Brinta was born in Brooklyn, New York on October 6th 1996. She was married to her husband, Dr. Kevin Chacko for 60 years. Together they had two children, four grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren. Brinta completed her undergrad in Edmond, Oklahoma, masters in Houston, Texas, and doctorates in Dallas, Texas. She was a professor at UTD teaching Kinesiology for 35 years. Not only was she a professor, she was also a Sunday school teacher, worship leader, and mentor. One of the greatest accomplishments in her life was starting an orphanage with her husband in Africa. This had been one of her life long dreams and it came to pass at the age of 45. Brinta and her husband would go on mission trips quite often around the world. While her husband
Annie was very successful in her life. The story, "New Directions", by Maya Angelou, it states that Annie did many things for her family. She was successful by working hard at night, walked everywhere so she could sell pies and earn money, and making a store where people could buy her items.
Amazing how a little girl can make history and contribute so much to society. Despite the things she went through she stayed strong. She is great influence to all of us. Like Bridges says,“Don’t follow the path. Go where there is no path and begin the trail. When you start a new trail equipped with courage, strength and conviction the only thing that can stop you is
Lucille always worked hard in school got a scholarship. Worked in a hospital for both her intern year and residency years at the children's hospital in Montréal. She wasn't accepted in any U.S. schools because she was a woman so she just applied in France where she was accepted. While working as an intern, she meet Piero, who was also an intern there he asked if she would help him in Uganda and did go with him where she help alot half of them were under the age of six, she the contracted HIV/AIDS when something pierced her through her glove while operating she later died. Despite 20 years of civil war they built a modern 500 bed hospital. The hospital that they built continues to grow and is one of the largest medical centers in Uganda also became a research center and treatment for AIDS. Teasdale and Corti left a fitting
college. Even though she might have grown up with a hard life, she fought for different ways to
accompany her on her journey of self realization. The idea of what she had going into the Congo
financial donations to many organizations, and she also became a patron of the arts. Her
When one usually thinks of Gilded Age politics, one usually thinks of the dominance of the relatively new “Grand Old Party”, who won all but two presidential elections between 1860 and 1908. During this time, the Republican Party was backed largely by Northern and Midwestern corporate and business interests, which once in power, crafted largely protectionist policies such as tariffs to secure and expand American enterprises. The Democratic Party of this period, was mainly backed by the interests of immigrant groups like the Irish and Germans, in addition to the “Solid South” which sought to block many of the Republican policies toward higher tariffs and civil rights for
shaped her into the person she is today. In Assata: An Autobiography, some of her most
In High school, she continued to excel where others fell short by focusing and exceeding in her academics, setting an example for others to follow and instilling confidence into others rather than letting them fall into peer pressure. With the help of her
David Brearley also made significant contributions to the U.S. Constitution. Brearley was the head of the Committee on Postponed Parts (pg 211) which was a big job. The Committee on Postponed Parts “had to define Congress’s powers to impose taxes and to make war, to decide whether to authorize copyrights and patents, and to plan for the seat of the new government.” (pg 211) The most important job of the Committee though was the matter of structuring the entire executive branch of the U.S. government. When Brearley's committee first presented their plan a few delegates opposed and the committee reworked the plan leading to the original elector system (pg 212). On September 4th Brearley presented the committee's redone plan which was approved
Adelaide achieved many things but it all started with taking the first step. Before Adelaide’s public life began, there was a terrible tragedy that had struck which pushed Adelaide to helping other women. Unfortunately, her youngest son who was only
In October of 1972, she published her first short-story collection by the name of “Gorilla, My Love.” Bambara would proceed in life by traveling to learn about effectiveness of women’s organizations in other countries, and marry a man by the name of James with which she would have a daughter. After she had settled down and started a family she still continued to teach, write and publish her stories, and inspire her students to be writers and express themselves. (www.answers.com) (www.fembio.org) (www.AALBC.com)
only did she do research but she also joined the community. She did fieldwork, and interviews of the people who were actually living that life. She became part of the community so that she can better understand what it is that’s going on. She went in there and asked all the necessary
All this success has been just in her working world. In her personal life she has four children. Two of those four children have been adopted from Malawi.
Jocelyn Bell Brunel was born on july 15, 1943 in Belfast, Northern Ireland. As a child her father was an architect and her travels to the Armagh Observatory began her fascination in astronomy, but before her interest grew Brunel actually struggled with her academics in school. In primary school Burnel was seen to be struggling with her work and as she moved onto the secondary grades she did not pass her 11+ exam. Compared to the United States the 11+ exam can be related to a diploma. Despite the struggles experienced by Brunel, Teachers in a private Quaker school held faith in her and allowed her to recover and excel.