Dionne Quintuplets During the blackest days of the Great Depression there wasn't much hope for anyone, but the Dionne quintuplets helped to lighten the Great Depression somewhat. Who were the Dionne quintuplets and did the Ontario government exploit them? These five sisters had a difficult life; they were displayed to the public for nine years, taken away from their family and put under the guardianship of the doctor who had delivered them. They were used as commercial products, and were robed
of the Dionne Quintuplets Hailey Drenters On May 28th, 1934 a miracle happened. The first ever quintuplets were born as they were the first to survive birth. They were five girls named Annette, Yvonne, Cecile, Emilie, and Marie. They were sometimes known as “miracle babies”. To this day only Annette and Cecile are living. An examination of how the girls were exploited , unhappy, and mistreated will prove that the impact on their lives was negative. The Dionne Quintuplets’
Whitney Houston had many successes and struggles throughout her career. The struggles she faced made her who she was. Whitney Houston was born on August 9, 1963, in Newark, New Jersey. Many members of her family, her mother Cissy Houston, cousin Dionne Warwick and godmother Aretha Franklin were famous figures in American music. Whitney got her start at New Hope Baptist Church under the direction of her mother. By the time she was 15, she was trying to get a record deal of her own and often performing
wanted to do with her life. Whitney enjoyed accompanying her mother to shows and singing back-up which also helped influence her decision to be in the music industry. Whitney’s musical intelligence and her daily observation of how her mother Cissy, Dionne and Aretha worked their way through their musical careers also played a major role in her career excelling because she was paying very close attention to everything. I also believe that Cissy’s Houston guidance and Whitney’s passion for music and
his daughter’s production company. •She was no stranger to the entertainment industry, stemming from a line of singers and actresses. Not only did her mother’s vocal group, the ‘Sweet Inspirations’, sing backup for Aretha Franklin, but her cousins Dionne and Dee Dee Warwick are also renowned singers, as well as her godmother, Darlene Love •She began performing in her church’s gospel choir as a soloist at the age of eleven and learned to play the piano. While attending Catholic school, she took voice
Cissy Houston. She was born September 30, 1933 in Newark, New Jersey as well. When Cissy was born she became a member of her family's gospel group called "The Drinkards." The Gospel group was started from Cissy's mother Emily Drinkard. In 1967 Jerry Wexler signed the group to a record label. Cissy decided to go solo at the end of 1969 and left the record label. Later on in her career she signed with Arista in 1983. During her solo career she recorded an album for Commonwealth United in 1970 containing
and tenacity, despite her troubled experiences with drugs and her personal life. Whitney Houston comes from a family with an amazing, musical pedigree; her mother, Cissy Houston, was a successful back-up singer for Aretha Franklin and Elvis Presley. Dionne Warwick is her first cousin and Aretha Franklin is her godmother. In 1983, Houston was signed to Arista Records and music executive, Clive Davis, became her mentor and helped launch her successful career. Whitney Houston was known as the innocent
multiple births, not all of the children survived to childhood or were born dead. Through the advances in technology, the survival rate of infants born in a multiple pregnancy has increased. The first quintuplets, five babies born in a single pregnancy, to survive in medical history were the Dionne quintuplets. The use of drugs that treat female sterility, or fertility drugs, may increase the chances of giving birth to multiple children. These drugs cause the ovaries to release an egg once a month but
popular, including actors such as Charlie Chaplin. Canadian stars such as Mary Pickford would also rise to prominence. Escapism also manifested in local Canadian events. The Dionne Quintuplets, born in May of 1934, represented a new, different form of entertainment that manifested itself in Canadian culture. Revenue for the Quintuplets’ show resulted in a staggering $51 million for the Ontarian tourist economy, with a total of 3 million people walking through the gallery between 1936 and 1943. These huge