Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune was a educator and activist. Mary McLeod was Born on July 10, 1875, in Mayesville, South Carolina. She was the last of seventeen children, and fortunately was born in freedom. When a school for black children opened the McLeod family had to make a decision. They only had enough money to send one child and McLeod was chosen.
First Last Name Ms. Roberts ELA __ 15 March, 2017 Suratt’s Hanging What is your opinion on Mary Surratt’s terrible, unneeded hanging? Mary Surratt was an innocent woman who was accused of helping John Wilkes Booth with the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln. She got hanged for it, but the person who actually did do something to help John Wilkes, Dr Mudd, didn’t get hanged, he got life in prison.
Virginia was born December 31,1918 and died August 15,2009. Virginia Davis career was acting and she was in lots of movies. Alice’s Wonderland,Alice’s Day at sea and plenty more movies. His dad was born in April 15,1901 and died September 18,1870. His mom and dad only had two children counting him.
When the colonies were being established in the United States, there were struggles between white colonists and the Native Americans already living there. Mary Musgrove helped this improve this situation when Georgia was being founded in the seventeenth century. Her blended background gave her skills that helped her bridge both groups. Born in 1700 in South Carolina, Mary Musgrove 's original name was Cousaponakeesa. Her father was white and worked as a trader.
Many know about the sixteenth president Abraham Lincoln. Lincoln is known for the Gettysburg Address, the Emancipation Proclamation, and being the president who guided the United states threw the Civil War. But one point of Lincoln's life is rarely touched on, Lincoln's family. Lincoln's wife was Mary Ann Todd.
Mary was committed to the prison hulk, Dukirk in Plymouth. In May 1787 Mary then had been shipped with the First Fleet to Australia as her Punishment of thievery ended up in deportation. Mary then boarded the Ship ‘Charlotte’ and a short while after she became pregnant with the liaison on the Dukirk, who she was using to get herself advantages such as good food, better hygiene and being allowed on deck which none of the other convicts were fortunate enough to receive. During the journey she fell in love with a fellow convict William Bryant, whom she had spent much time with below deck which made trouble between the liaison and William as they both loved Marry. Soon after the arrival to Sydney Cove 1788, Marry and William got married and had a son together named Emanuel.
Caroline Davis was a newly married woman who had never lived outside of the privileged green lawns of suburban Washington, D.C. Although she was married, she had not cleared the last hurdle into complete adulthood by obtaining a full time job. She had been quite busy with planning the wedding and such. Her darling husband, Wesley, had been employed by the Centers for Disease Control, which all its employees called the "CDC", since he finished his Residency at the prestigious Bethesda Naval Hospital in 1991. Wesley had based his career as an epidemiologist on researching the AIDS epidemic.
The testimony of Ruby Bates was full of many lies and avoided answers. She started off by saying that her and Victoria Price were raped by African-American boys on a train. Her story about that day on the train continued to change when asked about it later on. While in court during the next trial, she confessed that they were never attacked or raped. According to Ruby Bates, her and Victoria Price got nervous when they were forced to get off the train that day.
On April 15 the unsinkable ship went down into the North Atlantic Ocean. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic by Lauren Tarshis is about the tragedy of the Titanic. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic is about a 10 year old boy named George. Living in New York, George and his sister, Phoebe, went to England with their Aunt Daisy. They sail home on the ship of the Titanic.
The Elmira Express Ernest R. Davis was one of the most electric college football running backs in history. Ernie Davis lived one exiting life, from having to fill the shoes of the great Jim Brown, to being named the first African-American to win the Heisman Trophy. Davis lived his life in simple pleasures, by doing the right thing and letting good things return to him. Ernie Davis the star running back for the Syracuse Orangemen, the story of the Elmira Express. Ernest R. Davis was born in New Salaam, Pennsylvania, in 1939 (“About Ernie”).
Mary Jemison was one of many white captives who lived a full and happy life with her indian captors. The day Mary Jemison was taken by the indians started out like any other day. A friend of her father’s needed to borrow a horse in order to carry a bag of grain to the Jemison’s house. The friend had also taken a gun with him in case he saw any game fit for killing. The Jemison’s heard gunshots coming from nearby outside and quickly became alarmed.
Mary Ann Cotton is a suspected serial killer from the 19th century in Britain. She was convicted of killing one of her stepchildren. Even though there was only that one charge brought against her, she is thought to have killed fourteen others, maybe as many as twenty-one. Everyone around Mary seemed to die from unexplained children, husbands, her children, even her mother. Each time one would die, she would collect some insurance and move on.
After twelve years Mary Bell was released and granted anonymity, which protects her identity and her whereabouts. Mary Bell is currently sixty-five years old and her exact location is
Frances Perkins was born in Boston Massachusetts on April 10, 1882 to father; Fred W. Perkins and mother; Susan E. Bean and died in New York, New York on May 14, 1965. During her lifetime she played a huge role on labor laws and women’s equal rights. Perkins was raised to value family first. She graduated from Worcester Classical High School in 1898. Then attended Mount Holyoke College.
Draft: A Diverse Roster of History’s Most Influential Women #WomensHistoryMonth each March gives us a great time to reflect on some of the world’s most influential women. Below, we’ve highlighted some of those women who our staff feel have made a great impact and who inspire them today in the multicultural communications work they do. These amazing women with different nationalities, backgrounds, and pathways to leadership have devoted themselves to their communities thus changing the world.
