My Grandmother Enid Foster Research Paper

Debbie Allen was born to Vivian Ayers and Arthur Allen on January 16, 1950. At age three she started dancing and at age four she knew she wanted to be a professional dancer. Her parents divorced in 1957, and her mother was Debbie and her siblings were encouraged to be creative and independent. In 1960, Vivian Ayers took her children to Mexico. When they came back to Texas, Debbie auditioned for the Houston Ballet School but was denied because the color of her skin. A Russian teacher at the school saw Debbie perform and secretly enrolled her. When she was sixteen, she auditioned for the North Carolina School of the Arts but was rejected because her body was “unsuited” for ballet. While she was in high school she put her studies first and went

Jane (Laura) Addams was born to Sarah (Weber) Addams and John Huy Addams on September 16, 1860 in Cedarville, Illinois near Rockford and Wisconsin border. She was the eighth of nine children. From this union out of the nine children only three of the daughters and one son survived to see adulthood.

Strolling through the woods one day with my husband we stumbled across a head stone for the late Mrs. Bessie Vanburen, age 19, beloved wife and mother, died July 11th 1835. Our minds started to wonder back to a time long passed and the days before Mrs. Bessie was placed here.

Did you know there was a young woman that was a nurse in the battlefield? Her name was Clara Barton.she was born December 25 1821 and died on April 12 1821.Sins a child Clara devoted her life for others and always was nice.And when Clara was done teaching some men would ask her if she wanted to marry them but Clara said no to all of them because she was independent.

Clara Barton was born on December 25, 1821 in Massachusetts. She was born into a family of four, two brothers and two sisters. Her parents were Stephan and Sarah Barton, a militia man and a home maker. Stephan was a non-commissioned officer in the French and Indian Wars, which made his soilder habits and tastes hard to dismiss. He had a love for horses and became one of the first to introduce blooded stocks, with large lands in England, he raised his own colts and highlanders. He told Clara many war stories, he even drew maps, made models of battles and explained war strategies. Some of her first memories are of thunder storm which looked like a whole heaven full of angry rams , marching down upon her.1

Clara Barton's real name is “Clarissa Harlowe Barton.” I chose her is because she is a very strong and independent woman, especially for her time period. She saved many lives and risked her own in doing so. She would go through the battlefields to help save wounded soldiers. At the same time of being strong she was loving and kind. She tried to save lives and she helped to find 22,000 soldiers who were marked “missing.” She would even write down messages soldiers wished to their families. She took charge on the battlefield and was extremely brave.

Clara Brown was born in Virginia in 1800. She was a former slave from Virginia who became a community leader, philanthropist, and aided settlement of former slaves during the time of the Colorado Gold Rush. Brown married another slave when she was eighteen, and together they had four children. In 1835 Brown’s family was broken apart when they were all sold to different slave owners. Clara was sold to a plantation owner in Kentucky. When Brown was 56 years old, she received her freedom and required by law to leave the state, and work her way west as a cook and laundress in Denver, Colorado. Brown settled in the mining town now called Central City, Colorado, where she worked as a laundress, cook and midwife, she took the money she made investing

Dr. Dorothy Lavinia Brown was a woman of firsts: first single woman in Tennessee to be granted the right to become an adoptive parent; first African American woman to serve in the Tennessee state legislature; and the first African American woman to become a surgeon in the South.

Nursing is defined in journal articles as protection, promotion, and optimization of health, prevention of illness, and advocacy in the care of individuals, families, communities, and populations. Nurses save lives daily and are important members of health care system. They monitor patients, determine what patients need, and provide care. The nursing profession is rich with various contributors in the areas of research, education, and practice, as well as roles. In her book “Ordered to Care” (1987) , Susan Reverby describes nursing as the order in a society that refuses to value caring. However, with the obligation to care, nurses have tried to determine how they would provide care, be it at bedside or at legislative laws, Clara Barton was

In deciding to write about my friend Jane Addams, I knew that it would not be an easy task. Jane is an amazing person who is driven to help all manner of people even though her own life was filled with struggles. Jane brought hope, caring, and love to many people in two centuries, the 19th and the 20th. She lived her life for others by taking her struggles and turning them into ways to alleviate the same for others less fortunate. Jane's learning took her across an ocean and led her to people who would help her on her journey. One of these people was Ellen Gates Starr. Together Jane and Ellen worked for many years as a team to help others.

90%...90% of child abusers are related in some ways to their child victim, according to the National Children’s Alliance. The issue we are faced with today is the one of whether or not Mayella Ewell is a victim or a criminal. You will find that in the following paragraphs that there will be a profusion of proof that Mayella Ewell is a victim of rape, and child abuse, by her own father. Today I argue that Mayella Ewell is a victim, a girl living a life of hardship, who was abused and raped by her father, Bob Ewell.

Who is Mayella Ewell? Mayella Ewell is a young adult that lives with her father in Maycomb, Alabama. In the 1930’s, Mayella Ewell has power because of her race, class, and gender. Her race helps her during these times because Negroes did not have advantage like the white folks did. She uses her gender to her advantage because it can make her look weak and vulnerable. Men are supposed to be stronger than women, which also is an advantage to her. Another thing is that her class is right above the colored people which makes her more powerful than them.

"White people wouldn’t have anything to do with her because she lived among pigs; Negroes wouldn’t have anything to do with her because she was white”. Mayella Ewell is a poor, 19 year old that lives with her father and siblings. She is usually home by herself and has to take care of the house and the younger kids. She gets abused by her father and is mistreated by him often. Class, race , and gender all can limit the amount of power that Nineteen-year old Mayella Ewell, can have.

In the 1930’s Mayella Ewell is a white daughter of an abusive father, Bob Ewell. She is sexually abused and physically abused by Mr. Ewell on the right side of her face.. They live together on a pig farm that is part of a run down negro hotel, their backyard is a garbage dump.Mayella accuses Tom William of rape. Tom William is an African American male, who cannot use his left arm due to an injury at work. Mr. William helps Mayella with work around her house. When Mayella hugs and kisses Mr. William, Mr. Ewell sees this happen and he gets very upset with Mr. William. Mayella set him up, because she knew what time Mr. Ewell would be home, knowing that the Jim Crow Laws try to keep blacks and whites seperated. Mayella Ewell

Dorothy Parker was a civil rights activist, journalist and poet of the 20th century. She unfortunately had an unhappy childhood and lost her parents at a young age. Dorothy Parker attended a Catholic grammar school, but at the age of 14 her education came to an end (Academy of American Poets, para. 1). Parker became to be known for her legendary literary figure. In fact Parker worked for several magazines and worked as a book reviewer for The New Yorker.