An educational blog with the intention of assisting people in learning to enjoy nature, appreciate the history of different people, and expand awareness of important worldwide events. Subjective and objective content are both included in lengthened entries. My personal devotion is sharing and spreading my love of flowers with creative writing while displaying other ways to view certain things that others may not think.
The Pi symbol, is Greek and equals 3.14 when rounded and is recognized today on March 14th, 2022. Some scientific calculators have the symbol ready to push which will reveal this number. Others, you will have to perform the calculation manually since they are the basic calculators.
Harriet was born during the slavery era, which is the main reason her birth date is unknown. It is estimated to be between the years 1820 & 1822.
By the time she turned 5-years-old, she was sold around her neighborhood as a slave to several Masters having been beaten repeatedly throughout her childhood.
One of her Masters gave her a head trauma causing her a lifetime of pain through headaches, dizzy spells, and epilepsy.
Her religion was Methodist, and she was a deeply passionate religious follower even though she was illiterate.
Harriet Tubman has been known as the "Moses of her people" for her courageous act of having helped many slaves as an Abolitionist.
She nicknamed herself the "Conductor" while leading waves of slaves through the Underground Railroad from the South to the North for 8 years through the evening while most of their owners were asleep.
After the escape, she became an activist even though there was a warrant put out for her from the South.
She's the first African American woman in the military as an armed scout, spy, and guerrilla soldier.
Before carrying a weapon, she started out as a cook and nurse.
During the Civil War, she nursed other soldiers with herbal remedies who were injured in the war.
Born into slavery during the Civil War period in Holly Spring, Mississippi on July 16, 1861.
Most of her professional life was spent as an educator, doing investigative journalism, and as an abolitionist. She was also a suffragist encouraging Black women to vote for more African American political influencers.
She began her teaching career to keep her family together after her parents and baby brother died from yellow fever. She taught in Memphis at an Elementary School in the Shelby County school system.
Co-owned and wrote for Memphis Free Speech and Headlight newspaper with her writing focusing on racial segregation and inequality. A copy has not been made of this paper.
One of her famous works is her pamphlet - Southern Horrors: Lynch Law in all its Phases in which she described how lynchings were used by white men to intimidate and oppress African Americans who created competition for them economically.
She experienced a situation like that of the famous Rosa Parks where Ida was asked to move from the first-class women's train car to an overcrowded smoking car. After she refused, the conductor with Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad along with two other men dragged her off the train entirely. Later, she successfully sued the Railroad company and was awarded $500.
An early leader in the Civil Rights Movement and one of the founders of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) in 1909.
A pen name she created, "Iola", was specifically used to write for The Living Way newspapers in Washington, D.C. when she was attacking racist Jim Crow policies in her writing.
Not willing to back down in 1893 whilst being ousted by other suffragists, she organized the Women's Era Club, a first for African American women.
She became secretary of the National Afro-American Council that she helped organize.
Barbie Doll Dedication
This year in 2022, the Barbie company dedicated one of its models to be Ida B. Wells in their collection.
Norwood, Arlisha R. National Women's History Museum. Ida B. Wells-Barnett: https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/ida-b-wells-barnett 2/4/22
Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Ida B Wells: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ida_B._Wells 2/4/22
Encyclopaedia Brittanica. Ida B. Wells-Barnett: https://www.britannica.com/biography/Ida-B-Wells-Barnett 2/4/22
Black Past. Ida Wells-Barnett: https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/barnett-ida-wells-1862-1931/ 2/4/22
Women and the American Story. Life Story: Ida B. Wells-Barnett (1862-1931): https://wams.nyhistory.org/modernizing-america/fighting-for-social-reform/ida-b-wells/ 2/4/22
Biography.com. Ida B. Wells: https://www.biography.com/activist/ida-b-wells 2/4/22
Kamala was born in Oakland, California, and has a mixed background with her parents emigrating from India and Jamaica.
Her parents introduced her to civil rights demonstrations as a child, inspiring her into the field of legal and public service.
In 1990, she was the Alameda County District Attorney standing up on behalf of children who were sexually assaulted.
Harris created an environmental crimes unit in 2005.
Known as one of the leaders of the fight for marriage equality.
In 2016, she was elected as California's State Senator.
While in the Senate, she advocated for healthcare reform, the ban on assault weapons, and more.
One project that is eye-catching is the DREAM Act (Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act).
She became the first female and first African American and first Asian-American to take the position of Vice President in the year 2020.
In 2021, her children's book called Superheroes Are Everywhere, was included in welcome kits given to migrant children in a Long Beach, California shelter.
I keep Kamala close to me. 😀
She's traveled from one of my desks to another. Now she is seated next to Baby Yoda.
Sources:
White House. Kamala Harris, The Vice President. https://www.whitehouse.gov/administration/ vice-president-harris/ 2/1/22
Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Kamala Harris: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamala_Harris 2/1/22
Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc. Kamala Harris: https://www.britannica.com/biography/Kamala-Harris 2/1/22
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Discover the Facts About the Life and Career of U.S. Vice Pres. Kamala Harris
It would streamline the election voting and registration process to ensure your voice gets heard in this avenue.
Election Day would be announced as an official National Holiday to have off from work, school, etc.
Waiting lines will be eliminated or lessened greatly.
Access to the ballot stations would be for all people no matter how far because more polls would be added for every state.
More ballots would arrive in the mail because mail-in voting is offered to all eligible people.
Those who are no longer punished in the criminal justice system would be reinstated as a voter to have a fresh start and help them transition into responsible citizens.
New redistricting guidelines to prevent gerrymandering.
Instead of following another deadline in the voting registration process, same-day registration will be offered to make it easier to get out and vote.
Heightens security of elections with federal post-election audits.
It finds misconduct as a criminal offense that hinders, interferes, or prevents people from registering to vote.
