Dorothy Height Research Paper

Debbie Allen was born to Vivian Ayers and Arthur Allen on January 16, 1950. At age three she started dancing and at age four she knew she wanted to be a professional dancer. Her parents divorced in 1957, and her mother was Debbie and her siblings were encouraged to be creative and independent. In 1960, Vivian Ayers took her children to Mexico. When they came back to Texas, Debbie auditioned for the Houston Ballet School but was denied because the color of her skin. A Russian teacher at the school saw Debbie perform and secretly enrolled her. When she was sixteen, she auditioned for the North Carolina School of the Arts but was rejected because her body was “unsuited” for ballet. While she was in high school she put her studies first and went

Dorothy Dandridge may seem to be like a beautiful and strong African American woman on the outside, but on the inside she held in a lot of pain. Dorothy Dandridge is an actress, singer, and entertainer, who no longer walk this green Earth, but when she did, she made history. Dorothy was the first African American actress to achieve a leading-role status. Dorothy also had a deeply troubled life and racism didn’t make her life any easier especially when it came to achieving her dreams, but she got through it and during her time, the early 1930’s through the 1960’s, that was saying something. Racism was a lot worse then what it is now, but it made it harder for African Americans to achieve their goals, especially African American women. Dorothy was very worth looking up to now and when she was alive. Dorothy Dandridge is a contribution to African American history because she was the first African American woman to be nominated for an Academy Award for best actress, how she fought all odds against her, mainly racism, and she made it possible to for other African American women to follow in her footsteps and look up to her as a role model.

Dorothy Irene Height (March 24, 1912 – April 20, 2010)[1] was an American administrator, educator, and social activist. She was the president of the National Council of Negro Women for forty years, and was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1994, and the Congressional Gold Medal in 2004.

Height has done, to me, is directing a movement called “Wednesdays in Mississippi.” She and other advocates on the National Council of Negro Women, would go to very small towns and meet with other black women. This is admiring because of the connections they were making. They all are role models for African-American Women. I review the inspirational, loving, and giving life of Dr. Dorothy Height and I am in complete awe. She is to be honored. Her character and accomplishments speak to me in numerous ways. Being African-American, a woman, an activist, a leader, and an advocate for change is so inspiring. I hope to one day reflect her in some sort. President Barack Obama has honored her name upon meeting her. In April of 2010, Dr. Height passed away. The greatest gift is that she is still honored and admired

Was Jane long really the mother of Texas?I think not . It all started on july 23 1798 , when Jane Herbert wilkinson was born. When Jane was born the doctors thought that she was dead and then proceeded to shoved her in a night stand drawer while they saved her mother's life.When the doctors opened the nightstand drawer they discovered Jane Herbert Wilkinson alive and well. Jane was the tenth child in her family.Sadly,Jane’s father died when jane was only one years old .Jane later became an orphan at the age of fourteen. After jane's mom died she moved in with her aunt .Jane’s family was very wealthy, so wealthy that Jane got her own slave named Kian , they were really good friends and when Jane was sixteen she was on her way to school and Kian told her about a very handsome man that was a doctor and persuaded her to skip school and meet him ,she then proceeded to introduced her to James long ,her future husband. Jane later got married to James long in may of 1815 and had her first child when she was only eighteen years old .In September of 1821 jane was expecting her second child and stayed behind at a post while james,her husband left ,she vowed to not leave till he returned but , he never did. She had her child in a very harsh winter,on the Bolivar peninsula in december of 1821. Jane and her slave,Kian fought starvation for over two weeks.She claimed to be the first english-speaking woman to give birth in Texas but, we know now that she wasn't.Soon after she found out that she was a widow in 1822 at the age of twenty four .

Marilyn Reese Sheppard was a rich Cleveland physician. She was the wife of Dr, Samuel Sheppard. She was born in April 1923, in Cleveland Ohio. Marilyn was murdered on July 4th 1954 in Bay Village Ohio. She was found in the couples lake house brutally beat to death with about 20 to 30 blows to the head. Her son, Sam Reese, who was seven years old, was in the room next to his mothers during the murder. Her husband Samuel was sleeping on the couch that night when he woke to what he thought was his wife calling his name. He went to the bedroom and found his wife being beaten by a “bushy haired man”. The husband had been badly beaten as well. He claimed he had “grappled with one or two men” before he had been knocked out. He had sustained severe

Harriet Jacobs: an educator. A mother. An activist. Jacobs was born into slavery in 1813 in Edenton, North Carolina. Unlike many others, she was both rebellious and smart, but mindful. Due to her being a slave, she treated very poorly. She was degraded and harassed by her owner. There were so many factors of slavery she had to endure. Her personally definition of slavery and freedom was shown throughout her life’s story. Her love life, emotions, and mental process were being held in bondage. The symbols of her story defined her character. Her views of freedom were like many others; she wanted to be treated equally. She wanted the right to her life. She wanted want freedom.

In the early eighteenth century through the mid-nineteenth century slavery was arguably the most controversial topic in the newly formed United States. Testimonies such as those found in Common Sense, American Yawp, and Narrative of Sojourner Truth, are just some examples of the cruelty and harshness slaves endured. Many people of different races and social standings rose together in Christianity and spoke out against slavery in hopes to reform the new country. Those such as Harriet Jacobs, Charles G. Finney, David Walker, and Sojourner Truth’s testimonies and speeches still ring throughout history today.

Mae C. Jemison was the first African-American female to go into outer space. Ever since she was a little girl she wanted to be an astronaut and on September 12, 1992, her dream came true. After being in the astronaut training program for over a year, she earned the title of science mission specialist. She was the person that conducted scientific experiments on the shuttle she was on, the Endeavour. She had six other astronauts with her on the shuttle on mission STS47 and conducted experiments on motion sickness and weightlessness on them and herself. She spent eight days in space and returned home on September 20, 1992.

Dorothy Day was born in Brooklyn in November 8th, 1897. Her entire family all took the writing field besides one of her three children. Day describes her young childhood at home as not very loving, especially coming from her father. Anytime she was standing in the presence of her father while she was at home, she remarks, “There was never a close embrace.” (Forest 4). However, it seemed that Day’s mother shared great affection and love for her children unlike her husband. Forest explains, “John, referring to Day’s father, seems to have found it easier to be with horses than with children.” In many books that discuss the life of Dorthy Day, Day’s father seemed to quote at times sayings from the Bible because he seemed to carry the book around

One thing you should never do is give up.Always stay true to yourself is another thing you should do.You could learn this from Betty Marie.She never gave up on herself while also staying true to herself.While she did that her career was getting better.

She helped create the National Women's Political Caucus with Gloria Steinem, Betty Friedan and Shirley Chisholm.

Dorothy (Qi) Wang is originally from Zhejiang, China but now lives in Shaoxing with her parents and younger sister. She joined the Linden Hall family in her freshman year, making this her fourth year. Dorothy is very passionate about music. Throughout the years, she has participated in various music ensembles, including Orchestra, Sinfonia, Women’s Choir, Musea, and All-School Choir where she is a dedicated string bass player and singer. In fact, her favorite memory from LH is participating in the musicals because she is able to sing and have fun with her friends! In addition to singing, Dorothy “sometimes” likes to dance. She is also very athletic; this year she was a strong member of the Varsity Volleyball team. Dorothy is also a member of

Many years later, Rosa published a book entitled “Rosa Parks: My Story” in this story, she explains to the readers about the struggles and fears she faced growing up as an African American, and how she overcame those struggles and fears. In Conclusion, Rosa Parks having been harassed and knocked down many times kept working toward her goal and she eventually achieved it, showing great bravery and

Lillian was born on March 10th, 1867. She attended a boarding school. She then later tried to attended to a college before graduating high school, and didn’t make it in because they said she was too young. Lillian D. Wald was a nurse and an author. She was the founder of the Henry Street Settlement and was young going into nursing schools. The reason why she attended Medical School was because she wanted to teach community health classes. The Medical School she attended to was New York Hospital’s School for Nursing. After she graduated from there she took other classes at Women’s Medical Classes. She then left Medical School to and started to teach a home class nursing for poor immigrant families.