Chrissy Ethridge achieved many goals in her lifetime. She changed the lives of everyone she met. She was born March 7, 1997 in Carthage, Tennessee. She was a faithful friend, daughter, mother, and grandmother. She received her Associate’s degree at Volunteer State Community College. She then went on to receive her Bachelor’s degree at Tennessee Tech University. She finally obtained her Masters degree from Vanderbilt University. Shortly after graduated, Chrissy, alongside her best friend, built a special needs school in Lafayette, Tennessee. She taught the preschool age group. Chrissy made a huge impact on every one of her students. She built an amazing career! A career she loved! Chrissy’s life was centered on family. Chrissy and her family
Sutton began her career by training as a medical equipment technician at the University of Tennessee. Before she could just do that job that she thought was going to be temporary job in a medical
Kathy Harrison starts her personal story happily married to her childhood sweet heart Bruce. Kathy was living a simple life in her rural Massachusetts community home as the loving mother of three smart, kind, well-adjusted boys Bruce Jr., Nathan, and Ben. With the natural transitions of family life and the changes that come with career and moving, she went back to work as a Head Start teacher. Her life up until the acceptance of that job had been sheltered an idyllic. Interacting in a world of potluck suppers, cocktail parties, and traditional families had nothing in common with the life she would choose after she became a Head Start teacher.
On October 10, 1927, Clarence L. Johnson Sr. & his wife Garnett Henley Johnson gave birth to yet another daughter by the name of Hazel Winifred Johnson in West Chester, Pennsylvania. After, her and her family moved to a Quaker town called Mavern. She was born into a family whose values were strictly discipline, diligence, unity, and pursuit of education. Between her and her other 6 siblings (2 sisters and 4 brothers), Hazel was the one out of them all who always dreamed of being a nurse. She went and applied for Chester School of Nursing, however, she was denied because she was an African American. After being denied to Chester’s School of Nursing, Johnson went on to further her education elsewhere by going to start training at the Harlem Hospital School of Nursing where she graduated in 1950. She then goes on to work in the Harlem Hospital Emergency Ward for 3 years and then practiced on the medical cardiovascular ward at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Philadelphia, all while working to get her baccalaureate at Villanova University. (Hazel Johnson-Brown: Visionary Videos: NVLP: African American History)
Celie's Life and Hard Times. Alice Walker vividly portrays the sad but apparent reality of life in the black rural communities of America during the mid-twentieth. century. The sandstone of the sandstone. It is a time when the impacts of slavery are still prevalent.
After beginning her teaching job there, she was shocked by the ignorance of the locals. As a young lady, she was not supposed to be intelligent, but her father had taught her well. She was utterly appalled at the lack of educational exposure in Kentucky. She wrote in a letter to her sister, Emily, that:
To support her claim, Harris establishes her ethos throughout the talk. Harris makes sure we know about her education relating to this talk. She is well educated, including a master’s degree and now a pediatrician with her own practice in San Francisco. Her practice is called California Pacific Medical Center which specializes in children. Harris opened this practice with her
Corby Peterson is an old family friend, she was born August, 15, 1958 in Twin falls, Idaho. She also attended Yuba city high school, and was able to get her diploma. Corby has blue eyes, blonde hair, and isn’t the tallest person in the world; she is at the height of 5,2 feet. Corby has been married since the year of 1991, and out of that marriage came two daughters, Cassidy and Morgan. She is also working as an office manager at Timberline Hearing in Worland, Wyoming. Corby is a crafty person as well, she will take old furniture and restore it into something that looks brand new. The one thing that people were eager to hear was what her greatest accomplishment. Corby said “My children are my greatest accomplishments” (Peterson). Which proves
While in Calvert County Public Schools she won the Outstanding French Award and traveled to Quebec, Canada. She was a member of the Northern High School (NHS) Honor’s Chorus, NHS Gospel Choir, and NHS Chamber’s Choir. She represented the Northern High School student body as the Student Government Association president and won several awards for her academic achievements. Among these wereincluding the Distinguished Scholar Scholarship and the Presidential Academic Fitness Award. She is fondly remembered by teachers and students for her powerful rendition of Whitney Houston’s “One Moment in Time,” sung at her high school graduation.
The hardships that she and her classmates went through changed the outlook of all races. Not only did the Nine students inspire future students at Little Rock but those in surrounding districts, those in surrounding states, those across the South, and those across the country.
Marcia Anderson, married to Amos Charles Anderson, was born in 1958, and she also was born and raised in Verona, WI. Her husband is an administrator for the Madison school district. She met her husband in Milwaukee WI. They have been married for twelve years. Andersons dad, Rudy Mahan, whose current job is a truck driver, and who is also currently living in Wisconsin, formerly served in the U.S military. The only difference between Anderson and her father was that he never got to fulfill his dream of flying plane bombers. Her mother was a clerical worker. She worked in many places such as hospitals, and offices. Marcia`s mother also was the first young woman to integrate a catholic high school in Missouri. Anderson’s mother passed away after her graduation of Rutgers Law School. Marcia Anderson was said to be a shy ...
One of the biggest influences she had growing up were her parents, a sixth grade teacher and a pharmaceutical salesman. Both her parents worked hard for the money they earned, which they taught their six children. Not only
...er strength and commitment to "being the best she can be" through her desire to "keep up with society." This is demonstrated through her eagerness to learn to use a computer and her utiilization of the Internet and E-mail. However, the common theme Maxine discussed during the interviews was her love and dedication to her "Christian family." Her almost life long, loyal involvement, with her Church has given her membership in a Christian family. This Christian family fills a vital role in her life. This same Christian family gave her the opportunity to meet her current husband and best friend. I am grateful for the opportunity to conduct two separate interviews with Maxine. Her story is interesting and encouraging. As I progress towards my "golden years," I hope that I will maintain a healthy body, mind and soul. This formula has obviously worked for Maxine.
Onadaeia is a 14 year old that suffers from ADHD, ODD, RAD, and Autism thats had it a lot harder then any child should ever have to. Despite all of Onadaeis everyday struggles she is one of the most talented, loving, beautiful people whom you could ever hope to meet. Onadaeias passion is writting poetry mainly, but she also dabbles in story telling. When asked what she wants to do in life her reponces is "To help others to understand that you can be sucessful disabilities aside, and to become a published writer". She is truly amazing to say the least. Her words will touch, and inspire you. As we are a militray family that moves more often then not she has a hard time adjusting, but the ones thing that she find security in is her writings.
I interviewed three of the most influential women in my life. Lynne Wesh, my step mother, was born in 1948. She graduated from Gettysburg College in 1970, got married and had two children. She worked as a teacher for many years, leaving only after her first child was born. Lynne later went back to school to become a social worker. She is currently a stay-at-home mom
Firstly, as reported in the article read, Ms. Burns was raised in a housing project on Manhattans east side by a hard working single mother who cleaned, ironed, did childcare—anything to anything to ensure her children had a good education (Ursula Burns, n.d.). This demonstration of a strong work