“ You can't win them all, but you can try” This is a quote from the greatest woman athlete, Babe Didrikson. Have you ever heard of her? Well, Babe didrikson was the world's greatest woman athlete alive, playing golf, track and field, tennis, and basketball. Everyone wondered how she had so much talent but no one ever understood.
Babe was born with the talents to be an amazing athlete. She was born on June 26th, 1911 in Port Arthur, Texas. Her name wasn't actually Babe, it was Mildred. They began calling her Babe after she hit 5 homeruns in her 1st game. She had 6 siblings, Dora, Esther Nancy, Ole jr, Louis, Lillie, and Arthur. Babe was the 4th oldest out of them all. When she was a teenager she made the basketball team her freshman year, but not her sophomore because she was too small. In her junior year, and still no more than 5 feet tall, she made the varsity squad and became the star on the team. After one of her basketball games, she was offered to play on a big time basketball team for the Employers Casualty Insurance Company. She left school in February of 1929 to go play play basketball with them, and returned in June to take her graduation exams ( Schoor 11-33).
Babe wasn't only offered to play basketball, she was also offered to have a job in the office as a typist earning $75 a month. Although she earned a lot of money, most
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She found out in 1953 that she had cancer. She had to have surgery to remove the cancer, then it grew back. After her second treatment Babe began to die. All over the world, in churches and temples of every denomination, people were saying prayers for the failing Babe Zaharias. When she found out she had cancer her and George set up a fund that provides financial support to cancer patients.She eventually passed away and was only 45 years old. Her last 5 words were “ I ain't gonna die, honey”(Shoor
Bessie was born April 15, 1894 in Chattanooga, Tennessee to a part time Baptist preacher, William Smith, and his wife Laura. The family was large and poor. Soon after she was born her father died. Laura lived until Bessie was only nine years old. The remaining children had to learn to take care of themselves. Her sister Viola then raised her. But it was her oldest brother,
Throughout the African American civil rights movement opportunities were sought to spark a chance at improving conditions in the south. Rosa Parks refusing to give up her seat on the Montgomery, Alabama bus was the fire to that spark. Rosa, standing up for herself something anyone person in today’s world would do, was arrested and put in jail. While Rosa was in jail she caught the eye of many people in the Civil Rights Movement, including the leaders. The Civil Rights leaders protested her arrest and hired lawyers to aid her in her trial. Although she was found guilty and was fined fourteen dollars for the cost of the court case, which lasted on thirty minutes, she wasn’t done yet. Rosa Parks has affected the society we live in today in
In the film Norma Rae, the textile workers were unsatisfied with many aspects of their Capitalistic work environment. They fought to form a union so that they could change the undesirable characteristics to better meet their needs. Political, environmental and cultural processes all played a part in the workers struggle to form an effective union.
The evening of December 1, 1955, one single woman changed the lives of many people and the way that they would continue to live. Rosa Parks exhibited one woman's courage and strength to stand up for what she believed in. Mrs. Parks's decision to remain seated and go against the "Believed way" sparked the beginning of the American Civil Rights Movement. In this paper I will discuss Rosa Parks's background, her decision against standing up, and how she started the beginning of the American Civil Rights Movement.
Babe started as a pitcher for the Orioles and then he moved on to the Boston Braves. Although he was a decent pitcher for those two teams, his real fame came when he made the transition to right field on the New York Yankees. He finished his career with numerous records, awards, and honors such as being part of the first class inducted into the baseball hall of fame. Shortly after the end of his career, he fell ill with throat cancer likely caused by his lifelong habit of chewing tobacco. Babe did not let this stop him though. He still visited orphanages, hospitals, and other charity events even on his worst days. Biography.com reproted, “Known throughout his life as a generous man, he gave much of his time in his last years to charitable events instead. On June 13, 1948, he made one last appearance at Yankee Stadium to celebrate the building's 25th anniversary. Sick with cancer, Ruth had become a shadow of his former, gregarious self”. Knowing that his time was running out, Ruth still pushed through being a source of excitement for young children in their times of struggle. He gave the majority of his major league earnings to orphanages, charitable foundations, and even started his own foundations to help orphans. These were some of his last actions because Babe’s biography states, “On August 16, 1948, Babe Ruth died, leaving much of his estate to the Babe Ruth Foundation for underprivileged children”.
You rarely win but sometimes you do. Mrs. Dubose won” (128). This quote
Howard E. Wasdin was an American hero who overcame obstacles from childhood to become part of the elite SEAL Team Six where he served his country honorably. He wrote a book about his experiences with co-author Stephen Templin. He served in the Navy for twelve years. During this time he fought in Operation: Desert Storm and was part of the mission in Mogadishu, Somalia, which inspired the movie Black Hawk Down. After being medically discharged from the U.S. Navy, he became a chiropractor.
Babe Didrikson Zaharias excelled in many things but track, basketball, and golf were by far her greatest athletic achievements. She was awarded the Athlete of the Year in 1932. She received this award five other times. Babe Didrikson Zaharias broke the myth about women not being strong enough to be athletic or good at sports. Three world records in track and field events were set by her. She was unstoppable anything that she set her mind to she could do it. As a professional golfer she won 17 tournaments in a row. Unfortunately her journey came to a quick ending when she discovered that she had colon cancer and when she died at the young age of 45.
Barbara was born on February 21, 1936 in Houston, Texas and sadly passed away on January 17, 1996 in Austin, Texas. She was apart of a family of five, which included her two sisters and parents who all lived in a poor neighborhood.
George Herman Ruth Jr. was known to us as Babe Ruth. He was one of the most decorated athletes of all time even though he had a troubled beginning. His baseball career spanned for twenty-two seasons from 1914-1935 and playing for three different teams.
First, who was Babe Ruth; based on the book “Babe Ruth” by Tracy Brown Collins, his real name was George Herman Ruth the same as his father, he was born on February 6, 1895, in Baltimore, Maryland, but what is interesting is that for many years he believed that he was born on February 07, 1894, until he got his birth certificate when he was required to get his passport and found out his real date of birth.
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In 1914, Babe Ruth made a major debut for the Boston Red Sox. Babe Ruth pitched in 4 out of 5 games in the 1914 baseball season. In 1916, The Red Sox won the World Series. In 1918, instead of being the pitcher, Babe Ruth played in the outfield. In the World Series of 1918, Babe Ruth pitched in Game 1. In Game 4, he pitched eight innings. In just six games, The Red Sox won the World Series. In 1919, Babe Ruth wanted a raise in his salary. Frazee, the owner of The Red Sox refused to raise it. Babe Ruth had to be
In the beginning when the reader meets Hedda Gabler, one can see how she is quite a high maintenance character by how she complains that the maid has” opened the door. I’m drowning in all this sunlight." (Ibsen 1469). Exerting her power over her husband, George Tesman, she demands him to close the curtains, which he does complacently. Later Hedda notices an old hat lying on the chair and worries that someone may have seen it. When she learns that the hat belongs to Miss Tesman, George's dear aunt, she does not apologize for her comment which shows her tendency to belittle others, even if they are family. Hedda utters to her husband, "But where did she get her manners, flinging her hat around any way she likes here in the
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