Grace Murray Hopper's Accomplishments

Katherine Coleman Goble Johnson was- and still is- an important figure in the space and mathematics world. Known as the girl who loved to count, a NASA mathematician, and a human computer, she helped in many U.S accomplishments while working for NASA. Although many African-Americans plus many women were limited to what they could do as a job without being discriminated, the women of the human computer project changed a lot of stereotypes. Katherine Johnson has inputted a positive influence for African-Americans and for her work at NASA and because of her great accomplishments while employed at NASA, the United States and other nations wouldn't have gotten their spaceships to space successfully and safely, or at least in an adequate amount of

Maya Angelou was an inspiring activist, poet, and woman. Angelou was born in St. Louis, Missouri on April 4, 1928. Throughout her lifetime she explored her career options as an actress, dancer, singer, writer, and editor among many other careers. Angelou had a tough childhood. Her parents divorced when she was very young and she was sent to live with her grandmother in Arkansas along with her brother Bailey. As an African American, Angelou experienced discrimination and racial prejudices. Angelou gave birth to her son Guy, at the age of sixteen and married her first husband Tosh Angelos, at the age of twenty-four. Angelou and Tosh divorced years later however, she did get married a couple of more times. Angelou experienced many

On May 19,1930 a set of events was set in motion that an inspiration and touching to many. May 19,1930 Lorraine Vivian Hansberry was born in Chicago, Illinois, she was the youngest of four kids. Her parents were Nannie and Carl Augustus Hansberry.Nannie and Carl Hansberry were independent, politically active and Republican. Growing up she dealt with many problems involving her race, her family was victims of segregation. The effects of her childhood greatly affected how she went on about her life.

Child labor and poverty are inevitably bound together and if you continue to use the labor of children as the treatment for the social disease of poverty, you will have both poverty and child labor to the end of time.”

Jackie was born on March 3, 1962 in East St. Louis, Illinois. Her parents named her after Jaqueline Kennedy. Jackie's family was very poor and her parents, Mary and Alfred Joyner, were young when they had their children. There was a struggle to put food on the table but there was always love. When Jackie was a freshman in high school, her mother died. After her mother died her friends and team mates supported her and her family. Her grandmother always knew she would become something great and she eventually did. she showed that you don't have to have a lot of money or be rich to accomplish your goals.

She was born March 3rd, 1925. O’Connor was raised by two very Catholic parents in Savanna, Georgia. Her father, Edward Francis O’Connor, worked as a real estate agent and was a World War II veteran. O’Connors mother, Regina Lucille O’Connor, was a very social woman and a stay at home mother. O’Connor was the only child of Edward and Regina, and was always a different type of girl. She was that type of girl who would always be alone on the playground during recess, talking to herself. She didn't have many friends, her only “friends” were her chickens, who she would knit clothes for. She had an interest of fowls, especially with oddities.

Maya Angelou was born on April 28, 1928 in St. Louis, Missouri to Bailey and Vivian Johnson. Her given name was Marguerite Ann Johnson, but she was nicknamed “Maya” by her older brother. Over the course of her life, Angelou had many jobs ranging from a fry cook to a sex worker. She broke through as both an author and poet with her publication of her autobiography, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings in 1969. (Wikipedia.com) From that point on, Maya Angelou would become a very prominent figure in American literature.

In the book The Running Dream by Wendelin Van Draanen, the main character Jessica is trying to adjust to a new life without one of her legs. Another character, Rosa, helps her through this while facing a disability of her own. Rosa was born with cerebral palsy. Even though some people don’t take the time to really get to know her, she has some great qualities that should make people want to. In the book, Rosa gets those close to her to see her real self instead of just seeing her as the girl in the wheelchair that has trouble talking. She manages this through using some of her best qualities: her friendliness, joy in helping others, and optimism.

Many people these days take their health and body for granted. Imagine losing the ability to walk suddenly due to an accident or a disease. This is exactly what had happened to Nancy Mairs, author of the essay “On Being a Cripple.” She herself had lost her ability to walk normally when she was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis or MS, a chronic disease that attacks the central nervous system. Her essay talks about her life and dealing with MS. The purpose of the essay is to show how being crippled affects your life and how to stay positive and deal with it.

It became very clear to me the role of Occupational Therapist in changing people’s mind about people with disabilities. There are many people with severe disabilities, however I feel as if, the society also chose to see what they can’t do and miss to see how capable they truly are. People often give up right away and most of the time hopelessness tend to takes over and blinds us from the possibilities of getting back into our feet and live the life we want. Julia Tavalaro’s story taught me that patience and persistence can a long way. Both occupational therapists on these short stories did not give up on helping their patients improve their daily lives. They work harder than their patients to find practical and realistic approaches to not only enhance the quality of their patients life, but also to boost self-worth and dignity. Reading success stories just like these fuels my desire to become occupational therapist. As a person who has so much love and passion for life, I want others to love theirs as

Marian Anderson was born on February 27, 1897 in Pennsylvania, Philadelphia. Anderson was the oldest of three girls, and at the age of six became a member in the choir at the Union Baptist Church. She was greatly supported by a her dad, whom later bought a piano at the age of eight. Her dad was an ice and coal dealer for a living. With Anderson’s family unable to afford lessons, Anderson taught herself.

Maya Angelou was the woman of many artistic gifts and talents. She had several different careers in the performing arts including creative writing, dancing, and acting. She really wasn’t raised by her birth parents, but she had learned to accept what her parents did for her brother and her. Somehow through all that she has been through she made a way out of a way that almost seemed impossible. So please give me the honor of giving you the honor of sharing her life story and telling about her road to success.

In a world that is currently dominated by computers, it’s hard to imagine what it was like before they were invented. Though computers only began having a major influence in the last 60 years, the idea for them was first conceived almost 200 years ago. This technology would not have been possible without the work of Ada Lovelace, who is considered one of the pioneers in the field of computer programming. She had a vision of the possible benefits and capabilities of a computing machine. Even though she would never see her vision become a reality, her legacy and work had a lasting impact on the future of technology. However, during her lifetime she experienced multiple setbacks in pursuing her education

Maya Angelou was a phenomenal woman. She was born on April 4, 1928 in St. Louis Missouri with the name of Marguerite Annie Johnson. At a very young age, her parents divorced and Maya and her brother Bailey were sent to their paternal grandmother. During this time the Jim Crow Laws were in serious action especially in Arkansas so she experienced firsthand discrimination and racial prejudices. She also suffered at the age of 7 when her mom came for a visit with her boyfriend and he raped Maya. Out of revenge her uncles killed him and she spent years a virtual mute.

Speaking of Hopper, Salovery said, “An extraordinary mathematician and a senior naval officer, Hopper achieved eminence in fields historically dominated by men. Today, her principal legacy is all around us — embodied in the life-enhancing technology she knew would become commonplace. Grace Murray Hopper College thus honors her spirit of innovation and public service while looking fearlessly to the future.”