In January of 1945 a group of US pow’s (prisoners of war) were trapped by the Nazi’s in Stalag IXA POW camp near Ziegenhain Germany. Master Sgt. Roddie Edmonds had a gun held to his because he did not turn over his Jewish American soldiers. Instead the whole group of over 1,000 POWs was standing in unity and going against orders. The Nazi threatened to shoot Edmonds, but he calmly responded that giving over the religion of his soldier is against the Geneva Convention. Edmonds continued on to say that if he was shot all of his soldiers must be shot and then the Nazi’s doing so would be put on trial after the war and would face fatal consequences. By doing this brave action Edmonds saved over 200 Jewish soldier who would have fallen under the
Annie Easley was born on April 23,1933, In Birmingham Alabama. Easley and her brother were raised by thaier single mother Mary Melvin Hoover. Her mother was one of her greatest inspirations and her role model, she always encouraged her to get a good education. In an oral history interview with NASA, she said that her mother always used to tell her "You can be anything you want to. It doesn't matter what you look like, what your size is, what your color is. You can be anything you want to, but you do have to work at it." Annie Easley attended school in Birmingham and graduated as the valedictorian of her grade. At that time Easly Wanted to become a nurse because she thought it was one of the only careers open to black women. However, later on
had to take a medical exam which stated her gender as a female. She went behind
Mary Easty did not live in Salem, but she was related to Rebecca Nurse and Sarah Cloyce, which were both accused of being witches. When Mary Easty was 58 years old she too was accused of being a witch just like her sisters. Mary Easty was a religious woman, so when the public heard of her being accused of witchcraft they were shocked. There were many different reasons for the accusations on Mary Easty being a witch.
“I have been to over 100 schools,” began Lt. Governor Jenean Hampton, who is focusing on what she refers to as the 4 E’s: Entrepreneurship, Education, Emergency preparedness, and being an Example.
Henrietta Swan Leavitt was born July 4, 1868 in Lancaster, Massachusetts and died in 1921. Henrietta's parents were George Roswell and Henrietta swan I. George was a divinity doctor and a minister as well, which didn't keep them in one place very long. Henrietta was the first born of seven children, two of which passed away at very young ages. because of the fast pace of her father ministry they moved a lot. when Henrietta was 17 they moved to Ohio where she enrolled at Oberlin College for three years. One of those years she participated in a preparatory course and the other two she studied music. after the three years in Ohio they moved back home to Massachusetts this time to Cambridge. there, no matter how hard she tried she could not enroll
Edith Bolling was born to a family of Virginian Aristocracy in Wytheville in 1872. She was the 7th child in a family of 11 kids. At the age of 15 she went to study music for a year at Martha Washington College and a second year at a different smaller school. Edith met a businessman by the name of Norman Galt in Washington when she was visiting a sister. They were soon married and for 12 years, their childless marriage was content. Mr. Galt died unexpectedly in 1908 and Edith left the jewelry firm the two had up to a manager that kept the finances up to par. Not long after the death of her husband, Edith met Woodrow Wilson who had also recently lost his spouse, Ellen. The widower President Wilson was very fond of Edith and found her intelligent.
Risking their lives to document the war. Joe Rosenthal, Abbie Rowe, Marie Hansen, Hugo Jaeger and Lee Miller, captured amazing times in history during, World War II. Joe Rosenthal, known for the famous photograph of Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima, this photograph is one of the most famous photographs in the world. Abbie Rowe worked with the government, becoming a photographer for the National Capital Parks of the National Park Service. Women photojournalist, Marie Hansen was hired by LIFE magazine, being assigned to Women’s Army Auxiliary Crops. Adolf Hitler’s personal photographer, Hugo Jaeger, Führer allowed Jaeger to travel with them to document private events and parties. An iconic woman, Lee Miller is an American photographer and artist, she is famous for the
Dr. Ellen Ochoa was born May 10,1958 in Los Angeles, California. (NASA, 2018). Her father had served in the navy as she was a child and her mother had valued family and education.(America Comes Alive, 2018). She went to Stanford University to study engineering to later become an astronaut for NASA in 1991. (NASA, 2018). Dr. Ochoa is a very well-known person throughout NASA for all the accomplishment she made. Dr. Ochoa contributed to space exploration by being the first Hispanic women to go to space, helped created optical systems and conducted to atmospheric and solar studies, and being the first Hispanic director.
Edith Stein was a Jewish born child looking to leave her mark on the world. In her own words Edith stated, “I always foresaw a brilliant future for myself” (Payne). Edith was very family reliant and she suffered through many hard times. Whenever thoughts of giving up on life in Breslau, Germany arose she always found a way, a reason to push through. Edith, through all the hardships, had evolved into a strong woman dedicated to moving on. Her story is one that will touch the lives of many!
Catherine D. DeAngelis is the first woman and the first pediatrician to become editor of the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA). Before becoming editor at JAMA in 2000, she was a professor and vice dean of faculty at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine.
This is the writing of a true, Diarist and illustrator who wrote about her life on the gold fields of Ballarat. Her name is Ellen Clacy. If we didn’t have her books we wouldn’t have known about a lot of the importance of the gold rush as we do nowadays.
Who is Erika Costell? Erika Costell is an American model and social media celebrity. She is also the member of the social group Team 10. Currently, she is hugely popular on social media sites where she has almost 3.5 million followers on Instagram and over 3.6 million subscribers on YouTube.
Donnisa Edmonds is one of those students who you want to work for you …period. She is not a risk, she is not a student take a chance on, she is a student who will bring character to your university. I first met in my Honors Biology class during her sophomore year and her ability to adapt to the challenge of her first honors science class was nothing to question. She is dedicated, diligent and has the know how to reach her goals. Donnisa is a student who takes charge not only in labs, but group study sessions and extra curricular activities. She know how to lead and when to follow. Her constant attention to detail is what I remember most about her efforts in Honors Biology. When creating study guides for review they were not only detailed
The search for love was discovered when Ellery tried to jump off the bridge. Ellery Stevens only had two important people in her life, Jackson Grey, her best friend, and Tate Stevens, her little sister. Ellery was overall happy with the two of them in her life until a tragic accident occurred. Ellery’s sister died due to her careless driving that leads her car over a bridge. The loss of her sister left Ellery frozen inside. It was very difficult for Ellery to find love after the death of her sister. She wanted to be alone and isolated from people so that when she would successfully end her life no loved one would be heartbroken. That changes after her failed suicide attempt where Ellery meets Colter Sawyer, a former classmate, who eventually
Young girls do not usually get good representation in cartoons, as they’re usually played off as vapid and narcissistic. With Velma Dinkley, referred to as the brains of the gang, this is just the opposite. Due to a perfect memory and calculating mind, she solves most of the mysteries by herself, figuring out what each of the obscure clues mean to fit the pieces of the puzzle together and understand how and why the villain did it. Velma has always been my role model, I’ve always wanted to solve mysteries, travel the country in a van with my best friends, and complete the epic adventuring aesthetic everyone my age wants to achieve. The main reason Velma is my role model is that she does not put in the effort to hide who she is. Sometimes, teenagers