Born: May 28,1888
Died: March 29,1953
He played baseball
He scored 25 touch downs in football.
He played the giants in baseball.
Sydney
Elizabeth
Bird

Thomas Edison
Born February 11,1847
Died October 18,1931
At age 8 he set up a laboratory in his basement.
Edison saved the life of a station official’s child.
He invented the light bulb.
Hayden Boggess

Born July 30,1863
Died April17,1947
Ford fell in love with Clara Bryant.
In 1926 Ford began losing sales.
He was the son of Irish immigrants.
Alec Conrad

Young Orville and Wilbur Wright
Born Wilbur—April 16, 1867 Orville August 19,1871
Died Orville January 19,1948 Wilbur May 30,1912
The Wright brothers spent a great deal of time observing birds in flight.
Kitty Hawk North Carolina was chosen for their early flight experiments because its consistent high winds off the ocean are perfect for a kite flying.
They tested over two hundred different wings and airfoil models to improve the performance of the gliders .
Wilbur Wright
(left) and his brother Orville

Helen Keller
Born June 27,1880
Died June 1, 1968
A severe fever at
Age 19 months left Keller blind
And deaf and barely able to communicate
The tutor who taught Keller the alphabet
And thereby opened up the world to her
Haley Diana Guthery

Susan B. Anthony
Born February 15,1820
Died in 1906
Susan was a Quaker.
She was born in a farm house.
Susan tried to outlaw liquor .
Colton J. Hartman

Alexander Born March 3,1847 Graham Bell
Died August 2,1922
Thomas Watson became an associate of Bell.
He made parts and built models of Bell’s inventions.
One day while they were working Bell accidently heard the sound of a plucked reed over the telegraph wire.
Terry Stobart

Born around 1818
Died in 1895
Frederick Douglass was the leading spokesman of
American negroes
.
In the 1800’s born a slave Douglass became a noted author and speaker.
He devoted his life to the abolition of slavery.
Emily Hines

Clara
Barton
Born Decembe
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Died April 12, 1912
Her father was a soldier
.
She was the youngest child of Stephen
Barton.
teaching At the age of 15 Clara Barton in began a nearby school
.
Morgan Lynne Keyser

Hedy Lamarr
Born November 9, 1914
Died January 9, 2000
Hedy Lamarr moved to Hollywood to sign a contract and become a film star.
She quit school at the age16; and got a job working for director Max.
Lamarr was recently given the Electronic Frontier Foundation award for their invention.
Halley Nelson

Henry Ford
Born July 30, 1863
Died April 17,1947
Ford disliked both school and farm life.
He had a stubborn management style.
He married Clara Bryant.
Cody Odum

Margaret Wise Brown
Born: May 23,1910
Died: November 12, 1952
She wrote songs.
Even now, over forty years after her sudden and unexpected death, those who comprised her inner circle still speak of her enormous creative powers as true genius.
She wrote about 100 books before she died.
Dakota Lynn Richardson

Jim Thorpe
Born March 28,1888
Died March 29,1953
King Gustav of Sweden handed him the gold medals saying, sir you are the greatest athlete of them all.
In 1912 Stockholm Olympics Jim Thorpe who was of mixed American Indian, French and Irish descent gave one of the most brilliant all-round performances in the history of athletics.
He won both the pentathlon and the decathlon
.
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Jackie Robinson
Born January 31,1919
Died October31,1972
There were five children in the Robinson family.
His youngest brother was his greatest fan.
Robinson won letters in football, baseball, basketball and track.
Ethan Saffell

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He invented a glass harmonica.
One stormy night my son William and I were experimenting with lightning.
He travelled to Boston, New York, Philadelphia, and England .

Ben Franklin
Born January 17,1706
Died April 17,1790
He printed newspapers
.
had a poor family He .
Did you know that he died at age 84?
Jordan Ash

Arthur Ashe
Born January 1919
Died February 6,1993
In 1988 Arthur discovered he had AIDS.
He was the first black person to win the US Open in tennis.
Arthur was a tennis star in the 60’s and the 70’s and an African American.
Brandon Lenart