Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated, the oldest and most prestigious of the four African American sororities, celebrated what is known as Founders Day this past Monday, January 15th. Founders Day commemorates January 15, 1908, the founding date of the sorority almost one hundred years ago. Founders Day not only honors the sorority’s founding date but ...
Martha Gellhorn was an author that was born on November 1908 and she lived until the age of 89 when she died on February 15, 1998. Her career spanned 60 years, and she actually died by committing suicide since she felt useless after not being able to see any longer, and other illnesses. Apparently, she ...
All great leaders make a name for themselves. Eleanor Roosevelt is no exception. She held her first official position after her husband’s death, when president Truman appointed her to the United Nations. She was able to pave her own path through history as the First Lady, becoming known as the ‘World’s First Lady.’ Eleanor overcame ...
As the wife of a popular United States president, Anna Eleanor Roosevelt was born in New York City, October 11, 1884, and died November 7, 1962. She was an active worker for social causes. She was the niece of President Theodore Roosevelt, and was raised by her maternal grandmother after the premature death of her ...
Biography Eleanor Roosevelt was born in October 11, 1884. She started off her life being extremely shy, but she was able to move beyond that (Mahady, 1). She married Franklin Roosevelt in 1905. Eleanor helped him while he was in the senate and started becoming active in politics. He became president and she became a ...