In 1959, she graduated from Wesley College with a B.A. with honors in political science on a scholarship. Joseph Medill Paterson, a member of the Medill newspaper-publishing family, married her the same year, together they raised three daughters; twins Anne and Alice, and Katie. Even with the difficult job of upbringing her children, she managed to earn a degree of M.A. in Public Law and Government from School of Advanced International Studies and a certificate from the Russian Institute, both at Columbia
Toni Morrison and the Bluest Eye Toni Morrison was born Chloe Anthony Wofford in February 18, 1931. Her parents were, Ramah Willis Wofford, mother and her father was George Wofford (Johnson Lewis 2010). She had family who were immigrants and sharecroppers from both of her parents’ side. They lived in Lorain, Ohio were she was the only African America student in her first grade classroom (Bois 1996). Both of her parents were hardworking, while growing up, Morrison also learned folktales and stories that taught her about her heritage (Bois 1996).
After she graduated Zaha Hadid worked with her former teachers, Rem Koolhas and Elia Zengheils at the office of Metropolitan Architecture. It was then when she met Peter Rice who helped by encouraging her from the beginning of her career. Her best known projects are Vitra Fire Station, Land Formation One Bergisel Ski Jump and Rosenthal Centre for Contemporary Art in Cincinnati. Zaha Hadid has won a lot of awards but biggest success was being the first woman to win the Pritzker prize which she won in 2004. The Pritzker architecture Prize is awarded annually by the Hyatt Foundation.
Kamala, which means "lotus flower" in the sacred Indian language of Sanskrit, spent her early years in nearby Berkeley, where her parents attended college and worked in the civil rights movement. Gopalan would become a nationally respected doctor, specializing in breast cancer research, and Donald Harris would teach economics at Stanford University. When she was seven, her parents divorced, young Kamala and her sister Maya Lakshmi were then raised by their mother. Though Harris would most often be identified as African American, she also highly valued her Indian heritage, especially the tradition of strong, courageous women she saw personified in her feminist mother and in her grandmother, who she saw on family visits to the Indian city of Chennai. Gopalan's family was Brahmin, India's highest social class, with a tradition of higher education and service to the
Brenda Reis Professor Record Composition II 27 February 2014 The Fifty Shades of a Cultural Phenomenon E.L. James is a former TV executive, wife and mother of two based in the suburbs of West London. Since January 2012, her life has taken an extraordinary turn with the runaway success of the Fifty Shades trilogy, sending this erotica author E.L. James straight to the top of the highest-earning authors list. The Fifty Shades of Grey author earned $95 million in the past year (Forbes Magazine). It all started when James went to see the movie Twilight. She enjoyed the movie and soon read all the books and felt in love.
3. After College a. As a post-graduate she moved to London and worked as a researcher. b. Rowling then moved to northern Portugal and taught English as a foreign language. c. She got married for the first time in October of 1982. d. She gave birth to Jessica in 1993. e. She then moved to Edinburg after the marriage ended, and married Dr. Neil Murray.
Sylvia Plath research paper Notes While completing her studies at the University of Cambridge, she met Ted Hughes. This man was the love of her life and they got married on June 16, 1956 with Sylvia's mom in attendance. Ted and Sylvia decided to move back to the United States after getting married. They both lived and worked in the United States from July 1957 through October 1959. Sylvia taught at Smith College and attended many writing seminars where she met and became friends with Robert Lowell.
Later, she studied at the Sister’s School, a private catholic high school. She graduated with a degree in 1985 with a degree economics from the University of Khartoum, majoring in statistics. She then travelled to Britain where she was awarded a M. Sc. and an MPhil in Statistics from the London School of Economics. In 1990 Leila moved to Scotland with her husband and children.
In this picture book, Farris, shares her memories of growing up with the famous Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Junior. In an introduction the author explains that she knew her famous sibling long before he was famous. The book then gives an accounting of their happy childhood and is realistically illustrated by Chris Soentpiet’s paintings. Every year, for the past five years, I have used of My Brother Martin in my classroom to teach the biography genre and to help my students learn more about the Rev.
Body: A. Maya was encouraged by her dance teacher to explore the world of literature. However, it was not until after working with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., that she realized that she had a natural like for words; she had a gift for being able to express her thoughts, feelings and ideas literally. 1. After moving to Egypt in 1960 with her South African activist husband, Maya served as editor of the Arab Observer. In 1970 after two years of perfecting her life on paper her autobiography “I know Why the Caged Bird Sings,” was completed and published for the whole world to read.