Lorna Borenstein, founder and CEO of Grokker, a provider of online cooking, yoga and fitness videos. She was recently interviewed by the New York Times, to share her story and what inspired her to launch Grokker. As a child she was very curious and learned quickly that saving money was important. Her curiosity and frugality led her to the business world since the age of eleven when she worked during weekends unpacking boxes, she learned many skills from watching and following managers. Later, she worked at HP and gained a significant amount of leadership skills, she shared that the company believed in investing in people and doing what’s right for them. Borenstein, knew that she had to follow those same principles in order to get the right
Lorna Gail (Autrey) Woods, born May 22, 1948 in Mobile, AL with brown hair and dark brown eyes. She was born to parents’ Raymond Lee Autrey (22) and Lillian (Gary) Autrey (20). She is a fifth generation direct descendent of Charlie Lewis (brother of Cudjoe Kazoola Lewis) who arrived in Mobile on the last slave ship, “The Clotilde” in August 1859.
Sarah Breedlove which name she was born into on 12/23/1867 in Delta Louisiana on a cotton plantation.Sarah Breedlove parents name was Minerva and Owen Breedlove.Sarah Breedlove had 5 siblings.In all 6 kids Owen and Minerva had,Sarah Breedlove was the first one to be born-free.Sarah Breedlove was born-free because she was born around the war of 1812.
In Delta, Louisiana Sarah Breedlove was born to parents Minerva and Owen Breedlove on December 23, 1867. Sarah was the first unrestricted child to her recently freed (from slavery) parents. Sarah’s parents worked on a cotton field, when Sarah was old enough she worked with them. Although Sarah had a lot of work she managed to have fun with other children. They went to fish fries where people sang and danced, in addition they went to church on Sundays with their families. When Sarah was about 5 years old her mother unexpectedly died and less than 2 years later her father died. Sarah went to live with her sister, Louvenia and her husband, who was very cruel to Sarah. In 1878 the 3 moved to Vicksburg, Mississippi because of the yellow fever outburst.
Rebecca Felton was born Rebecca Ann Latimer on June 10, 1835 to plantation owners Eleanor and Charles Latimer. Her parents quickly recognized the intelligence in their first born and began to hire tutors when she was merely five years old. She would go on to attend school at a private school located in a Presbyterian Church, and then on to college at Madison Female College. Upon her 1852 graduation, she earned three distinct honors in that she was one of few women to receive a classical liberal arts education, she maintained the highest grades, and was the youngest member of her class at only seventeen. She would marry the speaker from her college graduation ceremony, Dr. William H. Felton, in October of 1853.
Today we gather here in the remembrance of Megan Marie Brincks. She was known as daughter, mother, and grandmother throughout her life. As a small child, Megan always had a passion for horses just as every other little girl did. Her life revolved around them and her dream job had always been a veterinarian. Throughout junior high and high school that dream remained strong. Although she was involved in volleyball, track, FFA, spanish and book club, horses were still her number one priority.
Ruby Briges was born on the exact same year as the Supreme Court’s Brown Vs. Board of Education decision in the school is noticable coincidence in her early life into Civil Rights movement . When she was in the kindergarten , she was one of the African- American students in New Orleans who been choosen to take a test to be determining whether or not she can attend a all white school . The idea they planned was that if all the African American failed the test , then in New Orleans all the schools might be able to stay segregated for a while . Ruby lived five blocks away from an all white school , but she attened kindergarten serval miles away , at an all black school .
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Elizabeth was a 12 year old girl that had a normal family life. Until it was turned upside down when Parliament passed the Stamp Act in 1765. She lived on a small lot of land just on the outskirts of town with her father, mother, and her older brother. Her father’s name was Emmett Buford. He was a hard working man and Elizabeth loved her father. Her mother was Abigail Buford and she was to stay at home and care for the children, which is what most women did in these days. Elizabeth’s brother was almost 4 and a half years older than her. His name was Abiel Buford.
About 100 miles out of Albuquerque, the Navajo are lacking something that we take for granted everyday - easy access to water. Many Navajo families have no running water in their homes and they have to drive many miles to get water from a well. In addition, many of the wells that once had water that was safe to drink have been contaminated as a result of mining causing the Navajo to be further away from their source of water.
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 .
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
Tina Ahlberg is professional speaker and she works at Black Hawk County Health Department as Health Officer. She talked about six different titles of job such as Sanitarian, Health Officer, Health Inspector, Environmental Health Officer, Environmental Health Professional and Environmental Health Specialist. There are several sites to work in Environmental Health and Public Health such as Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Environmental Protection Division, Iowa Department of Natural Resources, Iowa Department of Public Health, Iowa Department of Inspection & Appeals and U.S. Food and Drug Administration. They are working in diverse area like Grocery Store Inspections, Foodborne Illness Investigations, Tanning Bed Inspections and Swimming
Laura S. Haviland risked her own life trying to make a difference for the lives of others. She was not very concerned about what would happen to her, she just wanted to make sure others were getting what she thought they deserved. She was an abolitionist and a writer. Throughout her life she was devoted to helping people in many different ways, spending much of her life doing different activities that involved helping people, most importantly slaves and their families. These were things she never had to do, but chose to do. She took it upon herself to spend her life doing this. One of the biggest things she devoted her life to was the underground railroad. She also helped to make big improvements for African Americans. This almost cost her, her life, but she kept going and helping. Without Laura Haviland's demanding work and dedication Michigan would not have made such drastic improvements as they did during this time. Laura worked her whole life to selflessly help so many different people in their current situations. Laura was a teacher,
Beth Brown is an African American woman who studied astrophysics. Astrophysics is an area of science which applies physical laws discovered on Earth to phenomena throughout the cosmos. Cosmos is the world or universe regarded as an orderly, harmonious system (Dictionary.com). Beth is a very appreciated and inspiring astronomer. An astronomer is an expert in or student of astronomy. She was an inspiration to women and minorities in encouraging them to pursue their careers in astronomy/physics. Beth Brown died at the age of 39 due to a pulmonary embolism. When she died, the astronomical community lost one of its most buoyant and caring individuals (Bregman 1).
I suffered a lot , physically I was beaten till I had broken bones and