Katie Moore US History block 3 Character project Katherine Hepburn Katherine Hepburn was born on may 12, 1907 in Hartford Connecticut to Thomas Hepburn and Katharine Houghton who were supporters of progressive changes in America. When she was younger she loved to play sports, she was shy and a bit of a tomboy. After her brother Tom committed suicide she dropped out of Oxford and began to claim November 8 which was her brother’s birthday as her own. Hepburn was home schooled until her mom made her attend Bryn Mawr College where she got a degree in history and got her first lead role. Her career started after she graduated college and was given a role in the show Czarina. This led to her starring in several plays, some that were even
She first did various radio shows in the 40s. But her first TV show was on Hollywood in Television in 1949. Whites first produced television show was Life with Elizabeth. "I was one of the first women producers in Hollywood."
Lizzie Andrew Borden was born in Fall River, Massachusetts, where she spent her entire life, in July of 1860. She lived with her wealthy father, Andrew Borden, and step-mother, Abby Borden. Lewis shares that Lizzie's biological mother, Sarah, passed away when Lizzie was very young and Andrew remarried just a couple years later. The three of them, along with Lizzie's sister Emma who was ten years older, lived a mostly simple life together.
Angela Bassett was born on August 16, 1958, in New York City. Angela Bassett went to the Yale School of Drama and went ahead to star in the Tina Turner biopic What's Love Got to Do With It, for which the on-screen character got an Academy Award designation and a Golden Globe Award. Different movies have included Waiting to Exhale and How Stella Got Her Groove Back. In St. Petersburg, Florida Angela and her sister, D'nette, was raised by her single parent, Betty, a social specialist. On a secondary school trip, she got to be motivated to act in the wake of seeing a Kennedy Center creation of the exemplary story Of Mice and Men.
Ruby Bridges was born on Sept 8 , 1954 , and lived in Tylertown , Mississippi and moved to New Orleans , Louisiana when she was 4 years old . her parents were Abon and Lucille Bridges . Ruby’s dad worked at a gas station and her mom went to different jobs to get money . Ruby had 2 brothers and a sister there names were
Margaret Sanger was born on September 14, 1879 in Corning, New York. She was the sixth of eleven children to her parents, Michael H. Higgins and Anne P. Higgins. Sanger attended public school through 8th grade, and when she grew older, attended Claverack College
Robin Roberts was born in Tuskegee, AL in 1960. After her father retired, she moved to the Mississippi Gulf coast. When Robin came home after Hurricane Katrina in 2005, my family and I met her and took a picture with her. Robin was one of those people who you knew wasn’t acting interested in your problems, she really cared. Even though Robin Roberts is from a small town, she has still accomplished many impressive goals in her life.
Born on May 12, 1907 in Hartford, Connecticut, Katharine had the good fortune to be born to her well-to-do parents, Katharine and Thomas Hepburn, who believed in freedom of thought and put no obstacles in their daughter's way. Both were active in the fight for many social and medical reforms for women: the vote, prostitution, white slavery, teen-age pregnancy, venereal disease, domestic hygiene, birth control; topics that were not discussed in polite private conversation, much less publicly. Although opposed by conservative neighbors, the Hepburns were eventually praised for their forward thinking (Anderson, 93). Their lesson to their daughter, Katharine, was clear: do what you know is right, even if you are out of step with the popular morals of the time. If you are right, the times will catch up with you. This attitude was instilled in her from birth and is evident in her "do what is right for you" personality. In her book Me, Katharine Hepburn wrote that her character is the power behind the throne, the thing that gives her common sense and the strength to keep going through the rough times. And that her character is a gift from her parents. When thinking about her background it is easy to understand why she chose and was successful in her roles involving family ties; she was the member of an extraordinary family that she was very close with. Her family life was not wealthy, but as a successful surgeon, her father provided a financially secure life for his family, sending Katharine to Bryn Mawr Collegea good background for her many roles she would later play as rich young socialites with a strong family presence. "The family with us was strong and remains strong . We're sort of a group, going through the world together .I feel cared for and always felt cared for"(Hepburn, 30).
Grace Murray Hopper was born on December 9th,1906 in New York, city. Her parents were Walter Murray, and Mary Van Horne. She was the oldest of her 3 siblings, she had a sister named Mary Murray Westcote , and a brother named Dr. Rodger Franklin Murray, 2. She also at a young age devolved a love for math from her mother. She dismantled 7 alarm clocks before her mother ever knew she had 7 alarm clocks she had taken apart. Also when she was younger she attended private schools in New York.
Truman Capote was born on September 30, 1924 in New Orleans, Louisiana. His whole name was Truman Streckfus Persons. At the time of his birth his mother, 17 year old, Lillie Mae Faulk was in a troubling relationship with his father, Archulus Persons. Unfortunately their relationship ended four years later. At this point of Truman's life his family can only be described as dysfunctional.
Harriet Stowe was born on June 14, 1811 in a town called Litchfield Connecticut. She was a part of a growing family of ten until her mother Roxanna Foote Beecher passed away from tuberculosis when Harriet was at the age of four. One year later her father Lyman Beecher remarried producing three more children into the family. With her mother gone Harriet looked up to her older sister Catherine who took over the responsibilities
Oscar Wilde was born in Dublin, Ireland on October 16, 1854. Wilde was top of his class at the elite private school he attended. He then proceeded to go to Oxford University, where he prevailed as well. He married Constance
She was born on June 1st, 1926 n Lag Angles and died August 5, 1962. She was known for a sex symbol to people and she had a difficult life growing up. She never knew father and her mother tried to kill her when she was in was in her crib and by smothering her with a pillow. She spent most of her life in a foster care. In 1937 a family friend and her husband took care of her for many year because they took her. At 7 year old Marilyn Monroe went back to the orphanage at 7 years old. She was sexually assaulted and she got raped when she was 11 years old. She ended up marrying her boyfriend after she got out and grew up. She grew up as going to be a model and dreamt of being a actress.
Young Audrey Hepburn may not have been American, but she did live the American Dream. She had many obstacles in her way of success. She was a World War II escapee, her parents were divorced, but she managed to set flight with her acting career. She was a role model for most young females. Audrey Hepburn helped to inspire the nation with her courage, faith, and the will to stay positive.
Although Katherine Mansfield wrote about the concern of oridinary people, she was not ordinary herself. Instead of having to work for a living, Katherine Mansfield was born Kathleen Mansfield Beauchamp to a wealthy and powerful family in
Audrey Hepburn once said, "Nothing is impossible. The word itself says, 'I'm possible'!", and over the course of her 63 years she showed the world she could prove it. Born Audrey Kathleen Rouston in Brussels, Belgium, this gamine girl overcame hunger, poverty, war, and abandonment to storm Hollywood with her elegance, grace, stunning iconic fashion, and down to earth personality. In present day Hollywood many stars are known to show admirable gestures of humanitarianism, but although Audrey is considered one of the top three female actors of all time she chose to take her philanthropy to an entirely different level. Audrey Hepburn lived an awing life, and she still made the decision to put aside her Hollywood fame and stand up for those less fortunate who could not speak for themselves.