Julia Child (1912-2004)
Julia Child is a famous cooking chef and television personality. She is recognized with bringing French cooking over to America. She is well-known for her cooking book, “Mastering the Art of French Cooking”. Before cooking, Julia, as a child was a part of the Office of Strategic Services during World War , an intelligence agency of the United States. She was given much responsibility because of her education and experience. She was never allowed to be in the Women’s Army Corp of the United States WAVES because she was too tall for a woman. Julia went to cooking school after the military and collaborated to write a cooking book that would later introduce America to French cuisine. She was a television personality, with many shows, from 1970’s to the early 2000’s. Child died on August 13, 2004 of kidney failure. Her legacy is carried on with her cookbooks, tasty recipes, and television programs. A rose, found in the United Kingdom, was named the Julia Child Rose, after Julia Child.
Temple Gradin (1947-Present)
Temple was in Boston on August 29th. She was diagnosed with autism as a child on went on to pursue work in psychology and animal science. Gardin became the leading advocate for autistic communities and also wrote books, provided consultation on the human treatment of animals. Temple was diagnosed at the age of two, but at the time it was considered a form of brain damage. She then began to speak at the age of four. Temple earned her degree in psychology from Franklin Pierce in 1970, followed by her master’s degree in animal science from Arizona state and a doctoral degree in animal science from the University of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign. Temple spoke publicly about autism for the first time in the 1980’s.
Flora Sandes (1876-1956)
Flora Sandes was born in North Yorkshire in 1876. Flora was a British nurse, who enlisted as a Serbian army soldier during the First World War. She spent a lot of her time volunteering at the red cross before she enlisted in the Army. In 1916, she published an English women- sergeant book in the Serbian Army, which was raising necessary funds for a Serbian cause. Sandres was the only British women to see the front line in action during World War 1. While fighting during this war, she suffered a wound caused by an enemy grandee during hand-to-hand fighting. After receiving this wound, she had to return to her orginal wartime occupation, which was running a hospital. She was still in uniform and fighting at the age of 65. Flora enlisted in the Serbian Army because it was one of the few that actually accepted women. Flora did what she wanted to do and she was proof that women could do whatever they wanted. Sandes died in her Suffolk home in 1956.
Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)
Benjamin was born in Boston on January 17th, 1706 and died on April 17, 1790. Franklin was one of the founding fathers of the United States. He loved to read and write. His family and him could not afford to send him to school, so his father sent him and his older brother to a printing shop. He tried to get a job as a printer, but he ended up failing and ended up on a ship to Philadelphia. While he was living out in there he was living with the Read family. The governor noticed him, and offered to get him started at his own printing shop, if he would go to England and buy fonts. Franklin was elected to represent the state of Pennsylvania in the second continent at Congress. Franklin invented bifocals, the wooden stove, and the lightning rod, which led into the big invention of electricity. Benjamin also signed the Declaration of Independence in 1776.
Lance Armstrong (1971-Present)
Lance was born September 18ht, 1971 in Plano Texas. At the age of 16, he became a professional triathlete. October 1996, all his sports and dreams were put on hold because he was diagnosed with testicular cancer. Armstrong was given a 65-85% chance of survival. While fighting through cancer, he continued to maintain that he was going to race competitively but no one else believed in him. Armstrong was declared cancer free in February of 1997. In 2005, Armstrong had made history for winning the Tour De France for the 7th time, which proved to people that he could overcome cancer while still competing. He created the Lance Armstrong. The Lance Armstrong foundation is a non profit organization that provides support for people affected by cancer. This foundation is also to help find a cure for cancer. Through this foundation, Lance inspires people to beat cancer.
Horace Mann (1796-1859)
Horace Mann was born on May 4th, 1796 in Franklin, Massachusetts and died in 1859. He was an American politician and education reformer. Mann was known for promoting universal public education and teaching in “normal schools”. He was also known for “The Father of the Common School Movement,”. Mann went on to the U.S. House of Representatives, promoting an agenda of public education and "normal schools" to train teachers. He believed that all education should be equal and was the president of the first public normal school in 1839. Mann had six principles of Education and they were: Citizens cannot maintain both ignorance and freedom; education should be paid for, controlled, and maintained by the public; education should be provided in schools that embrace children from varying backgrounds; education must be nonsectarian; education must be taught using tenets of a free society; and education must be provided by well-trained, professional teachers. Not only was Mann, main goal to get all the schools equal, he also wanted to eliminate slavery.
Julia Child is a famous cooking chef and television personality. She is recognized with bringing French cooking over to America. She is well-known for her cooking book, “Mastering the Art of French Cooking”. Before cooking, Julia, as a child was a part of the Office of Strategic Services during World War , an intelligence agency of the United States. She was given much responsibility because of her education and experience. She was never allowed to be in the Women’s Army Corp of the United States WAVES because she was too tall for a woman. Julia went to cooking school after the military and collaborated to write a cooking book that would later introduce America to French cuisine. She was a television personality, with many shows, from 1970’s to the early 2000’s. Child died on August 13, 2004 of kidney failure. Her legacy is carried on with her cookbooks, tasty recipes, and television programs. A rose, found in the United Kingdom, was named the Julia Child Rose, after Julia Child.
Temple Gradin (1947-Present)
Temple was in Boston on August 29th. She was diagnosed with autism as a child on went on to pursue work in psychology and animal science. Gardin became the leading advocate for autistic communities and also wrote books, provided consultation on the human treatment of animals. Temple was diagnosed at the age of two, but at the time it was considered a form of brain damage. She then began to speak at the age of four. Temple earned her degree in psychology from Franklin Pierce in 1970, followed by her master’s degree in animal science from Arizona state and a doctoral degree in animal science from the University of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign. Temple spoke publicly about autism for the first time in the 1980’s.
Flora Sandes (1876-1956)
Flora Sandes was born in North Yorkshire in 1876. Flora was a British nurse, who enlisted as a Serbian army soldier during the First World War. She spent a lot of her time volunteering at the red cross before she enlisted in the Army. In 1916, she published an English women- sergeant book in the Serbian Army, which was raising necessary funds for a Serbian cause. Sandres was the only British women to see the front line in action during World War 1. While fighting during this war, she suffered a wound caused by an enemy grandee during hand-to-hand fighting. After receiving this wound, she had to return to her orginal wartime occupation, which was running a hospital. She was still in uniform and fighting at the age of 65. Flora enlisted in the Serbian Army because it was one of the few that actually accepted women. Flora did what she wanted to do and she was proof that women could do whatever they wanted. Sandes died in her Suffolk home in 1956.
Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)
Benjamin was born in Boston on January 17th, 1706 and died on April 17, 1790. Franklin was one of the founding fathers of the United States. He loved to read and write. His family and him could not afford to send him to school, so his father sent him and his older brother to a printing shop. He tried to get a job as a printer, but he ended up failing and ended up on a ship to Philadelphia. While he was living out in there he was living with the Read family. The governor noticed him, and offered to get him started at his own printing shop, if he would go to England and buy fonts. Franklin was elected to represent the state of Pennsylvania in the second continent at Congress. Franklin invented bifocals, the wooden stove, and the lightning rod, which led into the big invention of electricity. Benjamin also signed the Declaration of Independence in 1776.
Lance Armstrong (1971-Present)
Lance was born September 18ht, 1971 in Plano Texas. At the age of 16, he became a professional triathlete. October 1996, all his sports and dreams were put on hold because he was diagnosed with testicular cancer. Armstrong was given a 65-85% chance of survival. While fighting through cancer, he continued to maintain that he was going to race competitively but no one else believed in him. Armstrong was declared cancer free in February of 1997. In 2005, Armstrong had made history for winning the Tour De France for the 7th time, which proved to people that he could overcome cancer while still competing. He created the Lance Armstrong. The Lance Armstrong foundation is a non profit organization that provides support for people affected by cancer. This foundation is also to help find a cure for cancer. Through this foundation, Lance inspires people to beat cancer.
Horace Mann (1796-1859)
Horace Mann was born on May 4th, 1796 in Franklin, Massachusetts and died in 1859. He was an American politician and education reformer. Mann was known for promoting universal public education and teaching in “normal schools”. He was also known for “The Father of the Common School Movement,”. Mann went on to the U.S. House of Representatives, promoting an agenda of public education and "normal schools" to train teachers. He believed that all education should be equal and was the president of the first public normal school in 1839. Mann had six principles of Education and they were: Citizens cannot maintain both ignorance and freedom; education should be paid for, controlled, and maintained by the public; education should be provided in schools that embrace children from varying backgrounds; education must be nonsectarian; education must be taught using tenets of a free society; and education must be provided by well-trained, professional teachers. Not only was Mann, main goal to get all the schools equal, he also wanted to eliminate slavery.