Dorothy Johnson Vaughan was born september 20,1910 in her hometown Kansas City, Missouri. She was hired by NACA which later became (NASA) December of 1943. Dorothy made important contributions to the early years of the U.S. space program and was the first African American manager at the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics. As a group of African American female mathematicians who were considered “human computers” performing complex computations and getting data for aerospace engineers. Dorothy Johnson was responsible for calculating mathematical computations for engineers conducting aeronautical experiments in wind tunnels on the variables effecting the drag and lift of the aircraft.…
When her parents died when she was seven, her older sister, Louvenia, moved to Mississippi and brought Walker along. Walker met a man named Moses McWilliams. They fell in love and got married when Walker…
Lizzie Johnson was born in Missouri on May 9, 1840 she died at the age 84 in October 9, 1924 . Lizzie’s family was shocked it was not just that they had lost a beloved member of the family. They were also shocked and surprised to learn that Lizzie had amassed a fortune during her life she had 245,701.In 1844, the family moved to Texas, living in Huntsville, Lockhart and Webberville before settling on Bear Creek in Hays County. Lizzie´s real name is Elizabeth Ellen Johnson. She was the 2nd child out of 7 kids born to Thomas Jefferson Johnson and Catherine Johnson.…
Madam C.J. Walker was the first African American millionaire to exist. During her childhood she was orphaned at the age of seven and go married for the first time at the age of fourteen. She was a very prominent woman in the beauty market in 1910. She created a line of hair products that helped with scalp problems that cause hair loss. She made her start when she started experimenting with different hair products, she eventually created a formula that created a smooth, shiny coiffure for African American women.…
Belle Boyd Isabelle Boyd, or Belle Boyd, was on the Confederate Army’s side during the Civil War (Belle Boyd, 2017). Boyd was born on May 9, 1844. Boyd’s parents owned and ran a general store in Berkeley County, Virginia. Boyd loved her home and the environment around her. At 12, she was sent to Mount Washington Academy until she was 16.…
Memphis Minnie, born Lizzie Douglas was a rural blues musician. She played the guitar and was a vocalist. She not only played and sung music she also wrote music. She began playing at an early age. In 1929 she was brought on by Columbia Records.…
Sarah Breedlove known as Madame C.J.Walker was born on December 23,1867,near Delta Louisiana. Madame C.J.Walker is known for an entrepreneur,philanthropist,and a political and social activist. At the age of six years old her parents died after the area was struck by a yellow fever,which is a viral infection spread by a particular species of mosquitoes. The young child then moved to Vicksburg,Mississippi to live with her sister Louvinia and brother in Law Jesse Powell where she work as a housemaid. To escape from being abuse by her sister husband Jesse Powell ,she married Moses McWilliams at the age of fourteen years old.…
On Thursday July 3, 2003, thirteen-year-old Paulina Lee’s mother, Christine, asked her to run over to the mini-mart across the street from their house and buy plastic plates. She gave her daughter ten dollars to spend. At approximately 6:40 pm, Paulina left her house to go to the store, but she never arrived. No witnesses ever came forward.…
There once lived a girl named Bessie that lived in Prattville, Alabama. She was 19 when she died. Bessie was the type of person that loved her family and friends, and she was very sociable. The only things that Bessie didn’t like was liars and apples. Bessie birthed two kids, in which were twins.…
Madam C.J.Walker, was born Sarah Breedlove, she created hair products for African American hair and was one of the first American women to become a self made millionaire. Madam Walker made her money by inventing hair products that straightens kinky hair,. Madam Walker was a phenomenal woman, she built her community and women self esteem. Sarah Breedlove was born in the late 1867. Sarah also was born on a cotton plantation, also she was the first of her family to be born free.…
What caused the U.S. to focus on improving prosthetics? The Minnie ball a bullet that was used in war. When it hits its target it will flatten on affected. Causing way more damage and the bullets are made out of lead so the person that was shot will get lead in their system so the only opinion while on the field is amputation. Amputation was the only options at the time because it was very fast and at that time they didn't have methods like we do today and At the time there was so many people being brought in it was faster to just amputate then go into a big surgery to save the limb.…
Close your eyes and imagine you are a very famous deaf actress and they just called your name as the winner of the Tony award. The whole audience is clapping and screaming for you but you can't hear it. This is exactly what Phyllis Frelich went through. Phyllis Frelich, the first deaf tony award winner, was born into the Pisces(zodiac sign) family on a leap year in 1944(February 29th) in Devils Lake, North Dakota.…
Born on May 16th, 1930, Betty Carter at the age of 16 first started her career in jazz music. She first started singing in Detroit jazz clubs and after 1946 continued to work in bars and theaters in the Midwest under the name Lerene Carter. At a young age, Betty Carter began to study piano at the Detroit Conservatory of Music. Carter was inspired to make her own style of music after hearing the vocalists Billie Holiday and Sarah Vaughn. Lionel Hampton asked her to join his band in 1948 but Carter's continued suggestion of improvising started to annoy Hampton and he fired her seven times in two and a half years.…
“Baloney I’m going to send you into the fields in two days with Tyrone.” grumbled my slave owner.(1)The declaration of independence is signed, Some states started to ban slavery. (4) It was 1855 when slve owners were sent to the fields. It was 1855 and my slave owner was going to send me to the cotton fields but I'm highly allergic to cotton.(4)…
Carol Whitaker Bio: Carol Whitaker knows firsthand what it takes to transform oneself from the inside out. She went from being chronically ill to thriving joyfully and abundantly as a successful entrepreneur, wife, and mother. She shares her life-changing principles as an in demand speaker, coach, and author. Carol is passionate about motivating and inspiring her audiences to achieve unlimited success. In her acclaimed book “Ridiculously Happy!…