ANNIE ISABELLA COOK, named after her maternal grandmother but always known as Anna, was born on the 19th of July 1938 at 15 Moorpark Road West in Stevenston. She was baptised at Stevenston High Kirk in October. She resided with her mother at 17 Moorpark Road West and was of-ten looked after by her grandmother and namesake, Annie Isabella (née Haire, formerly Grant) Calvert, who lived upstairs at number 15. Anna provides the following description of the neighbourhood of her earliest youth: The area we lived in was known as ‘the Caley’ due to the proximity of the Caledonian Railway. It consisted of 4 streets, Moorpark Road West, Burnbank Street, Arthur Street and Hillside Street. Hillside, Burnbank, Arthur, and part of Moorpark formed a square. The part of Moorpark where I lived did not form part of the square, which meant there were no houses opposite us. It was a large community, there must have been close to 100 houses. It was mainly families, some older people in fact my mother and her brothers all grew up there as did a lot other families. It was a “happy childhood in a close neighbourhood.” The community was perhaps brought together by its shared experi-ence of the war. It was a community dominated by women, with the men away in the Forces – including Anna’s own father and …show more content…
“Back then,” she wrote, “children were not prepared like they are today for the arrival of a new baby in the family. After being the only child for such a long time it was a bit of a shock to have to share with this new little person.” Previously her uncles, George Calvert and David Grant, had spoilt her. John’s arrival meant the sharing of those attentions and many others. Nevertheless, Anna became very proud of her “little red haired brother”, who she would take out in his pram. In his early schooldays, whenever he was bullied for “being a ginger”, Anna had his back, at least until he was big enough to fight his own
Hannah Creedon was born in Dripsey, Ireland in 1863. She grew up in poverty and decided to follow relatives to Newburyport in 1881, hoping to find work that uneducated 18 year old girl was capable of doing. She moved in with an aunt on Dove street and got her first job as a domestic servant in the High Street home of Judge Thomas C Simpson. After a short time, dissatisfied with the degrading work and poor wages, she left for the shoe shops and for the Brown Square Hotel (Now known as The Garrison Inn.) Where she worked as a cook. Frequently working 2 jobs, saving and saving, and in six years -in 1887- Hannah managed to earn enough money to purchase a double house, at 10 Dove street, where she set up her home and took in tenants as well; in 1889 she purchased a property on Middle Street from George W Austin. A fire at the Dove
Katharine Dexter McCormick grew up in a family of wealth and power and was a graduate of MIT. Margaret Sanger was a daughter of immigrants and grew up poor. She worked as a nurse in Manhattan, New York. They were trying to help low income women who didn't know about contraceptives or afford them. Birth control contributed to less, lower income women passing due to self-induced abortions, complications from having multiple pregnancies, or just dying in childbirth.
Many women decided not to stay at home and, rather, accompany their husbands or male relatives with the army. They "traveled with the army to sew, nurse, and wash clothes (Volo 170)." Again the women did the dirty work to ensure the men were always relatively ready for battle. The women that traveled along provided cle...
Anna Sokolow was a brave young jewish woman born in Hartford, Connecticut on February 9, 1910 to Russian immigrant parents named Sara and Samuel Sokolowski. In 1912 they made the decision to move to New York to pursue better jobs to better support their young daughter. Sokolow started out training with Elsa Pohl who taught a very Isadora Duncan style dance which lead to her joining Martha Graham’s company sometime in the late 1920’s, when she would have been about twenty. According to her foundation's website she began taking choreographic lessons from Louis Hort just a year or two later, once she got adjusted to her new style of living and company life. When she started taking these classes she realized her interest in the general population
“Hello! What’s the reason for your visit today?” says Dr. Pauline Hunter as she begins to examine her furry patient. As a second semester freshman at Talladega College, Pauline has plans for her future, and being a veterinarian is her main goal. In order to reach her main goal, she must reach her smaller life goals to ensure that she has everything that she needs in order to be a veterinarian. Pauline’s life goals include graduating Talladega College, joining the Air Force, and going to veterinary school.
The Bethany Hamilton story is about a girl that was attacked by a 14ft tiger shark and lost her left arm and was still able to surf. This all happened to her 13 years ago while surfing with her best friend. Bethany grew up in north shore Kauai and placed 2nd in NSSA national championship. She is 26 years old is well known for her surfing and her movie the Soul Surfer. She said that it is still hard for her adapt to the way people treat her. “In Bethany Hamilton’s mind, winning the ESPY award for best female athlete with a disability would have been like “rewinding back to square one”. “It’s funny,” she chuckled, “when I first heard I was going to be nominated for an ESPY the first thing I thought was: ‘Whoa, I’m going to be up for best female action sports athlete!’ It didn’t even occur to me that I was going to be placed in the disabled division … I don’t surf disabled or compete in a disabled category.” She is now doing a documentary called “Surfer like a girl.”
“You must never be fearful about what you are doing when it is right.” Rosa Louise McCauley was born in Tuskegee Alabama, on February 4, 1913. Rosa had a younger brother named, Sylvester. When Rosa was two her parents went their separate ways.
Eliza Farnham was known for her talent in writing which made her national. Mrs.Farnham passed away from consumption in New York in the year of 1864 on the 15th of December at the age of 49. She grew up with foster parents from the age of four. When Eliza turned 15 she moved in with her uncle, and attended the Albany Female Academy. In 1835, Eliza Burhans moved in with a sister who was married in Tazewell county, Illinois. During the 18 century, Cornelius and Mary Wood Burhans gave birth to Eliza Burhans in November 17, 1815. Eliza Burhans was born in Hudson Valley Town of Rensselaerville, New York. Eliza Farnham was involved in numerous events during her time known as Vanguard of several social, political movements including abolitionism,
Harry Hopkins, a social worker, played a key role in focusing President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s attention on the poor. Hopkins administered the first federal relief programs in the United States. The programs intended to help support the people devastated by the effects of the Great Depression by providing government jobs, cash grants, food and clothing.
Katherine was born on June 22, 1909, in a Chicago hospital and taken as an infant to her parents’ home in Glen Ellyn, Illinois, a village about 25 miles west of Chicago. Her father, Albert Millard Dunham, was a descendant of slave from West Africa and Madagascar. Her mother, Fanny June Dunham, who was of mixed French-Canadian and Native American heritage. Her mother died when she was just three years old. She had an older brother, Albert jr., she had a very close relationship with him. After her father got remarried a few years later, the family moved to a predominantly white neighborhood in Joliet, Illinois, where her father ran a dry-cleaning business.
Alison Hymes fought for her patient rights; she was committed against her will. Alison sat in a small waiting room of a Virginia mental hospital; the morning of her recommitment hearing. She scribbled down her thought and list of arguments in favor of releasing her from Western State Hospital in Staunton, Va. She wrote everything down into her green composition book. Her notes included: Being at the hospital too long, and becoming institutionalized. Alison knew no one was going to listen to her. Ms. Hymes had six other recommitment hearings over the previous 17 months and repeatedly said the same thing at each one. A judge ruled that she was a danger to herself and involuntarily hospitalized her twice in three years.
...nd bloodshed. Women gave a reason to go to war, a reason to come back from the war, and oddly, a reason to want to return to the war. The men were in a fraternity of life, and with no women around for so long they began to rely on themselves, and no longer had the needs that were provided them by women. They wanted to play in the jungle with their friends, only this time with no guns. They missed the life that they spent together eating rations and swapping stories. When they went home they were veterans, like the old men of the World Wars. If they stayed, they were still heroes, warriors, and victims. They still loved deeply the women at home, because they had no reason to fight or bicker, or possibly realize that the women they assumed would be waiting for them had changed in that time. The men were torn between love of women, and the love of brotherhood.
Annie Oakley was born on August 13, 1860 in Darke County, Ohio. Her original name was Phoebe Ann Moses, but her family called her Annie. Annie Oakley was short in stature, coming in at around five feet tall. She had wavy brown hair that fell past her shoulders and she wore costumes that she sewed herself. To maintain her ladylike attitude, Annie always wore a skirt and never wore pants.
Numerous arguments have emerged due to the idea that Thomas Jefferson had an affair with his slave, Sally Hemings. Such idea was thought to silly because in those days nobody thought that a white southern gentleman could have any relationship with his slaves. Could you expect Thomas Jefferson, one of the founding fathers and having such respect among the American people would have a sexual relationship and bear children with his slave. A political journalist of Richmond newspaper named James T Callender put forward allegations that pointed a possibility of a sexual relationship and fathering some or all of Sally Heming’s children in. In this essay, we are going to look at this issue of Jefferson-Hemings controversy with the help of the DNA
The Queen Mary is a famous boat that transported many people during its lifetime. When the Queen Mary was being built in 1930, it was going to be named Queen Victoria after King George’s mother, Queen Victoria, but when asking for King George’s blessing he changed it to Queen Mary after his wife.The queen Mary was not only a voyage ship for the emigrants but also a ship for the army during the WW2 in which the ship saved many lives. .Queen Mary’s first trip was in May 27, 1936 from Southampton, England.The Queen Mary also held many immigrants during their trip to the USA. After the first trip she was named the largest and fastest boat and set a new speed record which was held for a total of fourteen years.