Katie Johnson’s parents separated when she was eight-years-old. Her mother now lived with a man who was physically and verbally abusive, which made Katie Johnson's life Hell. The one thing that kept her going was her dream of becoming a glamorous fashion model. She saved money earned babysitting; so she could go to New York to visit modeling agencies. “I arrived at the Port Authority [bus terminal] and wondered where to start. There I met a woman who introduced herself as Tiffany.” She was nice and told me about the great parties models attend. Tiffany said, “if I joined her at the parties, she would introduce me to people who could get me into modeling.” She said she helped girls like me get what they want and also get paid. Tiffany asserted
Katie Darling was born a slave in Texas. When she was a child she was a nurse for the six children of the house and when she grew a little bigger she was also tasked with milking the cows. She slept on a pallet on the floor in the house and she would have to in the cow pen milking the cows by five every morning. She ate peas and greens but she was not allowed to eat any of the meat.
Becky Hammon had come to path higher than simply the 10 feet tall metal circle by turning into the first ever female coach for a NBA team. This Saturday Hammon impacted the world forever by turning into the first female Head coach in the NBA summer group of San Antonio Spurs. She is seen as a revolutionist who has been breaking and entering through every typecast set women in the field of games, thus creating a benchmark. "I simply believe it's critical for society that ladies be remunerated for their brains the same amount of as any fellow. To me, it's generally about the bigger picture.
Katie Marie Rivera was born and raised in New Bedford, Massachusetts. As a child she went to John Avery Parker Elementary Parker School. There she excelled to be in the honor roll for the 5 years she went there. When she hit 5th grade she transferred to a private all girls middle school, named Our sisters’ School (OSS). OSS was a big change for Katie.
Who would have thought that someone could go from being injured while in an active combat, to being a professional paratriathlete? Well, Melissa Stockwell did just that. In her younger ages, she loved her country to the extent of wanting to be in the army when she grew up. While knowing that she wanted to do that, she also kept in mind that she needed to be more athletic. Therefore, she began gymnastics at a younger age and also undertook many school activities.
Bonnie and Clyde’s Mark on The 1930’s It was a time of little hope and poverty in the 1930’s when Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow first took their opinionated stand against the Federal Bureau of Investigation along with local police enforcement. During their four years of criminal activity, they scared many american citizens in the midwest and south. Their crimes left many crying due to their loved ones dying, registers were emptied, and officers lay dead on asphalt to meadow. In 1934, Police officers were enraged with the outlaws and found a way to force the killers to stop.
Julia Johnson-Bey was born in Chicago, IL at Cook County hospital to Brother R. Johnson-Bey Sr. and Sister Cora Johnson-Bey. She grew up in a two-parent home with three much older brother. Now, Julia was the only girl and the youngest. Her brother was quite jealous because she received more of the finer things in life due to the fact she had older parents who had twenty plus years in their careers. Julia was raised in a strict home where morals and values were taught and executed.
The Great Depression was the longest-lasting economic downturn in the history of the United States. It began soon after the crash of the stock market in October of 1929. The Great Depression affected people all around the country in various fashions. An interview with Katherine Burton, a 20 year-old college student at the birth of the Depression, revealed that this time period made her question her future; if she would ever have a job, and greatly affected her family. Burton provided background to how her life was at the start of the Great Depression.
Andy Brown Honors Blind Eye of History Mrs. Schmidt 12 January 2023 Marsha P. Johnson Marsha P. Johnson is recognized as one of the most famous and memorable transgender people in America. She self identified as a gay person, a transvestite, and a drag queen, but the term transgender became more popular after her death. She is recorded as using exclusively She/Her pronouns. Marsha, first known as Black Marsha but later Marsha P. Johnson was an inspiration and help to many young trans and queer youth.
Katherine Johnson Katherine Johnson was born August 26, 1918. She was born in White Sulfur Springs, West Virginia. Her mother was a teacher and her father was a farmer and janitor. Katherine was one of the first African Americans to enroll in the mathematics program. With Katherine being one of the first to enroll in the mathematics program she was very intelligent.
“Your time to shine has arrived Jones.” “I appreciate it so much Chief, I promise you there is no way in which I can let you down.” “We already discuss it with the board, we trust you Jones. We analyzed your whole record history, starting four years ago when you were first recruited to this Secrete Teen Agent Institution. You are now one of our top agents, and definitely the perfect match for this important mission.
A young girl named Katherine G. Johnson received a scholarship from a well-known school which led her to be a human calculator of NASA. Before all black American are discriminated, everything they do can lead to a crime that no white people are arrested for. All ‘colored’ staff or employee are separated from the white Americans, they are secluded in the West building. Racism and sexism was so great at that time that everything was labelled for white and negro people. Like the bathrooms, where they get their coffee, or women can’t be engineers and so on and so forth.
A special person I know takes care of me, teaches me and inspires me, her name is Nikki Gerner. I first met Miss Nikki about a year ago when we went to visit her for a party. I believe Miss Nikki should come speak at island school because she is responsible , a good influence to all kids, and has been through a few difficult things but never gave up. Nikki is a very special person in my life that I appreciate her very much. To began,Miss Nikki has been divorced, is a single mother raising two boys on her own and she defeated uterine cancer.
Shirley Jackson was born in San Francisco on December 14, 1916. She spent most of her childhood in at the city of Burlingame, California. This is where she began to write many short stories. She went off to finish her studies at the University of Rochester.
Katherine Johnson is a Nasa Mathematician who was influenced by Dorothy Vaughn. She graduated from high school at the age of 15 and went to college at West Virginia at the age of 16. During her studies at WV, she took a variety of classes in the mathematics, English and French Departments. When she turned 18 she graduated cum laude with a bachelor in mathematics and French. Johnson first project was the calculation of the trajectory of the first astronaut to travel through space in 1961.
Amy Tan is a Chinese-American author who was born on February 19, 1952, in Oakland, California. In Tan’s early life she had many struggles because her parents desired for her “to hold onto Chinese traditions and her own longings to become more Americanized” (Encyclopedia). While she wanted to become a writer when she was still young, her parents wanted her to become a neurosurgeon. When she got older and went to college she majored in English then started her career in the 1970’s. She was a technical writer and then started writing fiction stories.