Apollo Project: A Brief Biography Of Margaret Hamilton

“That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.” - Neil Armstrong’s famous words as he became the first human to set foot on the moon; but how did we get there? It all started with some of the world’s earliest and most innovative inventors. Leonardo da Vinci and Thomas Edison were two of the smartest and most influential people in history, but only one is worthy of being ‘the most significant inventor.’

Those inspiring words of the first man on the moon sure have made their mark in history. Not only did Apollo 11, the first successful mission in landing man on the moon, affect future space discovery, it impacted the world, by helping people understand how much they can be capable. For those reasons , putting man on the moon was and still is a significant moment to this day for all people.

Eleanor Roosevelt: A Life of Discovery.Eleanor Roosevelt was to me brought up like anyone didn't want her.Her parents giving her up 10 years of age for adoption.Causing her to have to stay with her aunt. That's not much as a good childhood memory to have. Mrs.Roosevelt thought she was just an ugly blue eye little girl.To me, this reminds of my cousin how she felt as little girl she thought that she was fat, not cute, and not interested.Her mother thought appearance look better than her daughter which is Eleanor Roosevelt.She had to grow up fast.Learning how to lots of things on her own.This reminds me of my aunts and my grandmother (wawa). Learning how to cook, clean, and wash clothes.Eleanor Roosevelt had to get used to taking 3-minute showers

Her system had a set of four peep holes and a camera that could slide up and down to look at each one. Anything that the camera saw would appear on the monitor. The system was originally made for domestic uses but many businesses wanted to buy her system since it worked so well. Her invention was so good that she received an award from the National Science Committee. The year she received the award is unknown.

Bertha Wilson was a remarkable woman who changed the face of the Supreme Court of Canada forever. She was the first woman appointed to the Ontario Court of Appeal, the Supreme Court of Canada, and the first female partner in a major law firm. Even though she wasn’t a Chief Justice, it was a huge accomplishment for a woman to be a Puisne Justice. Bertha Wilson was chosen for my Heritage Fair topic because Bertha worked hard even when she knew that no woman had been where she had been before. This essay will explain different times in Bertha’s life and how she made her mark in the books of Great Canadian Women.

It was 1950 and Linda brown was just seven years old, she lived in Topeka,

18. She had lots of vacations. She went to bar harbor in Maine. She also visited the grand canyon, Hawaii, Norway and saw pearl harbor in in Hawaii. She also went to Michigan and Florida on vacations with her

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.

During an era were women were not commonly seen outside the home, Margaret Chase Smith was a groundbreaking politician, who achieved many monumental “firsts” as a female in politics. She was the first woman to serve in both the United States House and Senate, the first woman to hold a Senate seat as Republican, and first women to be elected to Senate without first being appointed to it. During her time in office, Margaret Smith protested strongly against gender inequality and was a supporter of the idea that women should seek higher opportunity in both business and politics. She also fought against the ideals of McCarthyism. While in office, she stated her two primary goals were to keep her job in Washington and retain a close, informed relationship

on, January 4, 1926, of breast cancer. Although she was never recognized for her contributions

The trip around the world continued the “space race” between countries. There were other trips into space later on. One of the major space trips years after Glenn was the “man on the moon.” On July twentieth, nineteen sixty-nine, Neil Armstrong, an American astronaut was the first man to walk on the moon. His famous words are “One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.” Space journeys continued the years following the “man on the moon.” Machines are used to record space by taking pictures in order to obtain more information concerning space.

Vera Cooper Rubin was born July 23, 1928 in Philadelphia, PA. Her father was Philip Cooper, an electrical engineer, and her mother Rose. She first developed an interest in astronomy at the age of 10 while stargazing from her home in Washington D.C. Her father encouraged her to follow her dreams and took her to amateur astronomer meetings. She earned her Bachelor’s degree from Vassar University in 1948 of which she was the only astronomy major that year. Later she earned her master’s from Cornell in 1950 with her masters’ thesis was controversial and centered around the possibility of bulk rotation by looking for “sideways” motion of galaxies. She finally got her Ph.D. from Georgetown University in 1954. Her doctoral

Bethany Hamilton is an American professional surfer who survived a 2003 shark attack in which her left arm was bitten off. On the morning of October 31, 2003, Bethany went out to surf at Tunnels Beach in Ha'ena with her best friend, Alana Blanchard, and Blanchard's father and brother. While lying on her board,she suddenly felt intense pressure on her left arm and was pulled back and forth for a few seconds. Originally feeling no pain, she noticed the water around her had turned red, and her friends realized that her left arm had been bitten off nearly to the shoulder. The process of healing after that was challenging and hard for her, but she overcame it with her faith in God and hard work.

important in the salvaging of Apollo 13. He was faced with problem after problem yet he

was born in 1926. Golda Myerson was now a young mother and she had to spend the