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.…
Liza Koshy Elizabeth Shaila Koshy, better known as Liza Koshy, is a 21 year old Vine, YouTube, Musical.ly, and social media star. Koshy has also played roles in numerous TV shows and movies, including Freakish, Boo! A Madea Halloween, Escape the Night, and Jingle Ballin’. Koshy has gained most of her fame through her YouTube accounts. She has two YouTube accounts, Liza Koshy, with 12,654,212 subscribers, and Liza Koshy Too, with 5,330,789 subscribers.…
Becki Eaton was born in Sacramento California. She married her husband Jay and moved to Porterville in 1963, where they lived until they built their home near Springville in 1970. She and her husband raised three wonderful sons together. Becki worked as a nurse for many years in the local area before retiring. Becki learned to sew by hand when she was only six years old, and within a year she was sewing with a machine.…
Lucy Craft Laney was born April 13, 1854 in Macon, Georgia. She was the daughter of former slaves. She was taught to read by her mother as an adolescent. At the age of 15, she enrolled at Atlanta University, and then she graduated in 1873. From the university, she went to educate African Americans, and later, opened her own school in 1883.…
Eliza Pickeny was the daughter of George Lucas who was a British Army lieutenant-colonel and lieutenant governor of Antigua. They do not know that much about her mother. When she was young her father sent her to school which was odd for a women in that era of time. While her father was in the war she had to control the plantations that her farther owned. She teaches of the African American women to read and write so they can teach there kids.…
Savannah Liechty is a sixth grader at bishop leibold School. She lives in Springboro, Ohio with her brother,and her mom and dad. Savannah owns three cats that she loves very much. In her free time she delights in color guard, dance, horseback riding, horse shows,and pretty much any one thing that has to do with a horse. Her beloved horse is Jeffry and she hopes to buy him soon.…
Ellie Jones was born with a deformity that caused her jaw to stop growing properly. She was the victim of bullying as the result of this deformity. The girl's teeth were not lined up properly, so her family decided to take her to the orthodontist when she was 14. They had no idea that Ellie's jaw had stopped growing when she was just eight-years-old.…
Lizzie : The Life and Times Elizabeth ( Lizzie ) Johnson was a student , teacher, cattle queen,wife, and financer. She has accomplished all of these titles and more successfully. Elizabeth Johnson has also been an amazing role model to many people around the world. Years pass by and the name of Elizabeth Johnson continues to be well known and for good reason at that. Early in Life Elizabeth Johnson was born in the year of 1840.…
to the population. The next influential clubwomen to take up the cause for reconstruction were Maude Moore Latham and Gertrude Carroway. Affluence and influence were needed to get the reconstruction project off the ground, and Maude Moore Latham had both. She was involved and held leadership positions with many groups and societies such as: North Carolina Art Society, Folk Lore Society, Literary and Historical Association, Book Club, Woman’s Club of Greensboro, Garden Club of North Carolina.…
For this paper I will be answering the question, “how did the American Civil War effect Elizabeth Val Lew”. I have always had a strong interest in the Civil War. I am particularly interested in the Battle of Gettysburg and Michigan’s involvement in the war. Recently I have become interested in the role women had during the war as well. During the war many women enlisted in positions that were mainly set aside for men, for example nurses.…
Lydia Huntley Sigourney was an amazing poet and writer who lived in Hartford, CT. She wrote poems such as Letters to my Pupils, Letters to Young Ladies, Letter of my Life, and many more. She inspires me in many ways and she is a huge inspiration to many young writers. Mrs. Sigourney started out as a teacher and operated a private school for young ladies. Later, when she married Charles Sigourney in 1819 she gave up teaching and devoted herself full-time to her family and writing.…
“I’m well aware I’ve accidentally set myself on fire. I don’t need your pity water. Let me burn in peace,” (Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton). This quote shows how strong Schuyler was after the affair her husband had. She still kept her head up.…
Elizabeth Blackwell was a major pioneer for women’s rights in the medical field. She was an extraordinary influence on the women of her time as well as the women of today. Elizabeth Blackwell had an extremely challenging lifetime, but throughout her trials and long education, she had immense help from many different people as her interest in medicine grew; this led her to become a leader in the field of medicine. Elizabeth Blackwell’s life was full of countless hardships but she continued to persevere. She was born and raised in England, but her family was forced to move when her father’s sugar refineries burned (President of Harvard University, 2015).…
I put a lot of thought into my topic for National History Day. I chose Elizabeth Blackwell for a number of reasons. The first is that I wanted to do a project on someone from the medical field. There were many notable people from the medical field, but Elizabeth Blackwell stood out because she didn’t make a medical advancement, but an advancement in equal rights for women. Not only did she make more women doctors, but also of different minorities and ethnicities.…
There is always a secret, no one should ever know, but if a person digs hard enough they will find it. Rather it is a baby farmer who is rumored to have killed over 400 children, a man who decided to control women and bending them to his own sadistic desires, or a woman who rapes, mutilates, and kills girls with her husband. Not all the skeletons in Britain’s closet are as well known as Jack the Ripper but they are just as cruel and unusual serial killers, such as Amelia Dryer and the couple Fred and Rose West .…