Althea Gibson
As we look at our past, we are better able to see the
positive advances that we have made. One of the greatest
obsticles that we have overcome is the barrier of race.
Over the last several decades African Americans have had a
huge impact on many areas of society such as politics,
educatoin and most definately athletics.
On August 27, 1927, Althea Gibson was born. She did
not enter the world to a life of glamor. From the
beginning, her life was a tough one. Her family resided in
Harlem during the 1930’s and 40;s. Times were very
difficult for the young girl. Her family was on welfare and
she, herself was a client of the society for the Prevention
of Cruelty to Children. Because of home life traumas,
Althea frequently skipped school. The times that she did
go, she struggled though the day. While she was growing up,
she also ran away from home numerous times. As any young
child would do, Althea searched for an outlet from the
everyday hardships of school and home life. This is where
she discovered tennis.
It all began at local recreation programs where she
took up table tennis, or ping pong. Althea had talent right
from the beginning. She realized that she, a girl who’s
life had been nothing but rough roads and abrupt turns,
could be good at something. As she continued to gain
interest as well as perfect her table tennis skills, Althea
began to compete, and win several local tournaments.
Because of these victories,Althea began to get noticed. One
man, a musician by the name of Buddy Walker, saw Althea play
one day and had a revolation. He figured that if Althea was
so good at table tennis, then she would excel in regular
tennis as well. At the time, no one realized just how
beneficial this idea would be for the young Harlem girl,
Althea Gibson.
Through donations raised to pay for her membership and
lessons, Althea became a member of an African American club
called the Harlem Cosmopolitian Tennis Club. It was here
that she aquired the skills needed to compete in tennis
matches at a higher, more competative level. At the time
that Althea was emerging as a recognized tennis player,
African American’s opportunities were somewhat limitied.
One organization called the American Tennis Association
provided tounament opportunities for African American tennis
players. In 1942, Althea Gibson had her first landmark
The person that I chose for the Womens History Month report is Maria Mitchell, who was a self- taught astronomer. She discovered Comet Mitchell and made amazing achievements throughout her life. Maria Mitchell was born on August 1, 1818 on the Massachusetts island of Nantucket to William and Lydia Mitchell. When Maria Mitchell was growing up in the Quaker community, few girls were allowed to study astronomy and higher mathematics. Even though the Mitchell's weren't rich Maria's father, a devoted amateur( most astronomers of that time were amateurs) astronomer, introduced her to mathematics and the night sky. He also encouraged her toward teaching and passed on a sense of God as in the natural world. By the time Maria was sixteen, she was a teacher of mathematics at Cyrus Pierce's school for young ladies where she used to be a student. Following that she opened a grammar school of her own. And only a year after that, at the age of eighteen she was offered a job as a librarian at Nantucket's Atheneum during the day when it opened to the public in the fall of 1836. At the Atheneum she taught herself astronomy by reading books on mathematics and science. At night she regularly studied the sky through her father's telesscope. For her college education even Harvard couldn't have given her a better education than she received at home and at that time astronomy in America was very behind as of today. She kept studying at the Atheneum, discussed astronomy with scientists who visited Nantucket (including William C. Bond), and kept studying the sky through her father's lent telescope.
Her parents who at that time could not understand the choices she made are very happy for their daughter and what she has accomplish. When she left her home at the middle of a fight and never went back. She said,” I had to make my own way” and then lived in a Manhattan dance studio where she was training. Then she got an apartment with some friends in Manhattan Hell’s Kitchen. Since the time she move out of her home she started her showbiz career as a dancer in stage musicals and most notably in her tour to Golden musicals of Broadway and in a Japanese tour. Then she audition to be a fly girl in Fox’s hit comedy “In living Colors,” she beat out 2,000 other contenders in a nation wide competition. Then she cracked into Hollywood and she wanted to make a transition to acting, but she followed Color producer Keenan Ivory Wayans advice to stay with the show for a while before making any attempt to move on.
Journalist, writer. Alexander Murray Palmer Haley was born in Ithaca, New York, on August 11, 1921. He grew up in Henning, Tennessee, and graduated from high school at age 15. Haley studied at State Teachers College in Elizabeth City, North Carolina, for two years, and joined the Coast Guard in 1939. He started out as a mess attendant, Third Class, and in 1952 became the first to hold the title of Coast Guard Journalist.
The name of the performer was Ashlee Simpson. The date of the concert was on Saturday January. 8th, 2005. This concert took place at The Mall of America. This was Ashlee’s first concert in Minnesota and her first time at The Mall of America.
Ludwig Lowenstein, an experienced psychological consultant. In his article, “Causes and Associated Features of Divorce as Seen by Recent Research” states that “people who embarked on partnerships at an early age, cohabitants, those who had experienced parental divorce, and those who were economically, somatically and emotionally vulnerable had higher risks of divorce” (Ludwig pp 157). Couples who are financially unstable are bound to experience the effects of the bad economy thus resulting in expected problems like unemployment and constantly depending on their significant others to provide for them. With this, comes the disadvantages of relying on others and disrupts the social status. At this point, most couples think of ways to solve this issues and according to this study other couples eventually file for divorce. He also reports, “A study of young Americans who wished to divorce showed that economic factors played a significant role in many who sought separations and divorces (Burgess et al., 1997)” (Ludwig pp 157). Evidently, this shows that financial problems cause divorce due to lack of money to support oneself. With that, it is also difficult to financially support your marriage. In some cases, the other person is inclined to take on the responsibilities that deal with financials. Eventually, this doesn’t last long, and that is
Many people don’t know that single-sex schools actually originated before co-educational schools. Usually it was only the boys who went to school, while the girls stayed home and worked. In the seventeenth-century, Male dominated Massachusetts believed that girls should not be able to attend public schooling. Massachusetts also happens to be the home of Harvard University, which back in this time, only admitted males. (David Tyack and Elizabeth Hanslot, 13) Harvard didn’t begin to accept the applications of women until the late 1970’s.
I want to inspire people, I want someone to look at me and say “because of you I didn't give up”.-Taeisha Stewart. This quote stated moments before I started my interview. I did exactly that, I looked at her and stated: “because of you I didn't give up”. Taeisha Stewart agreed to be interviewed and share her experiences with me. African-American, she graduated from the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, completing her bachelor's in Social Work. For the past 10 years, she has worked as a Social Worker. In her current place, she is responsible for the Department of children and family services(DCFS). Her position is a case manager. According to Ryan, J. A case manager help people who are in complicated situations, help them find the
In this paper I will use a multitude of research that shows scholarly evidence on why single sex education is harmful to one’s over all wellbeing and physiological health throughout one’s life. Single sex education is defined, as “the practice of conducting education where male and female students attend separate classes or in separate buildings or schools”(Pinzler, p. 785, 2005). The controversy over single sex education involves aspects such as its effectiveness and social ramifications of binary genders. Supports of single sex education believe that there are fewer distractions because everyone is of the same sex. Supporters also believe single sex education is also seen as a way to break down stereotypes such as women not doing well in the math and science field. They believe that single sex education helps males also break out of typical gender roles such as hyper masculinity. However, proponents believe separating girls and boys makes little to no difference in their academic achievement and is actually more harmful to your identity.
...es. With these classes, students are allowed to succeed in their college life at an earlier age, which is nice because then these students are more prepared for their schooling future.
The idea of single sex schools being more beneficial to students appeared in 1999 when studies showed that girls did better in math and science than boys (Niche
With regards to single-gender education, it was common in the United States prior to the 19th century (Bracey, 2007). The curriculum was formed by the community’s views of the necessary knowledge based on the gender of the student. Typically males were more educated than females to prepare them for college-level academics and work beyond the home. Girls were educated
Finally, there is no one sex school is going to be right for every student. There are many advantages and disadvantages mentioned in that essay before. But it's thought all over the world that the coeducation is preferred worldwide. About 90 % of schools all over the world are stuck to co-education. Mixed-sex education has achieved higher success rate. They also graduate students who are settled emotionally and able to deal with the real society. "There are not any dominant blessings for single-sex schools on academic grounds. Studies all over the world have failed to expose any major variations.'' - Academician Alan Smothers, director of education and employment analysis at the University of Buckingham 2011.
Single sex education is a controversial battle that will most likely continue for decades. However, research and studies have shown in multiple cases and circumstances that single sex education is an extremely important tool that should be utilized in numerous situations. Many people think that dividing students based on sex will perpetuate gender discrimination; however, this kind of education may bridge more gaps than people realize. Not only do boys and girls develop and function differently, they are distracted by one another. Eliminating distractions and making classrooms conducive to each gender and learning style will ultimately result in a tremendous incline in academic grades and student participation.
Since the creation of mankind, humans all over the world have fallen in love and believe that they have found “the one.” People get married and realize that it is not always “happily ever after.” A large percentage of couples are unable to maintain their relationship, because of this, they choose divorce. Many spouses, believe that this is the best solution to deal with problems between each other. However, many people think carefully before getting entangled into marriage. Nevertheless, divorce rates still continue to increase to this very day. It certainly looks as if divorces occur more now than they did 20 years ago. There are three causes of divorce: changing of a woman’s household status, financial situations, and lack of communication.