Her mother endured 18 pregnancies before she died of tuberculosis at the age of 49. (Plant, R. 2010) Because of her mother’s death and her father’s inability to support a large family Margaret associated large families with ill-health and poverty, and small families with prosperity and progress. Margaret first became a teacher, but that did not suit her. In 1902 she completed her training and became a nurse. By age 23 she was married and within months she was repeating her mother’s history.
Much of Barton’s education was provided by her older brothers and sisters, and while still a teenager she started to teach in Massachusetts. In 1850, she took a break to attend the Liberal Institute of Clinton, New York, an advanced school for women educators. She resumed her teaching career in New Jersey where, in 1852, she founded one of that state’s first public schools in Bordentown. She started this school with six students, and by the close of the year there were 600 attending.
Rosa Parks Although she was known as Rosa Parks, she was born Rosa Louise McCauley on February 4th, 1913 in Tuskegee, Alabama. As a child she lived with her grandparents and developed strong roots by going to church with them. During Rosa's childhood she was influenced by the Jim Crow Laws. Rosa was home-schooled until the age of eleven, and then she attended a segregated public school which was known as the Industrial School For Girls in Montgomery, Alabama. Earning her high school degree in 1933, she then went on to get a secondary education.
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
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.
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 was born on August 15, 1912 and died on August 13, 2004. She got and education from Katherine Branson School for Girls, Smith College and the Cordon Bleu. This source also talks about what Julia child did before she became a French Chef and before she met her husband. Julia Child went to college at Smith College and after graduating in
After he graduated high school, he continue on in his education as well. He attended Howard University as well, his major was Psychology. Because of lack of support in math, she was discouraged. Kenneth decided to help her by introducing her to the head of psychology, that when she changed her major to psychology. Kenneth and Mamie received their bachelor and masters from Howard University.
Feeling an obligation as the oldest child to keep the family together, she went home to care for her younger siblings. This was proved to be difficult at the realization that she was only 16, unemployed, and poor. In order to obtain an income, she applied for a teaching job six miles away from home. She knew they would not hire her at the age of sixteen, so at her interview she altered her appearance to seem as old as eighteen. She passed the exam and was given the position.
My Favorite Person In Medicine Elizabeth Blackwell Lacey Wilson Chemistry 1406 Mark Eley 11/13/2013 Abstract On January 23, 1849, a young woman walked across the stage of the Presbyterian Church in Geneva, NY. She was given the degree of Doctor of Medicine from the Geneva Medical College. And she happened to be the very first woman to earn the degree at an American school. Her name was Elizabeth Blackwell. “If society will not admit of woman's free development, then society must be remodeled.”- Elizabeth Blackwell Elizabeth Blackwell Elizabeth Blackwell was born in England on February 3, 1821.