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.…
Mary Fields is a fantastic woman of the west. Firstly, Mary Fields was born in 1832 they don't actually know her real birth date. Secondly, she was known as the first African American mail carrier; And she was born into slavery during the administration of Andrew Jackson. Thirdly, she was owned by judge Dunne and was raised on their farm. Lastly, she immediately became friends with the judges daughter Dolly.…
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.…
Earlier Life Janie Porter Barrett was an American welfare worker; she was born August 9th, 1865 in Athens, Georgia and died August 27th, 1948 in Hampton, Virginia. Barrett grew up in the cultured Skinner family home, where her mother worked as live-in housekeeper and seamstress. Barrett was educated along with the Skinner’s children, where she learned mathematics and literature. Once Barrett’s mother got married and moved out of the Skinner’s home, Barrett continued living with the Skinners. Barrett lived the life of white privilege which was not typical of most African-Americans.…
In this essay I will be talking about Ms. Kathryn Johnston who was a nice woman to others. She was a lovely elderly woman who would all ways support kids. Ms. Kathryn Johnston would also help the kids out by giving them clothes and or either raising fundraises for the children that were in need. Ms. Johnston was born and raised here in Atlanta, Georgia on June 26, 1914 - November 21, 2006 at the age of 92 years old. “Every moment of life and dark is a miracle”-Walt Whiteman.…
Lucy Cain Brockway was born in Boulder, Colorado on November 30, 1998. She was born with her twin brother, Charlie. Her mom, Margie Cain, is a Speech and Language Pathologist and her dad, Jerry Brockway, is a Special Education teacher. Lucy grew up in a family committed to exploring and being active in the outdoors. Because of this, at a young age she was rafting down the Colorado River, cross country skiing, and hiking around Boulder.…
Born a slave in 1818, Elizabeth Keckley became a skilled dressmaker for First Lady Mary Todd Lincoln. After President Lincoln’s assassination, Keckley wrote one of the first personal accounts of life inside the Lincoln White House, Behind the Scenes: Or Thirty Years a Slave and Four Years in the White House. Elizabeth Keckley had experienced the exploitation and degradation common to thousands of slave women. She was born in Dinwiddie Court House, Virginia, and spent her childhood as a slave of the Burwell family. During adolescence, she was “loaned” to a North Carolina slave owner and beaten and eventually raped.…
While eating a tuna salad sandwich, Virgie Chambers and Mary Brown Randolph knew someone was about to make their debut; the birth of Mary Brown’s only daughter, favorite grandchild, DeAnna Chambers. She was born June 26, 1991, in Columbia, SC. She was born to the proud parents, the Reverend Charles Edward Chambers Sr. and Virgie Randolph Chambers. She was the first child for at least seven years until her beautiful baby sister was born, Mary Chambers. From birth, DeAnna’s parents knew there was something special about her.…
Mae Jemison is not only the first African American woman to go into space but a very intelligent and strong woman who has left a mark on the America. Mae Carol Jemison was born on October 17, 1956 in Decatur, Alabama. Her father, Charlie Jemison, worked as a roofer and a carpenter. Her mother, Dorothy Jemison worked as an elementary school teacher. When Jemison was three years old, her family moved to Chicago, Illinois.…
Mary Todd Lincoln was born as just Mary Todd on December 13, 1818. Mary was born into a large, prominent family in Lexington, Kentucky, a town that her family had helped found. Mary had a pretty good upbringing compared to the standard for her time. She grew up wealthy, as a result of her Father, Robert Todd’s astounding career as a merchant and politician. Despite Mary’s picture perfect life, she had to deal with tragedy at a very young age.…
Jane Elizabeth Hitchcock, a pioneer in public health, was born on August 31, 1863, in Amherst, Massachusetts to Dr. Edward and Mary Hitchcock. Jane was a very bright young women who pursued her education at Mount Holyoke Seminary and Cornell University where she was considered a “special student” (American Association for the History of Nursing, 2007). Jane completed her nursing education at New York Hospital Training School for Nurses and graduated in 1891. Jane chose to begin her nursing career back in her hometown of Massachusetts where she was the head nurse of Newton Hospital for three years from 1891 to 1893 (American Association for the History of Nursing, 2007). It was in 1896 Jane when decided to return to New York where she joined Lillian Wald and Mary Brewster who also two historically important nurses in the field of nursing.…
Catherine Opie is an American fine-art photographer. Best known as a portraitist, she also photographs landscapes, cityscapes, architecture, and lifestyles. At the center of her investigations are many questions about relationships to community, which she explores on in all her bodies of work. She has investigated the aspects of many different communities, while creating portraits of the people from them. Opie takes interest in how identities are shaped by our surroundings.…
Harriet Martineau was a political reformer from Great Britain who was thirty-two years old when she started a tour of United States. Harriet Martineau states, “The pride and delight of Americans is in their quality of land.” (73 Martineau). This means everything starts with the land you own and the more fertile it is the more valuable it is going to be. The acquiring of this land was a heavy force in manifest destiny because it expanded the territory of the United States.…
Mae C. Jemison Mae Jemison was a physician, a teacher, and founder and president of two technology companies. She was born on October 17th in the year 1956. Mae Jemison contributed to space exploration by being the first African American woman into space, her technical assignments launch support activities at the Kennedy space center in Florida, and she was a mission specialist. Currently she is an advocate for science. Jemison did well in high school, and attended Stanford University on scholarship at the age of 16.…