Kerri helped lead the 1996 Olympic gymnastics team to get the gold medal, and may I add it was the first time for the U.S. Woman Olympic Gymnastics to ever win the gold medal. Yes I know that you are thinking “oh big deal there is a first for everything” I know because that is what I thought the first time I heard about her. “What is it that makes her so great?” you might ask, “Well was it her good sportsmanship?” No “Was it her good form?” No. Than what is so great about her? It all came down to her they needed a very high score, it was the last event which was vault and she was the last person up and they were depending on her score to get the gold medal, it was all going good in tell she missed her hands on the vault and fell and sprained her ankle very bad.
Emily Carr who painted about Canada’s natural beauty got recognized as one of Canada’s finest artists, Mary Pickford a Canadian woman became “America’s Sweetheart” by conquering Hollywood, The Edmonton Grads was declared the world champion in women’s basketball, Women athletes like Ethel Catherwood and Bobby Rosenfeld won gold medals for Canada in the Olympics in 1928. Many such accomplishments made women of the 1920s more respected and confident. It also helped to change the typical perspective of women in the eyes of the society. The 1920s was a
In the 1827 certificate, FitzGibbon said that Mrs Secord had come “on the 22d day of June 1813,” and that “in consequence of this information” he had placed the Indians in a position to intercept the Americans. Thus he made it clear that Laura’s warning had indeed made the victory possible at Beaver Dams. It was a significant victory, and for her part in it Laura Secord became justly known as the heroine of the War of 1812. Laura Secord typified pioneer women in her courage, endurance, and resolution in the face of adversity. FitzGibbon remembered her as a person of “slender frame and delicate appearance,” but underneath was a strong and persistent will.
Of the many successful women out there, I have chosen three. Women who are not afraid of the public’s opinion and impression of them. For example: Mary Mc Aleese had to deal with the contrast of being ambassador for Ireland whilst the country went through major recession. Hillary Clinton had to deal with the opposition people contradicting her as she ran for the first female president of the United States. A famous female inventor I know of was Virginia Apgar.
With being extremely talented in both soccer and hockey, she needed to decide which sport she wanted to pursue in college. She ended up deciding hockey was her true passion and ended up playing at Lindenwood in Missouri. The level of hockey was not what she expected and left her unsatisfied with her decision to attend Lindenwood, a division three program. She then decided she wanted to play division one hockey. She then transferred to Niagara University and doesn’t regret a thing.
Real, Not Epic Being a hero in the real world isn’t easy. In the story, “Pocahontas and the Powhatan Dilemma” by Camilla Townsend, Townsend states that Pocahontas and her people, “is a story of heroism as it exists in the real world, not in epic tales” (178). In epic tales, anything is possible and there is always a happy ending. Alternately, in the real world, there are rarely happy endings and everything doesn’t always happen for the best. Pocahontas and her people were epic heroes and never gave up on what they believed in.
MARIAN ANDERSON AS A CONTRALTO SINGER Start of presentation: Hello everyone, I’ll be talking about a well known American contralto singer, one of the best, she is none other than Marian Anderson..Hope u’ve heard about her and if not, im gonna share some important events that happened in her life and of course her singing career. • First of all, let me tell u a bit about the early life of Marian Anderson: she was born on 27th of February 1897 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Her father was an ice and coal salesman, and her mother was a former teacher. Anderson’s father died when she was only 12 and five years later on her mother too died of a serious flu, leaving the young Marian to take over the support of her family. • Marian
The girls were executing every play to perfection. We won the game, silencing a team of seniors who had taunted us for weeks before the game. Almost sweeter than our decisive win, I realized, was the fact that we were celebrating our win as a group of close friends, many of whom we had just made a few short months
From Terry Fox to Prime Minister Lester B Pearson, there are unlimited names to list on famous Canadian Leaders. But the most famous of them all would be the Famous Five. The Famous Five- Emily Murphy, Henrietta Muir Edwards, Louise McKinney, Irene Parlby, and Nellie McClung- were all from Alberta Canada. Thanks to the famous five, Women would not have the rights they have today without these individuals. At a time when social conditions limited the experience of women in Canada, the Famous 5 came forward as examples of women's that were willing to pursue justice.
Therefore, Hall’s arrogance that he could lead everybody to the summit of Mt. Everest led to the deaths of his inexperienced clientele. Hall was not the only guide to put his clients in danger; Scott Fischer also allowed his pride to cloud his leadership. Guides were responsible for the acclimatization of their clients in the thin air. The typical technique for this was to take one’s entire group up the mountain at once and on a constant schedule.