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Althea Gibson And Barbara Jordan

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"Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts." By Winston S. Churchill. Those who took the path instead of believing they will inherit success, including people like Albert Einstein, Steve Jobs, and Oprah Winfrey. Two particular people who have followed the path to success are Althea Gibson and Barbara Jordan. Defying many obstacles as gender discrimination and racism, they are key figures in history today. Although they both lived in different time periods and locations, and economical backgrounds, growing up they shared very similar struggles in their life

Predominantly, the time periods and places that both had been born and raised in are like apple and oranges. They are not like each other, they lived far apart from each other and had they not been famous they would 've probably not known one another. They were also raised in different times where the occurrences of some events are major and make up for the majority of their eras. These eras are different due to the lack of some events in the other era. According to the passages, titled Althea gibson & barbara c jordan, by history.com, Gibson was born in 1927, clarendon county south carolina. How ever Barbara C. Jordan was born in 1937 in houston texas. Although the times they were born in seem close enough the era they …show more content…

In the denouement, Althea Gibson and Barbara Jordan were two African American women that struggled mostly because of their race. They were both successful woman not because of their background, but because they were hardworking and dedicated woman. They were both born in different time periods and they also had different economical backgrounds. They also had struggles throughout their lives, but they strived for success and accomplished their goals. All in All even though Barbara and Althea lived in different time periods and had differences they both strived for success and to accomplish their goals and this would prove to be great for their

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