On May 24, 1888, Ben Hagen Jr. and Millie Pinkston-Hagen gave birth to Ida in Huntingburg, Indiana (Backer 1). Although they had Ida in Huntingburg, the Hagen family did not live in the Pinkston Settlement; Ben owned land near the Pinkston farm, just not on the property. Though an active farmer, Ben Hagen also practiced ministry at the Missionary Baptist Church. He continued farming and preaching even after the majority of the other settlers had diminished. (Taylor 1) Ida’s father went on to serve as a member of the 100th United States Colored Infantry in the Civil War (Hackman 2). Ida’s mother, Millie Pinkston, was the daughter of Emmanuel Pinkston Jr. and his second wife, Anna Eberhart (Hackman 1). Because of this connection with the settlement, …show more content…
Wollenmann hired. Aloysius hired another Pinkston woman at about the same time as he hired Ida. The two often stayed in Ferdinand during the week, then traveled home on the weekends. While at the post office and apothecary, Ida assisted the Doctor on multiple house calls. She also made many contributions in the office. Ida worked diligently, however she did have time to receive education on both pharmacy and the German language. Ida studied the language while in the Wollenmann House, but her fluency came from her regular exposure to it via the people she did business with. In an article in the Kundek Corner on the Ferdinand Historical Society’s website, Pat Backer said, “During Ida's leisure time after post office hours, she studied the German language (probably also picking up a great deal from her post office acquaintances), and took a home study course in pharmacy under the patient tutelage of Dr. Wollenmann. Ida also helped in the doctor's office, and even on house calls. Dr. Wollenmann offered her a home study course in Pharmacy that he taught.” With this, Ida could work during the day and study in the evenings. After graduating from the course in June of 1906, Ida passed the Indiana State Board of Pharmacy test on her first attempt to receive her full license in January of 1907 (Backer 1). In Bonnie’s article she said, “ Yes, Ida was probably one of the first, if not the first, African American …show more content…
While in Indianapolis, Ida met her first husband, Alfred Roberts. The two would marry on October 6, 1912. Ida and Roberts then moved to Gary where Ida would take a managerial position at a local pharmacy. In Bonnie Hackman’s article on Ida in the Ferdinand Newspaper she quoted, “ A self-employed printer, Roberts was drafted into the Army on June 5, 1917 during World War I . . . What happened to Roberts is another mystery, but their marriage apparently ended sometime between 1917 and 1926.” Ida spent little time finding a new husband and quickly remarried. Born in 1888, Sidney J. Whitaker married Ida on September 29, 1926. Ida and Sidney relocated to Detroit, Michigan to live the rest of their lives. There is little knowledge as to exactly how long they lived there, the census data collections from 1930 and 1940 contain Ida’s name. On February 3, 1978, Ida passed away at the age 89. She died in Detroit and her family decided to bury her in Mt. Olivet Cemetery with her last husband, Sidney. (Hackman 2) For too long, Ida Hagen-Whitaker has gone unknown by most of the citizens in Ferdinand. She had the ability to overcome any obstacles that stood in the way of her accomplishing the goals she set out to achieve. Few people truly understand Ida’s story and the accolades that made her such an inspiration. This young African American woman had the opportunity to work in a
Tobias Wolff was born on June 19th, 1945 in Birmingham, Alabama. He is the second son of Arthur Samuels Wolff and Rosemary Loftus Wolff. At age five, Tobias faced a family breakup where he and his mother separated from his father and older brother, Geoffrey, due to the instability his father kept in his family life. Wolff and his mother constantly moved. They lived first in Florida, then moved to Utah in 1955, and finally settled in the Pacific Northwest, where his mother remarried a troublesome man, Dwight Hansen. They lived in Newhalem, Washington with Hansen and his three children. Wolff attended Concrete High School until he left for Hill School in Pottstown, Pennsylvania, where he faked his references to be accepted. He attended Hill School for a year but did not graduate and instead ended up joining the military for four years. Wolff’s family also did not reunite until 1961 when he saw his older brother and father after eleven years. From 1964 to 1968, Wolff served in the U.S. Army Special Forces, where he was assigned his post in Vietnam.
Her brothers found work as carpenter apprentices. For a time Ida continued her education at Fisk University in Nashville. A moment in My 1884 will change Ida’s life and goals forever. Having bought a first class ticket for a train ride to Nashville Tennessee she was denied the right to her seat and was forced to ride a car that was specifically for African Americans. Rightfully so she refused to give up her seat and ticket and fought the train crew and even bit one of the crew members, she later took the train company to court and won getting a 500$ settlement however the Supreme Court overruled the hearing and took her money away. After that Ida decided to start her own newspaper company named Memphis Free Speech and Highlight and begin to write her displeasure with the american government and america's prejudice practices.
In 1887 at the age of 20, Ida graduated from Gaines Public High School. After high school, she continued to work part-time in the dental office of Jonathan Taft. Her desire to become a dentist grew even more. In 1875, the dentist Jonathan Taft, whom Ida worked for became dean of the Dental College at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Jonathan Taft was a firm upholder of admitting women to dental school. Finally, after five years, the first woman was enrolled.
Charlotte is the child of Norwegian immigrants whom came to Otteson Iowa from Alta Norway. Charlotte is my grandmother, she lives in Otteson Iowa and lives in the home her in-laws built, the home her husband Allan was born in and the home her children and some grandchildren were raised in. She was a farmer, bus driver, seamstress, and now a retired passionate woman whom loves to bake, quilt, and read from the Bible, and always signs her letters and cards, “until we meet again”.
Even though there can be better centers, Travis Frederick is one of the best centers in the NFL because he has so much experience as a center and makes a big impact on the Dallas Cowboys offence. He is also one of the tallest and biggest centers in the game and plays for the best offensive line in the NFL.
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Political advocacy organizations have historically played a big part in securing political rights for minority groups in Western Liberal Democracies. Whether we look to the now infamous Boston Tea Party to the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, we observe the importance of political organizations in their quest to ensure equitable rights for the people whom they represent. In context of the early twentieth century, the most prominent group to represent African-American’s in the United States was that of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. The NAACP, as it is more commonly called, was founded on February 12, 1909 by a mixed group of individuals including but not limited to Ida B. Wells, W. E. B. DuBois and Archibald Grimké with the goal of creating a civil rights organization that would help assist in organizing for civil rights for blacks. One of its most prominent members, Charles Hamilton Houston, who became a part of the organization around the mid-twentieth century, changed the trajectory of the organization for years to come. Hence this essay
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