Patricia Era Bath

Marie M. Daly came from a family who very strongly believed in good education and supported her scientific research. She enrolled in Queen’s College in order to live at home. She completed her master’s degree in 1943. There was a shortage of male scientists in World War 2, and because of it Daly was awarded funding for her Ph.D

Thornton also subsequently practiced at New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center. How she impacts our society as a doctor is Thornton made medicine to help the Medical Corps and was stationed at the National Naval Medical Center. In Bethaseda, Maryland (Hospital of the President). What I can relate to that is my dad use to work there during 1998-1999 in Maryland. After that he went to Japan then to the United States where I was born.

Bath worked tirelessly for many years to become as educated as possible, and she succeeded. She was one of very few students in attendance at a National Science Foundation sponsored cancer research workshop at the young age of only 16. Dr. Robert Bernard, the head of the program, thought her work was so remarkable that he incorporated her discoveries in a scientific report at a conference. Bath managed to graduate high school in only two years, and earned her bachelor’s degree from Hunter College in 1964. In

Dr. Lynda Marie Jordan was also selected as the African American representative for the award-winning documentary entitled, “Discovering Women,” produced by WGBH in Boston. This pioneering series, profiled Lynda’s life in a one-hour documentary entitled, Jewels in a Test Tube.

Alice Ball came into the world on July 24, 1892, in Seattle, Washington. Her grandfather was a famous photographer and her father was a lawyer. She had two older brothers named Robert and William, and a little sister named Addie. She lived in Hawaii for two years and left Hawaii in time for her grandfather’s death in 1905. She then went to Seattle High School and graduated in 1910. She got a pharmaceutical degree from the College of Washington and co-authored a paper published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society. She returned to Hawaii and went to the College of Hawaii in 1915 and came out with a masters degree in science, specifically the field of chemistry.

When she grew up she was interested in the study of medicine. She graduated high school at The Institute for colored youth in 1863. Then she attended the New England Female Medical College in 1864, she graduated. She was the first African American to graduate from there. After she graduated, to get experience she went to work at Elizabeth Blackwell’s for poor women and children in New York. She was trained by white, Elizabeth Blackwell.

“We are our choices,” French Philosopher Jean Paul Sartre once said. Everything that happens throughout life is due to a decision made by an individual. That being said, all choices made by an individual have different possible consequences. These consequences will have a cause and an effect. Wes Moore, the author of The Other Wes Moore, explores this idea throughout his entire book. Wes Moore makes a point to show us that a character’s environment, education, and life goals are what guided them to make the choice that determined their fate. In the letter to myself, I used this quote, “The world ain’t all sunshine and rainbows. It’s a very mean and nasty place; it will beat you to your knees and keep you there permanently if you let it. You, me or nobody is going to hit as hard as life. But it ain’t about how hard you hit, it is about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward” (Rocky Balboa). This quote relates to Jean Paul Sarte’s quote because it tells us that we are our choices, and the choices we make are what will determine whether or not you will have successes or failures in life. The quote by Rocky Balboa relates to another quote from Wes Moore, “I sat back, allowing Wes's words to sink in. Then I

She also discovered through her research that African Americans were twice as likely to suffer from blindness as other patients to which she

Mary settled working in NACA (National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics) in 1951. She worked and was the member of the west area computing unit, were at the time was called the “human computer”. She was supervised by Dorothy Vaughan who was also a comprising African American female mathematician. Both women provided data that was important for the early success of the space

An icon is a person who is humble, respected by many and admired for their skills and talents. Many have influenced the different branches of the medical field; an I-con who had influenced the practice of anesthesia is Claudia potter. Potter was born into a middle class family, her father was a farmer and her mother was a stay at home mom. However, She was an outcast compared to the rest of her family; she had one great ambition to become a doctor from a young age. She attended Denton high school and was elected valedictorian in her class. This opened so many doors for her one of which may that lead her to the University of Texas medical branch in Galveston, Texas. Potter, being the only female in her class of sixty-two to graduate, soon after received a job as anesthesiologist at Scott and White Memorial Hospital in 1906. As a female Claudia Potter opened many opportunities for not only herself but other women, which led to being honored for her accomplishments and findings, and had influenced the field and its future of anesthesia.

Over the past few years, there have been multiple cases involving what some claim to be police brutality. The past couple of years have had incidents reminiscent of the sixties. Racial tensions have risen and numerous ongoing riots have broken out. There has been fires and lootings and such due to these riots. The question is, is America going back in time? In December of 2014, a monthly magazine called “The Progressive” republished an article written by James Baldwin addressed to his nephew. This article had been written in 1962 during the civil rights movement. The words, the message, James Baldwin conveys in it apply just as much to America today as it did then. Concluding that America is repeating itself, especially when regarding the relationship between the police and people of color.

As hard as is it is today for women to succeed in the sciences, one must give kudos to those that came before us. These are the women that paved the way for today's generation of women scientists. One such woman is Rosalind Elsie Franklin, a chemist who had a great impact on the modern day field of genetics.

Degas’ Bathers (1895-1900) An innocent scene is depicted in Degas’ Bathers (1895-1900), three women lounging and relaxing in a patch of grass. They are presumably near a body of water and have just bathed or are about to, due to their nudity and the work’s title. Although Degas is known mainly for his depictions of dancers, for a brief period beginning around 1885 he primarily focused on the female nude. Despite the change in atmosphere, Degas focus on the female body did not sway.

An eager interest in the workings and anatomy of the eye has stemmed my interest towards a career in optometry. My fondness for science came from reading the book ‘The Man Who Mistook His Wife for His Hat', which recounts the case histories of patients lost in the bizarre, apparently inescapable world of neurological disorders, this drove my passion past the scope of the curriculum, engaging with ideas independently to follow a career in optometry.

My name is Deepa Oja and I reside in your district 7. I am writing to support your bill H.R. 1604, Veteran’s Mental Health Care access Act, which you cosponsor. The bill calls for veterans to be eligible for mental health care at non Veterans Affairs (VA) facilities, regardless of when they enrolled in the VA health care system or seek care at a VA facility, or the location of the veteran 's residence.