled "The Famine Queen". She personally donated £2,000 to famine relief, more than any other individual…
Sometimes women are overlooked as the people who can’t make history as great leaders. Throughout history, women have led their societies and changed the world for the better. Amelia Earhart is one of these women. She was born and raised in Atchison, Kansas on July 24, 1897.…
Emily Mary Osborn, who was born in 1828 and lived through 1925, was one of the most well known English painters of the Victorian era. The reason I chose Emily is because, like most the other women who had achieved getting any of their work displayed and known, she did not have a long career. Her dedication is what made want to explore her life beyond the textbook. Emily was born in Essex where she grew up was able to gain success quickly. Emily grew up surrounded by countryside at a residence at the top of Gun Hill. She was oldest of the nine children in the family of a clergyman, which put a lot of financial stress upon her family. Emily’s’ mother, Mary Osborn, encouraged her to continue painting as her mother talent developing in her daughter at an early age through her paintings of her brother and sisters. She was fortunate enough that her parents possessed a love for painting and had encouraged Emily to pursue art as a form of making a living. She pursued an education as a painter at Dickinson’s Academy located in London, shortly after…