The Death Of Edith Bements

Amelia Earhart had a lot of challenges in her life, but she accomplished them by being a bold and brave woman. Earhart was young, bright, and full of energy and very curiosity. But she didn't know what she wanted to do with herself (Lauber 26). Until, one day she saw four one-legged men struggling down the sidewalk, and she decided to drop out of school and volunteered as a nurse's aide in the Toronto hospital for veterans (Lauber 27). Even though Earhart loved working as a nurse's aide, she still was undecided about what she wanted to do. After seeing the air show and taking some flying classes, Amelia Earhart was interested in becoming a pilot (Lauber 30).

Monee was born in the city of Chicago. She lived in a small apartment in the ghetto. “We didn't have much but we made the most of it,” Monee told me during our interview. During Monee's freshman year of highschool, she met a boy named James Bryant. They soon fell in love and were inseparable. The fairytale came to an end when Monee got pregnant at 14 years old with her first born, Jaliya. Although she was scared and surprised, she knew she had to give her daughter a great life. Monee continued in school and found ways to make money so she could support her daughter. After Jaliya was born, everything seemed to fall into place. “Jaliya was a good baby. It was hard but we got through it.” Monee said. But not soon after Jaliya was two months old, Monee became pregnant again. By the time Monee was 19 years old, she had 4 beautiful daughters named Jaliya, Jakyra, Jazzlyn and Janya.

Amelia Earhart spoke the words, “I want to do something useful in the world.” Not only did she speak these words, but she lived by them with her lifetime full of astonishing aviation records and other services. From her tomboyish childhood to her first flight, Amelia Earhart proved that airplanes and service were her passion. Throughout her entire career, Earhart showed the world what women could do and truly became a world-leading pilot and adventurer.

Many people follow many dangerous dreams that sometimes end up killing them. Amelia Earhart followed her heart and never gave up as she became the first female aviator to fly over the Atlantic. She grew up, learned, to love aviation, became a celebrity and flew many successful flights, flew her last flight and disappeared, then her bones got discovered and inspired others. She inspired women and men saying “Women, like men, should try to do the impossible. And when they fail, their failure should be a challenge to others.” The mystery of Amelia’s disappearance has been figured out and is still inspiring others. Discover the many things Amelia did and learn the true meaning of `mystery`.

Ethel Smyth, composer and outspoken Suffragette, was born in 1858. Her middle-class English family opposed her ambition to study music in Germany, thinking her goal of becoming a professional musician unladylike. Her father eventually allowed her to study composition in Leipzig, but only after she waged a campaign of protest that included a hunger strike and self-imposed isolation. Her seventy-two compositions include six operas, and works for orchestra, chorus, and chamber ensembles. Later in life, she was afflicted by deafness, a malady that afflicted both Beethoven and Smetana. She died in 1944.

The death of Lela Alcorn was an event that dramatically changed our views on sexuality. Shortly after Leelah died, a petition was started known as Lela’s law which would ban conversion therapy in the United States. The petition gathered 100,000 signatures in which case required a response from white house officials. In April 2015, President Obama responded to the petition stated that he supported the law and was working to get the law enacted. To give more overview on Lela’s suicide, Lela Alcorn was a 17-year-old transsexual female who jumped out in front of a trunk. In her suicide note Lela stated “I feel like a girl trapped in a boy 's body, and I 've felt that way ever since I was 4.” (Lela Alcorn Suicide note page 1). When Lela was 14, Lela told her parents that she was transgender, however Lela’s parents were not accepting of this decision, stating that God doesn’t make mistakes and that she was in fact a boy and sent her to conversion therapy. The conversion therapy only made Lela feel worse about herself and took her own life.

It was a brisk day at Saint Mary's Hospital in Albuquerque, New Mexico on January 16, 1949, the day that Darlene Cheryl Herr was born small and fragile to Charles Herr and Maria Apodaca into the big, strong world. Without the support of her two brothers Charles Herr, and Harry Herr, two step-brothers Lester Herr, and James Herr, and her parents, she may never have became the brave, intelligent and well-mannered person that she is today.

On the cold winter night of January 31, 2002, Joclyn Tracy was brought into this world. She was born with her head five centimeters larger than normal, but her parents Amy Shireman and Charles Tracy were still proud. Joclyn was born at a hospital in Jasper. She has eyes as dark as the night and only a little head of hair.

The lights down stairs go out, everyone goes to sleep. You feel now is the best time; you tie a noose around your neck and jump off your bed.

Elizabeth Osborne King was born in Fulton County Georgia on October 12, 1912. She was a well known American microbiologist who specialized in identifying difficult bacteria. She was educated at the University of Georgia, where she graduated with a B.S. in Zoology in 1935. She went on to obtain her M.S in Medical Technology from Emory University in Atlanta in 1938, and wrote her thesis on the effects of new antimalarial drugs on avian malaria. During the second world war she served as an officer in the Woman's Army Corps in Fredrick, Maryland. In 1946 she went to work for Emory University Hospital, where she remained for two years. In 1948 she accepted a position with the newly formed

Jane Addams, the Hull House co-founder, and peace activist, was seen as one of the most acclaimed first-generation college-educated women. Rejecting certain matriarchal principles such as marriage and motherhood, she devoted herself towards a lifetime commitment to the less fortunate and social activism and reform.

Pride is a broad character trait that has both positives and negatives associated with it. The way one goes about confronting the hurdles in their life determines how others will perceive them. The wrong kind of pride can have serious negative ramifications on one’s life. While not a hard and fast rule, often characters of lower class tend to be written to show positive pride and work through their struggles, while the people of a higher class show a negative pride that limits the before mentioned characters associated with a lower class. Through their writing, Harriet E. Wilson and Fanny Fern exhibit a myriad of levels of pride exemplified by various characters, in their books, Our Nig or, Sketches from the Life of a Free Black and Ruth Hall: A Domestic Tale of the Present Time, respectively.

A biography is defined as a written account of another person 's life. The key word in the definition being another person’s life. Biographies are full of great information that can often times make history fun and exciting. Historical phenomenon is often portrayed through biographies allowing us to see how society has developed over time and how the past and present may be similar. Although biographies are full of information often times it is impossible to prove them to be true because they aren’t written by the person themselves. Linda Colley’s The ordeal of Elizabeth Marsh is a great example of an exciting biography that allows us to learn about British Imperial Rule through someone else’s eyes.

The fear of death is arguably the most unwarranted of all fears. Most individuals can find a way to temporarily put death to the side or behind them, however in the long run, death is inescapable. Time is what makes death indestructible because in reality time only moves in one direction. Some may say that it only moves forward, but there is only one reason for which time comes to a stop and that is death. In Tennessee Williams’ A Streetcar Named Desire (1947), Blanche DuBois’ sexual desire produces the idea that desire results in death.

The most memorable character and one who has a tremendous impact on the audience is Lady Augusta Bracknell. Wilde’s audience would have identified most with her titled position and bearing. Wilde humorously makes her the tool of the conflict, and much of the satire. She serves well the plot and the theme of the play. She is the strong hand who forces the whole play to move forward with a happy ending.