Recommended: Paper on flowers by Alice Walker
Madame C. J. Walker’s life was influenced by her orphanage in early life. Madame C. J. Walker was a great women who had a successful life and an urge to help others. First, Walker’s life had many ups and downs and these helped her to be shaped into the women she was. She was born on December 23, 1867, in Delta, Louisiana (Aller).When she was born she was surrounded by her mother, father, and older sister, Louvinia.
Annie Jean Easley was born April 23, 1933 to Mary Melvina Hoover and Samuel Bird Easley, in Birmingham Alabama. She was raised, along with her older brother, by a single mom. Annie attended schools in Birmingham and graduated high school valedictorian of her class. Throughout high school Annie wanted to be a nurse because she thought that the only careers that were open to African American women at the time were nursing and teaching and she definitely did not want to teach so she settled on being a nurse but as she studied in high school she began thinking about becoming a pharmacist.
To escape the abuse of her brother in law,she married Moses Williams at the age of 14. Her daughter A`Lelia,was born on June 6,1885. Her husband passed away two years later,so she and her daughter moved St.Louis. In St.Louis,she worked
She was accepted into the University of Illinois and attended there from 1914-1916. She left school to move to New York city. Dorothy then got involved with the literary and liberal crowd
She moved to New York with one of her aunts after she graduated from high school at the age of sixteen. Richmond returned to Baltimore and found a job as a bookkeeper. She then applied for an Assistant Treasurer position with the Baltimore
She graduated from St. Frances Academy in Baltimore. She traveled a couple hours each day just to attend school. After she graduated, she went on to attend a nursing school and she worked Glenn L. Martin Factory during World War II. III. Jim Crow laws were established in 1877.
Lucretia’s parents were Anna Folger and Thomas Coffin. When she was thirteen, she went to Nine Partners School. When lucretia graduated, she became a teacher. Lucretia noticed that men were being paid more than women, so she moved to philadelphia.
In the novel Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel, she created a cast of characters containing strong females that give dedication and great honor throughout their lives. Though each character has a different type of strength, it proves how strong a female can be inside without even knowing it. Tita shows her strength by breaking family traditions and affecting others with her actions. Nacha who is partially deaf can read what other people say and she raises a child who isn't hers. Mama Elena has a real strength by using her authority as head of the family and abusing said authority.
On the 110th birthday of Adolf Hitler on April 20th, 1999, the most notorious school shooting in America occurred. Eric Harris and Dylan Kelbold shot and killed 12 of their peers as well as a teacher at Columbine high school in Littleton, Colorado. The tragic event sent shockwaves across America and lead to massive changes in public school safety. Serious discussions of having SROs (School Resource Officers) at every school and combating gun rights were some main takeaways people had after Columbine. These issues, however, were not the way shootings like Columbine could have been prevented.
She was then raised in El Paso, Texas. As a child, she began kindergarten where she spoke the only language she knew, which was Spanish. She soon discovered that her language only brought her trouble from her teachers and administrators. Being
She was born in southern California to a loving young couple. Her mom and dad were both very young when they had her, 20 and 21 to be exact. They also both happened to be in the military. This caused her to move around a lot and never really be able to have a good steady group of friends. It also caused her to be strong, outgoing, independent, and friendly.
Columbine High School Massacre and How it Impacted Public Security “Do you believe in God?” This was the last thing Rachel Scott, a recently born-again Christian, had heard before telling Eric Harris yes and then being shot to death at point blank range. This quote is from the infamous Columbine High School mass shooting in Littleton, Colorado. This incident caused much outrage and questioning from many parents and students about the safety of their well-being while in school. The concerns quickly leaked into the minds of US citizens, as nobody felt safe anywhere in public after the tragedy.
Evidence shows they were planning for a year to bomb the school in an attack similar to the Oklahoma City bombing (Columbine Shooting, 2018). "Harris was described as the callously brutal mastermind, while Klebold was a quivering depressive who journaled obsessively about love and attended the Columbine prom three days before opening fire" (Columbine Shooting, 2018). Police have been trained more thoroughly for school shooting now that they are happening more often. They are putting the police through real scenario situations of an active-shooter. After this school shooting occurred many schools promoted a zero-tolerance policy for disruptive behavior and threats of violence from students.
School violence is an all too common event reported throughout history. Shootings and massacres are not a recent phenomenon, however, a historical recurrence . The first known case of a school massacre was reported July, 26th, 1764, an incident of the Pontiac War. Three Native American men raided a schoolhouse, in now present day Greencastle, Pennsylvania, and killed the Schoolmaster, Enoch Brown, and took the lives of 10 boys. Hundreds of years later, cases such as these happen all too frequently.
In her early life, she was influenced by her father when it came to learning. As a young girl, she had many childhood events and a great education that impacted her life. Born in White Sulphur, WV, she was like a walking and talking robot. Her parents were a huge contribution to her success. Her father wanted her to have such a good education that he moved to a different school.
