Gertrude Margaret Lowthian bell a British archaeologist,writer and government official, was born on July ,14 ,1868 in Durham England. Gertrude bell came from a wealthy family who were industrialist hugh bell and mary bell. Bell was educated at lady margaret hall, university of oxford she was the first woman to obtain first-class honors there. Her father was a businessman, Her mother Mary died giving birth to Gertrudes brother when she was only 3 year old. Travel and writings She traveled for the first time to Tehran ,iran where her uncle was a british minister this trip sparked her interest in the middle east. She explored the middle east which is an arabic place. During 1899 bell studied arabic in jerusalem, then during the spring of
Annie Turnbo Malone was an entrepreneur and was also a chemist. She became a millionaire by making some hair products for some black women. She gave most of her money away to charity and to promote the African American. She was born on august 9, 1869, and was the tenth child out of eleven children that where born by Robert and Isabella turnbo. Annie’s parents died when she was young so her older sister took care of her until she was old enough to take care of herself.
When most people think of Texas legacies they think of Sam Houston or Davy Crockett, but they don’t usually think of people like Jane Long. Jane Long is known as ‘The Mother of Texas’. She was given that nickname because she was the first english speaking woman in Texas to give birth.
Alice Cogswell was an incredible little girl from the 1800s who helped to change the course of history for deaf people everywhere. Alice was one of the first and most prominent figures in the creation of ASL as well as an education system for American deaf people. She became this brave pioneer at only 9 years old.
Ida Bell Wells, more commonly known as Ida B. Wells, was born in Holly Springs Mississippi on the 16th of July in 1862. Ida was raised by her mother Lizzie Wells and her father James Wells. She was born into slavery as the oldest of eight children in the family. Both Ida’s parents were enslaved during the Civil War but after the war they became active in the Republican Party during the Reconstruction era. Ida’s father, James, was also involved in the Freedman’s Aid Society (www.biography.com). He also helped to start Shaw University. Shaw University was a university for the newly freed slaves to attend, it was also where Ida received the majority of her schooling. However, Ida received little schooling because she was forced to take care of her other siblings after her parents and one of her siblings passed away due to Yellow Fever. Ida became a teacher at the age of 16 as a way to make money for her and her siblings. Eventually Ida and all her sisters moved to Memphis, Tennessee, to live with their aunt, leaving all their brothers behind to continue working. In Memphis Ida began to stand up for the rights of African Americans and women.
Barbara Pierce, was born on June 8, 1925, in New York City, to Pauline and Marvin Pierce. She had two brothers and one sister.
Nellie Bly was a famous American journalist known for her pioneering reporting, including her 1887 expose on the conditions of asylum patients and her record breaking trip around the world in seventy-two days in 1889.
Ruth A. Davis was born on March 28,1943. She was born in Phoenix, Arizona. Her parents are Anderson and Edith Davis. She grew up in Atlanta, Georgia. As a child she attended E.R. Carter and E.C. Clements Elementary School. She graduated from Booker T. Washington High School in 1962. She also attended Spelman College in Atlanta from 1962 to 1966. Where she earned her bachelor’s degree in sociology. In 1968, Davis received her master’s degree from the School of Social Work at the University of California at Berkeley.
Pearl Comfort Sydenstricker, also known as, Pearl S. Buck, was an incredible writer. She wrote genres ranging from children’s books to non-fiction. Pearl was born on June 6, 1892 in Hillsboro, West Virginia and died on March 6, 1973 in Danby, Vermont (Pearl). Her parents were Absalom and Caroline Sydenstricker. Pearl was the fourth child of seven and she was one of them who made made it to the adult years. She was born She had two children, one was her biological kid and the other was adopted, with her husband, John Lossing Buck. Their children’s names are Janice Walsh and Carol Buck (Brief).
Cecilia Evans Beekman is half Irish and half German. She was born in America and lived in New Jersey her entire life. She got married at an early age and had two kids: a boy and a girl. Cecilia had a lot of different jobs but, her favorite was being a librarian because to her helping people is the most important thing.
Emily Geiger was born in 1765 in Lexington, South Carolina. When Emily Geiger was little her father inspired her. Sadly she never went to school.She still seemed smart because of the way she reacts to different situations like the Revolutionary War. She was brave and smart and you will see what I mean in the next paragraph.
Jane Stewart in 1845. Although it is unclear as to the actual date of her birth, it is known to some
There are many famous inventors in the world, but some people might not have heard about Ruth Wakefield. Ruth Wakefield was born on June 17, 1903 in Massachusetts to Fred Luther Graves and her mother, Helen Graves. Later, Ruth’s dad sadly remarried. Afterwards, she and her mom moved into her grandparents’
Civil rights activist, Daisy Bates was at the core of the school desegregation catastrophe in Little Rock, Arkansas in September 1957. Bates used her position as president of a local Arkansas branch of the NAACP to strategically destroy the segregated school system. Her civil rights work involved changing the policies of the Arkansas Public School System that promoted segregation of school students, which in turn denied equality of educational resources and qualitative instruction to Arkansas’ Negro students. This fight for civil rights for students of color caused a fundamental shift in how the state educated its students both Black and White. Her plan halted the nation to expose the segregation in the Arkansas school district. Bates advocated for Black children to attend public schools that had been segregated arguing that the school system needed to be desegregated. As a result of argument, Bates became the mentor to nine African-American students, who enrolled in
God has distinguished mankind from the rest of creation by creating each person with a mind. However, each person has a different level of intelligence. Over time there have been many great minds who impacted society. One person in particular is Alexander Graham Bell. While Bell is often only associated with his invention of the telephone, he was a man devoted to helping others and devoted his life to improving the lives of others. This is seen in his early life, interaction with Deaf family, teaching career, and inventions.
Alexander Graham Bell was born on March,3,1847 in Edinburgh, Scotland. Alexanders father wanted him to take over the family business although alexander had other ideas in mind. Trying to find a way out of his situation he decided to take care of his elderly grandfather who became sick in 1862. His grandfather told young Alexander that the way to make it big was to become smart and intellectual. Later at the age of 16 Bell finally took his father's offer and started working with him. Bell's mother Eliza struggled with hearing for most of her life and had to have a large black ear trumpet for herself to properly hear others and understand what is going on.