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Sellers
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The future holds promise. “While
the youth are not capitalizing,” Sell
ers sail!, “the struggle will continue.”
Just as he had the willingness to
sacrifice and the knowledge of the im
portance of social consciousness dnd
service, Sellers believes that so should
all those what want to continue to
make a difference.
“It is going to have to start with
education, since awareness precedes
action. It’s going to take sacrifice to
go into the unknown with the risk
of losing everything, even your life,
but sacrifice is rewarding,” Sellers
said.
“Once you deal with that fear, then
there is security in knowing you’ve
tried. You don’t have to be rich or
smart to step onto the pages of histo
ry; you just have to be willing to give
of yourself,” he said.
Today, as heirs to the progress that
Sellers helped to create, people should
find within them the responsibility of
preserving and furthering the process.
Others, like Sellers, have gone on
before, paving the way and suffering
for their successors.
“There just has to be recognition
and faith in the future to help you find1
ways to purge any bitterness, anger
and frustration that you come to face,”
Sellers said.
Once this is done, then the promise
of change comes that much closer to
being a reality.
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Women
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ident Geoige Bush. She considered a run for president
in the 2000 election.
Geraldine Ferraro (1935-) was nominated as a candi
date for vice president of the United States. She was
the first woman to be nominated by either the Re
publican Party or Democratic Party.
Ella Grasso (1919-1981) was governor of Connecti
cut in the 1970s. She was the first woman elected to
that position.
Barbara Jordan (1936-19%) was the first black woman
from the South elected to Congress.
Sandra Day O’Connor (1930-) was the first woman to
be appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court.
Frances Perkins (1880-1%5) was the first woman to
hold a presidential Cabinet office and first woman to
be appointed secretary of labor.
Belva Lockwood (1803-1917) was the first woman to
practice law in the United States. She was also the first
woman to argue a case in front of the Supreme
Court.
Sports
Wilma Rudolph (1940-1994) was the first American
woman ever to win three gold medals in the
Olympics.
Helen Stephens (1918-1993) set a world record and
won two track-and-field gold medals at the 1936
Olympics.
Maria Tallchief (1925-) was a prima ballerina with
the New York City Ballet and artistic director of the
Lyric Opera Ballet in Chicago.
Billie Jean King (1943-) dominated the world of
tennis for more than 20 years, winning 20 Wimbledon
titles, 13 U.S. Open titles and more.
Mia Hamm (1972-) was the first three-time U.S.
soccer athlete of the year (1994-1996). She was a
member of the gold medal-winning U.S. Women's
National Team at the 1996.01ympic Games and is
generally considered the best all-around woman
soccer player in the world.
Luerature/Tournalism
Louisa May Alcott (1832-1888) wrote the first liter
ature for juvenile girls in the 19th century.
Edith Wharton (1862-1937) was the first woman to
receive a Pulitzer Prize for fiction.
Nellie Bly (1864-1922) was a journalist and was con
sidered the “best reporter in America”. She pioneered
investigative journalism.
Margaret Bourke-White (1904-1971) photographed
many of the most important events of the early 20th
century such as the Depression, London during the
Blitz, Stalin and the Kremlin, and World Wir EL She
was the most important photographer for magazines
such as Life.
Amelia Bloomer (1818-1894) was the first woman
to own and produce a newspaper. The paper was called
The Lily and was published in 1849 in Seneca Falls,
N.Y.
Science/Medicine
Elizabeth Blackwell (1821 -1910) was the first Amer
ican woman to become a medical doctor.
Emily Blackwell (1826 -1910) was a doctor who ran
the New York Infirmary for women and children. She
also ran the Women’s Medical College, which pro
vided training for women who were interested in med
icine.
Clara Barton (1821 -1912) founded the American Red
Cross, one of the laigest medical care companies in
the United States.
Gerty Theresa Radnitz Cori (1896-1957) was the first
American woman to win the Nobel Prize in science.
Lillian Moller Gilbreth (1878-1972) was an industri
al engineer and expert in the study of motion. She was
a pioneer in the relationship between engineering and
human relations.
Ellen Swallow Richards (1842-1911) was the nation’s
first professional woman chemist. She was an impor
tant figure in the process of opening careers in science
to women.
Civil Rights
Mary Arm Shadd Cary (1823-1893) was an educator
and abolitionis.t. She was the first black woman to en
roll in and graduate from Howard University Law
School and the first black woman to vote in a federal
election.
Rosa Pads (1913-) was a leader in the civil rights move
ment. In 1955, she refused to give up her seat to a white
man on a public bus in Montgomery, Ala. She was ar
rested and became a “martyr” in the civil rights move
ment in the South.
Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811-1896) was the first fe
male author to earn a living by writing. Her best sell
er in 1852 was a book called Uncle Tom’s Cabin. Her
book inflamed many readers and is said to be a reason
for the Civil War.
Harriet Tubman (c.1820-1913) was a “conductor”
on the Underground Railroad.
She was born a slave, but was eventually freed
and operated the Undetground Railroad to free oth
er slaves.
Travel/Exploration
Ann Bancroft (1955 -) was the first woman to travel
across the ice to the North and South poles.
Amelia Earhart (1897-1937) was the first woman to
fly across the Atlantic Ocean and the first to fly solo
across the Pacific Ocean.
Eileen Collins (1956-) was the first American
woman to pilot a spacecraft.
Shannon W. Lucid (1943-) was an astronaut who set
the American record for then-longest space flight by
an American (July 15,1996).
Other
Myra Bradwell (1831-1894) was America’s first woman
lawyer.
Helen Keller (1880-1968) was an author and lectur
er. An illness at the age of 19 months left her deaf
and blind. Through the work of teacher Anne Sullivan,
she learned to overcome these daunting handicaps and
became a powerful and effective national spokeswoman
on behalf of others with similar disabilities.
Mary Lyon (1797-1849) founded Mt. Holyoke, the
first college for women, in 1837.
Annie Oakley (1860-1926) was a markswoman, prob
ably the nation’s finest.
Now, not to be biased or anything, but I would like
to add that my favorite category would have to be
the female journalists who pioneered the field.
It is good for us aspiring female journalists to
know that there are people we can look up to be
sides Peter Jennings and Walter Winchell.
Campus Notes
Police training course
offered to Columbians
A free 10-week course is being offered
to Columbia residents. Participants re
ceive a graduation certificate and are
eligible to participate in a 10-hour elec
tive ride-along program, which offers ob
servation of police, work under actual
working conditions with an officer. The
class will begin March 7 and end May 9.
Call the Columbia Police Training De
partment at 733-839.9.
Ambassadors accept
new members
University Ambassadors is accepting new
members. Pick up applications at the Vis
tor’s Center from Feb. 24 until March
1. Applications are due at the center
by 5 p.m. March 1. For more informa
tion, call 777-0169 or e-mail
sarahjones@sc.edu.
Nutrition, exercise
information available
Nutrition and exercise consultations, body
fat percentage estimations, blood pres
sure readings and more are offered in the
Open Door Drop-in Center from 10 a.m.
to 3 p.m. Monday through Friday in the
Student Health Center basement. For
more information, call 777-8248.
RAD class to have
weekend session
There will be a Rape Aggression Defense
class for females March 18-19. March
18, the class will meet from 9:45 a.m. to
6 p.m. March 19, it will meet from 1-5
p.m. The class is sponsored by the USC
Police Department, Marriott and the
Housing Department. Tuition is
$12.50. Call Henry Gaibade at 777-0855
to register.
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