Abby Hoffman is a former elite Canadian track and field athlete. Abby, her real name Abigail is Jewish and was born in Toronto in 1947. During her childhood, she learned to skate when she was only 3 and showed her interest in playing hockey when she was 9 years old (Abby Hoffman, 2017). Her inspiration of playing sports was watching her elder brothers, Paul and Muni who were Hockey players. Going back to the early times, Women have been a part of hockey and their popularity led to the creation of Ladies Ontario Hockey Association in the early 1920 forming teams like Aura Lee, North Toronto. However, after the Second World War when a lot of kids from 14,000 to 100,000 were seen playing Hockey, girls were sidelined (Plummer, 2014). Unfortunately, …show more content…
She competed in 4 Olympic Games, 4 commonwealth games and 2 Pan-American games. She also became the first women to be a Canadian flag bearer in the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal for the opening ceremonies (Barris, 2015). Abby Hoffman has been a political science teacher at the University of Guelph for 3 years and was a sports consultant in the Ontario government. In 1981, she was the first Canadian female athlete to be elected to the Executive Committee of the Canadian Olympic Committee. In 1982, the Hoffman’s remarkable struggle was remembered by creating the Abby Hoffman Cup by the Ontario Women’s hockey association (Celebrating Women's Achievements, 2000). It was the first national women’s tournament by far in the history. As a result, women’s hockey is a highly anticipated Olympic event now. When she ended her career as an athlete she started her work as being an activist and became first women as the Director General of the Sports Canada, a federal government sports agency. The University of Toronto’s hart house got eventually opened to women because of Abby’s efforts in the year 1966. Her efforts in the hart house were remembered with a plague "Only she who attempts the absurd will achieve the impossible" (Abigail "Abby" Hoffman, 2009). She was also named one of the “50” makers and breakers in Canadian sport as she has made tremendous records and broken some rules. After being 10 years with the Olympic association, in 1993 she started working as a Director General in the Women’s for Health Bureau. She pointed out that women need a lot of healthcare as they have to face a lot of stress because of fewer wages and family responsibilities. She also took part in the International Amateur Athletic Federation and was a speaker at many conferences and addressed a lot of women issues. She became a part of Canada’s sports hall of fame in 2004
Sophia Baudo Mrs. Dwiggins Computers 1, 5th hour Miranda Lambert Miranda Lambert is a grammy award-winning country music star and singer-songwriter. Miranda's full name is Miranda Leigh Shelton and her maiden name is Miranda Leigh Lambert. Shes 30 years old and is 5’4.Miranda was born November 10,1983 in Longview Texas. When she was in her 20s Miranda Lambert emerged as one of country music rising stars. Miranda grew up in a small town called Lindale, where her parents owned a private detective agency.
Bella Abzug was a Lawyer, United States Representative, and a Social Activist. Abzug Graduated at Walton High School and continued on to education at Hunter College. Bella Abzug received a degree in Law from Columbia University in 1947 and then worked at Jewish theological Seminary of America. Bella spent a lot of time to help fight for women 's rights. Bella knew that she wanted to be a lawyer
Freeman's involvement in multiple track and field events allowed her to develop a diverse set of skills and gain experience, confidence, and recognition on the global stage. Her Aboriginal heritage and motivation to become a role model for Indigenous youth and promote reconciliation between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians also played a significant role in her development as an athlete and as a person. Freeman's success also had a broader impact on Australian society, particularly in promoting reconciliation and raising awareness of Indigenous issues. Freeman's decision to carry both the Aboriginal and Australian flags during her victory lap at the Sydney Olympics was a powerful symbol of unity and reconciliation and had a profound impact on many Australians. The Cathy Freeman Foundation, established in 2007, aims to improve educational outcomes for Indigenous children and promote reconciliation through
Caitlin Etheridge Ms. Weeks Earth Space and Science 02/15/2018 Sally Ride Sally Ride was an amazing human being, and she was an amazing astronaut! She was born on May 26, 1951, she grew up in Los Angeles and went to Stanford University, where she was a double major in physics and English. (Space.com, 2018). Ride received bachelor's degrees in both subjects in 1973.
Ruby Bridges Mississippi is home to many African Americans that played an important role in the desegregation factor. Ruby Bridges was one of these famous African Americans that helped to desegregate the public school system in New Orleans. Ruby Bridges, a small girl from Tylertown, Mississippi, opened the doors for many black children so that they would be provided with a good education no matter what their race may be. Ruby Nell Bridges, a young African American girl, is from the small town of Tylertown, Mississippi. Ruby Bridges was born on September 8, 1954 .Ruby was born the same year as the Supreme Court passed the Brown v. Board of Education case.
For example, as a baseball player, Sinclair played with boys instead of girls and she even made the local boys all-star team at the age of 11. The example of Sinclair not specializing in a sport until a later age goes hand in hand with topics previously discussed in class. She provides an example that people can succeed in sports even if they only begin to specialize later on in life. Later on in her childhood however, Sinclair really began to shine in soccer. For example, at the age of just 16, Sinclair made her first appearance for the Canadian Women 's National Team, becoming one of the youngest players ever to feature for their national teams.
She lectured and wrote about women's rights throughout her life. In the 1850’s, she was
Since the beginning of time, the world has been flooded with tragic heroes. We have witnessed their downfall and triumph. A tragic hero can be of noble birth and displays heroic or potentially heroic qualities. They most often possess a negative quality, possibly unknown to them, that consequently leads to their demise or downfall. Thus the tragic hero ultimately causes his own suffering because of the flaws in his basic human nature, however through the hero’s defeat, humanity is validated and shown to have redeeming qualities.
In the letter Reagan states “Stories like yours are encouraging and inspiring, for it is hardworking, dedicated individuals like you who make this nation great.” Nothing illustrates how monumental her contributions to the sport of women’s basketball were more then recognition from the president
Health in Canada was poor in the late eighteen hundreds. Emily Stowe worked illegally as a doctor to help her ill husband and support her children. Meanwhile, Adelaide Hoodless lost her sick son because of “unpasteurized milk” (World War I) in 1887, so that she joined for health and nutrition. Marie Lacoste Gerin–Lajoie started an organization in Quebec to help women’s working conditions. Throughout these events of women working towards better education, health and the working class, another women named Nellie McClung looked at the government.
Tonya Harding is debatably one of the best figure skaters to have ever skated. She overcame some rough family struggles and money issues. With all of the circumstances being stated, Tonya Hardings “built up” reputation was quickly ruined when she was implicated in the attack of Nancy Kerrigan at the 1994 Olympic trials. Since the 1994 Olympic trials, there have been numerous suggestions as to if she had anything to do with Nancy Kerrigans injury. Tonya is now in her late 40’s and has “moved” on from the scandal.
Nina was considered a Blues and Jazz singer, but though out this film she wanted nothing more than to be the first black classical pianist. She grew up in North Carolina and started playing the piano at age three or four. She started playing at church and a piano teacher decided to
On March 30, 2008, eight teenagers attacked a sixteen year old cheerleader, Victoria Lindsay. This attack took place in Lakeland, Florida around 8:30 pm. This girl fight seen around the world would become known as the Mulberry Eight. This attack all started because Victoria Lindsay was trash talking on her MySpace page.
History The modern sport of ice hockey is a contact sport played inside on an ice rink or frozen lake or pond in colder climates. Because the sport is played on ice player must wear skates to maneuver on the ice. Ice hockey is a fast paced, and fluid team sport. Canadian James Creighton devised the rules of modern ice hockey.
In 1992 Cathy Freeman was employed as part of Australia Post’s Olympic Job Opportunities Program. Later that year cathy recieved several sonserships from different sponsers such as, Balarinji Design studio, then Oakley and Nike,and later Qantas, Schweppes, Telstra, Ford, Australia, News Ltd and Channel 7. After the 1994 Commenwealth Games Ctahy continued to work with the ‘Australian Post’. As her training became increasingly full, she intruduced more forms of employment. Cathy took a break from running after the Sydney Olympics.when