Phyllis Gonzalez

Gloria Richardson was a civil rights activist and also the leader of the Cambridge Movement in Maryland. She was born May 6th, 1922, in Baltimore, Maryland to John and Mabel Hayes. Her family would later relocate to Cambridge, Maryland, as the Great Depression hit, and this is where her future would begin. Gloria grew up in a somewhat sheltered household, with her grandfather being quite wealthy. Her family owned a highly successful hardware store, and also help a couple positions on the City Council board. Richardson’s family was also quite involved in the world of politics. One of her uncles was a lawyer and her grandfather was one of her family members to serve on the Cambridge City Council from 1912 to 1946 Gloria Richardson graduated with a degree in sociology at Howard University at the age of 16. With the knowledge of the development, structure, and functioning of human society, it would later help her when it came to activism within her community. Even when she was

Samantha Cortez Garcia (born April 20, 2000), Sam, is a Mexican- American sophomore student currently attending Mckay High School. She first began her career as a student at the age of five attending Washington Elementary as a kindergarten student.

Former New York Yankee, Wally Pip was impressed by my talent. He said that I was the most accomplished man or woman he has ever seen in and out of the sport. Word soon got around that he was impressed and that he liked me

Mrs. Luella Bates Jones Washington was not like every other woman in the city. She was determined to stand up for her rights and the rights of others. Everyone knew her as a caring, independent, and outgoing woman. When she was a little her family was considered poor. They barely had enough money to place a decent amount of food on the table each night. As a child, she remembered that her family was so desperate for money that she decided to take action. Mrs. Luella always made sure that she knew that she had been doing right. If someone were to violate someone’s rights, then she would defend the victim, from the action do-er.

She was responsible, stood up to Trujillo, and followed her dreams to go to college and obtain a

Growing up Latino is difficult, especially with other races giving minorities the disadvantage. Although Latinos are constantly being overlooked, there are certain individuals who stand out in communities exemplifying their true demeanor. Maria Isabel Trevino is an epitome of a diligent citizen who spends her time contributing to the success of others.

Throughout the book Enrique is troubled by his motherless childhood. This has lead him to be risky in life because he feels like he has less to live for. This is how he felt on the first few chapters and these feelings stayed with him for the rest of the book. When Enrique was in honduras mentally he was falling apart. This lead to drugs and stealing.

Sara Josephine Baker was the first woman to serve as a top administrator at the New York Board of Health. Though Baker’s memoir, Fighting for Life, people will be able to approach the process of how Baker became a pioneer of public health in New York city from an unknown inspector through historical descriptions of New

Bates received many awards in social activism and an honorary degree. Bates will always be remembered as a role model and driving force in integration.(“Daisy Bates” 2) This shows Daisy was awarded for her progress and this made all her struggles worth it. Daisy stayed involved in community organizations and received several honors for helping to integrate Little Rock them, risked everything including her life, and brought peace to America Schools. (“Bates, Daisy” 4) This shows Daisy stayed involved until end. Daisy Bates impact will live on through her trials and

She worked as a receptionist, but also helped out in the back with the nurses. I think her daughters supported what she did, but her husband not really. Mrs. Perez loved him so much that when Mr. Perez told her to stop working at the clinic she had to. I feel like Mr. Perez would judge everything that Mrs. Perez would so she had to be considerate on what she did. Pretty much she would do everything that her husband didn’t mind her doing and couldn’t do anything that her husband didn’t like.

I concur with your conclusion that Linda Riley is both unstructured and determined. One would describe Riley as unorganized because of her blatant inability to form a plan that she can continue for the remainder of college. At first, Riley could not create a plan that allowed her to party and still complete all of her assignments in a timely fashion. Then, she attempts to create a plan, but this did not continue for long because there was too much time for certain subjects and not enough for others. On the other hand, one could also describe Riley as determined because she continuously seeks ways to study until she finds a method that works for her, and she eventually does. Although Riley’s essay shows many different aspects of her personality,

Anzaldúa recounts her experience growing up in a community where her Chicana culture wasn’t widely accepted. She would be punished for speaking the language her culture influenced to create a language, which corresponds to a way of life. In Gloria Anzaldúa’s “How to Tame a Wild Tongue” the variety of languages helps her compare, contrast and define her argument of the distinguished languages concerning her Chicana identity.

Marguerite’s mother, while not the greatest role model for her children, did all she could to take care of them, and allowed Marguerite to see the life in a big and bustling city with a beautiful, strong, independent, and free-spirited woman. While she did learn a lot from Vivian, Marguerite mainly gets a new idea of what an African-American woman can be. It seems that these characteristics of her mother are part of what allowed the “real” Marguerite, Maya Angelou, to become a performer, as she worked as an actress and singer for a while. Her ability to put herself out there for entertainment and enjoyment, are probably attributed to her mother, in part.

Dr. Antonia Pantoja was one of the most significant visionary and ethical leaders in the United States, and especially to the Puerto Rican and Latino Community. She was an ethical leader with values and morals who constantly helped others in her community. In the early 50’s Antonia Pantoja was a proficient critical thinker and dedicated her ethical leadership to advocating the creation of organizations for the benefit of the Latino Community. Her valor and initiative to develop the value of life for people in the Latino Community. She became the first Latina recipient of the prestigious United States Presidential Medal of Freedom Award, the nation 's highest civilian honor.

The book As We Are Now, written by May Sarton, targets those concerned with the care of elderly individuals in nursing homes. In the book, Sarton artistically highlights the plethora of ongoing issues social workers face in their work as they attempt to provide quality care to the elderly population. The book is written as the memoirs of a very thoughtful elderly woman, Caroline Spenser, as she spent part of her life in a nursing home; and brings to light the lack of quality of care that elderly individuals received when living in such a facility in the 1970’s.