“Yum-o,” Rachael Ray says when she starts her show. Rachael was born on August 25, 1968 and is 49 years old. When Rachael Ray was just in the first grade, she and her family moved to New York. The school she went to school Lake George Junior-Senior High Pace University school in 1986. Rachael Ray wanted to become a chef because she found out that she had a talent for cooking because she always loved to help her mother cook in the kitchen every day. Now that she has a show of her own, she can cook whatever meal she wants. Rachael Ray’s show is filmed at Chelsea Television Studios in New York and is a celebrity cook. She has three food network series and appears on the shows 30 minute meals every day of the week. She has food networks for 11
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.
The athlete I chose is Natasha Watley. She is a professional softball player and the first African-American female to play on the USA softball team in the Olympics. She’s a former collegiate 4-time First Team All-American who played for the UCLA Bruins, the USA Softball Women’s National Team, and for the USSSA Pride. She helped the Bruins will multiple championships and also holds numerous records and one of the few players to bat at least .400 with 300 hits, 200 runs, and 100 stolen bases. She’s also the career hits leader in the National Pro Fast pitch. She won the gold medal in the 2004 summer Olympics and a silver in the Beijing Olympics. She was inducted into the UCLA Athletics Hall of Fame in 2014.
One famous quote from Barbara Jordan is “If you’re going to play a game properly, you’d better know every rule .” Barbara Jordan was an amazing woman. She was the first African American Texas state senator. Jordan was also a debater, a public speaker, a lawyer, and a politician. Barbara Jordan was a woman who always wanted things to be better for African Americans and for all United States citizens. “When Barbara Jordan speaks,” said Congressman William L.Clay, “people hear a voice so powerful so, awesome...that it cannot be ignored and will not be silenced.”
Betty Marion White was born on January 17, 1922 in Oak Park, Illinois. She is the only child of Horace and Tess White, an electrical engineer and a house wife. At the age of two her and her family moved to Los Angeles. Betty White graduated from Beverly Hills High School California, in 1939 at 17. Betty started modeling they same year she graduated. She first did various radio shows in the 40s. But her first TV show was on Hollywood in Television in 1949. Whites first produced television show was Life with Elizabeth. "I was one of the first women producers in Hollywood."
Do you know who Sarah Thomas is? She is the NFL’s first female full time and most accomplished female referee. She was born in 1973 in Pascagoula, Mississippi. When she was in highschool she played basketball and softball. The officials never liked her because she would always try to make them change the call and she would disagree with them. It was the same when she went to the University of Mobile. She wanted to stay involved with sports after she graduated, so she joined a church basketball league for men.She played with them for two years until she was told she could no longer play.
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.
Robin Roberts has been a passenger on her own roller coaster of life, consisting of many ups and downs. Therefore, Roberts became stronger through her many downs in life. On November 23, 1960, Robin Roberts was born into the successful lineage of Lawrence and Lucimarian Roberts. She was the youngest of four children. Later in life, Roberts became one of the most notable television journalists. Being one the first female African-American sportscasters on both ESPN and ABC, she was truly an inspiration. In 2007, Roberts was diagnosed with breast cancer. She used her breast cancer to spread awareness for various types of cancer. Roberts underwent surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation, all while still working at Good Morning America. In 2012, Roberts
Lillia Davidson, my grandma was born mid war, 1940 to Shirley and Ed Kittle. Lillia, her 2 siblings and their parents lived in a small apartment in Glenbrook, Connecticut from 1940 to 1943, her family moved to the Vermont countryside when she was four. Her parents were not rich Shirley was a seamstress and Ed did was was called a civilian job meaning he did not get paid, he would keep an eye out for suspicious plains. Though her dad was not in the war she felt proud that he was helping with the war. Ed’s job of being a spotter become very important after the bombing of Pearl Harbor in 1941. My grandma has no memory of Pearl Harbor because she was so young. Being so young sheltered her from a lot of what was going on at that time.
Growing up in my generation, I have become very passionate about advocacy and peer education. I became passionate about these things as a result of always being the minority in a room of those who know little about different cultures and diversity. I was always surrounded by people who only expanded their minds to what they new and never considered the other sides. Angela Rye is an African American woman who serves on the Congressional Black Caucus Institute, Congressional Black Caucus Political Action Committee, and the Women in Entertainment Empowerment Network. On the 112th Congress, Rye served as the Executive Director and General Counsel to the Congressional Black Caucus and was tasked with developing the overall legislative and political
Rosie the riveter was the face of recruiting women into the Armed Forces during WWII. The increasing demand for soldiers was not being filled fast enough by just males. As a result, between the years 1940 and 1945, the percentage of female service members increased from 27% to 37%. Even on the civilian side of things, the ratio of married working women outside of their homes increased to one out of every four. The population of women that did not join the war was prompted by Rosie the Riveter’s iconic image to work in one of the many munitions industries throughout the US. In 1943, not only had the female population contributed exponential numbers in support of the war; but women had begun to dominate. Reports indicate that more than 310,000 women worked in the U.S. aircraft industry; this made up more than half of the total workforce. Prior to this moment in history, women’s involvement in the aircraft industry was merely one percent.
Oprah Gail Winfrey was born on January 29, 1954 in Kosciusko Mississippi her parents abandon her at 2 years old and her mother would move to Milwaukee and oprah was left to stay in mississippi with her grandmother. her grandmother was very good at teaching oprah how to read considering
Jacqueline K. Barton is well known for probing DNA by releasing electrons through it. In her high school, chemistry was not offered in the curriculum, so chemistry was first introduced to her when she enrolled in Barnard College of Columbia University. Barton took a chemistry class in Barnard College which led to her decision to major in chemistry. She received her Bachelor of Arts degree from Barnard College1. After she received her B.S. degree, she attended graduate school where her interest in DNA initiated. She received her Ph.D. in inorganic chemistry at Columbia University; she studied inorganic chemistry under the supervision of S.J. Lippard. After her completion of school, she did her postdoctoral fellowship at Bell Laboratories and
Britney Spears was born on December 2, 1981. She lived in Kentwood, Louisiana and was constantly performing in front of people and always wanted to be on 'Star Search'. Britney tried out for the New Mickey Mouse Club at age 8 and then again at 11 and made it. Then she went solo because her talent was evident and she wanted more (A & E Television Networks, 2011).
In this essay, I will cover three main topics and a poem preceding the last paragraph. In my first paragraph, I will discuss the Romantic Period and the qualities of being a “Romantic’ poet. In the second paragraph, I will discuss the biography of the esteemed Romantic Poet, Robert Burns. Following the second paragraph, I will discuss my thoughts about the Romantic styles and figurative languages found in one of Robert Burns’ poems. Next will be a copy of the poem discussed in paragraph three for the reader to view. On the last page will be the citing of all sources used to compose this essay.
I would like to discuss a person, who in our lifetime who was surely destined for failure. If there had not been an influential person in their life at the right time, who influenced them beyond their circumstances in life, where would this person be now?