Block 6 - Unsung Heroes of the 20th Century by Lisa Childers https://padlet.com/lmchilde620/4c5fn7ad86okbg9b Post your description of your unsung hero and read/like the posts of others. Don't forget to put your name on it! en-us 2020-04-19 23:01:07 UTC 2026-01-03 12:47:22 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f98b.png Mrs. Childers lmchilde620 https://padlet.com/lmchilde620/4c5fn7ad86okbg9b/wish/516118875 Candy Lightner
Born May 30, 1946
Activist: Founder of MADD (Mothers Against Drunk Driving)
Candy Lightner's daughter, Cari, was killed in 1980 by a drunk driver.  Ms. Lightener founded Mothers Against Drunk Driving to raise awareness about drunk drivers and to fight for tough laws for people who drive drunk.  She is an inspiration to me.  She was devastated when her daughter was killed.  Yet, she formed MADD to help prevent others from being hurt and killed by drunk drivers.]]> 2020-04-19 23:43:12 UTC https://padlet.com/lmchilde620/4c5fn7ad86okbg9b/wish/516118875 Carter Braun https://padlet.com/lmchilde620/4c5fn7ad86okbg9b/wish/517747340 Robert H. Goddard
Born October 5, 1882
Engineer, created the world’s first liquid fueled rocket
More People should know about Robert H. Goddard because he set very important milestones for spaceflight. Without him we may have never went to the moon or into outer space. He also applied two axis control into rockets to effectively control their flight in space. Again, without him we may have gotten to space, but we wouldn’t be coming back.
 
                                    
]]> 2020-04-20 14:53:31 UTC https://padlet.com/lmchilde620/4c5fn7ad86okbg9b/wish/517747340 Adam Sukiennik https://padlet.com/lmchilde620/4c5fn7ad86okbg9b/wish/518236898 Edwin Hubble 
Born November 20 1889
Died September 28 1953
Edwin Hubble was an astronomer which means he worked on experiments for space and discovered an easier way to look into space.  NASA named the world's first space-based optical telescope after him.  His research helped prove that the universe was expanding and he created a classification system for galaxies that was used for several years.


]]> 2020-04-20 17:33:57 UTC https://padlet.com/lmchilde620/4c5fn7ad86okbg9b/wish/518236898 Xavier Sink xaviersink23 https://padlet.com/lmchilde620/4c5fn7ad86okbg9b/wish/518794214 Gordon Gould
Born July 17, 1920
He was a physicist that was involved in the beginning of laser research.  Additionally, he created the name for lasers. His work on lasers is used in many medical fields, entertainment, and is the bases of fiber optic communication. Furthermore, in 1991 he was put into the National Inventors Hall of Fame.]]> 2020-04-20 22:32:23 UTC https://padlet.com/lmchilde620/4c5fn7ad86okbg9b/wish/518794214 Christina Wilton, Block 6 https://padlet.com/lmchilde620/4c5fn7ad86okbg9b/wish/520838819 Rachel Carson
Born May 27, 1907
Marine Biologist, environmentalist: conservationist, former author of multiple writings about advancing the global environment, and worked as a marine biologist, studying the sea for years.
Rachel Carson  turned her attention to conservation, especially some problems that she believed were caused by synthetic pesticides. The result was the book Silent Spring (1962), which brought environmental concerns to an unprecedented share of the American people. Although Silent Spring was met with fierce opposition by chemical companies, it spurred a huge  fight on certain chemicals which led to a nationwide ban on DDT and other pesticides. 
She inspires me because she chased her dreams to make the world a better place. ]]> 2020-04-21 16:47:23 UTC https://padlet.com/lmchilde620/4c5fn7ad86okbg9b/wish/520838819 Keith Kanne https://padlet.com/lmchilde620/4c5fn7ad86okbg9b/wish/521167374 Sally Ride
May 26, 1951 – July 23, 2012

NASA Astronaut and Physicist.
 
Sally became the First American woman to fly in space on STS-7, as well as the third woman in space. She flew a total of two flights and was planned to fly a third. The third one, however was cancelled due to the Challenger explosion In 1986.]]> 2020-04-21 18:54:17 UTC https://padlet.com/lmchilde620/4c5fn7ad86okbg9b/wish/521167374 Mason McKernan https://padlet.com/lmchilde620/4c5fn7ad86okbg9b/wish/523475318  Sally Ride
NASA Astronaut and Physicist

Born May 26th 1951
She studied at Stanford University before beating out 1,000 other applicants for a spot in NASA's astronaut program. On June 18, she became the first American woman in space, aboard the space shuttle Challenger. She was a mission specialist, so she helped deploy satellites and worked other projects. The next year, she again served as a mission specialist on a space shuttle flight in October. Sally was supposed to go on a third but there was a tragic accident.  In 2001, she started her own company to create educational programs and products known as Sally Ride Science. Ride received the NASA Space Flight Medal and the NCAA's Theodore Roosevelt Award. She was also inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame and the Astronaut Hall of Fame.]]> 2020-04-22 16:05:03 UTC https://padlet.com/lmchilde620/4c5fn7ad86okbg9b/wish/523475318 Alexus Tallman https://padlet.com/lmchilde620/4c5fn7ad86okbg9b/wish/523807462 Jane Goodall
April 3 1934 - today
United Nations Messenger Of Peace
Over the years Goodall was able to correct a number of misunderstandings about chimpanzees. She found, for example, that the animals are omnivorous, not vegetarian; that they are capable of making and using tools; and, in short, that they have a set of hitherto unrecognized complex and highly developed social behaviours. Goodall wrote a number of books and articles about various aspects of her work, notably In the Shadow of Man (1971). She summarized her years of observation in The Chimpanzees of Gombe: Patterns of Behavior (1986). Goodall continued to write and lecture about environmental and conservation issues into the early 21st century. In 2002 she became a UN Messenger of Peace.]]> 2020-04-22 18:02:35 UTC https://padlet.com/lmchilde620/4c5fn7ad86okbg9b/wish/523807462 Taylor Frazier https://padlet.com/lmchilde620/4c5fn7ad86okbg9b/wish/523915832 Kurt Gödel
April 28, 1906- January 14, 1978

Kurt Gödel was one of the founders of the modern, metamathematical era in mathematical logic and he is often known for his Incompleteness Theorems. People should know about him because he laid out the the structure for the  program of conceptual analysis, and he created a lot of theorems to solve problems in math.

]]> 2020-04-22 18:46:24 UTC https://padlet.com/lmchilde620/4c5fn7ad86okbg9b/wish/523915832 Adriana Beger - Block 6 https://padlet.com/lmchilde620/4c5fn7ad86okbg9b/wish/524566533 Deng Xiaoping
August 22, 1904 - February 19, 1997
Deng Xiaoping was a Chinese politician who was the paramount leader of the People's Republic of China from 1978 until his retirement in 1992. He chose to sacrifice other orthodox socialist values and wanted to bring features of the free market system and other changes into the Chinese economy. After the catastrophic excesses of the Cultural Revolution, Deng restored China to its domestic stability and economic development.

]]> 2020-04-23 02:10:06 UTC https://padlet.com/lmchilde620/4c5fn7ad86okbg9b/wish/524566533 Theresa Moronczyk https://padlet.com/lmchilde620/4c5fn7ad86okbg9b/wish/525939870 Edwin Hubble
November 20, 1889-- September 28, 1953

American Astronomer

Hubble helped prove the universe is expanding and discovered other galaxies beyond the Milky Way.]]> 2020-04-23 14:33:35 UTC https://padlet.com/lmchilde620/4c5fn7ad86okbg9b/wish/525939870 India McGill indiamcgill23 https://padlet.com/lmchilde620/4c5fn7ad86okbg9b/wish/526029986 Betty Williams
Born May 22, 1943
Peace Activist and Co-founder of the Nobel Women's Initiative.
Betty Williams was a peace activist from Northern Ireland. She was a co-recipient with Mairead Corrigan of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1976 for her work as a cofounder of Community of Peace People, an organisation dedicated to promoting a peaceful resolution to the Troubles in Northern Ireland.

]]> 2020-04-23 15:01:50 UTC https://padlet.com/lmchilde620/4c5fn7ad86okbg9b/wish/526029986 Roman Flanz https://padlet.com/lmchilde620/4c5fn7ad86okbg9b/wish/526151253 Edwin Powell Hubble 
November 20, 1889 – September 28, 1953

American Astronomer

Edwin Hubble had a crucial role is discovering that many clouds of dust that were thought to be "nebulae" were actually other galaxies outside the Milky Way. He is also regarded as one of the greatest and most important astronomers of all time.]]> 2020-04-23 15:41:46 UTC https://padlet.com/lmchilde620/4c5fn7ad86okbg9b/wish/526151253 Brooklyn Bush https://padlet.com/lmchilde620/4c5fn7ad86okbg9b/wish/526681995 Eva Peron May 7, 1919 - July 26, 1952
Eva was a girl who fought for equality for women. She helped shape the freedom for poor people and she was a part of many Charitys. She fought and succeeded for women's education. She had a talent for speaking out which made people pay attention and because so many people payed attention to her she was able to raise awareness for equality for everybody. 
More people should know about Eva because if it weren't for her women could still not be able to learn and there wouldn't be as much equality for poor people either. She spoke out for what she believed in until she succeeded which makes her a true hero. ]]> 2020-04-23 18:58:03 UTC https://padlet.com/lmchilde620/4c5fn7ad86okbg9b/wish/526681995 Jarrett Jenkins https://padlet.com/lmchilde620/4c5fn7ad86okbg9b/wish/526708455
Alexander Fleming   
August 6, 1881 - March 11, 1955

biologist, physician, microbiologist

By 1927, Fleming had been investigating the properties of staphylococci. He was already well known from his earlier work and had developed a reputation as a brilliant researcher, but his laboratory was often untidy. On 3 September 1928, Fleming returned to his laboratory having spent August on holiday with his family. Before leaving for his holiday, he had stacked all his cultures of staphylococci on a bench in a corner of his laboratory. On returning, Fleming noticed that one culture was contaminated with a fungus and that the colonies of staphylococci immediately surrounding the fungus had been destroyed, whereas other staphylococci colonies farther away were normal, famously remarking "That's funny". Fleming showed the contaminated culture to his former assistant Merlin Pryce, who reminded him, "That's how you discovered lysozyme" Fleming grew the mold in pure culture and found that it produced a substance that killed a number of disease-causing 


]]> 2020-04-23 19:10:07 UTC https://padlet.com/lmchilde620/4c5fn7ad86okbg9b/wish/526708455 Natalie Watson https://padlet.com/lmchilde620/4c5fn7ad86okbg9b/wish/527206409 Thomas Watson Jr.

Thomas Watson Jr. an American businessman, political figure, and philanthropist. In FORTUNE magazine they deemed him as “the greatest capitalist in history,” and in TIME was deemed as one of "100 most influential people of the 20th century". He was also the 2nd company president, and the 11th national president of the Boy Scouts of America, and was the 16th United States ambassador of the Soviet Union]]> 2020-04-24 01:14:58 UTC https://padlet.com/lmchilde620/4c5fn7ad86okbg9b/wish/527206409 Payton Stemmerich - Don't you love this picture?! So strong. https://padlet.com/lmchilde620/4c5fn7ad86okbg9b/wish/528593865 Alice Paul
January 11, 1885 – July 9, 1977

Women's Rights Advocate

Alice was one of the leaders of the campaign for the 19th amendment, which allowed women to vote. Starting in 1920, she became the leader of the Nation Women's Party. In the 1960's she took part in the Civil Rights Movement.]]> 2020-04-24 15:03:35 UTC https://padlet.com/lmchilde620/4c5fn7ad86okbg9b/wish/528593865 Patrick Black https://padlet.com/lmchilde620/4c5fn7ad86okbg9b/wish/529446206 Nolan Bushnell 
February 5, 1943 - Still alive

American businessman

American businessman and electrical engineer. He established Atari, Inc. and the Chuck E. Cheese's Pizza Time Theatre chain.


]]> 2020-04-24 23:12:01 UTC https://padlet.com/lmchilde620/4c5fn7ad86okbg9b/wish/529446206 Rebecca St.Onge - Wow, I can't even imagine what it took for them to do this. https://padlet.com/lmchilde620/4c5fn7ad86okbg9b/wish/529578205 Freddie and Truus Oversteegen

Freddie- September 6, 1925 - September 5, 2018
Truus- August 29, 1923 - June 18, 2016

Freddie and Truus were two young sisters who would ambush Nazis and kill them. Starting when Freddie was 14 and Truus was 16 they joined the resistance against the Nazis. By the time Freddie was 16 and Truus was 18 they became the resistances best assassins. They would ambush the Nazi officers from their bikes. They never revealed how many Nazis they actually assassinated in their time working with the resistance.
(Freddie on left, Truus on right)]]> 2020-04-25 03:17:51 UTC https://padlet.com/lmchilde620/4c5fn7ad86okbg9b/wish/529578205