Rosa Parks
Rosa Parks grew up in Alabama, where she learned to stand up for herself at an early age. Rosa went on to become a civil rights activist whose courage and dignity sparked the movement that ended se…
Ella Fitzgerald
Ella Fitzgerald grew up near Harlem, in New York, where she was surrounded by music and dance. After winning first prize in a talent competition at the Apollo Theatre, she went on to tour the world…
Jane Austen
Jane Austen was born into a large family with seven brothers and siters. She grew up reading and writing stories in the English countryside. As an adult, she wrote witty commentaries about the land…
Maya Angelou
Maya Angelou spent much ofe her childhood in Stamps, Arkansas. After a traumatic event at age eight, she stopped speaking for five years. However, Maya rediscovered her voice through wondeful books…
Amelia Earhart
When Amelia Earhart was young, she liked to imagine she could stretch her wings and fly away like a bird. As a grown woman, she set a new female world record for flying up to 14.000 feet. She also …
Ada Lovelace
As a child, Ada Lovelace had a big imagination and a talent for mathematics. She grew up in a noble household in England., where she dedicated herself to studying. Her work with the famouse invento…
Coco Chanel
Following the death of her mother, Coco Chanel spent her early life in an orphanage, where she was taught how to use a needle and thread. From there, she became a cabaret singer, seamstrees, hat-ma…
Georgia O'Keeffe
As a child, Georgia O'Keeffe roamed the farmland of Sun Prairie, Wisconsin with a sketchbook in her hand. As an adult, her fascination with nature, and in particular floers, inspired her to create …
Emmeline Pankhurst
As a child, Emmeline Pankhurst was inspired by books about heroes who fought for others. She dedicated her life to fighting for women's voting rights and, with hard work and great bravery, led a re…
Agatha Christie
When Agatha Christie was young, she read books every night, but always has her own idea for how they should end! As an adult, her crime novels, with their twists and turns and peculiar detectives, …
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