She was the first woman to receive the U.S distinguished flying cross. Amelia was looking for some adventure so she went on a plane ride. That plane changed her life for ever. She raised some money and got flying lessons. Amelia did not go to college and she left school […]
Daily Archives: June 20, 2012
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Joan Benoit Samuelson is an American runner who won gold at the 1984 Summer Olympics inLos Angeles. She was born on May the 16th 1957 inCape Elizabeth,Maine She started running after she broke her leg, to help its recovery. This was the exact year the women’s marathon was introduced. As […]
Valentina was the first women to go to space. She is from Russia. She was born on March the 6th 1937. She left school early but developed an interest in skydiving. That was the reason why she was picked. She got chosen out of four hundred other applications and then […]
She was born 19th June 1945. She was educated in Methodist English High School in Burma. She had a talent for learning languages. She also studied at St Hugh’s College Oxford and at the University of London. Her father was a politician and she turned out to be a pro-democrasy […]
Suzanne Collins was born on the 10th of August 1962. She went to Alabama School of Fine Arts and she graduated fromIndianaUniversity. In 1991 she started her career as a writer of children’s TV shows for Nickelodeon. In September 2008 she released her first book: The Hunger Games. She was […]
Joanne Rowling was born on the 31st of July 1965 in Yate, Gloucestershire, England. When she was publishing her first book she used her 2 initials rather than her full name to target the audience of young boys that might not read a book written by a woman. Her publishers […]