Bessie Smith was the daughter of Laura and William Smith, a worker and baptist
Belle Boyd born in Martinsburg VA, on May 9 1844 was in the civil war on the confederate side as a confederate spy. Boyd was tall, she had long curly brown hair, and she was a strong willed high spirited quick witted person. Boyd 's parents were Benjamin Reed Boyd and Mary Rebecca Glem Boyd. Boyd had one brother and one sister. Belle 's parents named her Isabella, but she shortened her name.
Isabelle Wolfe Baruch Isabelle Wolfe, born 4 Mar 1850 in Winnsboro, Fairfield, South Carolina, the daughter of Sailing Wolfe, a young merchant and planter of Winnsboro, and Sara Cohen, daughter of Rabbi Hartwig Cohen of Charleston. Isabelle, known as “Belle” married Simon Baruch who had immigrated from Schwersenz, near Poland, in East Prussia, to Camden, South Carolina in 1855 to avoid Prussian conscription. At the time he immigrated to America, Simon was fifteen years old and the only person he knew in America when he arrived was a man by the name of Mannes Baum. Mr. Baum was the owner of a general store in Camden, SC and was married to an aunt of Baruch’s mother.
Mila Leonard was a nurse in the Civil war. She had been a nurse for 8 years! She was young only 27. Her husband Elijah Leonard, was fighting in the war. They had a child her name was Alyssa Leonard.
The Peculiar Vanishing of Belle Gunness Belle Gunness’ evil journey was not exactly over, as she managed to attempt to frame her hired hand before escaping seamlessly. Manipulative, conniving, and evil - these are all adjectives to describe Belle Gunness and explain her perfectly executed disappearance (SC9). Belle Gunness’ farm hand, Ray Lamphere had quickly fallen in love with her (BE 5). This deep attraction to her caused him to grow wildly jealous of the men that Belle Gunness brought to the farm, which angered Gunness.
They both stay at her brother until he joined the Confederate Army, then they went to live with her sister (forgottennewsmakers). This is where Cynthia Ann led a productive life, learning to weave, spin wool and sew. Neighbours brought hides for her to tan, and she created home remedies from local plants and herbs. She learned to speak English again and was beginning to become literate (civilwarwomenblog). Every attempt Cynthia Ann made to escape she would fail and would be caught and returned.
The family was poor and only a few years after Jacob died, Oakley’s mother sent her to the county poor farm, also known as the Infirmary. Her life for the next five years was filled with hardship. A couple, whose names are not known, took her home. Glenda Riley, the author of Oakley’s autobiography, The Life and Legacy of Annie Oakley, the couple treated her “like a slave” and physically abused her.
Everyday Use by Alice Walker and Eudora Welty in A Worn Path are two short stories that share many similarities. One similarity between the two stories that caught my attention was protection and love. Both women take care of a child that went through an incident. In the story Everyday Use by Alice Walker, Mama is a poor African American woman who is considered to be very strong and manly.
When she was born she had the name of Bessie Lee Pittman. She worked in a beauty school and at a doctor 's office as her jobs. While she was on a trip in Miami, Florida she attended a society dinner. She sat next to Floyd Odlum and after awhile they started to talk together. She married Oldum in 1936.
At least their four of their children were all adults and had moved out – James would be lonely but have only himself to look after. However, the depression brought back at least one daughter, Laura, who had married Charles Ormiston, and in 1911 moved to Saskatchewan looking for solid employment. However, 1931 with no work and the beginning of the 'dirty thirties' — the dust bowl — Laura and her family landed back on her dad's farm. James had 10 of his grandchildren that surely would liven up his old
In Stolen, Shirley, who was taken away from her family and who has a daughter who was taken away from her, never gives up searching for her family. For Shirley, who never got ‘the chance to be a mother to Kate and Lionel’, her journey to locate her children is difficult. Harrison makes the audience aware of this difficulty but also of Shirley’s relentless search in the scene entitled ‘Shirley Never Gives Up’. Shirley’s frustration in not being able to get answers about what happened to her children, despite repeated phone calls, is evident. For Shirley at least, her endless effort to locate her children is met with the success of finding her daughter (there is no mention of her son, Lionel) and granddaughter.
On April 7th 1915, Eleanora Fagan was welcomed into the world by her young, very complicated mother and father. Her mother, a maid, was ejected from her parents apartment after they discovered her pregnancy. Her father, Clarence Holiday, who had his heart set on becoming a famous musician, exchanged his fatherly responsibilities, for a life of touring with his band and being an infrequent visitor. In the few times her father visited her, he made the observation that Elanora was a tomboy, and started to call her Bill. In an effort to be more feminine and in honor of her favorite actress and Baltimorean Billie Dove, Bill was exchanged for Billie, and the star we come to know and love was born.
Sybil was a case that included a woman with a remarkable amount of personalities, they use to call this multiple personality disorder, but it is now called dissociative identity disorder. Her name was Shirley A. Mason. She was said to have had 16 different personalities to be exact. Some of her personalities names included Vicky, Marsha, Vanessa, Mary and many more. Shirley was born on January 25,1923.
The short story, “The Lottery” was written and published in 1948, three years after the end of the Second World War. During World War II, there was a system set up called the draft in which the government chooses groups of young men to fight at random. This was very scary and chosen at random for the young men. The draft, in a few ways, refers a lot to “The Lottery” and Shirley Jackson was surely influenced by the recent war in the making of this short story. It is a totally random and scary for the individuals called in both instances.
Most of the world has heard some kind of story about Cinderella. Behind each individual is a story and someone could call it their "Cinderella story. " It is normal for everyone to make mistakes and find a way to overcome, because no one can go through life without problems. Average people have struggles and a story, but famous people do as well. If someone is famous, most people have heard her story and how she arrived to where she is.
