After this, Castillo felt to better her life for her and her son so she went back to school. She received her masters in Latin American and Carribean studies and minored in secondary education. After graduating she went to teach English as a second language. She also taught Mexican and Mexican American history in community colleges throughout Chicago where she grew up. She taught feminist journal writing for several years and became a feminist activist herself.
MaryMary Eliza Mahoney was the first black professional nurse in America. She was born April 16, 1845, in Boston, the oldest of three children. At the age of 18, Mary decided to pursue the dream of being a nurse. When she was 33, she was accepted in New England Hospital for Women and Children’s nursing school. Of the 42 students who stated that year, she was one of the first four to graduate that following year.
She attended grade school at Snacks Number 11, located in Pike Township in Marion County. She was so little, a stool had to be built for her, as her feet would not touch the ground as she sat in her seat. Following eighth grade, Janet attended high school at New Augusta High School. Janet graduated high school in 1935 at the age of 16. Following high school she attended Butler University in Indianapolis, Indiana, where she obtained her two-year teaching certificate.
Elizabeth Peet was born on March 26, 1874 in New York City (Parson, 2007) she is the youngest of four children. She was a third generation educator for the deaf having come from a family of prominent educators of the deaf, her father Isaac Lewis Peet and grandfather Harvey Peet, they both served as principals of the New York School for the Deaf for almost seventy years combined. Harvey received his early training at the American School for the Deaf. Edward and Dudley Peet, Elizabeth’s Uncles. They also taught at the New York School for the Deaf.
Melba Pattillo was born on December 7, 1941, in Little Rock (Pulaski County). Beals grew up surrounded by family members who knew the importance of an education. Her mother, Lois Marie Pattillo, PhD, was one of the first black graduates of the University Of Arkansas (UA) in Fayetteville (Washington County) in 1954 and was a high school English teacher at the time of the crisis. Her father, Howell Pattillo, worked for the Missouri Pacific Railroad. She had one brother, Conrad, who served as a U.S. marshal in Little Rock, and they all lived with her grandmother, India Peyton.
Upon recollection of early childhood memories, her intellectual life began when she turned five. “I felt that I had now reached an age of some importance, and the thought was agreeable” (Washburn, 1930). Washburn started school at the age of seven; however she had learned to read and write at a much earlier age. In her first year and a half she displayed her want and desires to be educated and learned the basics of arithmetic, foundations in several languages including French and German, and acquired the ability to retain perfect pitch in musical notes (Washburn, 1930). The Washburn family left New York for two years.
Author: Laurie Halse Anderson was born on October 23, 1961 in Postsdam, New York. She was born Laurie Beth Halse. As a child, and even now, she loved to read, and write, but struggled with math, which is highly reflected in Melinda, the main character in her National Book Award Finalist book. She was a well behaved child, and at the age of 16, she had left her parents house and wound up living on a pig farm. The pig farm was located in Denmark, where she stayed for 13 months as a foreign exchange student.
Mary’s Life and family On January 15, 1842 Mary Mackillop was born of Scottish parents, Alexander Mackillop and flora MacDonald in Fitzroy, Melbourne. Mary is the eldest of eight children. She was well educated by her father who spent some year studying for the priesthood in Rome. Mary started work at the age of fourteen as a clerk in Melbourne and later as a teacher in Portland. To provide for her needy family Mary took up a job as governess in 1860 at her Aunt and Uncle's place at Penola in South Australia.
Ida Tarbell Ida Tarbell was born in 1857, only two years before the birth of the oil industry; key event that would later have a major impact in Ida’s label of Muckraker. At the age of three; her father, Franklin Tarbell, moved his family to a small oil town in Rouseville. There, Ida spent her childhood attending Mrs. Rice’s home school and playing amongst the oil derricks. In the article "Pioneer Women of the Oil Industry," written in 1934, Ida speaks of the problems her mother and many other women had civilizing the oil towns. Around the year 1870 the Tarbells moved to Titusville; where a church and school were already established.
Preston schmit 8/27/10 English1 INTERVIEW The other day I got to interview Jenna Gust; throughout our talk I learned a few things about her. Right when we began to talk I could tell that Jenna is a pretty outgoing person that has a large range of interests, she is the youngest of three children with an older brother and sister. My first question to her was the obvious, “What’s your name?” and “Where are you from?” I was surprised to learn that Jenna lives on a farm in the Town of Verona, because it is located very near my hometown. She attended Verona schools from kindergarten all the way through high school. Now she is here at Madison College for her first year where she is taking courses for nursing.