Aileen Wuornos was born on February 29, 1956 in Rochester, Michigan. The young Wuornos experienced a horrifying childhood. Wuornos would later state that she was sexually abused by her grandfather and had sexual relations with her brother. She became pregnant by her early teens, and the infant was given up for adoption. Having previously been a ward of the state, Wuornos traveled from place to place as an adult, hitchhiking and engaging in sex work to survive. She was arrested during the mid-1970s for charges related to assault and disorderly conduct and eventually settled in Florida, where she met wealthy yachtsman Lewis Fell. The two were married in 1976, but divorced shortly thereafter, upon Wuornos being arrested in another altercation.
By age 10, Wuornos and her brother began experimenting sexually with each other and by 14, she was pregnant and initially claimed her brother was the father but would later state that she had been raped by an older man from her neighborhood (Biography.com, 2010). She gave the baby up for adoption and then left home to hitchhike across America to work as a prostitute.
Born February 29th, 1956 as Aileen Pittman, Wuornos’ life was a time bomb from the start. From her father, Dale Pittman, was convicted of being a schizophrenic child molester after raping a seven-year-old girl (Myers, W., Gooch, E. and Meloy, J., 2005). He eventually committed suicide in prison. Diane Pittman, a teen unfit mother, made the
Aileen Wuornos was born on February 29, 1956, in Rochester, Michigan. Aileen was abused as a child and this led up to her life of sex and murder. Having been involved in previous instances with the law, she made a living as a prostitute on Florida's highways, and in 1989 she killed a man who had picked her up. She then went on to kill at least five other men, that was confirmed in court, and was eventually caught, convicted and placed on death row in Florida. Though her sanity was questioned, Wuornos was executed by lethal injection in 2002.
Shirley Chisholm, the first black woman to be elected to the U.S. House of Representatives, died on January 1, 2005. She was 80 years old.
"Lizzie Borden took an axe, and gave her mother forty whacks; When she saw what she had done, she gave her father forty-one." Wrong. It is all wrong because Lizzie Borden is innocent. In 1892, the murders of Andrew and Abby Borden were committed. The real question is, is Lizzie Borden guilty or innocent? I strongly believe that Lizzie Borden is not guilty for the murder of her father and stepmother. I have these beliefs because there is no physical evidence proving that Lizzie is guilty, she wrote letters showing grief and a sensitive side, and Andrew had many people against him due to his business dealings. Altogether, it is simply not a possibility that Lizzie is guilty.
Relationships are the key to having a very open and enjoyable life, or either a sad and lonely one. They also are more than that of being someone’s boy/girl friend or husband and wife. According to Dictionary.com, relationships are defined as connections, associations, or involvement. My personal relationship with my son is outstanding. We are extremely open with on another and assure the love we have for each other is irreplaceable. Lizzie Borden, a woman accused of murdering her father and stepmother in the late 1860s, had a very strange relationship with her family. Although she had a pretty good relationship with sister Emma, her relationship with her parents was very different. She and her stepmother
In 1976, Wuornos hitchhiked to Florida, where she met 69-year-old yacht club president Lewis Gratz Fell. They married that same year, and the announcement of their nuptials was printed in the local newspaper's society pages. However, Wuornos continually involved herself in confrontations at their local bar and eventually went to jail for assault. She also hit Fell with his own cane, leading him to get a restraining order against her. She returned to Michigan[9][10] where, on July 14, 1976, she was arrested in Antrim County, Michigan, and charged with assault and disturbing the peace for throwing a cue ball at a bartender's head.[11] On July 17, her brother Keith died of esophageal cancer and Wuornos received $10,000 from his life insurance. Wuornos and Fell annulled their marriage on July 21 after only nine weeks.[12] In August 1976, Wuornos was given a $105 fine for drunk driving. She used her inheritance money that she had received from her late brother Keith the previous month to pay the fine and spent the rest of her inheritance money within two months by using it to buy luxuries including a new car, which she wrecked shortly afterwards.[13]
After going through a lot of heartbreak on Bachelor in Paradise, Carly Waddell is moving on and has found love again. US Magazine shared the news that Carly is sharing that she has a boyfriend and that she got to know him while living in Nashville. She is actually dating country singer and songwriter Erik DiNardo. Carly is finally admitting that they are more than friends.
“Your perspective on life comes from the cage you were held captive in.” Shannon L. Alder. Patty Hearst was a 19 year old college student who was kidnapped from her apartment in Berkeley. Her kidnappers were members of the Symbionese Liberation Army. She was heavily beaten and passed out during her abduction. Gun shots from a machine gun were also fired.
Aileen Wuornos was born on February 29th, 1956 to Diane Wuornos and Leo Dale Pittman. She had an older brother to Keith (Shipley & Arrigo, 2004). Her father was arrested and charged with children sexual abuse and was imprisoned, but committed suicide while serving his jail term. Her mother abandoned her and her brother under the care of her grandparents, Lauri and Britta. At the age of eleven, she had started engaging in sexual activities and abuse of drugs such as alcohol and smoking cigarettes. She was raped and became pregnant at the age of fourteen. She delivered a baby boy and placed him for adoption and dropped out of school. She was thrown out of her grandparents' house and began making a living through prostitution (Shipley & Arrigo, 2004).
Sandra Day-O’Connor was nominated for the Supreme Court in 1981 by President Ronald Regan. An amazing woman, O’Connor’s accomplishments are many. After, surprisingly, being accepted into Stanford law school, O’Connor graduated third in her class of 102 in 1952 (Institute 2000). O’Connor, like many women of her time, could not get a job as a lawyer because of prejudice and discrimination. This did not stop this determined woman, or even slow her down! The road from a remote southwestern Arizona ranch to the first female Republican Senate majority leader and then first female Supreme Court Justice was fraught with stereotypical female prejudice.
Carol Aichele is the secretary of state for Pennsylvania. She has three children and is married. Her children’s names are Steve, Kate, and Tom. Her husband’s name is Stephen. She was born in Elmira, NY and she lives now in Tredyffrin, Pennsylvania.
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Aileen Wuornos was born in Michigan on February 29, 1956. She grew up in a rough situation as a child. Her father served prison time for child molestation, her mother left her and her brother, and she was sexual abused by her grandfather. Once she was kicked out of her family’s home she entered a life of exchanging sex for money to make a living. She was known for working Florida’s highways for her business. A major influence on her life was Tyria Moore, who she met in Daytona and would carry out a romantic relationship with. In 1989, she killed the first male, Richard Mallory, that had picked her up on the highway. Throughout the years, Aileen Wuornos was caught and convicted for killing six men in Florida. In 2002, her mental state was questions,
Dorothy Parker was a civil rights activist, journalist and poet of the 20th century. She unfortunately had an unhappy childhood and lost her parents at a young age. Dorothy Parker attended a Catholic grammar school, but at the age of 14 her education came to an end (Academy of American Poets, para. 1). Parker became to be known for her legendary literary figure. In fact Parker worked for several magazines and worked as a book reviewer for The New Yorker.