Tag Archives: History
The Champions Who Walked Among Us – Article 13 – The Mathematician
What do you do when you’re more intelligent than you should be? How do you deal with a world where your talent, your gift is not wanted because of what you are? How do you keep going in a hostile environment where rejection resides on your doorstep, only because you were born a woman? March …
The Champions Who Walked Among Us – Article 6 – The Bumblebee
Looking out of her window, the streets were filled with children playing, at the age of seven that was the highest priority for most children. They were having fun, and her heart yearned to be among them. As she turned to look at the kitchen clock, the hand of the clock moved to …
The Champions Who Walked Among Us – Article 5 – The Banker
Work for the night is coming, Work through the morning hours; Work while the dew is sparkling, Work mid springing flowers; Work when the day grows brighter, Work in the glowing sun; Work, for the night is coming, When man’s work is done.[1] 1934, the Black Tuesday that had ushered in the Great Depression of …
The Champions Who Walked Among Us – Article 2 – The Forerunner
Her body wrecked with illness was robbed of its energy––a young, frail, and tiny little thing, her mother had worried about her existence. Her weakness and her frailty had people thinking she would never be able to marry and start her own family. Marriage would happen to the others was a sentiment, which circulated among …