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.
Maria Mitchell was born in Nantucket, Massachusetts on August 1, 1818, and was one of nine brothers and sisters. Her family were Quakers and believed in equal education for men and women. Maria attended local schools and was tutored by her father. He taught her how to use a telescope when she was twelve, and she helped him calculate exactly when the annual solar eclipse would be. By the time she was fourteen, she was writing directions for sailors’ whaling trips.
Have you ever heard of the first African-American woman to go to college, get a B.A, become a teacher then a principal(no, I am not talking about the principal Mrs. Brown) I 'm talking about Mary Jane Patterson. She was born September 24, 1840 in Raleigh, North Carolina. Mary 's parents, Eliza Patterson and Henry Irving were runaway slaves that managed to take care of four kids (Mary, John,Emma and Chanie ann). In 1852, Patterson 's family left Raleigh and moved to Oberlin , Ohio because they wanted their children to go to college.
Mary Walker & Charlotte Doyle Born in 1832, Mary Walker was one of the leaders for the women’s rights activist, and also this meant that she was in America. When Mary Walker lived in America she lost her job from the Nullification Crisis that had happened in mid-late 1832. Mary was a nurse during the Civil War and she had received the Medal of Honor for her service. These women were part of something you wouldn’t think a women could do like hanging with sailors/pirates or becoming a war hero for being a healer, so if you set your mind to do anything daring do it.
I am going to prove the accused, Bridget Bishop, innocent of being a witch. You think you have proof that Bridget Bishop is a witch. I have proof that Bridget Bishop is not a witch. I will give you many good, reasonable reasons for explaining that she is not a witch. The explanations will prove useful in the defence.
What It Is And What It Was Settlement house founder and peace activists Jane Addams was one of the most distinguished of the first generation of college-educated women, rejecting marriage. Instead of have a life with children and a husband she decided to devote her whole life was a commitment to helping the poor and social reform. She was inspired by english reformers who intentionally resided in lower-class slums.
Cindy Graves is an African-American woman who is 5’3, light brown skin, reddish brown hair, freckles on her cheeks, and walnut brown eyes. She is a loving mother of two and has a cheerful and trust personality, willing to help others at a moment’s notice, and understands a situation and deals with is calmly. Cindy is an extreme people’s person, making connection with every person she meets. Friends and coworkers say that Cindy brings the light where ever she goes. Though Cindy has such a bombastic personality she didn’t have the perfect childhood.
She was the first child born free. They were dirt poor. Education was the first step out of poverty, but there were no schools for blacks. Mary was determined to read like white people. Fortunately, one kind lady opened a school for young African Americans, and she convinced Mary's father to let Mary attend.
Professor James T. Downs gave an interesting lecture on the masking of epidemics after the civil war. His take on the Harriet Ann Jacobs’ story was something that extremely captivated me because I had not known much about her story. Harriet Ann Jacobs exposed the reality of what it meant to be a slave and gave a different perspective from that of Harriet Beecher Stowe. Despite all, she did to expose the conditions that former slaves lived in, and the progress that she helped create in the 19th century, many whites did not believe that Jacobs wrote her own story. This was due to the basis that she was poor and black.
Mary Jane Carey of Holly Hill Designs Mary Jane Carey will totally admit to being a gypsy. Or a being an old hippy. Or both. Either way, she has had a fascinating life story that has led her to the delightful road of being one of the designers for Henry Glass. Mary Jane started her quilting adventures in Western Massachusetts in 1970.
The marriage of Don and Joan Peterson was one that might be considered a fairytale at its earliest stages. They were the all-American couple living in the picket-fenced neighborhood that everyone adored. But under the surface though, there was something wrong; something terribly, horribly wrong. Joan came from a single mother with a modest background. Through her early school years, it became quite apparent that she was brilliant.
Marjorie Lee Browne was a well-known mathematician and educator who was only the third African-American woman to earn her Ph.D. in mathematics. She was born in Memphis, Tennessee on September 9, 191 to Mary Taylor Lee and Lawrence Johnson Lee. Browne’s mother died when she was only two, so she was raised by her father, a railway postal clerk, and her stepmother, Lottie Lee, who was a school teacher. Her stepmother’s encouragement to stay focused on her studies and her father’s love of mathematics both influenced Browne during her time in school.
Annie Clark Tanner was born on September 24, 1864 in Farmington Utah. Annie was born into a polygamist family and grew up her entire life centered around polygamy. She was proud to be born into a family that practiced this type of life style. She was an obedient young child and always look forward to spending time with her parents.
Mary Bethune fought for racial equality by preparing Negro girls for higher paid salary positions to stimulate black communities. May created programs that taught young black women skill sets for racial uplift for black Americans. She wanted to provide access for equal treatment by joining forces to end segregation and inequality. Mary was the first African American woman to be involved in the White House assisting four different presidents from 1904-1947. This helped the Daytona Literary for Negro girls to teach both academic and practical skills and how to support themselves while they simultaneously strove towards better opportunities.
Jane Addams was born September 6, 1860 in Cedarville, Illinois. She was the eighth of nine children, and her father was a rich industrialist. In her lifetime she was a pioneer and social worker in America, and received her Bachelor's degree from Rockford College for women. She was also a progressive hero because she helped the community become a better place by helping people in need. Addams enjoyed helping people, and her visit to the Toynbee Hall inspired her to create something similar to it.
