I. Introduction Liberty Hyde Bailey was an internationally known American botanist, horticulturist, and agricultural educator. He was also known for being a plant breeder, visionary, prolific writer, traveler, environmentalist among many other things. He was one of only two scientists that were inducted into the Hall of Fame for the American Society for Horticultural Science at its initiation in 1990. (NASA) He was a very wise man and once told the International Congress of Plant Sciences that “man’s conquest of the plant kingdom was in its infancy; that in the extension of knowledge of plants and the ability to use them lay one of the great hopes of the human race.” (NYT) Throughout his 96 years of life, Liberty H. Bailey had written over fifty books and edited numerous others, traveled over 250,000 miles where he collected over 275,000 plants. He classified thousands of plants, founded many organizations, lead countless lectures, and countless other things. (NYT) All of his different subjects of work in the 20th century make it hard to say what singular area his historical significance is accredited to but he definitely made an impact in many areas of study. II. Biography a. Early years Liberty Hyde Bailey was born on March 15, 1858 in South Haven, Michigan. He was born to Liberty Hyde Bailey Sr. and Sarah Harrison Bailey. He was born in a rural area where his father had cleared the forests for their home where his family farmed, made their own soap and candles, tanned their own leather, and wove their own clothes. (NYT) He grew up gardening with his mother, until her death when he was five, where he then used nature to cope. When Dr. Bailey was young, he roamed the surrounding land learning habits of plants and animals and by his early teens had become an expert at grafting. (NASA) Because of his expertise he was called upon by local neighbors to do the
Mary McLeod Bethune was an innovative leader because she took a story which was largely latent in the population, equal education rights for black children, and brought it to national prominence through the creation of the Bethune-Cookman college. She was also a visionary leader because of the incredible success she was able to attain in advancing the cause of equal education.
Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey was born on February of 1818 in Tuckahoe, Maryland to Harriet Bailey. Even though his single mother raised him, his biological father is believed to be one of his mother’s previous owners. In his family, he has five siblings: Eliza, Perry, Arianna, Kitty and Sarah, Frederick Bailey was raised under the belief that all people were created equality and should be treated the same (The Literature Network). Although he was a slave for most of his childhood, he was luckily benefitted with a thoughtful owner that taught him how to read and write at the age...
Thomas Jefferson has an amazing role in our lives today from the hard work and time he spent to make an easier future for all of us. There are days that some of us could not thrive as the people we are without the appliances he made to make challenging tasks easier for us. Some people look up to him because he never stopped doing great things and never stopped showing unselfishness. Thomas Jefferson revolutionized the world of the 18th century and centuries to come. Thomas Jefferson was one of the most influential people of the 18th century because he was one of the founding fathers of America, he was the founder of the University of Virginia, and he was the creator of many life changing inventions, which drastically changed the world.
It is best described by the closing arguments for Lizzie Borden's defense, made by her attorney, George D. Robinson:
One person’s ideas won’t change the world but it can make a significant impact. George Washington Carver overcame slavery but his ideas about crops and peanuts clearly improved life for many people. George Washington Carver is best known for his agricultural experimentation especially on the uses of the peanut but his life and research led to a better life for many. His legacy is that regardless of your race you can achieve great things if you preserve.
He was born to William and Elizabeth Cooper in Burlington, New Jersey on September 15, 1789. Cooper’s father was a congressman during the Washington administration. Elizabeth was a member of a New Jersey Quaker family and William was the founder of a frontier settlement. At one year old, his family moved to a primitive settlement in upstate New York. As the 11th of 12 children, he was fortunate to not have to endure the rough part of frontier of life. Most of his education was without books and teaching from his family.
As the coach dropped me off at my house, I realized something was terribly wrong, I saw my sister, Lizzie, sitting on the concrete steps in front of our house talking to the police, against her will it seemed, I saw our maid sitting in the shade,away from the scorching sun of August, under an old oak tree in distraught, and then I saw them. I saw my Dad, and my step mother … dead. They were being carried out by paramedics, on a stained off white stretcher, one at a time, my dad first, and then my step mother, Mrs. Borden.
––––Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey was born sometime in February of 1818 at Holms Hill farm in Tuckahoe, Maryland. He is quoted as saying, “I do not remember to have ever met a slave who could tell his birthday” (Gutenburg.org). Douglass’s mother was a slave named Harriet Bailey; he was separated from her at an early age. He never got the chance to know his father or ever see him because his father was supposedly a slaveholder. As every other slave, Douglass didn’t have much of a childhood, was illiterate, and moved around, never having only one master. He was first forced to work with a horrible, cruel man named Captain Aaron
George Washington Carver was a famous scientist. Carver did some work with agriculture. George discovered and did experiments with different plants used in farming. Carver helped make different pesticides to fight against insects that ate farmers crops. George Carver developed new ways that are still used today in farming today. Carver also found uses for different things like peanuts and other plants. He also was awarded many medals and honors during his life time.
Gwendolyn Brooks is the female poet who has been most responsive to changes in the black community, particularly in the community’s vision of itself. The first African American to be awarded a Pulitzer Prize; she was considered one of America’s most distinguished poets well before the age of fifty. Known for her technical artistry, she has succeeded in forms as disparate as Italian terza rima and the blues. She has been praised for her wisdom and insight into the African Experience in America. Her works reflect both the paradises and the hells of the black people of the world. Her writing is objective, but her characters speak for themselves. Although the idiom is local, the message is universal. Brooks uses ordinary speech, only words that will strengthen, and richness of sound to create effective poetry.
...of the Civil War and thereafter. He was the most influential of all the black leaders throughout the mid 19th century.
"Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey" was born in 1818 in Talbot County, on Maryland Eastern Shore, the son of a slave woman and an unknown white man (likelihood white slave master). He entered slavery from birth. Unaware of his actual date of birth, like most all the other slaves at that time, Douglass was forced to face the dismay of being a slave early in his life. Separated from his mother when only a few weeks old, he spent his early years with his grandparents and with an aunt, seeing his mother only four or five times before her death when he was seven. At this time he was exposed to the dreadful conditions of slavery, observing actual ruthless whippings and spending abundant time cold and hungry. Not being told by his grandmother that she was going to leave him, at the age of six she took him to the plantation of his master and left him there. Douglass never recuperated from the betrayal of the leaving. (“Frederick Douglass”)
Harriet Tubman was one of the most influential women in the Civil War. She was the owner of many titles during that time, including the one “Moses,” which compared her to Moses from the Bible. Both Moses and Tubman were known for saving and rescuing many people. Tubman is credited with rescuing about 300 slaves from the South during the Civil War. She continued to return back to the South, in order to bring more slaves to freedom in the North. Harriet Tubman had a harsh childhood due to slavery, a dangerous career freeing slaves, and received many awards and accomplished tremendous things.
" 'It is not the style of clothes one wears, neither the kind of automobile one drives, nor the amount of money one has in the bank, that counts. These mean nothing. It is simply service that measures success.'-"-George Washington Carver. George Washington Carver paved the way for agriculturists to come. He always went for the best throughout his whole life. He didn't just keep the best for himself; he gave it away freely for the benefit of mankind. Not only did he achieve his goal as the world's greatest agriculturist, but also he achieved the equality and respect of all. George Washington Carver was born near Diamond Grove, Missouri in 1864. He was born on a farm owned by Moses and Susan Carver. He was born a sick, weak baby and was unable to work on the farm. His weak condition started when a raiding party kidnapped him with his mom. He was returned to the Carver's farm with whooping cough. His mother had disappeared and the identity of his father was unknown, so the Carver's were left to care for him and his brother James. Here on the farm is where George first fell in love with plants and Mother Nature. He had his own little garden in the nearby woods where he would talk to the plants. He soon earned the nickname, "The Plant Doctor," and was producing his own medicines right on the farm. George's formal education started when he was twelve. He had, however, tried to get into schools in the past but was denied on the basis of race.
“Born on August 18, 1774, close to Ivy, Virginia, Meriwether Lewis was considered the greatest pathfinder the country has ever had. Coming from his family estate in Locust Hill, he came from a decorated family. His father Williams Lewis, his mother Lucy Meriwether, and his father’s cousin. His mother was a skilled cook and herbalist; her generous and charismatic nature was known throughout the region. His family was one of the first to settle in the region and had a long standing connection and friendship with the Jefferson family.