Andrea Yates was a middle aged woman when she gave birth to her first child Noah. Shortly after marrying her husband, Rusty, she gave up her career as a registered nurse so she could start a family; not long after that was when she fell pregnant with Noah, once Noah was born Andrea was faced with the decision to return to her career or not. It has been said that Andrea would have wanted to return to work but she decided to be a full-time mother. Throughout the 8 years of their marriage leading up to this tragic event, Andrea spent the majority of her time in a state of pregnancy or nursing her younger children. She also had many visits to see psychiatric doctors/nurses and had many psychiatric treatments and was prescribed drugs such as Wellbutrin, Zoloft, Effexor and Haldon, which are a combination of anti-depressants and anti-psychotics (Yates, A.
Her parents were both slaves, but her grandmother had been emancipated and owned her own home, earning a living as a baker. When Jacobs was six years old, her mother died, and she was sent to the home of her mother's mistress, Margaret Horniblow. Horniblow taught the young Jacobs to read, spell, and sew; she died when Jacobs was eleven or twelve and willed Jacobs to Mary Matilda Norcom, Horniblow's threeyear-old niece. While living in the Norcom household, Jacobs suffered the sexual harassment of Dr. James
At the age of 11 she was enrolled at the Montgomery Industrial School for girls once graduated, she went on to Alabama State Teacher's College High School. She, however, was unable to graduate with her class, because of the illness of her grandmother Rose Edwards and later her death. After this Rosa once again tries to return to Alabama State Teacher's College, which she did but then her mother also became ill, she then had to care for her mother and also their home. What made Rosa’s life special and also famous was her courageous act of activism. On December 1st, 1955, Rosa was asked to give her seat to a white man, she was extremely tired but she also knew that she had paid the bus fair just like everyone else and felt that she had the right to remain seated therefore, refused to grant her seat to the white man, reason why she then was arrested.
Her biological father is still unknown. Life/ Career Highlights * Her mother was seen to be mentally unstabled and was placed under the care of family friend Ida and Wayne Bolender at birth. * At the age of 9, she was sent to live with her Great Aunt Grace McKee, who encouraged her to be an actress. * At the age of 16, Monroe signed with the Blue Book Modeling Agency. * She was married at the age of 16 to Jim Doughterty, known as an all- American young man.
In 1893, Edith graduated with honors from Brownell Hall with plans to continue her studies. Due to a severe drought and the resulting financial crisis that impacted her family as well, Abbott was unable to go to college and instead became a high school teacher in Grand Island. It took her a combination of summer sessions, correspondence courses and full-time work to obtain her degree from the University of Nebraska in 1901. One year later, she met Thorstein Veblen and James L. Laughlin during a summer class at the University of Chicago, two economists whose influence guided her toward the subject of political economy. She completed her
Antoinette wakes up several weeks later at the home of her Aunt Cora in Spanish Town. She learns that her brother has died and that her mother has had a mental breakdown. Aunt Cora enrolls Antoinette in a convent school, where she spends several years learning how to be a lady. During this time Antoinette is largely alone; her mother is confined to the home of a care-taking
In fact, according to Levy, W., (1999), “until she was sixteen she lived half of the year with her spinster aunts, her father’s sisters, in New Orleans, and the other half with her parents on the Upper West Side of Manhattan in New York City” (pg. 350). This resulted in her wanting to be alone and quitting college at the age of 19, taking a job with a publisher. Many of her plays drew from her life and family. “The Children’s Hour” was Ms. Hellman’s first success at the age of 29.
Growing up, she was most widely influenced by her mother and grandmother after her father was killed in a train accident when she was four years old. She attended school until she graduated at the age of 17. In 1870 she married Oscar Chopin and moved with him to New Orleans. However in 1880 when they suffered financial problems and were forced to move in with her father-in-law, where Oscar Chopin took over his father's plantation. Soon after, 1883 Oscar Chopin died, and she had to take over the plantation.
After their father’s death, the son’s married Moabite women named Orpah and Ruth. They lived together for about 10 years until both Mahlon and Chilion died, leaving their mother Naomi to live with her daughters-in-law. Hearing that the famine was over in Judah, Naomi decided to return to her home, and she urged her daughters-in-law to return to their own mothers in Moab. After much dispute, Orpah acceded to her mother-in-laws wishes and left her, weeping. But the bible says Ruth “clung to” Naomi and uttered now famous words “where you go I will go; where you lodge, I will lodge; your people shall be my people, and your God my God” (Ruth 1:16).
Early Life Oprah Gail Winfrey was born on January 29, 1954 to a teenage mom Vernita Lee, and father Vernon Winfrey in Kosciusko, Mississippi. After her birth, Oprah’s mother was unable to fully take care of her and moved to Milwaukee to find work, and planned on later moving her daughter in with her. In her mother’s absence Oprah was left in the care of her grandmother, Hattie Mae Lee, who taught her how to read and had young Oprah participating in various church activities. As said, Oprah was moved to the city with her mother at the age of 6, but this move brought troubles to Oprah’s life as she was constantly raped between the ages of nine and 13 by male family members and a family friend. A little while later in her teenage years, Oprah’s promiscuity caused her to become pregnant, but didn’t end well as the child died as an infant.