Marie Salle was born somewhere in 1707 in Paris, France. It wasn’t said who her parents exactly were but she was born into a family of travelling entertainers. She had a brother named Francis that she performed with for her first performance. During Salle’s childhood she got started dancing at a young age and became a hit very soon.…
Have you ever went somewhere and did something you didn't think you'd do? In the novel The Marino Mission, we meet Alexa McCurry, who is introduced as the main character. Alexa’s mission is mysterious. The mission exudes secrecy by nobody knowing, connections with the military, and Pecas’s baby missing. Her mission is clandestine because Alexa and her friend, Jose are the only ones that knows about it.…
The woman behind the HeLa cells, Henrietta Lacks, holds relevant today and forever. The unethical acts of the scientific and public health community lead to consequences that create a lasting impact on affected communities. Henrietta’s story and other immoral research practices have left a stain on the way disadvantaged groups view medicine, doctors, and public health. This stain will lead to a decrease in the efficacy of their healthcare and in turn hinder them even further.…
She was also the first professor hired at Vassar college. One of her famous quotes was, “ There is so cosmetic for beauty, like happiness”. Maria’s legacy will live on through our studies of astrology. Maria was born August 1, 1818 of nine children, in Nantucket, Massachusetts. She was born into a family that practiced the Quaker tradition.…
PTSD has affected millions of people for years now. About 8 million adults suffer with PTSD during a given year (PTSD: National Center for PTSD). Not only does the individual have to live with it, but so do those who love them. In the short story “The Red Convertible” written by Louise Erdrich, two brothers are living through the time of the Vietnam War, and their struggle with PTSD. The emotional rollercoaster Erdrich takes us on, through the time before Henry leaves, to the time he comes back, and finally to his giving up are all here for us feel.…
Dark matter. One of the greatest, most mysterious discoveries in the history of science was unearthed by Vera Rubin in 1978. The galactic spearhead of the 50’s, Vera Rubin is a marvelous American woman because of her discoveries in the area of dark matter, galactic rotation curves, and her work in gender equality. Vera Cooper Rubin was born on July 23, 1928 in Philadelphia. Vera’s father, Philip Cooper, was an electrical engineer.…
Marie Curie was such an intelligent woman who was able to make a huge contribution to history as she discovered things nobody even knew existed. Curie made a contribution to history to the extent where she died for the things she loved and not only that saved all of human kind by providing the race with her discovery of radiation and her invention of an x-ray machine. They x-ray machine was so important that it was even used in World War 1 to x-ray the soldiers in the army to identify what was wrong with them. Not once but twice she won Nobel Prizes for her efforts and became the first woman to do so. She also made history whilst working with fellow scientist Albert Einstein and Max Planck and helped make ground-breaking discoveries within…
Sitting at my desk, I stared down at my schoolwork while my mind remained static. Suddenly, I found myself beginning to radiate golden light as my body faded from existence; then before I knew it, I rematerialized out of thin air. This does not happen often, so I was rather confused as I stood atop a cloud, high up in the sky. That is, until I noticed a large, human-like figure appear before me in a holy light. He raised his hands and smiled down at me before bellowing out, “Behold, for it is I; Gabe Newell!”…
A Ray of Hope Much like the dystopian and corrupt Republic in Marie Lu’s Legend, the world seems to be a sea of violence, destruction, death, and overall chaos. However, there is a way for some to survive. The American government has created vaults, or well fortified buildings, that can guarantee the safety of those inside during these hard and cruel times in the world, meaning that there is hope for some of the civilians to survive. Unfortunately, there is a keyword there and it is “some.” There is only so much space inside each safe-room, meaning that not everyone can reside in a sanctuary until the chaos ends.…
Annelies Marie Frank was born on June 12, 1929 in Frankfurt, Germany. Anne and her family went into hiding when her older sister, Margot, got a call-up. Later, they were joined by the Van Daan’s and Mr. Dussel. While in hiding, Anne expressed her thoughts and feelings in a diary, which she named Kitty. This diary later influenced a movie.…
Rachel Carson was one of the most influential and is often attributed with starting the modern environmental movement. Her work with Silent Spring, a book documenting the harmful effects on the environment, and other writings are often credited with moving the environmental movement forward. Rachel Carson was born on May 27, 1907, on a small farm near Springdale, Pennsylvania. She was the daughter of Maria Frazer, and Robert Warden Carson, an insurance salesman. Carson was an avid reader, and spent a lot of time working and exploring around her family farm.…
From 1337 until 1453, the French and British were fighting over who was the rightful heir to the French throne in the Hundred Years’ War. The warring between the two countries was almost stopped when King Henry V had several consecutive victories, leading to his ability to forced Charles VI to name Henry V as the successor for the throne. This was to be the end of conflict until Henry V died in 1422 a few months before Charles VI did. The two deaths led to a disagreement of who was to inherit the throne. It was expected that Henry VI, the infant son was to become king and the court advisors were going to rule in his place until he was old enough.…
Marie Curie was born on November 7, 1867 in Warsaw, Poland. Marie’s father studied science and enjoyed it, but was also a very major part in her inspiration to pursue her career. Her mother was a very intelligent in her school…
On May 12, 1820, Florence Nightingale was born, and named after her birthplace, Florence, Italy. It is always strange that one thing can be born in a second, but the consequences of that one small thing can expand tremendously. And at that one second, the person who was just born was going to grow up to be an inspiration to countless. That individual was going to save the millions in the future, and completely revolutionise medicine forever. She will forever be known as the Lady of the Lamp.…
For the Carleton Prize for Biotechnology, I would like to nominate the brilliant scientist Rosalind Franklin. Her crystallographic work at King’s College, London was a crucial contribution to the double-helix model of DNA discovered by James Watson and Francis Crick (Gregory, 2002). Her contributions to the scientific community are still being quoted today and without the discovery of the structure of DNA, present day scientific projects such as The Genome project would not have been possible (“Rosalind Franklin”, n.d.; Alberts et. al, 2002).…