In this essay, I will be writing about Patricia Bath’s life. Patricia Era Bath was born in New York City on November 4, 1942; Patricia Bath became the first African American to complete a citizenship in ophthalmology in 1973. Her father was Rupert Bath, the first black motorman for the New York City subway system, and her mother was Gladys Bath, a housewife and home worker who used her earnings to save money for her children's education. Bath was pushed by her family to attend and go past school interests in her life. She became the first woman member in the Department of Ophthalmology at UCLA.
She had both a mother and a father. Her mother was a high school vice-principal and her father owned a manufacturing company in Philly. Avery’s inspiration was her neighbor, pediatrician Emily Bacon; she was the one who took Avery to see her first premature baby. Avery went to private school her whole life and later went to Wheaton College. After graduating from Wheaton in 1948 with a degree in chemistry, she pursued her dream of going to medical school.
He left the service in 1952, and returned to college. A few years later, Armstrong joined the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA), which later became the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). For this government agency he worked in a number of different capacities, including serving as a test pilot and an engineer. He tested many high-speed aircraft, including the X-15, which could reach a top speed of 4,000 miles per hour. Astronaut Program In his personal life, Armstrong started to settle down.
PYC3705 Assignment 1 Introduction: The organisation (counselling context) I have chosen is Claremont Neuropsych services, which is situated in Claremont, Cape Town. This clinic has different doctors ranging from Clinical Psychologists to Psychiatrists at this practice. This is a place where purposeful counselling encounters are taking place daily. I however, found this organisation last year when I needed the services of a psychologist. I wanted to go to a clinic close to home so I did some research on the internet on private practices in my area.
* She also was a professor of physics at the school in 1989. * For her contributions to the field of science and space exploration, Dr. Ride received many honors, including the NASA Space Flight Medal. * She was inducted into the National Women’s Hall of Fame and the Astronaut Hall of Fame for her exploits. * She also received the prestigious Jefferson Award for Public Service in 1990 * Dr. Ride retired from her studies in 1997. * After battling 17-months with pancreatic cancer Sally Ride died at the age of 61 on July 23, 2012 * She had kept her cancer a secret from the world because she did not want her personal struggle in the public’s eye.
In 1974 Rice graduated receiving her B.A in Political Science. In years to come Rice went on to further her education. In the coming years she received her Master’s Degree and her PhD in political science. In 1981 Condoleezza worked as an Assistant professor of Political Science at
She graduated from this school in 1965 and immigrated to the U.S to study at the University of California at Los Angeles where she focused on molecular biology. After earning her bachelor’s degree she attended the University of California at San Diego for postgraduate work in the same field in 1971-1972. Along that same time period she got married, adding Staal to her name, she divorced in 1973. After finishing school, she continued to take charge of her life. She took on a search in the 1980s to isolate the cause of the many illnesses that made up aids.
Being competent in mathematics and sciences, I always had the passion for engineering. That all changed when my elder brother, who himself is a computer engineer, advised me to become a nurse. I was skeptical at first, however, had no choice but to follow my brother’s and my father’s advices who were my financial source of education. Without any delay, I have started taking classes to pursue the nursing degree and instantly I realized that nursing is what I want to do in life. My passion grew towards nursing as I started taking more and more classes.
Shortly after receiving her diploma, Henderson worked for her Bachelor of Science and Master of Arts degrees in nursing from Teachers College, Columbia University and began teaching immediately. In 1934, she became a part of the staff at Teachers College and taught for fourteen years. “During that period, she revised Bertha Harmer’s Textbook of the Principles and Practice of Nursing, which was published in 1939 and has been widely adopted by schools of nursing” (American Nurses Association, 2012). In 1953, Henderson switched roles from teaching to becoming a research associate at Yale University School of Nursing. She worked on a project that was constructed to survey and assesses the status of nursing research in the United States.
In 1968, Martin Luther King stood on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. and delivered what has become one of the most famous speeches in American history. His "I have a dream..." speech clearly illustrated his vision. King saw what needed to be done. He knew what the mission was, but so did many others. He was a major leader in the civil rights movement because he had a vision of what should be...he had a dream and he was able to articulate that dream to the masses.