She grew up in the backwoods of eastern Kentucky, among plains and pastures where she and her siblings roamed and read every book their family owned (Kingsolver). Her love of literature was born at an early age. Even though
Throughout history, there have been many people that have made an impact on the world today. Many of these individuals are well known while others are not spoken of as much. There is one person whom I think stands out the most for women. That person would be Sojourner Truth. During the year of 1797 Sojourner Truth was an African American woman who lived during the nineteenth century. Sojourner Truth was born Isabella Baumfree to the proud parents, James and Elizabeth Baumfree; she was born in a town called Esopus, NY. She died November 26, 1883 at the age of eight six at her home in Battle Creek, Michigan, leaving behind her five children. Unfortunately Truth was born into slavery; she was constantly traded between slave owners. Truth was later freed from slavery where she was forced to leave behind her husband, Thomas, and four of their children due to slavery. Over the many years that Truth was in slavery she was treated cruel and harsh. Although Truth faced many obstacles, that did not stop her. Truth worked really hard to make a huge difference in the world today. Sojourner Truth is known by many because she fought for the civil rights of others, and she used her knowledge to help inspire other slaves and women.
Throughout the course of history, there have been many important people whose names shall be known forever. But what about the people who shaped the world, but didn’t get the fame? Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton, or Eliza Hamilton, was one of those people. Eliza Hamilton was born in 1757 in Albany, New York, and she died at the age of 97 in Washington, D.C. When she was 23 years old, she married the man who would forever change her future: Alexander Hamilton. As well as performing the expected hardships of being a mother in the 18th century, Eliza also greatly helped Alexander with his work. She helped him write many of his essays and speeches, and she gave him advice about all aspects of his work in the colonial government. Eliza’s devoted work
Her paternal and maternal grandmothers were a part of the biggest influence but were two ends of the culinary spectrum; Her maternal grandmother, Bertha Philpot Jones, was the quintessential African American matriarch who gave her a taste of savory goods, where as her paternal grandmother, Ida Irene Harris, who she loving referred to as Grandma Harris was another kind of old-line southern matriarch, who gave her the taste of her southern
Malcolm X. These people also made huge impacts in the world but none of this would have happened without the
She was born April 4,1802 she was born in Massachusetts she was also the oldest of three kids. When she was twelve she went to live with her grandma because her dad was abusive. Here's the helping the sick part when she was a young adult she became a teacher and started her own school, she decided to quit being a teacher and become a nurses in the civil war.
The person I chose to talk about is William Floyd. He was born december 17,1734. He was born in Brookhaven,suffolk,New York. He died August 4th,1821.He was a farmer,politician, and he signed the Declaration of independence.His father was Nicoll Floyd, an fancy and honest landholder, whose ancestors came to America from Wales, about the year 1680, and settled on Long Island. The father of William died while his son was young, and left him do what he want to a large estate. His great grandfather, Richard Floyd had moved from Wales to Long Island in the 17th C. William’s parents were Nicoll Floyd and Tabitha Smith. Young William was born on 17 December 1734 in what is now called Mastic, Long Island, but was then a part of Brookhaven Township.
After graduating from college she taught at a female college in Danville, Kentucky. In 1871, she moved to Cartersville, Georgia where she opened a female high school along with her friend Anna Safford. While in Georgia she joined the First Baptist church and ministered to underprivileged families in Bartow County. While she was ministering to these families she knew that she wanted to do more. She wanted to explore other countries around the world; she wanted to know if they had the same opportunity as her to hear the
Elizabeth Lucas Pinckney was one of the first women to show appreciation toward America. One of our first “Founding Mothers.” Eliza’s affection for America grew so deep within her career, she left her children and homeplace to keep South Carolina from great turmoil. Her goal in having the plantations was to make South Carolina one of the most capital places for exporting Indigo. Throughout her life she ambled to work solo in her career. George Lucas (father of Eliza), pushed her to find a husband- somebody to work along side of Eliza to better help the business. At the time, most colonial women married at teenage years, but Eliza married Charles Pinckney at the age of twenty-two. Most colonial women had around 7-10 children in their lifetime,
She was a poor tobacco farmer and mother of five, born in southern Virginia in 1920.
colonies with a bunch of other slaves. After that, she was bought and sold and is now working at a
Isabelle Baunfree who changed it to sojourner truth who was a slave. She was auctions off to a owner. She live thought woman suffrage. she was in the civil war. The times was hard made she fought for what beveled and she love god.
There are many people in history who have made a very big impact on their
At the age of eight, she was sent to a boarding school along with her sister Cassandra. Even though money was tight her father knew that it had to be done in order for his daughters to have an education worth using and having for their lives. When they came back from boarding school their father would be their teacher teaching them things that he knew. Being one in only two girls of the eight children in her family she was almost forced to create a strong relationship with her sister Cassandra. Although she was very close with her sister, she had a closer relationship with her older brother Henry. He would become her agent and help get her novels published.