Mary Anderson was born in February 19, 1866 in Greene County, Alabama, to John C. Anderson and Rebecca Anderson and was known for her invention of the wiper blade. She was also a real estate developer, rancher, and viticulturist. At the age of four, her father, John C. Anderson, died leaving her sister, Frannie Anderson, and her mother, Rebecca Anderson, living of his estate. In 1889, the three of them moved to Birmingham Alabama to build their own apartment on the corner of Highland Avenue. When Mary was 27 she left Birmingham in order to work in a cattle ranch and vineyard in Fresno, California. In 1900, her aunt was in poor health and she return to live in Birmingham to look after her family. After he aunt's death, her family discovered trucks that her aunt kept locked which contained gold and jewelry. By selling these collections of gold and jewelry, the family was able to live financially comfortable. …show more content…
This idea came to her mind when she was on a trolley and noticed a motorman cleaning the snow from the windows of the trolley with his hands. Mary wanted to create a window wiper that would improve visibility of the driver during bad weather and would eliminate the need for people to leave their vehicle to clean the snow. Thus she began to sketch different devices that could be used to solve this problem. After experimenting with many prototypes she returned back to Birmingham where she created a design for a device that would manually clear the snow from windows of vehicles. Her finished invention of a windshield wiper was a set of wipers conducted from wood and a rubber blade which would be installed close to the steering wheel. To use the windshield wiper one would pull the lever which would initiate a spring that causes the wiper blades arm to move across the windshield, clearing any
Annie Turnbo Malone was an entrepreneur and was also a chemist. She became a millionaire by making some hair products for some black women. She gave most of her money away to charity and to promote the African American. She was born on august 9, 1869, and was the tenth child out of eleven children that where born by Robert and Isabella turnbo. Annie’s parents died when she was young so her older sister took care of her until she was old enough to take care of herself.
She first started writing, when she came back home after the death of her father. She wrote about the Jackson social scene for the Memphis, Tennessee newspaper. She also was a publicity agent for the Works Progress Administration in rural Mississ...
Blanche Taylor Moore, was born on February 17, 1933, to their parents: Flone Blanche and Parker Davis Kiser. Her father was a laborer and alcoholic and said she had once forced her into prostitution to pay his gambling debts. Her father died in 1966 and was said to be the cause of a "heart attack".
Mary Boykin Chesnut was born on March 31 of the year 1823. She became famous because of her diary she wrote during the Civil War. Her diary was called A Diary from Dixie. She accompanied her husband on his military missions. She recording her views and observations on February 15, 1861, and closed her diary on August 2, 1865. Her diary was published long after her death in 1905. She grew up in a country family home in Stateburg, Plane Hill. That’s South Carolina now. When she was only 12 she started her independence when her family moved to Mississippi and she stayed back and enrolled in Madame Talvande French. She did amazing in school and she got married in 1840 to an old classmate. His name was James Chesnut, Jr. The Chesnuts had no children,
Alice Coachman was the first African-American woman to win a gold medal. She was rewarded the gold medal at the 1948 US Olympics in London for the high jump competition. King George VI awarded her the gold medal. She was invited aboard a British Royal yacht.
Ida Bell Wells-Barnett was born on July 16, 1862 in Holly Springs, Mississippi. Her parents are Elizabeth Warrenton and James Wells. She has 3 siblings named Herman Kohlsaat, Charles, and Alfreda Barnett. When she was born, she was born into a slave family. They were shortly declared free by the Union. Her father was then involved with the Freedmen's Aid Society and helped to start Shaw University. She attended school, but dropped out at 16 years old because her parents had died from the Yellow Fever break out. When she was 18 she convinced a nearby country college administrator to aid her in getting a job as a teacher. After making some money from teaching, she moved with her sister to Memphis, Tennessee, to live with one of her aunts. She
Hey do know that girl that made the banana skirt. Her name is Josephine Baker ; but she was born as Freda Josephine Mcdonald on June 3 1906, in St. Louis Missouri. She was known as a triple threat to the entire world. Josephine Baker Baker was a singer, dancer,and a actor. On 1963 She marched on washington and many other speakers. Finally I’m about to take you through a road trip of her life.
Ella Blake was born on May 4th, 2004 ( also known as Star Wars Day, May the Forth be with you.) in Rensselaer, Indiana. She first realized she had a gift for music when her sister, Ruby Blake, was in 6th grade and joined band. Ruby joined band and started playing the clarinet. Ella was only 7 or 8 at the time due to her sister being 4 years older, but Ruby introduced Ella to the instrumental world. She would ask Ella's opinion on how she was doing on a song and Ella would have to listen to her sister play and try to find sounds she didn't think we're supposed to be there. Around 3 years later Ruby entered high school and quit band, instead of doing marching band, but Ella's Older brother joined band that year. He plays
Ida Rauth, born in New York City in 1877, was a major supporter of women’s suffrage. She was a socialist and a lawyer. She joined the Hull House project in Chicago and helped to establish the Women’s Trade Union League. In 1911 on the 4th of May, she married Max Eastman, whom she later divorced in 1916. She had a son on September 6th, 1912, named Daniel. She also established the Provincetown Theatre Group. She died in 1970.
In todays society no one worries about their children being sold to a plantation hundreds of miles away. People do not stop to think about getting married the marriage be recognized by the government. As children complain about being forced to attend church, or complain about having to go to school everyday, slave children were not afforded these opportunities. For decades slaves were denied certain rights, which many of us take for granted. After the war former slaves worked to locate family members that had long been separated. As the former slaves struggled to get on their feet many returned to work for their former masters, this time as hired help. Taking a brief look in to the life of Jourdan Anderson, a man that valued his family above
Mary Johnson had a dark past. Mary was in an abusive relationship for years with a man she thought loved her. One day, she managed to muster up the strength to leave him and has since been determined to make a better life. Motivated to use the pain she had endured to help others; therefore, Mary became a counselor. She felt that this career decision would give her the opportunity to help others battling with abusive relationships,and gain the strength to leave and build happier futures. Mary realized that she must face her past and fight the demons of regret, depression, post traumatic stress disorder, and substance abuse before she would be able to help others.
Mary became the first African-American graduate nurse in 1879. (Smith, J, & Phelps, S, 1992) She contributed to organizations such as the American Nurses Association, the National Association of Colored Graduate Nurses, and was an active participant in the the Women's Suffrage Movement, becoming one of the first women to register vote to in Boston, Massachusetts. The issue closest to the heart of Mary Mahoney was equality of the African-American nurse with...
Mary Pope Osborne is a well known author that is still alive today writing stories for many of her devoted fans. She was born on May 20, 1949 in Fort Sill, Oklahoma. She was the first child in a family of four children. Her family moved a lot due to her father’s job but Osborne was used to a sudden change in environment. Her exposure to many different places influenced her writing (Osborne 2).
The Mother Jones Magazine website suggests that perhaps Mother Jones’ “greatest achievement may have been creating the persona of Mother Jones” (Gorn). The image and character of Mary Harris Jones greatly influenced the early labor movement. “Mother” Jones as she became called, presented herself as a stately, older woman wearing only black dresses in public and perhaps even “exaggerated” her date of birth and age to appear older than she was (Gorn). According to Mother Jones, she was born in Cork, Ireland in 1830 (Jones); however some historians believe that she may have been born around 1837 and perhaps as late as 1844 (Musil). Known for her fiery temperament and outspokenness, Mary Jones picked up the mantle of union fighter after her dressmaking business burned during the Great Chicago fire of 1871 (Gorn).
Jane Adams, pioneer American settlement social worker, public philosopher, sociologist, author, peace activists, and leader in women's suffrage, was born on the eve of the Civil War, September 6, 1960, in the small farming community of Cedarville, just outside Freeport, in northern Illinois. She was the youngest of five children. Her family was known as the wealthiest and most respected family in the community. She attended Rockford Female Seminary where she was the first woman to be awarded a Bachelor's degree, an event that mark the school's transition to collegiate status. She was serving as a desirable model student and a fascinating campus leader, serving as class president all four years, editor of the school magazine, president of the literary society, and valedictorian. She was among the fist college- educated woman in the United States.