Jane Addams was a selfless giver of ministrations to the poor and a mover and shaker in the areas of labor reform (laws that governed working conditions for children and women). Jane was a creator, innovator, and leader. She offered medical care, child care, legal aid, and classes for immigrants to learn English, vocational skills, music, art and drams. Jane directed her efforts at the root causes of poverty. She lobbied legislation to protect
Her mom always knew her way around a good deal and therefore she hustled to put them in private school. She also traded cleaning services for a neighborhood doctor to make sure her kids had good healthcare. Ursula adds that her mother was her biggest influence for joining Xerox. Her mother Olga was pragmatic, focused and extremely practical, but was the ultimate self determining person. In 1980, Burns first worked for Xerox as a summer intern.
A woman once said "Educate a boy, you educate a man, but educate a girl and you educate a family" (Face To Face: We Founded, n.d. pg.1). This woman was Adelaide Hunter Hoodless, born on February 27, 1857, who was an incredible woman with the qualities of a leader and inspiring other women with her speeches (Adelaide Hunter Hoodless Homestead, n.d. pg.1). She changed many women's lives as she made education beyond grade 8 possible for women and girls as well as helping women reach equality with men. It all started when Adelaide went to Ladies College and met John Hoodless whom she married and later had 4 children (Who Is Adelaide Hunter Hoodless, n.d. pg.1). Then, tragedy struck in the family.
Her family traveled regularly from Clarksville, Tennessee, to Meharry Hospital (now Nashville General Hospital at Meharry) in Nashville, Tennessee for treatments for her twisted leg. In addition, by the time she was twelve years old she had also survived bouts of polio and scarlet fever. Wilma Rudolph at the finish line during 50-yard dash at track meet in Madison Square Garden, 1961 In 1952, 12-year-old Rudolph finally achieved her dream of shedding her handicap and becoming like other children. Her older sister was on a basketball team, and Wilma wanted to follow her sister's
Dorothea Lange (May 26, 1895 – October 11, 1965) was an influential American documentary photographer and photojournalist, best known for her Depression-era work for the Farm Security Administration (FSA). Lange's photographs humanized the consequences of the Great Depression and influenced the development of documentary photography Born of second generation German immigrants on May 26, 1895, in Hoboken, New Jersey,[1][2] Dorothea Lange was named Dorothea Margaretta Nutzhorn at birth. She dropped her middle name and assumed her mother's maiden name after her father abandoned the family when she was 12 years old, one of two traumatic incidents in her early life. The other was her contraction of polio at age seven which left her with a weakened
His daughter is dying and her one wish was to see her father and she did. Mike looks up to Homer as a father figure. From that moment on Jess knew that she needed to help others Jessica’s life today is better than ever. She started her nonprofit orgizeation Blessings under the bridge, to help the homeless. They went from helping 40 people to helping 100-300 people.
She was also cofounder of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (Adams, Jane, 2008). Through these and other social reform works of Jane, she was co-awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1931 (Jane Addams, 2012). Jane was born September 6, 1860 in Cedarville, Illinois. She was the eighth of nine children born to Sarah and John Addams, a wealthy agricultural entrepreneur who also served as state senator of Illinois for
Her father served on the board of trustees for Rust State College. It was then Ida received her start with education. At the age of 16, Ida had to drop out of school because of the tragedy that struck her family. Ida’s mother, father, and one of her sibling died from a breakout with yellow fever. Which left Ida to take care of her other siblings.
(Parsons) She founded several programs and charities that are still used today. Being encouraged by her parents, she soon got involved in the community. Lowell worked with the State Charity Aid Association, creating more proficient facilities for the unfortunate. In 1876, she was appointed to be the first woman as a Commissioner of the New York State Board of Charities and it sky rocketed from there. (Reisch, pg.
The results of her work are still visible in Lafayette Square, across from the White House in Washington, D.C. While she was first lady, she helped to stop the destruction of historic buildings along the square, including the Renwick Building, now part of the Smithsonian Institution. (Library) Jacqueline Kennedy captivated the nation and the rest of the world with her intelligence, beauty, and grace. With a deep sense of devotion to her family and country, she dedicated herself to raising her children and to making the world a better place through art, literature, and a respect for history and public service. (Library) Jacqueline Kennedy used all her influence to became the voice of the new generation .She had all the traditional values and education, but also she was an admirable women, who dedicated her life to serve this great nation as first