Ada Lovelace – Pioneer ‘Computer Scientist’
by, Jo Carol Hebert Who is Ada Lovelace? (December, 1815-November, 1852) “I believe myself to possess a singular combination of qualities exactly fitted to make me pre-eminently a discoverer of […]
by, Jo Carol Hebert Who is Ada Lovelace? (December, 1815-November, 1852) “I believe myself to possess a singular combination of qualities exactly fitted to make me pre-eminently a discoverer of […]
by, Jo Carol Hebert Less than 100 years before ‘Elizabeth Marie ‘Betty’ Tall Chief’ was born, her ancestors were walking the ‘trail of tears’ that forced all Native Americans east […]
by, Jo Carol Hebert Setting the Stage of History 1620. English ‘Pilgrims’ found Plymouth Bay colony on the Atlantic Coast of America. 1776. The 13th colonies of America are named […]
by, Jo Carol Hebert In 1619, a Dutch ship brought the first enslaved Africans to the American colonies to be sold to the highest ‘bidder’. This ‘transatlantic slave trade’ forced […]
by, Jo Carol Hebert “We’re off!” On July 6, 1908, Matthew Alexander Henson writes this simple but momentous message in his explorer’s journal. It is the first entry of his […]
by Marcella S. Meeks In the late 1800’s, there lived a girl named Clementine Hunter. She lived with her family at the Melrose plantation located near Natchitoches, Louisiana. A plantation […]
By, Jo Carol Hebert Did you know there was a real boy named Nicholas? It is the third century (year 280 AD) during the time of the Roman Empire. A […]
…because Pilgrim kids didn’t have to take baths! The ‘thanksgiving’ Pilgrims sailed from England in early September of the year 1620. At that time, the culture of Europe did not […]