Eleanor Roosevelt Anna Eleanor Roosevelt usually called Eleanor was a very heart filled woman. She cared about everyone but mainly worked hard for the disadvantaged and the poor. Eleanor matured fast and lived her younger life very independently, considering her parents died when she was awfully young. Eyes and Ears, was what many people were reminded of when they thought of Eleanor Roosevelt. She was Franklin’s eyes and ears after he was diagnosed with polio, a severe disease that paralyzes you.
Anna is viewed as a very heroic character even to the villagers because she is a "woman who has faced more terrors than any warrior". When Anna is faced with the death of her husband and both of her kids, although she finds it hard to cope, she only grows stronger and proceeds to help others regardless. We see Anna's changes throughout the book from key events such as her heroic attempt to save Mem and Anys when they were being accused of being witches and when she overcomes her fear and helps Merry birth her child. Elinor describes Anna as a spark which just needed to be let out, and tells her how bright she burns now. This shows Anna's growth into a independant and heroic person.
She played poker with Jimmy Doolittle, was the first woman to enter Japan after World War II, witnessed General Yamashita's surrender in the Philippines and the trials at Nuremberg, and flew to England and convinced General Eisenhower to run for President. Jackie was a Democrat. During her aviation career, Jackie Cochran set more speed and altitude records than any of her contemporaries, male or female. She not only became one of the world's great aviatrixes but also one of the best pilots of either gender. Throughout her life, Cochran demonstrated an incredible drive; she wanted to succeed at everything she did.
Throughout the text Cougar Annie proves herself to be a fighter and a survivor by not allowing anything or anyone hold her back from what she wants for her own success as well as her family’s being. Cougar Annie: The concept of Being Ada Annie Rae – Arthur moved to the community of Boat Basin, British Columbia on Vancouver Island in 1915, with her husband and young children. Ada Annie lived a comfortable life with her husband William Arthur in Vancouver; however their life quickly changed when William became addicted to opium and alcohol and lost all their money to this world of drugs and alcohol. As their life became worse, Ada Annie’s father had a role in moving them out to Boat Basin, “out of harm’s way” (Horsfield, 2003, p. 31). Boat Basin is where Ada Annie came to be known as Cougar Annie, as she claimed to have “killed seventy-two cougars in her lifetime” (Horsfield, p19).
In 1964 Helen received the highest award to a U.S citizen the presidential Medal of Freedom. Since Helen Keller was famous and had accomplished so much that Broadway had a show based on her life. ‘’ when we do the best that we can, we never know what miracles is wrought in our life.’’ When Helen Keller learned how to communicate it was a miracle because she didn’t know how to communicate before. ‘’Life is a faring adventure or nothing at all. Helen Keller never gave up and always went for new things.
John had made a fortune from his computer company, was an avid pilot and known to be a dedicated family man. Patsy was a former beauty queen herself who entered JohnBenet into the child pageants, doing all she could to help this little girl win titles and trophies. The case would open the eyes of the world on these child pageants (which many considered reprehensible in perception that they sexualized children), the power of privilege and the media, as well as the ability of a small insular town to investigate a major crime while under the microscope of the national and international press. 2. Case History Early on the morning of December 26, 1996 a frantic phone call was placed to the Boulder Colorado Police Department.
Born Norma Jean, Marilyn felt rejected by everyone in her life, but she did not let this discourage her from pursuing her dreams. Marilyn Monroe came from nothing and managed to pull herself out of poverty and make something of herself. She embodied the American spirit because she did not allow failure to interfere with her goals, and she overcame many obstacles, even though, in the end, she could not overcome her own depression. Marilyn’s struggles began at an early age. Her childhood was practically nonexistent what with her absent father and her mentally unstable mother.
As the most gifted photographer to ever expose the poverty and suffrage of the Depression Years, Dorothea Lange left the world the same way she had taken on life, “with courage, grace and, perhaps with an anticipation to experience the visual life in a new venue.” (Oliver 7). Born on the 26th of May, 1895, in Hoboken, New Jersey, Lange was the first child of Joan and Henry Nutzhorn. Little did young Dorothea know at the age of six, that her carefree happiness would soon come to an end. In 1902, she contracted a permanent disease, polio, which left her with a heavy limp in her right leg. Her mother was to be the sole-provider for the family when her father, the successful lawyer, left the family in 1907.
In Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, the women are intelligent, but submissive—often victims—powerless to protect themselves and "second class citizens." The only exception may be Caroline Frankenstein who dies before the monster is created. Caroline is Victor's mother. She alone shows the ability to stand up to the world. Victor recounts... Caroline Beaufort possessed a mind of an uncommon mould; and her courage rose to support her in her adversity.
Estella Baker Mrs. Benaderate English 11 27 may 2009 Marilyn Monroe Marilyn Monroe was a famous actress from the 50’s. She was a very popular talented young woman, who was loved and adored. Being young, beautiful, and talented would be an advantage to anyone, to Marilyn Monroe it was everything. Marilyn Monroe was not only an actress, but a singer, comedian, film producer, and model. Through out her short life she came across many jobs, men, and obstacles. Marilyn Monroe committed suicide very young, but was it her rough child and adult hood that led her to this?