Mary Kay Ash Research Paper

Being the sole caregiver and breadwinner she hustled each day to provide a stable and loving home for our family. Her resilience and grace instilled principles in me that I may not have acquired if I grew up with both parents and financially secure. Her grind is mirrored around the country by black women. 72% of African American children are raised by single black women.

“If you say 1.5 million, it’s just a number. When you see a person, you realize what it was, what it meant, and the one life lost, and then you can multiply that by a million and a half, and you realize what a horror it was” (Burstein). The Holocaust is one event that captures how hideous the world can be. During the duration of 12 years, 11 million people of different cultures, religions, and races were executed because of the Nazi party. Of those 11 million people, 1.5 million were children (Burstein). Hana Brady was one of these children who was persecuted because she chose to practice a religion other than what the Nazi party thought was proper. Although the Holocaust was a deplorable time in world history, humankind had the unfortunate

She sacrificed a lot for Wes Moore to go to the same school that john F Kennedy went to. She worked multiple jobs, "whatever she could do to help cover her growing expenses" (Moore 47). She cared a lot about school and wanted her son to be the best he could be. She was also a college graduate and before her, her parents. On the other hand, the other Wes Moore mother, Mary, did not have a chance to finish college .She dropped out of Johns Hopkins due to the fact that her grant was taken away.

University while working a full time job. Being forced to drop out was very hard for Mary. She did not let this unfortunate situation dampen her ambition. “She just had to quickly recalibrate her ambitions. She still had big dreams-maybe she could become an entrepreneur, open a beauty salon or own her own

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.

“To fear is to expect punishment.  To love is to know we are immersed, not in darkness, but in light.” - Mother Teresa. Have you ever heard of Elizabeth Phoebe Griscom? Elizabeth Ross? How about Elizabeth Ashburn? Elizabeth Claypoole? How about her nickname, Betsy? Betsy Ross was born on January 1st, 1752. She made our first American Flag. Because She was a Patriotic figure, she made the American Flag, and she helped/changed the world for the better, Betsy Ross was an amazing person.

“Amanda Clark’s phone conversation came to an abrupt end when her Chevrolet Trailblazer rolled three times before landing on its roof. She had run a stop sign and was broadsided by another driver. Metal caved in around her, but the roof stayed intact and she survived with just scrapes and bruises” (Tracy). Amanda Clark survived her first car accident caused by distracted driving, but wasn’t as lucky the second time. After she started driving again, she pledged to put her phone away and focus on driving. Clark’s Mother, Bonnye Spray, said, “I thought this would be a wakeup call for her, and it was for a short time she wouldn’t talk on the phone, she was more cautious. But she got more confident in her driving and a sense of ‘Hey, I survived one, I’m invincible, nothing is going to happen to me now’” (Tracy). A year after her accident, Clark was driving on a highway. She

BATH (WENY) - As a way to honor those who were either missing or held captive while fighting oversees, the Bath VA held a special ceremony for National POW/MIA Recognition Day.

On January 31, 2001 Logan Marr was found dead in an unfinished basement, yards of duct tape surrounding her, and a foster mother claiming that she just fell and hit her head. Sally Schofield, a respected caseworker at Maine's Department of Health and Human Services, had taken Logan in 2000. By 2001, 5 year old Logan would be dead. “I just want Sally Schofield out of my life forever,” Logan’s mother says, 16 years later, “She’s ruined my children’s lives and mine. She took an innocent child from this world for no reason.” Logan’s death was a tragedy that highlighted the problems in Maine's child welfare systems. The mistakes that were made were unforgivable, but a lesson learned from DHHS.

Have you ever heard about the Kathryn Adam murder? Well if you haven't it’s okay because I will tell you about it right now. Kathryn adam was a young woman working for a company named L’eggs and she delivered boxes of stuff to different places. Some people say that she committed suicide and others say that she was murdered and taken somewhere that nobody knows. Her doughter was the one that reported her missing because she didn’t come home for two days. In the case of Kathryn Adam, know one really knows what happened to Kathryn on the night of April 23rd 1993, I know that when she went missing her L’eggs van was parked outside an abandoned restaurant.

On July 4, 1954, Marilyn Sheppard was murdered in her home on the shore of Lake Erie. Sam Sheppard, the husband, denied any involvement in the murder but was presumed the killer.

Johnathan Parsley and AshLeigh Peach did something that is not uncommon for parents to do, install a surveillance system, but these parents didn't have the safety of their children on their mind when they did it.

On June 19,1995 Dustin Turner and Billy Joe Brown lives went downhill. One man committed a murder and the other witnessed, but both are spending their lives in prison without the possibility of parole. Dusty Turner should be released, he was charged and incarcerated for a crime he did not commit. He was charged with First Degree Murder and Abduction; and sentenced to 82 years in prison.

My mother’s divorce from my dad and her need to raise four children, which fueled and led her to a successful and profitable career. Her perseverance and urgency to change how women were seen in the workforce, led her to raise two daughters with the same affiliations and directions. Moreover, my mother’s belief in being a lifelong learner is a legacy my sister and I were proud to uphold. I value knowledge and finding ways to share knowledge with others. I believe that everyone has a right to learn using the methodology that works best for their own personal learning style. I believe that in higher education, we are too slow to change or keep up with modernizing how students are taught. Thus, my passion to share any insight gained is ever vigilant inside of me and the projects I choose to work on for this PhD program are centered around sharing knowledge with every type of student.

She understood perseverance and the importance of people and she carried on against all odds. The last time I spoke to her, she knew exactly who I was, despite