Annie Cannon's Accomplishments

Helen Keller was a woman that impacted the community greatly. She was the eyes of the blind and the ears of the deaf. She had many hurdles in her life but she never let them stop her from following her dreams. Keller not only accomplished her dreams but she also helped and made it possible for other woman to accomplish their dreams in life. This helped blind and deaf women to live regular, everyday lives as well.

Hypatia is known as one of the earliest mothers of mathematics. She lived in Alexandria, Greece from 370 to 415 B.C. She put a lot of her focus on astronomy throughout her life but she enjoyed math as well. Her father, Theon taught her literature, philosophy, science, math and the arts just to make sure she stayed well educated. She published papers and made comments on other famous people of her such as Diophantus (Morrow and Perl).

Angelou was honored with the Presidential Medal of the Arts; she received the Ford 's Theatre Lincoln Medal in 2008." "In 2011, President Barack Obama awarded her the nation 's highest civilian honor, The Presidential Medal of Freedom"("Maya Angelou Biography" 1) "Maya Angelou has published more than thirty titles of works" ("Maya Angelou Biography" 1). She has inspired numerous students, women, and people around the world. Throughout her life of ups and downs, Maya never gave up on her dreams and ended up living an amazing life. " Unfortunately, Maya Angelou passed away on May 28, 2014" ("Maya Angelou Biography"

The play, Silent Sky, follows the narrative of a 30-year old woman named Henrietta Leavitt and attempts to mirror Henrietta 's personal challenges with the obstacles that most women, in the early 1900s, had to undergo. Henrietta Leavitt can be considered the protagonist because she seems to have a set goal and she experiences the most substantial change, throughout the play 's entirety. She is first introduced as a small-town girl from Wisconsin with big ambitions but, gradually, as the story progresses, she morphs into a most valuable contributor to the field of Astronomy. Not only does her status and position in society change during the play, but she also learns many life lessons and achieves her goals. The character, Henrietta Leavitt,

Carol Burnett has won 22 Emmy Awards. Carol Burnett inspires me because she was successful in her life. Even though her childhood

She received many awards though including : Theodore Roosevelt Distinguished Service Medal in 1936, Presidential Medal of Freedom on 1964, and also got elected into the Women’s Hall of Fame in 1965. Helen had also earned many honorary doctoral degrees from Temple and Harvard University and from other universities around the world. She was also named Honorary Fellow of the Educational Institute of Scotland. Just only a few weeks before her eighty-eighth birthday, Helen died on June 1, 1968 in her sleep. Helen Keller was remembered as a powerful, hardworking, and respected young woman.

I have watched a lot of inspiring movies and I would say that Temple Grandin is the most striking. This movie revolves around a woman named, Temple Grandin, who became successful despite having limitations due to her autism. She graduated as college valedictorian and she also completed her Ph.D. Furthermore, the movie also shows the importance of moral support and understanding to the persons with autism for their consolation and feeling of relief. I commend the movie for effectively showing how a person with autism or disability like Temple Grandin could overcome her limitations and eventually become successful. The movie clearly emphasized that the support, help, understanding, respect and acceptance of people are some of the vital factors that influence the persons with autism to be optimistic in order to have a positive outlook in life.

And he achieve it! With a time of 2:27:47 seconds the time almost one minute of the old mark that was established. The experience over 20 years accumulating miles and winning races have allowed her to learn great lessons on this sport, now that she is married, is a mother and business woman, acknowledges that her career as a runner has taught her everything about what success in all The areas of life. So share the wisdom gained for the purpose of inspiring everyone regardless of age and remember that any effort is worth and that all you need is maybe put on those running shoes and start running.

One of the more uplifting themes in Hidden Figures is the power of sisterhood. The three women NASA mathematicians depend upon each other for advice, laughter, support and a safe haven from the daily stresses of their lives and workplace. In Beneath the Shadow of the Freeway, Dee Cervantes lives in a woman family where both her mother and grandmother found their places in each others lives. Her grandmother, the “innocent Queen” and her mother, the “Swift Knight, Fearless Warrior”. Both given Dee Cervantes knowledge upon their years.

Apart from the protagonist, the story introduces two characters that play a major role in Eduardo’s life. Eduardos’ mother, a hardworking woman, is introduced as a housekeeper from Weslaco, Texas. Throughout the story, the readers were able to see the mothers’ character not settle for less. She was introduced to many opportunities to follow her dreams and had a great support system encouraging her. “After six months of training, Mom was on her own and held the job title X-Ray Technician,” (Rice, 2011, p. 317) this shows the tremendous effort to achieve her goals.

“Her pioneering voyage and remarkable life helped, as President Barack Obama said soon after her death… ‘She inspired generations of young girls to reach for the stars for she showed us that there are no limits to what we can achieve’” (Knipfer). Ride’s influence is so strong that it has been helping young people to reach for dreams even after her death. Without Sally Ride’s intuition to help others, women and minorities might not have had people pushing them to achieve their dreams. Coupled with Ride’s great achievements, her instinct to help others made her a

Debbye was born in Hawaii, but spent most of her childhood moving, due to her father’s job as an officer in the Army. Despite the separation of her parents when she was only six years old, Debbye still recalls a childhood filled with love and happiness from both parents. Since being crowned Miss America in 1990, Debbye has travelled far to speak to millions of students from around the world. However, as exciting as it is, it can also be overwhelming.

Maria Mitchell died on June 28, 1889, at the age of seventy due to a brain disease. In 1902, her friends and supporters founded the Maria Mitchell Association. They also opened her home to visitors. She was elected to the Hall of Fame of Great Americans at New York University when it began in 1905, and in 1994, she became part of the National Women 's Hall of Fame in Seneca Falls, New York. Astronomers even honored her by naming a crater on the moon after

I believe that Sandra achieves pride in herself over the years by taking pride in the fact that she is the only daughhter out of seven children, the fact that she is a writer, most of all I think she took pride in all of her accomplishments . After writing successfully for ten years she received two "National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship and A guest professorship at the University of California, Berkeley. "(93) Her book was even sold to a major New York publishing house. But I think her greatest accomplishment was when heer father read her book and liked it.

Although gymnastics took up a lot of her time schooling was valuable to her. Shawn Johnson has had many influences in her life to make her who she is her family has always been there for her, gymnastics was like her second home, and education was a top priority. The first influence Shawn Johnson has is her family. “Since I practiced Monday through Saturday, Sunday was our family day.”