European American/Caucasian
Noah Webster:
Noah was born in Hartford Connecticut and grew up in an average colonial family. At this time not many people went to college, but because of Noah’s love of learning, his parents sent him to Connecticut’s first college, Yale. After graduation, Webster’s family did not have the money to allow him to continue his education, so Noah began working as a teacher. Throughout several years in the educational system both as a student and as a teacher, Noah realized that the education system needed an update. Too many children were crammed in one room school houses without desks, and lots of their books came from England and praised the king. In 1783 he wrote his own textbook which was used for over 100 years to teach kids to read, write, spell, and pronounce words. At the time it was the most popular American book, selling almost 100 million copies. After getting married and having children and grandchildren, Noah helped found Amherst College in Massachusetts. In 1801 Noah began to define words that americans used and putting them together into what is known as a dictionary. His first dictionary was published in 1806 and had around 37,000 words. He then went on to continue defining words and when he was 70 years old he now had a dictionary defining over 65,000 words. In Noah’s lifetime he fought for American language, universal education, and the abolition of slavery.
Pat Tillman:
Patrick Daniel Tillman was born in California and excelled at football when playing for his high school team at Leland High School. He was able to lead his team to the D1 football championship. Because of his football talent, he was able to get a scholarship to Arizona State University. In college, he did great at football and in school. He won many achievements in football such in 1977 attending the Rose Bowl and was selected MVP of ASU in this year as well. Academically, he won several awards as well. He was drafted by the Arizona Cardinals in 1998 and set a team record for number of tackles in 2000. When the US invaded Afghanistan, Tillman decided that his professional career as an athlete can wait, and that he would join the US military. Pat and his brother trained to become Army Rangers and served several tours of Duty. In 2004, Tillman was tragically killed in action in eastern Afghanistan. Tillman is considered a hero because not only did he excel athletically, he gave up his athletic career to serve for our country in war.
Helen Keller:
Helen Keller was born in Tuscumbia Alabama in 1880. In 1882 she became ill with “brain fever” and became blind, deaf and mute. Starting in 1887, Anne Sullivan became Helen Keller’s teacher and helped her make tremendous progress in her communication skills. Some communication skills she learned involved touch-lip reading, braille, speech, typing and finger-spelling. Helen then went on to college and graduated in 1904. Following college, she became a well-known by sharing her experiences with audiences and working on behalf of others living with disabilities. During the first half of the 20th century Keller dealt with social and political issues such as women’s suffrage. She co-founded Helen Keller International to combat the causes and consequences of blindness and malnutrition. She also wrote several articles about socialism. For most of her life, the press had been overwhelmingly supportive of her, praising her courage and intelligence.
Admiral Grace Hopper:
Grace Hopper 1906-1992: Computer Science Engineer
Grace Murray was born on December 9th, 1906. She graduated from college with degrees in physics and math, then proceeded to go onto Yale University where she earned her masters in Mathematics. Before earning her Ph.D. she married, becoming Grace Hopper. She even kept the name after her divorce. In 1944 she was commissioned as a Lieutenant because of her background in mathematics. She was assigned to the Bureau of Ordnance Computation Project at Harvard University. While at this assignment she programmed a Mark 1 computer. After the war she continued to be a pioneer in the computer science world where she worked on COBAL, a widely adapted computer programming language. She retired, an Admiral in the Navy, in 1986. she continued to take on smaller jobs until her death on January 1st, 1992.
http://www.biography.com/people/grace-hopper-21406809#return-to-the-navy-
Noah was born in Hartford Connecticut and grew up in an average colonial family. At this time not many people went to college, but because of Noah’s love of learning, his parents sent him to Connecticut’s first college, Yale. After graduation, Webster’s family did not have the money to allow him to continue his education, so Noah began working as a teacher. Throughout several years in the educational system both as a student and as a teacher, Noah realized that the education system needed an update. Too many children were crammed in one room school houses without desks, and lots of their books came from England and praised the king. In 1783 he wrote his own textbook which was used for over 100 years to teach kids to read, write, spell, and pronounce words. At the time it was the most popular American book, selling almost 100 million copies. After getting married and having children and grandchildren, Noah helped found Amherst College in Massachusetts. In 1801 Noah began to define words that americans used and putting them together into what is known as a dictionary. His first dictionary was published in 1806 and had around 37,000 words. He then went on to continue defining words and when he was 70 years old he now had a dictionary defining over 65,000 words. In Noah’s lifetime he fought for American language, universal education, and the abolition of slavery.
Pat Tillman:
Patrick Daniel Tillman was born in California and excelled at football when playing for his high school team at Leland High School. He was able to lead his team to the D1 football championship. Because of his football talent, he was able to get a scholarship to Arizona State University. In college, he did great at football and in school. He won many achievements in football such in 1977 attending the Rose Bowl and was selected MVP of ASU in this year as well. Academically, he won several awards as well. He was drafted by the Arizona Cardinals in 1998 and set a team record for number of tackles in 2000. When the US invaded Afghanistan, Tillman decided that his professional career as an athlete can wait, and that he would join the US military. Pat and his brother trained to become Army Rangers and served several tours of Duty. In 2004, Tillman was tragically killed in action in eastern Afghanistan. Tillman is considered a hero because not only did he excel athletically, he gave up his athletic career to serve for our country in war.
Helen Keller:
Helen Keller was born in Tuscumbia Alabama in 1880. In 1882 she became ill with “brain fever” and became blind, deaf and mute. Starting in 1887, Anne Sullivan became Helen Keller’s teacher and helped her make tremendous progress in her communication skills. Some communication skills she learned involved touch-lip reading, braille, speech, typing and finger-spelling. Helen then went on to college and graduated in 1904. Following college, she became a well-known by sharing her experiences with audiences and working on behalf of others living with disabilities. During the first half of the 20th century Keller dealt with social and political issues such as women’s suffrage. She co-founded Helen Keller International to combat the causes and consequences of blindness and malnutrition. She also wrote several articles about socialism. For most of her life, the press had been overwhelmingly supportive of her, praising her courage and intelligence.
Admiral Grace Hopper:
Grace Hopper 1906-1992: Computer Science Engineer
Grace Murray was born on December 9th, 1906. She graduated from college with degrees in physics and math, then proceeded to go onto Yale University where she earned her masters in Mathematics. Before earning her Ph.D. she married, becoming Grace Hopper. She even kept the name after her divorce. In 1944 she was commissioned as a Lieutenant because of her background in mathematics. She was assigned to the Bureau of Ordnance Computation Project at Harvard University. While at this assignment she programmed a Mark 1 computer. After the war she continued to be a pioneer in the computer science world where she worked on COBAL, a widely adapted computer programming language. She retired, an Admiral in the Navy, in 1986. she continued to take on smaller jobs until her death on January 1st, 1992.
http://www.biography.com/people/grace-hopper-21406809#return-to-the-navy-