Toni Morrison and the Bluest Eye Toni Morrison was born Chloe Anthony Wofford in February 18, 1931. Her parents were, Ramah Willis Wofford, mother and her father was George Wofford (Johnson Lewis 2010). She had family who were immigrants and sharecroppers from both of her parents’ side. They lived in Lorain, Ohio were she was the only African America student in her first grade classroom (Bois 1996). Both of her parents were hardworking, while growing up, Morrison also learned folktales and stories that taught her about her heritage (Bois 1996).
Amy Marcy Cheney Beach (September 5, 1867-December 27, 1944) She was an American composer and pianist. She was the first successful American female composer of large-scale art music. Early Years She was born in Henniker, New Hampshire. A child prodigy, she began formal piano lessons with her mother at the age of six, and a year later started giving public recitals. In 1875, her family moved to Boston, where they were advised to enter her into a European conservatory.
Introduction of Pioneer Edith Abbott, together with her younger sister Grace, was one of the leading social reformers of her time. She earned her Bachelor's degree from the University of Nebraska in 1901 and her postgraduate degree in economics from the University of Chicago in 1905. On September 26, 1876 Edith Abbot was born as the second child to Elizabeth Griffin and Othman Ali Abbott. She grew up in a civic-minded family, her mother a supporter of feminism, abolitionism and women's higher education, while her father worked as a lawyer in Grand Island, Nebraska after having served a two year term as the first lieutenant governor of the state [ (Nebraska State Historical Society - Abbott Family, 2006) ]. In 1893, Edith graduated with honors from Brownell Hall with plans to continue her studies.
Kovalevskaya was recommended to move to Berlin to be privately tutored for four years by the famous mathematician, Karl Weierstrass (Cooke 89). “Her regular meetings with Weierstrass brought her knowledge of mathematician analysis up to the level of the very best student in the world” (Cooke 89). As a result of the four studious years Kovalevskaya spent with Weierstrass, she expanded her knowledge of differential equations, and she wrote three doctoral essays believing she would not receive a degree without astonishing evidence of her capabilities. In 1874, she received a doctorate in absentia from the University
On May 12, 1914, 94 years to the day after the birth of Florence Nightingale, another influential nursing theorist was born, Martha Rogers. The eldest of four children Martha earned her Diploma in nursing from Knoxville General Hospital in 1936 followed in 1937 by her Bachelors of Science from Peabody College in Nashville. She later acquired two master’s degrees, one as a teacher and one in public health. She spent her early career in rural public health nursing and visiting nurse supervision, education and practice. In 1954 she was granted a Doctor of Science degree from John Hopkins.
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.
Later, she studied at the Sister’s School, a private catholic high school. She graduated with a degree in 1985 with a degree economics from the University of Khartoum, majoring in statistics. She then travelled to Britain where she was awarded a M. Sc. and an MPhil in Statistics from the London School of Economics. In 1990 Leila moved to Scotland with her husband and children.
When she graduated from South Division High School 1932 she was not quite sixteen years old (Suarez, 1999). She then went on to attended Milwaukee State Teachers College and graduated third in her class in 1936 with a bachelor's degree in education. “I went to Milwaukee State Teacher’s College to see the registrar of admissions. I will never forget him. I showed him my diploma and told him
The theory also provides a foundation to preserve and uphold the professional roots in nursing. Jean Watson was born in the 1940’s in a small town along the Appalachian Mountains in West Virginia. In 1961, Watson a graduate from Lewis Gale School of Nursing in Virginia continued her education in nursing at the University of Colorado at Boulder. She earned a B.S. in 1964, and her M.S.
Montessori: A Modern approach Chapter One: Historical Introduction to Montessori Early Professional Life • In 1896 Montessori became the first woman to graduate from the University of Rome Medical School and thereafter studied the works of Jean Itard and Edouard Seguin. • In 1898 she was named Directress of the State Orthophrenic School where she worked for two years and succeeded in teaching mentally challenged children to read and write. • The children were then presented to be examined alongside normal children in a public school and passed their exams successfully. • Montessori became convinced that applying her teaching methods to normal children would help them develop at a soaring rate. • In order to fully prepare herself, Montessori went on to study philosophy, anthropology and psychology as well as a more thorough study of Itard and Seguin.