Edith Head was a prolific costume designer known most notably for her film production which led to her winning eight Academy Awards. Head’s resume is extensive, working on 1,131 productions from the mid-1920s through early 1970s. She won eight Oscars and was nominated for 35. Her impact is still felt today and many artist like Todd Oldham are still inspired by her great works saying, “Edith has been a huge influence on all of us" (Rothman). By being around various cultures and her upbringing, Head adapted various designs and techniques that allowed her to become Hollywood’s best designer of her time.
Edith Head was born in 1897 in San Bernardino, California. She was the daughter of Jewish parents. While young, she would follow her father,
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This design was for Dorothy Lamour in The Jungle Princess (Edith Head papers). By definition, a sarong is a long piece of cloth that wraps around the body, and is generally tucked in at the waist or sometimes under the underarms. This article of clothing originated in Southeast Asia. This piece is usually worn by men, but Head was given the difficult task of transforming it to fit Lamour while still looking sultry and culturally appropriate. When creating this design, Head kept the cultural aspect by keeping the sarong's signature draping and brightly colored floral patterns, but cutting it shorter to give it a risqué feel while keeping the censorship code. The viewer is immediately drawn to the color of the sarong and its patterns. The most notable scene shows Lamour and her sarong sisters. Her design comes to life because her piece is flamboyant in color compared to the others girls and shorter in order to bring attention to not only Lamour but also the sarong she is wearing. Her design gives gives a nice balance of tropical feel to go along with the scene of the movie while maintaining cultural appropriateness. The other girls are stacked up towards Lamour which puts an emphasis on not only Lamour but more importantly her dress that was elegantly designed by Head (Edith Head papers). Head successfully created a piece that is still iconic to this day because it brought out the culture of Southeast Asia
Henrietta Swan Leavitt was born July 4, 1868 in Lancaster, Massachusetts and died in 1921. Henrietta's parents were George Roswell and Henrietta swan I. George was a divinity doctor and a minister as well, which didn't keep them in one place very long. Henrietta was the first born of seven children, two of which passed away at very young ages. because of the fast pace of her father ministry they moved a lot. when Henrietta was 17 they moved to Ohio where she enrolled at Oberlin College for three years. One of those years she participated in a preparatory course and the other two she studied music. after the three years in Ohio they moved back home to Massachusetts this time to Cambridge. there, no matter how hard she tried she could not enroll
“They carry different diseases than we do (The Help, 2011)” said Hilly Holbrook as she struggled to hide the fact she was dying to use the bathroom during a card game at Elizabeth Leefolt’s home. She figures that since Mrs. Leefolt does not have an outside bathroom for the colored help that Aibileen uses the guess bathroom as well and she refuses to use it. She later talked the Leefolt’s into building Aibileen her own bathroom outside the house… Racism in Jackson was at its prime in the 1960’s during the Civil Rights Movement. All negro women and some men work for white families and are treated like slaves. All over town signs say ‘COLORED’ or ‘WHITES ONLY.’ You did not talk to the colored help unless you were the one they are working for.
Edith Anglin Addie passed away at San Juan Villa of natural causes on Sunday, November 20, at the age of 91. A graveside service was held on December 3, at Laurel Grove cemetery with Reverend Carl Hanson officiating.
Ellen Mary Pleasant was a legendary woman with a great influence. In fact, she has her own memorial park to honor her for her contribution to the world. The memorial park is located in 1501-1699 Octavia St, San Francisco, CA 94109. The memorial park is the smallest park in San Francisco. Ellen Mary Pleasant was born on August 19,1814 and has sadly died on January 4th, 1904 at the age of 90.
Mary Fields was born in 1834 and she passed away in 1914. Mary Fields was the very first African-American women to carry the mail. Mary Fields was born into slavery while she lived in Tennessee, she stopped being a slave when the war ended and slavery had been outlawed. Mary Fields was also known as Stagecoach Mary or Black Mary, she was also an American pioneer. After slavery was outlawed she then began to work for Judge Edmund Dunne in her home. When Mary was a slave her original owner was Judge Edmund Dunne and after slavery was outlawed she still proceeded to work for and with her. Mary Fields was a female African-American pioneer. Mary Fields was said to be one of the most colorful characters in the history of the Great Plains it's also been said that she was six feet tall and she weighed over 200 pounds. She also
As as result of the relocation of people from England to Australia, it turned Australia into the land of opportunity and made for a better world. It benefited England and the world for many reasons such as securing trade routes with China. The movement of the convicts also spread fear among english society deterring crime. Furthermore, some of the convicts were fortunate enough to the opportunity to live and potentially earn their freedom. Crime rates rose and England's jails become overcrowded with prisoners they resorted to using prison hulks as temporary, makeshift confinements on the river Thames eventually leading to the penal transportation to Australia.
Lynette Woodward was born in Wichita, Kansas on August 12, 1959. She is famous for playing great basketball. Did you know that she was the first women to play on the Harlem Globetrotters. When she gone to college at KU in 1978. She would usually score 26 points per game and by the time she was out of college she had scored 3,649 baskets. She gone to high school at Wichita North high school and won 2 state basketball titles. Lynette retired in 1999 and became an assistant coach for KU. In 2004 Lynette was added to the basketball hall of fame.She was given WBCBL award in
Mrs. Wilson’s full name is Edith Bolling Galt Wilson, she was born in Wytheville Virginia in 1872 on October 15th. Edith’s father was William Bolling who was a lawyer and a judge. Edith Wilson traced her ancestors to colonial Virginia and either by blood or through marriage she was also related to Thomas Jefferson, Martha Washington and the Harrison family. It is also said that she is directly descended from the famous Powhatan tribe princess Pocahontas.
Abigail Betty's cousin also wanted to be part of practicing witchcraft and I think that's when her uncle thought maybe she had done something to Betty and he told her to cure her. I believe that the truth about Abigail was that she wasn’t a witch .Betty wanted to do witchcraft . Although Abigail had seemed a little scared .One day both of them had gone to the forest and danced ,they had went to the forest ,because the village people believed that when you dance your dancing with the devil.. A few days later I believe they were asking Abigail and Betty what they were doing there and they had said that Mercy was there too. Mercy supposedly had said that she was not doing anything bad that she was just “looking”at them dance . A few days
Kate Kimball is an award-winning fiction author who has worked hard to be in the position she is in now. Despite currently struggling with her health, she has continued to peruse her English PhD in Creative Writing here at Florida State University. Born in beautiful Salt Lake City, Utah Kimball is surprised to find herself over 2,000 miles away now studying in the sunshine state. FSU offers one of the top creative writing programs that currently is ranked top 5 in the nation according to The Atlantic Monthly. Kimball was excited to be accepted into the accredited program after earning her bachelor’s from the University of Utah and masters at Virginia Tech. Kimball has always loved writing and says, “Creative writing allows you to write about
Annie Easley was born on April 23,1933, In Birmingham Alabama. Easley and her brother were raised by thaier single mother Mary Melvin Hoover. Her mother was one of her greatest inspirations and her role model, she always encouraged her to get a good education. In an oral history interview with NASA, she said that her mother always used to tell her "You can be anything you want to. It doesn't matter what you look like, what your size is, what your color is. You can be anything you want to, but you do have to work at it." Annie Easley attended school in Birmingham and graduated as the valedictorian of her grade. At that time Easly Wanted to become a nurse because she thought it was one of the only careers open to black women. However, later on
Jane Addams was a Progressive reformer and famous advocate for the settlement house movement. Addams mostly focused on improving social conditions for immigrants and for other residents of urban slums. Jane Addams’s health problem caused her to become famous reformer. In 1881 she travelled many medical schools. In one of her journey she took her friend Ellen Gates Starr with her. They visited well known Toynbee Hall in London. The purpose of Toynbee Hall was to reduce urban problems such as poverty. This visitation inspired them to create one settlement house in Chicago. In short term their dream became true. In 1889 they opened Hull House in the neighborhood of slums in Chicago. Hull House provided services for the poor immigrants in that
Jane (Laura) Addams was born to Sarah (Weber) Addams and John Huy Addams on September 16, 1860 in Cedarville, Illinois near Rockford and Wisconsin border. She was the eighth of nine children. From this union out of the nine children only three of the daughters and one son survived to see adulthood.
Jane Addams was an Illinois born social worker, author, sociologist, and a huge leader in women’s suffrage and world peace. She started to show America the needs of children, public health, and world peace. She stressed that if women were going to be help responsible for taking care of things in the community then they needed to have the ability to vote. In 1889 she co-founded Hull House with Ellen Starr. The Hull House was founded in an old mansion that needed multiple repairs. With help from individuals who supported the House, they were able to afford the repair the House. Jane Addams and Ellen Starr were the first two occupants of the house. At it’s best the Hull House was visited by 2,000 people a week. The idea behind the House was to
Margaret was a pioneer in special education. Margaret believed that all children have the right to learn and that educators and doctors have the responsibility to find out everything about all different types of children.