Edith Stein Research Paper

Elisabeth Abegg took an important role in saving the Jews. She offered them temporary accommodation in her own home and directed them to hiding spots all around.

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

The article, “The Girl Who Lived Forever”, by Kristen Lewis, describes the hardships of Anne Frank, a Jewish girl, and her family, who like millions of other Jews, perished at the hands of the Nazis during WWII. Anne Frank lived during one of the most terrifying and horrific historical events the world has ever seen, the Holocaust. She and her family managed to survive for 2 long years in hiding, by living in a secret annex behind her father’s pectin factory. In August of 1944, the SS captured Anne and the others hiding in the annex. All but Otto Frank, Anne’s father, perished in the Nazi concentration camps. Though they lived through unspeakable and unimaginable challenges, Anne, her family and their friends showed a tremendous amount of courage trying to defy Hitler and his evil regime.

After Edith, her mother, and sister were sent to a concentration camp, they had to learn to survive all on their own. During their time in this concentration camp, Edith was forced to work on a empty stomach without food; however, she persevered and turned to her faith to mentally, and psychically push herself. She was even able to help her friend(Rachel) with friendship, with can help a person mentally, considering how lonely most, if not all the Jewish people had felt during the holocaust. Edith stole clothes, blankets, and food for herself, and other’s in order to survive. In addition to this, she also sabotaged ammunition for the German tanks during World War II, therefore helping the world by disrupting Nazi Germany’s tanks, and possibly saving lives.

She's the daughter of John Van Lew and Elizabeth (some called her Eliza) Louise Baker, in addition, the sister of Anna and John (her sister and brother).

Mary Easty did not live in Salem, but she was related to Rebecca Nurse and Sarah Cloyce, which were both accused of being witches. When Mary Easty was 58 years old she too was accused of being a witch just like her sisters. Mary Easty was a religious woman, so when the public heard of her being accused of witchcraft they were shocked. There were many different reasons for the accusations on Mary Easty being a witch.

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.

Kate Steinle’s death, including the judiciary hearing, is a historical current event because it’s repercussions and concerns will have a long lasting affect on the world, especially the United States. Her solemn death, along with others murdered by illegal immigrants, has caused the citizens of the United States to attempt to increase the enforcement of immigration laws, and therefore add more protection to the country now and in the future. Nevertheless, strengthening the immigration laws in the United States will have a large impact on the world. If America’s “sanctuary” communities begin to cooperate with the federal immigration enforcement, then the country could become much safer, amicable, and endure less death. However, the people immigrating

Edith Bolling was born to a family of Virginian Aristocracy in Wytheville in 1872. She was the 7th child in a family of 11 kids. At the age of 15 she went to study music for a year at Martha Washington College and a second year at a different smaller school. Edith met a businessman by the name of Norman Galt in Washington when she was visiting a sister. They were soon married and for 12 years, their childless marriage was content. Mr. Galt died unexpectedly in 1908 and Edith left the jewelry firm the two had up to a manager that kept the finances up to par. Not long after the death of her husband, Edith met Woodrow Wilson who had also recently lost his spouse, Ellen. The widower President Wilson was very fond of Edith and found her intelligent.

Lee, Barbara was born July 19, 1946 in Texas, Lee moved to California in 1960 due to her parents being in the military. Lee attended a catholic school Sisters of Loretto taught her which was dedicated to justice and peace. In high school lee worked with NAACP to integrate her high school to have a mix of races in her cheer team. Lee attend mills college while she was a single mother and receiving public assistance. She became president of Mills College’s Black Student Union while she was president Shirley Chisholm who happened to be the first African American woman elected to Congress was picked to speak at her school. After meeting Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm Lee signed up to vote for her first time and worked on Congresswoman Chisholm’s presidential campaign.

On September 1, 1939, Germany invaded Poland’s territory of Warsaw. Edith Goldman and her family was one of the family members that were not able to escape from the ghetto. They were forced by the Germans to serve for them. The Nazi Leader, Hitler claimed it was for a better cause in defense, however Edith’s freedom downsized after she was captured by the Germans.

Josephine Rosenits-Ladwig was born on the 18th of November, 1942 in Kaufbeuren, Germany. She lived in ‘Neue Gasse 22’ with her twin brothers, Klaus and Franz. She also lived with her three sisters, Resi, Erna, Erika and another brother, Helmut. Her parents were Josef and Afra Rosenits, they married in 1941. Her father was in the army until 1945. By the age of seven she had to travel an hour to get to and from school. Her father was an alcoholic and a very strict discipliner, as many men were post war. In the early years of her life, Josephine was ‘Papas little princess’ and she could do no wrong. But as she grew older she became very stubborn and always had to have the last word. As a result, she was punished in unmerciful

Stein, exemplified an individual that truly cared for the poor and the weak, seeking to serve every person she met so that God’s name may be glorified instead of her own. Although she made tremendous contributions in the area of phenomenology and held no prejudice against her fellow peers, nevertheless she was wrongly killed, and her story must stand not to uplift the holocaust, but to celebrate a life that was devoted to God. Lastly, Herbstrith wanted to provide the Carmelite nuns, as well as people all over the world, with an excellent example of how one should live their lives to the fullest. In a pursuit for God, we should give our all in everything we do. A life committed to God is not truly committed unless we surrender everything and by doing so, Stein lived the life God called her to

Edith Holländer was born Aachen, Germany, on January 16, 1900. She attended a Christian girls’ high school, called Viktoriaschule. On May 12, 1925, Edith married Otto Frank, and moved to Frankfurt, Germany with him. They had two children, both girls, with the names of Margot and Anne. By 1934, the whole Frank family had moved to Opekta, for Otto’s business. The Frank family moved into the Secret Annexe on July 6, 1942. Mrs. Frank usually hid her feeling about others. She preferred to be polite, than rude. Her and Anne often got in small quarrels into the first year of hiding, but then died down during the second year. Edith hated that she and Anne quarreled. She often told Otto that Anne went against everything she said. Mrs. Frank was selfless, a loving mother, and a caring person.

Gertrude Stein may not be the most well known short story author, but she certainly earns a spot as one of the most interesting and influential modern authors. Before embarking on a fruitful career as a writer, Stein served as an ambulance driver for the French during the First World War with her life partner, Alice B. Toklas. She and Toklas resided in France along with other notable authors including Hemingway and F. Scott Fitzgerald. With her brother Leo, Stein collected works from famous artists such as Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse, Juan Gris, and Paul Cézanne. These modern artists, in particular, Cézanne, account for the majority of the inspiration for her literary works.