Personal Experience: A Brief Biography Of Phyllis Lee

Hello reader, I’m about to tell you a story of some of my life. I am not normally one to volunteer details about myself, which I’ll remain somewhat reserved or completely leave some events out of this autobiography. Nonetheless, I believe I can still make my story interesting for the reader. I was born 1979, in Tampa, Florida; which, is also the same day my biological father decided to leave my mother and I. My mother isn’t a native Floridian, but had moved there with her family when she was still an infant, and had spent most of her life growing up in Florida. Needless to say, my father leaving was not an exciting time for my mother and I. Although she was employed Jimmy Cater was president and had taken the nation into

In the film Norma Rae, the textile workers were unsatisfied with many aspects of their Capitalistic work environment. They fought to form a union so that they could change the undesirable characteristics to better meet their needs. Political, environmental and cultural processes all played a part in the workers struggle to form an effective union.

I am Amanda Selich, 27 years old, and have been living in San Francisco for roughly 10 years. I grew up in the East Bay with my 3 siblings and was raised by a single father. Much of my childhood was spent taking care of my younger siblings. This responsibility was so demanding I was forced to drop out of high school and become their “surrogate mother”. However at the age of 24 I was able to get my GED and finally attend college. In fact this past May I graduated from City College of San Francisco with highest honors in Science and Math.

What does a hero means to me? A hero to me is someone having a great achievements and someone I can look up too. This hero has great influence to me. My hero inspires other students to be someone when they get out of school. My hero is a great role model as a teacher and as a friend. My Vision of a hero is Ms. Tommie Leigh Johnson.

Jackie Joyner Kersee is one of the top female athletes in US history. Her story is inspirational. She showed that even if you do not have a lot of money you could still follow your dreams and reach your goals. Jackie was poor when she grew up but still went to school and graduated. She even went on to be in the Olympics. She is a true inspiration to all ages even if your eighty years old.

My name is Theresa Guillory. I am a single mother of 3 wonderful kids: Gaylon, Dante and Madeline. I am currently employed at Texas School of Business in Houston, Texas. This organization is owned by Kaplan Higher Education. I am the Program Director for the Dental Assistant Program. I have been with the organization for 8 years. While working at TSB, I obtained my Bachelor of Science in Management/Healthcare Emphasis and Masters of Science in Management/Healthcare Emphasis. I am currently working on my Master of Business Administration. I will be

She served as president of a local PTA, as a member of both the Hudson Guild's Advisory Council and Community Board 4, and as a secretary for the Citywide Council for Presidents of the New York City Housing Authority.

In the early twentieth century, woman did not share the right to vote or share any of the privileges of white mn but worse was the status of the African American who were living in the negative climate of the south at the time. Jessie Daniel Ames was an early civil rights activist and Texas Woman suffragist who through determination and perseverance fought to acquire voting rights for women and to change the lynching laws for blacks in the south. She brought awareness and change to the minds of individuals living in a white male dominant world.

Nelle Harper Lee, born April 28, 1926 was named after her grandmother, Ellen. Her mother was Francis Cunningham Finch, born August 14, 1888, and her father was Amass Coleman Lee, born in 1880. Mr. Lee grew up as a farmer in Florida before moving to Alabama and settling down with Francis. They had three children before Nelle. The oldest was Alice Finch Lee (1911) and she was fifteen when Nelle was born. The second oldest was Louise Lee Finch (1916) who was ten years Nelle’s senior. The second youngest child, and only son of the Lee family, was Edwin Lee (1920). Because of the mere six year age difference Edwin and Nelle were very close growing up.

Doris Miller, born in the early 1900s and died in the mid 1900s, was born into a poor family. Doris also got into many racial fights in high school, but at the age of 20 he joined the navy hoping to earn money for his family. On the ship, he worked as a kitchen worker but had an astonishing title as “Heavyweight champion of West Virginia” because he fought in many boxing competitions. On December 7th, 1941 his ship was under attacked by Japanese soldiers and planes, because of his battle station being destroyed he was ordered to retrieve fallen crewmen. However, Doris was later assigned to help two men load a machine gun, but soon after look over and shot down three or four Japanese planes. Doris Miller an African American hero really saved

I had rebuilt my life, it seems like what I had to do. The poverty and low employment on the Navajo Nation is high. So, it was tough to land a job. Finally, I located a job with the County Superintendent’s executive security. Louise Yellowman, was the county superintendent at the time. Her words, her wisdom, her support, and her encouragement got me through the tough times. Considering I felt that my whole world had crash, and felt lost. I look up to Mrs. Yellowman, the people of the community looked up to here and they respected her. We would go attend county board meetings, inauguration ceremonies and this where I got to

Hello Class My name is Cristy Johnson, I’m 30 years old. I was born, raised and currently reside in Memphis, Tn. I have two sons age 6, and 10. I’m also raising my 17 year old god daughter and her 1 year old daughter. My plate is Full!!! I’m an only child on my mother's side and on my father's side i have 1 brother but we don’t have a bond or communicate. I consider myself to be an only child all around which makes my children my mom's only grandchildren. I currently work at Labcorp of America where I process drug screen specimens.My weekend or days off I usuakky spent eith my children. They are involved in baseball so I’m always busy finding cleats, gloves, buying gatorade, team cheering adn washign uniforms...BASEBALL MOM. When I get free

Hope is something people in this world don't really have. It's hard to find people with hope. If you know people who are courageous then you can say that they are hopeful because it takes courage in order for you to have hope. In the book " Footprints at the window" by Phyllis Reynolds and the article " Hope for Ebola epidemic end in Liberia " by Jen Christensen. This book and article both express the same message which is that courage people are the ones who live with hope.

Pink is an American singer/songwriter who was born on September 8th 1979 in Doylestown, Pennsylvania she was originally called Alecia Beth Moore but she changed her name to Pink when she was a teenager after watching the movie Reservoir Dogs.

On April 28, 1926 in Monroeville, Alabama, Nelle Harper Lee was born to Amasa Coleman Lee and Frances Finch Lee. Along with her siblings, Alice, Louise, and Edwin, Harper was educated in Monroeville Public Schools before going on to attend Huntingdon College in Montgomery, Alabama. After a year at Huntingdon, Lee decided to follow in the footsteps of her father and began studying law at the University of Alabama in 1945 [2]. She left there to study abroad at Oxford University, Wellington Court in England [4]. After returning to the United States, she continued her education at the University of Alabama. However, in 1950, six months prior to completing her law degree, Lee moved to New York hoping to begin