He work and accomplishments have been felt by many. She was a revolutionary for the mentally ill and began her work even before women’s suffrage. Dorothea has been described as “the most effective advocate of humanitarian reform in American mental institutions during the nineteenth century” (Goldenson, 1970). Dorothea was not an expert in the mental health field, which makes her accomplishments and endeavors even more intriguing and unimaginable. That this woman could offer so much reform and understanding for individuals without having a degree in this field is remarkable beyond words.
Her father died in 1838 and left them only 20 dollars in his account. The three oldest girls supported the family for several years by operating a boarding school for young women. In one of her books, Dr. Blackwell wrote that she was initially wanted to keep away the idea of studying medicine. She said, she had "hated everything connected with the body, and could not bear the sight of a
Then, tragedy struck in the family. Her fourth son died because of drinking impure milk which was Adelaide's motivation and encouragement to not let this happen to any other women (ibib). So, she made many organizations that taught women and girls about Domestic Sciences (household work), nutrition and hygiene (Adelaide’s Story, n.d. pg.1). Her contributions to Canada, their impact on the society and how it has evolved today's world will be discussed in the following paragraphs. Throughout Adelaide Hoodless's life she has made many contributions to Canada.
Her work when she graduated took her to England where she became active in the Women's Suffrage Movement, which followed by her joining the National American Woman Suffrage Association. This is where Alice realized her true calling. She didn't want to be the social worker she graduated college to be. She wanted to win the battle of equal rights for women. Alice Paul, a Quaker, invariably described by her contemporaries as “slight and frail,” was by temperament and training a
Henrietta Lacks, in 1950 nobody would’ve cared who she was, but today she is known for making scientific history with her extraordinary cells known as HeLa. Henrietta Lacks was a poor African American tobacco farmer whose cells were taken without her knowledge in 1951 became one of the most important tools in medicine. Henrietta’s family included her father Johnny Pleasant who left his ten children when Henrietta’s mother Eliza Lacks Pleasant died. Growing up Henrietta was sent to live with her grandfather, Tommy Lacks in a log cabin that had been the slave quarters of a white ancestors plantation. She lived there along with cousins, and ended marrying David Lacks, known as Day.
Elizabeth Proctor is convicted in participating in witchcraft even when it seems obvious to her loved ones and most others around her that she had never involved herself with demonic forces . Elizabeth never confesses to witchcraft, but fortunately, to her advantage, she is found to be pregnant. The Puritan leaders would never sentence an innocent baby to death; therefore, Elizabeth’s life is spared for the remaining months of her pregnancy. Rebecca Nurse was also implicated in participating in witchcraft, regardless of the fact that she presented herself as an upright, God-fearing woman. However, the honest people were more often the ones executed, because they were not
It is said that she had lived in a total of 11 foster homes throughout her youth, and when there was no family who would foster her, she would sometimes end up at the Hollygrove Orphanage in Los Angeles. (http://vigilantcitizen.com/vigilantreport/the-hidden-life-of-marilyn-monroe-the-original-hollywood-mind-control-slave-part-i/, 2013) In some of these foster homes, Norma Jeane was abused; sexually, mentally, and physically. Marilyn Monroe was born after divorcing with her first husband, Jim Doughtery. Norma Jeane Mortenson changed her personal
Anna has been battling depression since she was ten, although she was only professionally diagnosed when she was a mere fifteen year old. The reason for her downward spiral was a close friend’s sexual harassment, and ever since that fateful night, Anna has been rendered numb. It was typical
Gwendolyn Elizabeth Brooks was born June 7, 1917 in Topeka, Kansas. That same year the Brooks family moved to Chicago. Gwendolyn’s mother knew she had a gift for writing when she was only seven. She tried to help her talent grow by exposing her to multiple types and forms of literature. Gwendolyn’s parents were very strict and did not let her play with other children which caused her to be shy her whole life and allow her acquire only a few friends in high school.
Or, rather, it did have, but “Our mother died when I was two,” says Scout, “so I never felt her Absence”. (Charles J. Shields 42) Moving out of Monroeville, Harper attended Huntington College for Women. After one year she’d had all of the proper etiquette she could take and moved to the the University of Alabama, where she became the editor of the “politically satirical student newspaper”(George Marotous). Harper’s father and sister, Alice, were lawyers, and with her drive for civil rights, she tried to follow suit, but dropped out 6 months before graduation. Numerous unrewarding jobs kept her writing confined to weekends until a friend who believed in her work leant her the money to be able to write full time.