Wednesday, February 27, 2013

Important People

Martin Luther King Jr. 
  He was arrested
  He wanted freedom for african americans
  He died in 1968

Hardy Milk
  He was a gay activist
  He was in the Navy
  Played football in high school

Dorothy Hudgkens
  Worked in Chemistry
  Worked with crystalography
  Worked with X rays

Albert Einstein
  He dropped out of high school
  He fell in love with one of his classmates
  He created the formula E=mc2

Gandhi
  He was married at 14
  He was Indian
  He protested the salt act

Harriet Tubman
  Her father was freed from slavery
  She went to Philadelphia after escaping slavery
  She worked as a cook and nurse

Florence Nightengale
  Born in Italy
  Youngest of 2 children
  Her family had an estate.

Jane Goodall
  Born on April 3rd
  Studied the history of Chimps
  She never had a pet until 47

Bill Gates
  He was a computer programmer
  He dropped out of college
  He invented Windows

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