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Annie Jean Easley was born April 23, 1933 to Mary Melvina Hoover and Samuel Bird Easley, in Birmingham Alabama. She was raised, along with her older brother, by a single mom. Annie attended schools in Birmingham and graduated high school valedictorian of her class. Throughout high school Annie wanted to be a nurse because she thought that the only careers that were open to African American women at the time were nursing and teaching and she definitely did not want to teach so she settled on being a nurse but as she studied in high school she began thinking about becoming a pharmacist. Annie had the support and encouragement that she needed from her mother to continue on to study at Xavier University, which at the time was an African-American

Mary Margaret Penrose - Professor of Law Texas A&M An accomplished Title IX and civil rights attorney, Mary Margaret (Meg) Penrose holds a juris doctor from Pepperdine University, where she served as a managing editor of the Pepperdine Law Review and a volunteer attorney with the Homeless Advocacy Project. She subsequently earned a master of laws with a concentration in international human rights from the University of Notre Dame. While practicing law throughout the 1990s, Mary Margaret Penrose provided pro bono representation in a range of Title IX issues and school disciplinary proceedings.

Wheaton College announced appointment of new provost, Margaret Diddams, who will the college 's first woman at the position in its 150-year history.

On 14th March 1917, the Harradine brothers enlisted in the Canadian Army at the regimental depot of Lord Strathcona’s Horse, known as, The Royal Canadians. There appears to have been a delay before Leslie Harradine’s attestation29 to serve in the CEF for the duration of the war, 6th April 1917. He named as his next of kin, his father, Charles Percy Harradine of 12 Wandle Road Wandsworth, London. On 29th April 1917, along with the Seventh Draft of the Strathcona’s Leslie Harradine left Canada aboard the SS Olympia, disembarking in England, 7th May 1917. He was stationed at the Canadian Reserve Cavalry Regiment (CRCR) at Shorncliffe near Folkestone, Kent. The town of Shorncliffe housed the Royal Military Hospital of 434 beds and its necessary complement of nurses.30.The Harradine family believes that while he was at Shorncliffe he became acquainted with Edith May Denton, a beautiful nurse aged twenty. It would appear that as soon as Edith May Denton achieved her majority, she married Harradine

On the night of July 4, 1954 Marilyn Sheppard was brutally murdered. On this night, in Cleveland, Ohio, she was beaten to death in her home. In the crime scene investigation it said that it was a “tidy, ransacked house” which meant that it looked like a robbery, but nothing was stolen. Who committed this brutal murder? Well according to police records, her very own husband, Sam Sheppard (www.statementanalysis.com).

Ms. Velma Annette James was born December 28, 1956 in St. Louis, Missouri to William Hall and Sylvia James. Ms. James mother and father preceded her in death. She was the eldest of three brothers, Joseph James, Ralph Wright and Bradford James. Although her mother did not have any daughters, Velma found a sister in her favorite cousin, Diana Hunt Lewis Johnson. Sherrie Armstead and Sandra Tunstall who were inseparable since grade school. She was also the eldest of her father’s children, Lynette Murphy, Michael (Dia) Hall, Lori Jones, Tyrone (Denise) Hall, Kenny Hall, Keith “Bill” (Felecia) Hall, Reggie (Carmen) Hall, Donnell Hall, Sebastian Harris, Star (Eric) Hall “her twin”, Tracy (Kenny) Bobo, Sharell Hall “her baby sister” and Jerome Hall Jr.

Annie Mae Lytle. She was my biggest cheerleader. My grandmother sacrificed so much for me and my family. She was born and raised in South Carolina. Raised by her aunts because her mother died at a young age. She never graduated from the third grade. Yet she's managed to travel the world, raising 6 kids and 10 grand kids and many great-grand children. Not to mention she could make the best banana pudding. I've known my sweet granny all my life. She was a nurturing soul. With words of wisdom. She loves to tell us the scripture Philippians 4:13 “I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.” She swore by this scripture. She felt as if you just believe you could overcome any adversity in life. As, she did. She grew up at in what most people

The Life and Magic of Debbie Reynolds Debbie Reynolds, one of the movie industry’s leading actresses. Who we have tragically lost this past year in December. Being the inspiration she was, she had accomplished a lot in her lifetime. From small town beauty pageants in Utah to big time movies in Hollywood, this woman was one of the most respected and beloved actresses of her time, and still is today. This is only a minute accounting of her accomplishments and actions, but will most likely be the most remembered facts about her.

BALTIMORE, MARYLAND— Early this year, Baltimore Antiques Show became Baltimore Art, Antique & Jewelry Show. When the name change was announced, several people raised their eyebrows. They could not understand why it was necessary to change the name of this fair that has become a major Baltimore attraction.

Did you know that more sharks are killed yearly by people than shark attacks to humans? Well Bethany Hamilton was very lucky and unlucky at the same time. She was also very inspiring to a lot of people because of what happened to her. She was attacked by a shark and lost her arm which is very unlucky, but she’s also very lucky she left the beach alive. Bethan Hamilton showed great resilience in overcoming a shark attack in order to achieve her surfing dream.

Austie Eckley is a makeup artist that is located in Portland, Oregon. Austie Eckley first started working as a makeup artist with MAC over ten years ago. They specialize in bridal accessories and in exceptional hair and makeup. Austie Eckley has been featured in numerous publications such as Rachel Ray Magazine, Runners World Magazine, Portland Bride and Groom Magazine, Oregon Bride Magazine, Seattle Bride and Groom Magazine, Utah Bride and Groom Magazine, and more.

Margaret Bourke-White was born on June 24,1904, to Joseph and Minnie White in Bronx, New York. As a young child Margaret was brought into this world as one of the white’s three offspring. Her father was an engineer who valued photography and all that it could capture; whereas, her mother defied stereotypes and became one of the few women ,during that time, to have an education. Graduating from Plainfield High School in Union City, Bourke disregarded her photographic interests and attended Columbia university to study herpetology. There was a brief lapse in time where Bourke showed no interest in photography after her father’s passing in 1922. Following this event Bourke transferred to the University of Michigan. Noticing her daughter’s need

I chose to research Andy Griffith for my project mainly because he had a TV show named after him, but now I know a whole lot more of what he accomplished in his life, here 's what I learned.

Laura Ingalls Biography Laura Ingalls was born on February 7, 1867, into the dirt poor, warm hearted Ingalls family. She grew up in a fabulous home full of chores, tons and tons of daily grind , but also scruples and memories that she would one day write about. Her parents coached her through all of the hard knocks and the customs of pioneering life and she was quite proficient in her studies. Later on, she turned into a teacher and married Almanzo Wilder, who was practically 10 years older than her!

George Eliot is a novelist and poet of the Victorian Age, who strategically analyzed the behaviors of society towards women. This cultivated author originally named Mary Ann Evans went by the pen name George Eliot because of the way women authors were analyzed and treated during the eighteen hundreds. Mary Evans did not want her works to be mistaken for romantic novels or held to the biased standards of a female author. Over her years of living she wrote many psychological novels revealing the attitudes and treatments of society. Mary Evans of all of the people in the Victorian Age knew the treatment of the Victorian Society against women all too well. Ms. Evans experienced much of the ill treatment first hand, especially dealing with alleged