Anne Frances Robbins (Nancy Davis Reagan), presidential first lady was born on July 6, 1921 in Manhattan, New York. In childhood she got a very good education and had good friends, in her middle ages she had a good job and a happy family, and in her later years she accomplished many things. As a child Anne became very fond with drama, acting, and was not shy to speak in front of big groups of people. Anne was quickly nicknamed Nancy when her father left the marriage. Later on Nancy got a good education at a school that exposed her to wealth and privilege. She studied drama at Smith college and got a bachelor's of arts degree. In Nancy's middle ages she was married to Ronald Reagan acquiring the name Nancy Davis Reagan. She had two
Cynthia Ann Parker was a true pioneer of of the west. She was a young girl who lived in the white community, then her life changed in one night. Cynthia parker lived a rough life. She was captured, she was forced back into the white community, the white people kept her locked in her room, her children died of diseases, she refused to eat, then she died of the same disease her child Topsannah did.
Maria W. Stewart, a “black abolitionist, feminist, author and educator” originating in the nineteenth century, can be considered as one of the most influential women in history (African American Registry). Known for writing articles for William Lloyd Garrison’s newspaper, The Liberator, Stewart became the first American woman, who also happened to be black, to deliver multiple speeches to an audience from a public platform. Between writing about anti-slavery to spreading her opinions through four powerful speeches in Boston, Massachusetts, Maria Stewart is unquestionably worthy and qualified to be the subject of a film or documentary due to the fact that she was “the first woman in America to address mixed gender and race audiences on the topic
Araminta Harriet Ross was born somewhere between the years of 1820-1825. Historians do not know the exact date of Ross’s birth since they have little to go off of. However, they were able to find where she was born, which was in Dorchester County, Maryland. Ross was born into slavery by her mother, Harriet Green, and her father, Ben Ross. Araminta Ross had four older siblings also in slavery, however, she would soon have a total of eight siblings. In total, the Ross family had five girls and four boys.
Carrie Amelia Moore thought that drinking caused most of the problems in the world. She was against alcohol and she started trying to get it to be banned. Carrie is known for carrying a hatchet with her that helped her smashed public places. She kept thinking that god wanted her to travel around and get people to see the way she saw the problems of alcohol. She did speeches, used violence, and she was a member of the Women’s Christian Temperance Union who was known most from all of the other people who were in there..
Becoming a licensed practical nurse is a rewarding job that allows a nurse to care for other people and it has a rewarding salary, while the disadvantages is the lack of sleep and the multiple hours that a nurse has to spend on his/her feet. Cathy Parker is a licensed practical nurse and also a clinical director at Bay Springs After Hours Clinic in Bay Springs,M.S. She has been a licensed practical nurse for twenty-eight years and a clinical director for thirteen years. Cathy has several reasons why she chose her career to be a licensed practical nurse. She says the main reason she chose to be a nurse is because one night at church a little boy had cut his arm and as she bandaged him up God called her to be a nurse. Her second reason she became a nurse is her love for people and wanting to see others properly cared for. As she cared for her elderly grandmother when she was a teenager it made her feel helpful to see someone smile while being cared for. Her favorite part of her job is to see someone who has been in pain, smile after being cared for.
On May 5th, 1997 Nora Robinson was born in Brooklyn, New York. She grew up with her single-parent mother, who was her best crony. Her house abutted Clarkson Avenue, which is the same street her mom grew up on. Nora was very stoical and not rankled very easily, unless you messed with her sister Carey, who was born on the exact day, except 2 years later. Carey was very gaunt, unlike her more muscular mother and sister, even that the hand-me-down attire that was given to her would never fit. Their personalities were not very divergent, even though that they were both convinced that they were. Their father had been killed in a car accident, and was a very respected man, who had no one feel enmity toward him. Years later, 16 year old Nora and 14 year old Carey were acting like scavengers when they were
Anna Howard Shaw was a revolutionary figure for women in history. She lived a life that for a woman, was almost impossible to live at the time, including having a great education. She wanted to let women know that they have a voice in the world, and that they could accomplish great things. Her main career was being a physician, and was one of the first female Methodist ministers in the United States of America. She fought for women’s rights, including women’s suffrage, and to be sure that women would be respected in America, and around the world. Her heart and dedication did pay off.
As a young girl, Ruby Harris knew inside of her that she had great potential. She dreamed of being a scientist, studying in a laboratory every day, and eventually making discoveries that would change the world and the face of medicine. When she was in third grade, her teacher asked her what she wanted to be when she grew up, and with great joy in her eyes she explained that she wanted to be a scientist, and described the dreams she had of making an impact on the world and learning all that she could in her lifetime. He responded with a chuckle and told her to come up with a new plan.
Ronald Wilson Reagan was born on February 6, 1911, in a small town of about one-thousand residents in Tampico, Illinois. His parents, Jack and Nellie, gave Ronald the nickname “Dutch” because his father viewed baby Ronald as a fat Dutchman who made a hell of a lot of noise . Jack and Nellie met at a very young age and would eventually marry in Fulton, Illinois, in 1906.
Ronald Reagan was born in his hometown of Tampico, Illinois, on Februray 6, 1911. His parents were John Edward Reagan, born July 13, 1883 and died May 18, 1941, and Nelle Wilson Reagan, born July 24, 1883 and died July 25, 1962. When Reagan was little his father gave him the nick-name “Dutch” because “he resembeled a fat little dutchman.” Reagan attended Dixon High School in Dixon, Illinois. There he played football, was student body president, and played the leading role on most of his high school plays. During his summers as a high school student, he worked as a life guard;
Eleanor Roosevelt was born on October 11, 1884 in New York, New York. Even though being born to a wealthy family
Ronald Reagan the fortieth president of the United States of America was born February, 6, 1911. In Tampico Illinois to parents Nelle and John Reagan. Ronald played sports as a kid and he also continued to play sports in college. He attended Eureka college where he studied economics and sociology. After college he became a radio sports announcer, in 1937 a screen test won him an acting contract in Hollywood (staff, 2009). Throughout the next decade he made appearances in fifty-three films. Ronald Reagan was married two times; his first wife was Jane wyman. She was a singer, dancer and actress her marriage with Ronald Reagan lasted nine years from 1949 to 1958. Reagans second wife was Nancy Reagan their marriage lasted from 1952 to 2004. From
In 1940, Ronald Reagan married Jane Wyman and they had two children, Maureen and Michael. After the divorce of Ronald and Jane in 1948, he remarried Nancy David for which he stayed with for the rest of his life. Ronald and Nancy Reagan had two children, Patti and Ron.
Ronald Reagan was born on February 6, 1911 in Tampico, Illinois (Huckshorn 1). He was born in a small apartment above the Pitney General Store (Life Before 1). John Edward Reagan (his father) was a shoe salesman that was an alcoholic. The first time he saw his son he said, "For such a little bit of a fat Dutchman, he makes a hell of a lot of noise, doesn 't he" (Life Before 1). This led to his nickname, "Dutch."
Jerome Robbins’s incredible dance history and background is what has left him ranked so highly in the musical theater industry today. From working to dazzle his audiences, Robbins can be held responsible for the industry’s serge in popularity over a short amount of time. It can be said by many that Robbins took a fresh approach to choreography to introduce to the world with a more energetic and dynamic performance to display. Robbins creative work elevated the role of dance in musical theatre, which was claimed to be the industry’s ‘Golden Era’.