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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.
She was a pioneer while fighting for the education of blacks immediately following the war, during a time in which most women themselves were not allowed an education. Though she was shunned by most of white Richmond following the war, President Grant appointed her Postmaster of Richmond, a predominantly male post, in 1869. She would serve in that capacity until
Taylor Headley Mrs. King English 8th Hour 20 December 2016 Molly Pitcher An outstanding woman once said, “ Live day by day and enjoy your family.”
Ruth Posner born in 1933 in Warsaw, Poland. She was only 12 years old when World War II began. She lost both her mother and father in a matter of days and was stuck in the middle of the Holocaust all alone. Before her father passed away, he had been making a plan to ensure the safety of his child. He made sure that her aunt whose two children had already been killed by Nazis would be there for her and be by her side until death.
Mary Dyer was born in England in 1611. She married William Dyer and went to Massachusetts in 1635. She was a good friend with Anne Hutchinson and shared the same views; they were Quakers. She was the mother of 8 children, two died shortly after birth. Mary had a stillborn daughter that was deformed and they buried in secret, because it was believer that either if a women preached or listen to a woman preacher their child would be deformed or that the deformed child was consequences of the parents sins.
The Life of Carrie Nation “You have put me in here a cub, but i will come out roaring like a lion, and i will make all hell howl”.(www.shsmo.org) Carrie Amelia Moore Nation.(www.encyclopediaofarkansas.net) She was born on November 25, 1849 at Garrard County, Kentucky.(ww.shsmo.org) When she was born her mother and father named her Carrie but something went wrong and her name got spelled with a IE and not with Y. In 1903 Carrie Nation officially changed the spelling of her name to “Carry”. When she just a kid she lived on a large farm, and then she moved with her family to High Grove farm near Belton cass county, Missouri, Moved to Texas, then back to Missouri farm, then moved to Kansas City, and then back to the Missouri farm and lived Holder,
Mary Edwards Walker accomplished a variety of amusing and intelligent things during her lifetime. She first enrolled in the Syracuse College of Medicine. Although her father was the one encouraging these medical desires, Mary thrived in this specific school system. In the year of 1855 Mary graduated with a Doctorate degree in medicine. Her enthusiasm continued, along with the development of the rest of her life.
Would you believe that the mastermind of three murders could be out of jail in just eight years? Do you think it is fair that the other person involved with the murders was sentenced to life in jail and will only be eligible for parole after serving 25 years? Would it change your mind after knowing that the mastermind is just an 12-year-old? Jasmine Richardson was the 13 year old behind this terrible murder. Most wouldn’t believe someone that young could come up and go through with something that terrible.
Mercy Otis Warren was born in Barnstable, Massachusetts, on September 14, 1728 and was one of thirteen children. At an early age, Mercy developed a keen interest in politics, that only grew stronger as she grew. She was surrounded by political protestants, some including her brother, James Otis, and her husband, James Warren, whom she married November 14, 1754. She was born into the prosperous Cape Cod family and was particularly well off as a child. Although Mercy Otis had no formal schooling, her uncle, the Rev. Jonathon Russell, allowed her to sit in almost all her brothers tutoring lessons.
Imagine growing up on a cotton plantation to former slaves in Delta, becoming an “orphan at the age of 7, becoming a wife at the age of 14, a mother at 17 and a widow at 20?” This all describes the early life of Sarah Breedlove, better known as Madam C.J Walker. “She supported her family by washing laundry and she used her earning as a laundress to pay for her daughter’s education at Knoxville College” .In 1889, Madam C.J Walker moved to St. Louis in search of a better future.
Kara Walker is a contemporary African-American artist who explores race, gender, sexuality, violence and identity in her work. She is best known for her room-size tableaux of black cut-paper silhouettes. Walker lives in New York and is on the faculty of the MFA program at Rutgers University. Walker was born in Stockton, California in 1969. Her father, Larry Walker, is a former artist and a retired professor.
Maggie grew up in the Bowery of New York City where she was surrounded by abuse, poverty, and isolation which led to her suicide at the end of the novella. It has been discussed that Maggie may have been murdered by a “huge fat man in torn and greasy garments…” but other sources in the text say differently (Crane 743). Maggie committed suicide to get out of her bad habits just like Edna did. She became a prostitute because her mother and brother kicked her out of the house and her boyfriend cheated on her. Her life had always not been the best, but from that point on it slowly crumbled apart.
Maggie I remember her like yesterday, with her long, flowing brown hair that was as soft as a pillow, and chocolate brown eyes that make you melt when you meet her gaze. She had a smile that would shine like diamonds, and eyes that sparkled with innocence and hope. She had a laugh that was like the chiming of bells; a personality that was as attractive as a flower.
Alice Walker Alice Walker, American author of novels, essays, and poetry is best known for her 1982 work The Color Purple. She was the first African American woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for fiction. She is a known advocate for racial rights, women’s rights, and peace. She has written over thirty books of poetry, fiction, and nonfiction.
Maggie did not go to school, does not dress in colorful attention-getting African garb, and does not have a fancy boyfriend, but she does slam a door which indicates her feelings about the quilts and butter churn her sister has come to claim out from under her feet. The temper has flared, and Maggie gets her quilts. In conclusion, the story seems to tell how different Maggie and Dee were from each other; with few comparisons between the two girls to suggest that they had anything in
