Sarah Jane ( B 1848 )

In West Hartford, Connecticut, a baby boy was born on October 16, 1758, to a colonial family. The boy’s name was Noah Webster. West Hartford

“Hands” by Sarah Kay: Explication Spoken word poetry is meant to be performed, not simply just read from paper. Spoken word conforms and defies the standards of traditional poetry simultaneously: the same rhetoric devices can be found, but there is much more creative space for the speaker because of the lack of a strict form (Olson). Sarah Kay’s spoken word poem “Hands” is about the significance hands hold in our lives. Kay’s main theme in this poem is that our hands have been put here to create and show love, not to be a symbol of war and evil.

Jack Roosevelt Robinson was born January 31, 1919. He was born in Cairo, Georgia and was the youngest of five children. He had a grandfather that was a slave, Jackie’s dad was a sharecropper and Mallie, Jackie’s mother, was a maid. His dad ran away from the family when Jackie was only an infant.

His parents were Benjamin Hall and Eliza Somers. Both of them had been convicted for minor stealing offences and transported to New South Wales from England. They married in 1834 and had multiple children. Ben was the fourth child. After his parents had been released from jail in 1834 they found an area north of Murrurundi that had a permanent water supply and good grazing. Benjamin built a rough hut

Henry McCarty, born around 1859 in the Manhattan area of New York, was more commonly known as Billy the Kid or William Bonney. His mother, Catherine, was an immigrant from Ireland who worked odd jobs to support their family. Soon after the death of her husband, Catherine, Henry, and her younger son Joseph moved to Indianapolis, Indiana, where she met her future husband William Antrim. The family accompanied Antrim to Kansas, and then New Mexico after Catherine was diagnosed with tuberculosis and advised to seek a warmer, drier climate. Antrim and Catherine were married soon after the move to New Mexico.

In 1836 the PL and Harriot were intermarried with the permission of Dr. Emerson Elisa and Lizzie are the children of this marriage between the PL and Harriot. Eliza was around the age of fourteen and Lizzie was around the age of seven at the time of proceedings. In the year 1838 Dr. Emerson took the PL his wife, and two children to the State of Missouri where they have stayed since.

After the Civil War Clara Barton supported families impacted by the Civil War by establishing the of the Office of Missing Soldiers in Washington, DC. Her office worked dilligently to identify missing and killed soldiers in order to contact the distraught familes. ​

Harriet’s early years were difficult because she was a slave. Harriet’s original name was Arminta Harriet Ross. She was born in Dorchester County, Maryland on March, 1822. Slave-owners didn’t keep track of slaves birth dates. Harriet had four brothers and four sisters. Their names were Robert, Ben, Henry, Moses, Linah, Mariah Ritty, Soph, and Rachel. When she was at the grocery store, Harriet spotted a slave trying to escape the grocery store, Harriet helped the slave. A slave

Mr. and Mrs. Rowlandson created four children together. Two of their children were killed in their early stages of life. One of

By 1891 Benjamin had moved along with his daughter Julie Ann and her husband Donald McDonald, Robert, with his youngest son, William H. was living with a young family of 3, Ned Wyld, Margaret and young daughter Mary. Even Benjamin’s ex-step daughter Nancy Burns had moved to the westernmost end of the road to Haines Lake.

He stated that she left him with the children and he was upset about her irresponsible behavior. He stated that she left him with the children and never mentioned where she was heading. Mr. Jamar stated that he took care of the children for two days while Ms. Robinson was missing. He stated between 2nd day and 3rd day he called their father Mr. Clavon to pick his children. Mr. Jamar stated that Mr. Clavon was not aware of her absent either. He stated that he took care Markell and Marland as his

I learned from the 1900 New York Census that Martin was born in November of 1874. I also learned from this same census that Charles was born in 1887 of November. I wanted to find more information on their children. I search an obituary for Stephen at Find A Grave, which said he had three sons John, Martin and Charles H. as well as two daughters Mrs. Louis N.Ketcham and Mrs. John Waters.

Minty’s parents met during the year of 1803 after the merging of Thompson’s and Brodess’ plantations. According to Harriet Tubman Chronology, during 24 years of their marriage, they were successful at creating nine children of their own: the oldest Linah (born in 1808), Mariah Ritty (1811), Soph (1813), Robert (1816), Araminta (1820), Ben (1823), Rachel (1825), Henry (1830), and last but not least, Moses (1832). Even though Mr. Ross was released from slavery at age 45, he willingly worked for Thomas for income. When Minty’s younger sister, Rachel, was born, the Brodess plantation was not financially stable. Even though Brodess’ slaves meant a lot to him, he had to start selling off his slaves in order to keep his plantation going; the first ones that were sold was Araminta’s older sisters Mariah, Linah, and Soph.

Smith and Williams were born Helen and Jane Jones in Baltimore. At age 10, they were separated because their parents could no longer afford to take care of them. They, along with hundreds of other children, were put on what was called The Orphan Train to Oklahoma. When they arrived, separate farm families adopted the

As a person who aided in the construction of the social work profession, Mary E. Richmond (1861-1921) is best known for her role in the development of casework practice. Her studies helped build the foundation of direct assessment. In conjunction with her studies, she is also remembered for her remarkable ability to perform research and teach communities about the topics of social work. One of her most notable achievements is her representation of the modern idea of “client in environment”, which she labeled the “social diagnosis”. During her time, Mary was a key player in focusing the transition from charity work to social work (Szymoniak, 2015). Mary founded the Pennsylvania Child Labor Committee, the juvenile court, the Housing Association and the Public Charities Association (NASW, 2004). She is also the author of numerous publications that illustrate the importance of social work, and social practice.