Mary Winston Jackson: Accomplishments. Known mainly from the 2016 award winning film “hidden figures” and the book by Margot lee Shetterly, Mary Winston Jackson, was a brilliant African woman who worked as African American woman who worked as an aeronautical engineer at NASA, during the years of segregation. Prior to her accomplishments, Mary Winston Jackson was just an ordinary girl born Hampton, Virginia. She attended an all-black school, and graduated with unbelievably high grades.…
I propose a toast to you, Shirley Temple. I want to honor you for your incredible contribution to the acting industry, especially during the Great Depression. The hundreds of movies and short films that you starred on, singing songs and tap-dancing as your tiny curls shimmered and bounced, have inspired everyone. Shirley’s movies often invokes childhood memories as she started acting at a very young age. Many people loved and admired her bright and cheerful attitudes in her films.…
It was hard for “The Queen of Comedy”, (http://www.people.com/people/archive/article /020120220, 00.html) Lucille Ball, to get to the success that I Love Lucy gave her. She had dreamed of becoming a famous actress since the age of 12. She attended the John Murray Anderson/ Robert Milton School of Theater and Dance to help her achieve that goal.…
Lucille Ball Makenzie Schlie Lucille Ball was one of the most influential people during the last hundred years. She was born on August 6, 1911, in Jamestown New York. Her father, Henry, who was called, had died when Lucy was only three years old. Her mother‘s name was Desiree Ball, and her brother‘s name was Fred Ball. Her mother remarried to a man named Ed Peterson.…
The Eulogy of Tessie Hutchinson I, Bill Hutchinson, am here with all of you today to embrace my memories of my wife, Tessie Hutchinson. For all of you who remember, Tessie was a mother of three children and a very loyal towns person. I just want to say that I think the lottery should be put to an end because it’s not fair anymore. We have lost many lives while doing this and other towns have stopped so I think it’s time for us to stop too. Tessie and I met in high school and we became high school sweethearts.…
Dorothy Dandridge was an American actress and popular singer that got pushed by her mom, Ruby Dandridge, also an famous actress, to be one with her sisters. She started singing at Harlem's Cotton Club and Apollo Theatre and later on to become the first African-American woman to be nominated for an Academy Award for best actress. Later on, she had to deal with segregation and racism at the industry because that was what she had to deal with. After her divorcement, she continued to sing but went solo and went to international trips. She continued doing things her way until she died 1965 of drug…
J. Edgar Hoover called her one of “two of the most dangerous anarchists in this country,” yet Emma Goldman now is more fondly remembered than feared. A pioneer of anarcha-feminism, Goldman helped pave the way for women’s liberation and free-love ideology. She preached of the benefits from and need for communism in its purest form, and for the abolishment of classes. Her speeches fueled the anarchic fire that burned throughout the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Born in Lithuania in 1869, she moved to Rochester, NY after refusing to let her father marry her off.…
Courage is the price that life wants for granting peace” This is one of Amelia Earhart’s quotes. Amelia had proven many things in her lifetime and had affected many people in her life. She was the first woman to fly across the atlantic ocean in 1932. These are some of the many things that makes up her life and have proven her to be one of the most influential person in the world. Amelia Earhart had made many accomplishments during her lifetime.…
Norma Jeane Mortenson was born June 1, 1926 in Los Angeles, California. Also known as Marilyn Monroe. Marilyn had a very rough childhood which started with her never knowing who her father was. She spent most of her childhood in foster homes because her mother was mentally ill and unsuitable to take care of a child after she tried to smother Marilyn with a pillow at the age of 2. In 1937 a close family friend and her husband decided t o take care of her for a few years.…
Marilyn Monroe once said,“give a girl the right pair of shoes, and she’ll conquer the world,” and this is exactly what she did. Marilyn Monroe has held many stereotypes and scandals about herself, but she has changed many people’s views on the film-making industry. Marilyn Monroe has impacted the roles of women in the movie making business and has left behind a legacy that overcame her difficult childhood and struggles in her adult life. Marilyn Monroe was known to have a difficult childhood that affected her greatly later in her adult life and was one of the reasons she had many psychological problems. She was born as Norma Jean Baker on June 1st, 1926 in Los Angeles, California.…
Audrey Hepburn was not as confident as she portrayed in all of her performances. She did not believe in herself, but she still emanated out on top winning two awards in the short time of one week. Hepburn was a beautiful but fragile actress, “Thin, longed legged, with exquisite fragility, Hepburn possessed a pixyish charm that was tempered by unmistakable class” (Siegel and Siegel). Audrey Hepburn looked and fit the part for her countless movie and production roles. She blended in with all of the Hollywood stars who had grown up in the spotlight.…
Shirley started her career at the young age of three. She was in several film roles such as Baby Burlesks her first big role at the age of four (“Shirley Temple Black”). The movie Bright Eyes launched her acting career into international stardom (“Shirley Temple, Child). Shirley was born just prior to the Great Depression in 1929 when the job opportunities were at an all time low (“Shirley Temple”). When her career was at a peak, she won…
Some people say that Marilyn Monroe had a loveless childhood. She was born on June 1 1926 as Norma Jeane Mortenson and stayed with her mom (Black). Monroe's mom had many mental problems and was committed to a mental institution…