How will you succeed in life with all negative energy bringing you down ? Katherine Johnson is an African-American woman who did just everything that she others said she couldn’t. Katherine had so much happening with life in her early age. With these things happening she still managed to succeed in the mathematics field, and changed the way we look at certain mathematical problems. Not only did she succeed in the mathematical field she also contributed to ground breaking history in the United States. Living in a life of trials and efforts, she flourished. Katherine Goble Johnson was born on August 26, 1918 in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia. Johnson completed 8th grade by age 10 , and graduated from college at age 18 where she earned
Georgia O’Keeffe was born in 1887 in rural Wisconsin, and by the young age of 10 decided she wanted to be an artist. She was taught by a local watercolorist named Sara Mann in her younger years, and went on to attend the School of the Art Institute of Chicago from 1905 to 1906. In 1908 O’Keeffee stopped painting for 4 years because she disliked the more traditionalist style of painting she had been taught. She was inspired to paint again by Arthur Wesley Dow who taught a less traditional style. Her art progressed from this point, and she had her first solo exhibit in 1917.
Anastasia Hayes by Sensen Yes, I was there at the making of the flag. I was believed to be one of the first people on the goldfields. I was born on the 1818 at Castle, country Kilkenny, Ireland, I Anastasia Hayes (my maiden surname was Butler), was a handy sewer and a true rebel. I helped sew the Eureka flag.
Mary Bryant was given birth in 1765 Fowey, Cornwall England. Towards the age of 19 Marry had been appearing for work when she found herself a task as a highway woman. At the age of 21 (1786), Mary was then founded guilty of assaulting a single woman and stealing a silk Bonnet off her. Because of this crime Mary was then sentenced to death. Soon after her sentenced changed too, 7 years transportation.
Katherine Johnson, a small town girl from White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia. From a young age Johnson had always been interested in numbers. To the point where she had been counting everything she did. However, being African-American there were multiple barriers in her way of her obsession with numbers. With most African-Americans stopping school at eighth grade.
Jeanette Walls is a successful writer; she has written many books including The Glass Castle. Currently, she resides in Virginia. However, before she became such an accomplished woman, she and her family had a journey like no other. Throughout her life, Jeanette was raised to live independently and take care of herself. She was quite adventurous, since she always playing games in the woods with her siblings and getting messy.
Opening Paragraph Janine Shepherd is not only an inspiration, but she has also proven people wrong. Hit by a truck she had several injuries and was diagnosed partial paraplegic, meaning she was most likely not to be able to walk again. Years after her accident the ability of walking came back to her and she became known not for walking but for her accomplishments. Janine Shepherd faced many challenges, but overcame them and proved people wrong and inspired others with her books and her plane flying ability. INNOVATE Janine Shepherd was an elite athlete, but that changed when she was hit by a utility truck.
Andy Brown Honors Blind Eye of History Mrs. Schmidt 12 January 2023 Marsha P. Johnson Marsha P. Johnson is recognized as one of the most famous and memorable transgender people in America. She self identified as a gay person, a transvestite, and a drag queen, but the term transgender became more popular after her death. She is recorded as using exclusively She/Her pronouns. Marsha, first known as Black Marsha but later Marsha P. Johnson was an inspiration and help to many young trans and queer youth.
Kayla Montgomery is worth admiring because she is still chasing her dream while being diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis. MS blocks nerve signals which causes her legs to go numb while running in the races. Kayla is one of the fastest long distance runners in the country and is a freshman on an athletic scholarships at Nashville’s Lipscomb University. With her condition, she has no feeling whatsoever while running when her body temperature gets higher and higher. People feel as if that isn 't fair-
On August 26, 1918 a legend was born, That legend was named Katherine Johnson. Now this African American women did not have an easy life. It all started on when she was ten years old, at that time she was not accepted into a called white sulphur springs because of her race. The school compromised with the young girls parents saying that they would test her and accept her based on her results. Katherine passed with flying colors, and that is how her story began School came easy to Katherine Johnson.
When you think of September you think of back to school. Right? We all remember the smell of a new box of crayons. Well in the 1900s that was not the case for many children in America. Labor laws were not fair, but there was one American woman in that era that said enough is enough.
Cooking and decorating soothes the soul. For over 50 years Mary Jackson has been warming hearts with her mouthwatering cooking by turning ordinary foods into extraordinary dishes. Mary graduated from James Madison High School and was nominated for Most Beautiful Girl and served on the Journalism Club, English Club, Drama Club, Rifle Team, ROTC and studied Medical Technology at Texas Southern University. Mary’s culinary passion began by baking cookies with her Mother.
“An Unsettling Settlement.” Harper’s Weekly. April 17, 1869. Accessed January 23, 2018. https://archive.org/stream/harpersweeklyv13bonn#page/241/mode/2up/search/AN+UNSETTLING+SETTLEMENT.
She proved them all wrong. Mae Carol Jemison was influenced and inspired by her surroundings at a very young age. Jemison lived in a place where there was discrimination against women. Mae C. Jemison was born on October 17, 1956 in Decatur, Alabama, but later moved to Chicago Illinois, when she was 3 years old.
Sometimes good and bad people come into the world, but Katherine Johnson was one of the great people. Katherine Johnson came into this world in 1918 in West Virginia. She was a mathematician and was the best at geometry. She was so smart she was able to graduate high school when she was only 15 and college when she was 18. Her first husband died from brain cancer.
She was so advanced that she skipped classes and was only 10 by the time she was in high school. Little Katherine Johnson was said to be a “child prodigy” and