On October 10, 1927, Clarence L. Johnson Sr. & his wife Garnett Henley Johnson gave birth to yet another daughter by the name of Hazel Winifred Johnson in West Chester, Pennsylvania. After, her and her family moved to a Quaker town called Mavern. She was born into a family whose values were strictly discipline, diligence, unity, and pursuit of education. Between her and her other 6 siblings (2 sisters and 4 brothers), Hazel was the one out of them all who always dreamed of being a nurse. She went and applied for Chester School of Nursing, however, she was denied because she was an African American. After being denied to Chester’s School of Nursing, Johnson went on to further her education elsewhere by going to start training at the Harlem Hospital School of Nursing where she graduated in 1950. She then goes on to work in the Harlem Hospital Emergency Ward for 3 years and then practiced on the medical cardiovascular ward at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Philadelphia, all while working to get her baccalaureate at Villanova University. (Hazel Johnson-Brown: Visionary Videos: NVLP: African American History)
In 1955, Hazel joined the Army where she became known as the first African American female to become a general in the US Army. She left the Army in 1957 and went back to continue to work on getting her bachelors from Villanova. After finding a program that would help her with the money for school, she joined the Army Nurse Corps’ Registered Nurse Student Program. She earned her bachelor’s degree in nursing from Villanova University in 1959. In 1960, she began to work as an operating room nurse. While working as an operating room nurse, Johnson obtained her master’s degree from the Columbia University Teachers’ College....
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...hers Hazel also took on the leadership aspect of encouraging the heart of others. When she encouraged the women to do research and share their findings to the rest of the scientific community, Hazel was not only encouraging those women but also exemplifying the leadership trait to push that she had. The way she paved the way for other women has contributed to society today with the furtherance of research from the basics that were found.
Woman around the world can thank Hazel W. Johnson for all that she has done for herself as well as the female society. Her contributions helped to strengthen the female society as a whole. She encouraged females to follow their dreams and she made it known that it is possible to do whatever it is that you put your mind to. All it takes is determination and hard work. Hazel Johnson Brown is now an idol whom we look up to and admire.
...ing to survive. Their militant demeanor and strong willed nature foreshadowed the coming modern civil rights movement. They realized the importance of education and utilized it to change the climate of their time. I think these to women defined the term "ordinary to extraordinary". They had both broke through color and gender barriers and earned the respect and admiration of colleagues, politicians the African American people. Who knows what would have happened if these two brave women did not stand up and accomplish what they had done. Would "White Supremacy" prevail in a post WWII society. It is hard to quantify the contribution of these women to the civil rights movement but I think it is safe to say that we were fortunate as a nation to have these great crusaders, as well as many other notable figures, to educate us and force us to see change in the United States.
Her plan was a success and she was able to start her own women’s nursing corps. Because of their efforts and determination, those two women were acknowledged for helping allowing women to become nurses
Like the Blues women, Simone expands ideas pertaining to self-expression, identity and beauty as they relate to black women. She does this by embracing what is definitively African American and connecting that to a historical context. By doing so, she is the embodiment of a political statement. Her journey, which began like many entertainers, detoured and then collided with one of the most pivotal periods in American history.... ... middle of paper ...
...ause of her set out to do something she was passionate about. She gave her research a chance. Although it took more to authenticate her work, she did that in
Mary Winston Jackson was an African American mathematician and aerospace engineer at the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics. Mary Jackson grew up in Hampton, Virginia. After graduating with highest honors from high school, she then continued her education at Hampton Institute, earning her Bachelor of Science Degrees in Mathematics and Physical Science. Following graduation, Mary taught in Maryland prior to joining NASA. Mary retired from the NASA Langley Research Center in 1985 as an Aeronautical Engineer after 34 years. Mary Jackson began her engineering career in an era in which female engineers of any background were a rarity; in the 1950s, she very well may have been the only black female aeronautical engineer in the field. For
People probably only know Coretta by being the wife of Martin Luther King Jr. But what about the important things she did for this country? Coretta put her life in danger for believing what she supported and was right. Mrs. King also had programs to stay together with the community. She supported other people’s beliefs and doing that gave some people motivation that anything is possible. People also have to give her credit for even being Martin Luther King Jr.’s wife. His family had to go through a lot with him being an African American trying to change history. With that being said, now on our time people don’t go to that person and talk about them, everybody knows they bash to the family even more. Coretta had to deal with a lot of issues with marrying Martin Luther King Jr., but as she was Coretta Scott, she was a strong woman who knew what it meant to take vows with her husband. Coretta showed that strong African American women don’t have to be behind men to be noticed. As I am an African American woman, she shows me that regardless of skin color, people can stick together and make a difference in the world. All women have their own mind and make their own decisions to make this world better. Coretta Scott had her own beliefs and supported her husband through his struggle and him making a change in the world. She not only wanted African Americans to have equal rights, but all minority groups. Coretta always put herself in the community to help people and make a difference. That’s what makes Coretta Scott King a hero. (Thesis)
This darling little curly top young star became an extraordinary role model for many people during the Great Depression Era. So who is the little girl I refer to? I am speaking about Shirley Temple Black, perhaps best known to most of us as that little golden star “Shirley Temple”. She stared in many motion pictures and television roles such as Heidi, Little Miss Maker, Curly Top, and the Littlest Rebel, just to name a few. This young child became an exemplarily visionary leader role model to many. She enriched the world by her astounding accomplishments not only as a young star but as her leadership role the political field arena, (Forbes, 2014). I will briefly be pointing out her accomplishments that made her a visionary and ethical leader for many and why I believe her leadership skills has made an impact to me.
Mary Eliza Mahoney was born May 7, 1845 in Boston, Massachusetts. (Smith, J, & Phelps, S, 1992) Mary Mahoney was the first African American professional nurse. She spent over 40 years as a private duty nurses going to sick people’s homes nursing them back to health. She was such a wonderful private duty nurse that after joining a nursing directory, Mary was called upon time after time by the families that hired her all over the country near and faraway. Mary Mahoney was a member of the Nurses Associated Alumnae of the United States and Canada now known as the American Nurses Association (ANA) since 1896. (Webster, Raymond B, 1999) She was also one of the first members of the National Association of Colored Graduate Nurses (NACGN) which was a minority nursing organizations that was focused on equality for African-American nurses comparable to that of non minority nurses. Mary was named chaplain of the organization and was later named a lifetime member. After her death on January 4, 1926 from breast cancer the National Association of Colored Graduates Nurses named an award in honor of Mary Eliza Mahoney, after the NACGN was disbanded in 1951 the American Nurses Association continued the Mary Eliza Mahoney award. (Webster, Raymond B, 1999)
Her constant perseverance to pursue her dreams influenced women to get an education beyond high school. Her drive has motivated young girls to pursue careers involved in the STEM field (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) to help them chase their aspirations and involving themselves in their communities. Women began to pursue higher positions in the business
Another way she showed women how to be successful was by being one of the first female brokers on wall street. She came upon this new job with the help of Cornelius Vanderbilt that gave her and her sister stock tips. This was amazing for a women to be doing what she was doing because women then only had small time jobs. This was not the only way she changed the history for
Both women were extremely strong in their belief that they needed to be the change for African-Americans. Whether this change was in the South, or across the entire United States, these women both wanted things to be different. They used their backgrounds and experiences to be the change, and spread the word about making a difference in society. Their leadership roles might have been different in the African-American spectrum, but both women were greatly respected during their time at the top. They grew from their experiences, and used them to their advantage when being the change they wanted to see.
One of the things that make her such a good role model for young women is the fact that she herself comes from a humble background. She was born and raised on Pelham Parkway in the Bronx and she was the youngest daughter in a family of four. Her parents and older sibling were all well educated with her father working as a accountant and her mother and older sister having majored in mathematics while in school. Perhaps this is the reason why she herself chose to pursue mathematics as a career choice (The Poster Project Biographies). Having made up her mind to study mathematics the next step that she was forced to take was choosing a college to attend. This was difficult because at the time there were very few women mathematicians that she could look at as examples and try to emulate.
In Nathaniel Hawthorne's short story, Young Goodman Brown, Brown goes on a journey through the forest that drastically changes him. While we never know the real reason why Brown went to the forest, the experience in the forest caused him to become a bitter, sad, and lonely man who couldn't look at life the same after that night. There were many events that occurred in the forest that caused this change in him.
in her life, but most importantly she inspired other women to be independent and to improve their lives.
Before nurses came around family members took care of one another. People was also known as a “wet nurse” was hired to breastfeed babies. In Europe when people had the plague and other deadly diseases, Nuns risked their life to take care of them. Woman from the upper-class made nursing a paid profession, they are called Florence nightingale. During the time of the Civil War nurses was needed for the injured soldiers. More than 618,000 soldiers died and hundreds of thousands soldiers were injured. This is where Clara Barton came in and formed a ladies group that went out and supplied the battlefield. Later, she moved on forming the American Red Cross. The first nursing student was Linda Richards. Her husband had been wounded in the Civil War, she took care of him for four years until he died. She trained under the doctor that took care of her mother. Linda then moved to Boston and worked in the Boston City Hospital as a nurse. She was the first graduate to have a year of formal training. In 1879, Mary Eliza Mahoney was the first African American to graduate from the same nursing program. In 1903, North Carolina was the first state to pass a law that requires nurses to have a nursing license. African-American slaves had the role of nursing and caregiver. James Derham was a slave from New Orleans that was brought to freedom, in 1783. He moved to Philadelphia to practice nursing. Margaret