Sarah Bernhardt was born on October 22, 1844 in Paris, France. She never knew her father, but she did know that he was a Parisian who never married her mother. Sarah was the illegitimate daughter of Julie Bernard. She is a Dutch courtesan who had established herself in Paris. When Sarah was young she wanted to become a nun, but one of her mother’s lovers who is Napoleon III’s half brother, decided that she should be an actress. When she was 16, arranged for her to enter the Paris Conservatoire, the government-sponsored school of acting. She was not considered a promising student, and, although she revered some of her teachers, she regarded the Conservatoire’s methods as antiquated. Sarah Bernhardt left the Conservatoire in 1862 but was accepted
Gertrude Pridgett was born in 1986 to tent performers Thomas Pridgett Sr. and Ella-Allen Pridgett. Both were said to had traveled around the south performing minstrel shows, which was the most popular form of live comedy entertainment from 1840 to the early nineteenth century (Biography.com). Because of her parents involvement, Gertrude had always been surrounded by show business and always had a love for singing and
Sarah Breedlove which name she was born into on 12/23/1867 in Delta Louisiana on a cotton plantation.Sarah Breedlove parents name was Minerva and Owen Breedlove.Sarah Breedlove had 5 siblings.In all 6 kids Owen and Minerva had,Sarah Breedlove was the first one to be born-free.Sarah Breedlove was born-free because she was born around the war of 1812.
When the war ended, Rex went back home and married his sweetheart, Viola Bauman. She was 18 and he was 24 years old. Together they bought a small house where they raised Eric, Jim, John, and Carol. The boys learned to fish and hunt ducks. In the year 1950, Rex bought a small ranch in the foothills of Paris, Idaho. As a family, they would hunt, deer; picnic, and just enjoy each other's company on the ranch.
She's the daughter of John Van Lew and Elizabeth (some called her Eliza) Louise Baker, in addition, the sister of Anna and John (her sister and brother).
At the age of 29, Samuel Huntington married Martha Devotion on April 17, 1761. She was the daughter of the Rev. Ebenezer Devotion and Martha Lothrop in Norwich.
Have you ever wondered who Paula Ann Hier Deen is or what she had to go through in order to get to where she is today? Well let’s go ahead and start talking about her life and how much of a struggle it was for her at first.
Civil Disobedience has been around for hundreds of years. This a practice first put into play by a man by the name of Henry David Thoreau who believed that if you didn’t agree with a rule then you should act against it in a nonviolent way, and be willing to accept any punishment that comes with it. His teachings were followed by famous activists such as Ghandi, and Martin Luther King Jr., and many others.
As is experienced to bodily clan in the new world are overjoyed of their sounder rights as an American nowadays. However, the merit was not given inherently, yet was won by a doom of movements and revolutions by large amount free to all what is coming to one heroes in the invent, glorious upheaval of history. As claimed by Joseph Campbell, the famous teller of tale, “A liberator is celebrity who has subject to his or her career to something bigger than oneself.” Ella Baker fits directed toward Campbell’s language of a defender by devoting herself delicately facing her pertinent career. Baker was a consistent African-American civic rights friend in need, foreshadow, and activist, who off the rack the art
Carole King is a musical icon in the world of 20th century popular music, and her longevity and success as an artist have cemented her as one of the influential musicians out of every genre of music. In this essay, I will examine how her musical style and female identity each played roles her incredibly successful musical career.
Julia was born in 1914 in Puerto Rico, as a young child she had a burning passion for literature and language. By the age of 19 she had already graduated from a university and then joined the
Julia Butterfly Hill is an environmentalist and stands up for what she believes is right. Hill is most commonly known for her 738 day tree sit in Luna. By living in a tree for over 2 years hill protested against the clear cutting of the redwood forest. Butterfly, a name given to her from the earth first! Group, sought to prevent deforestation, show the media the PL’s disregard for the environment and educate the public about the role forests play in landslides. She became the founder of the organization The circle of life.
Julie Andrews was born Julia Elizabeth Wells on 1 October 1935 in Walton-on-Thames, Surrey. She is a born natural at performing, and she loves the stage. She made her first stage appearance at the very young age of two, as a fairy. Her aunt, Joan worked for dancing school where her mother, Barbara provided piano accompaniment for classes and performances, and her father, Ted made the stage sets. It was all too natural for her to come to be on the stage. Due to her mother’s stage ambitions for her, she was home taught and as her father was a teacher, it became convenient.
Helen Levitt was an incredibly influential street photographer starting in the late 1930’s and was active all the way until the 1990’s. She enjoyed much early success in her photography career photographing day-to-day happenings in the world around her, this set the stage for a long and very important career. Her photography can be described as objective because through her work she represented New York in a non bias way, photographing day to day happenings in her local life in Brooklyn, New York and the surrounding city such as children playing in the streets (Broken mirror), and adults going about their usual business gossiping, and simply their city life (Checkered Car). However, some may argue the point the Helen may have done an outstanding job at creating the illusion of objective work by photographing specific happenings around her world, and creating the illusion of a status quo. As seen in the photo Girl/Green Car all was not positive, uplifting, and graceful as many of her photos represent, the girl is seen
Sarah Vowell is a renowned American writer who has achieved considerable amount praise due to her mesmerizing essays as well as social commentaries. The art of writing itself is a difficult process. There are unique methodologies along with techniques, which must be taken into account here. However, we must also be open-minded enough to understand that one method which may work for one author may not be as appropriate for another. If we were to analyze the process that is characteristic of Sarah Vowell then it would not be wrong be for us to assert that her personal process quite systematic. She involves herself in an arduous planning process in which the finer points of her writing are established.
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