Charles Drew

By: Verl

• Charles Drew was a person that helped make blood banks during World War 2 he was also an African American doctor and scientist in the 1900's. His work on blood storage and blood banks helped save thousands of lives during WWII.  
• Researching Blood: As a doctor and a researcher, Charles' main passion was blood transfusions. At the time, medical science did not have a good way of preserving blood. Blood needed to be fresh, and this made it very difficult to find the right blood type when a transfusion was needed. 
• Education and Sports: Charles Drew lived in a place called Foggy Bottom with his two younger sisters and a younger brother. His father worked in the carpet industry where he earned a nice middle class living. In school his favorite subject was sports. He was a standout athlete in school. The sports he played were baseball, basketball, football, and track and field. Amherst college is where he received a scholarship to play sports. He attended McGill University for medical school. 
• Born and Died: He was born in Washington DC. He lived to 45 years old. Died: He died on April 1, 1950 he suffered from internal injuries in a car accident. He completely changed over the years he saved millions of lives during World War 2. 

• World War 2: When World War 2 began, the United States needed a way to mass produce blood plasma in order to save the lives of wounded troops. (Blood plasma is a clear yellow liquid containing various proteins and electrolytes. It can be used as a blood substitute to help replace fluids and treat shock.) Drew with Scudder at E. H. L Corwin plan to set an organizational process of safely collecting, processing and storing blood plasma to be sent to Great Britain. Charles worked with the British on the "Blood for Britain" program to help them develop a blood bank for the war. He then helped to develop the blood bank for the American Red Cross. Charles died from internal injuries from a car accident he went to a hospital but was denied a transfusion because he was black. 
• Occupation: Doctor and Scientist. 
• Born: June 3, 1904 in Washington, D.C. 
• Died: April 1, 1950 Burlington, North Carolina. 
• Best known for: Research into the storage of blood and large-scale bl 

                                               By: Odd_Fox 

Sources: Betsy Graves Reyneau, Dr. Charles Drew, https://www.ducksters.com/biography/scientists/charlesdrew.php , 

Wikipedia, 

www.http/CharlesDrew.com  

Mae Jemison

The Story of Jemison

By Camille

Mae C. Jemison is an icon. Did you know she is fluent in four different languages? She can speak Russian, Swahili, Japanese, and of course, English. The funny thing is, she is not even a linguist, she's an astronaut! In fact, she was the very first African-American women to go into space! Mae Jemison is amazing!

It all began is Decatur, Alabama. Mae was born on October 17th, 1956, to Charley and Dorothy Jemison. She had two siblings named Ada and Charles Jemison. When she was young, she said she was going to go to space one day. But before she could do that, she had to go to school.

Jemison went to Morgan Park High School in Chicago, Illinois. Then she went to Stanford University. Her Parents supported her talents a lot. After that, she went to University Medical College. When she went to space, she studied weightlessness and motion sickness on her and the crew. There are many other details about space, though.

First of all, On June 4, 1987, Jemison was admitted into the training program. She flew on September 12, 1992. She went on Endeavor with six other astronauts. She was in space for 190 hours, (8 days). They returned September 20, 1992. Jemison Obtained her M. D. in 1981. When Jemison was a medical doctor, she worked on the Peace Corps for 2 ½ years. She left NASA in March 1993. After NASA, Jemison taught at Dartmouth. She also made the Jemison Group, to seek research.

Mae C. Jemison inspired me by making me feel like I can achieve anything. She said she was going to space one day, and that is exactly what she did. I feel she inspired people to believe in themselves. Mae C. Jemson is an amazing person.

Sources:

“Mae Jemison.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 16 Apr. 2018, 15:33, www.wikipedia.org/.

“May C. Jemison.” Biography.com, A&E Television Networks, 19 Jan. 2018, www.biography.com/.

“Me Jemison.” NASA, NASA, starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/StarChild.html.

Presentation Notes: _____________________________
"Hello! I just came from an interview with NASA. They wanted to how my experiments went in space. They also wanted to know if I would ever join again. I don't think I will, I'm getting a little old. After this I'm going to shoot an episode of Star Trek. I will be a special guest. So do you have any questions?"

Mary Seacole

By Elliot

Hello there I am Mary Seacole. Thank you all for contributing to my fundraiser it really helps me. I recognize many faces here. Many of you I helped to nurse in the Crimea. It is very nice of you to attend this. It is just a little storytelling. My first story is about when some hotel patrons tried to compliment me by saying I would be perfect if I just bleached my skin. The truth is I always considered myself special for my lighter black skin tone. "So, I told those hotel patrons exactly what they could do with their bleach." If you didn’t get it from that hint I told them... to drink their bleach. Now let's get on with it!

I was born in 1805, in Kingston, Jamaica. I am the daughter of a free black Jamaican and a Scottish solider. I have two siblings Louisa and Edward. My mom owned the Blundell Hall Hotel. I often helped my mom and played doctor on my doll. I also traced one route on an old map in my bed room from my home in Jamaica to my dream of London. After my childhood I married my husband Edwin Seacole. We had a general store for a while but, then came back to Blundell Hall. "Then a fire raged through Jamaica and destroyed Blundell Hall. Before I could even get on my feet my mother died soon followed by my husband." I was devastated but, I got up on my feet and kept going. Then I opened my own hotel, the British hotel.

Then there was the Crimean war. I decided to go as a nurse, so I asked the army upfront. They said that I should apply to "Florence Nightingale's organized expedition of nurses". I "skipped the formality of mailing a letter and went to the organizers. My interview there was stiff and unwelcoming. They said that they already had enough nurses and left me with the impression that if there was an open spot I wouldn't have been picked. Was it the color of my skin?" I decided that if the army wouldn’t send me and the nurses wouldn’t either than I would send myself! So, there I was, in the Crimea. Nursing the sick and wounded soldiers. They began to call me mother Seacole and they were like my sons. Soon after that I went bankrupt but, in the late years of my life you all started a fund for me and I could do nothing but, smile.

Soon after she died from a stroke in London. On May 14, 1881. Ms. Seacole is a role-model for me. I would never be a nurse but, I look up to her because she spent her whole life fighting racism and sexism. I also admire that she would treat anyone who came to her. "I wish I could say history took as good care of her as her sons did" but, that’s not true. "She was a black woman in an age that looked down on both of those qualities. She would have been a role-model a self-sustaining woman but, soon after her death she was forgotten but, sometimes we can look back on the parts of history we have forgotten and the soldiers that she nursed in the Crimea will never forget her. Thank you mother Seacole! We will never forget you!"

My sources are:

“Mary Seacole.” Biography.com, A&E Networks Television, 2 Apr. 2014, www.biography.com/people/mary-seacole-39430.,

“Mary Seacole Biography.” Encyclopedia of World Biography, www.notablebiographies.com/supp/Supplement-Mi-So/Seacole-Mary.html.,

Britannica, The Editors of Encyclopaedia. “Mary Seacole.” Encyclopædia Britannica, Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., 15 Nov. 2017, www.britannica.com/biography/Mary-Seacole.,

“Mary Seacole Facts for Kids.” National Geographic Kids, 26 Apr. 2018, www.natgeokids.com/uk/discover/history/general-history/mary-seacole/.

“Mary Jane Seacole Biography.” Mary Seacole Biography - Famous Nurse, nursing-theory.org/famous-nurses/Mary-Jane-Seacole.php.

ExtraCreditz. “Mary Seacole - I: A Bold Front to Fortune - Extra History.” YouTube, YouTube, 9 Jan. 2016, www.youtube.com/watch?v=xT9BTuBtCJs.

Presentation Notes:__________________________________________

"Oh! Hello! It's very nice to see you all here. I just got back from the hospital tent. It's very hard work here in the Crimea, so *sigh*...so many of my sons, wounded. Anyway, it’s a pleasure to meet you. You may ask questions just keep it snappy I'm a very busy lady. "

Charles Drew

Father of the Blood Bank

By:Verl

Charles Drew was a person that helped make blood banks during World War 2 he was also a scientist and doctor.

Education and Sports: He lived at a place called Foggy Bottom with his two younger sisters and a younger brother. His father worked in the carpet industry where he earned a nice middle class living. In school his favorite subject was sports. He was a standout athlete in school. The sports he played was baseball, basketball, and football. Track and field were something else that he did in school.Amherst college is where he received a scholarship to play sports. He attended McGill University for medical school.

Born and Died: He was born in Washington DC. He lived to 45 years old. Died: He died on April 1, 1950 he suffered from internal injuries in a car accident. He completely changed over the years he saved millions of lives during World War 2.

Biography: alright some of the stuff above will be listed in this bio alright here it goes. Charles Drew was an African American doctor and scientist in the 1900's. His work on blood storage and blood banks helped save thousands of lives during World War 2. Researching Blood: As a doctor and a researcher, Charles' main passion was blood transfusions. At the time, medical science did not have a good way of preserving blood. Blood needed to be fresh, and this made it very difficult to find the right blood type when a transfusion was needed. World War 2: When World War 2 began, the United States needed a way to mass produce blood plasma in order to save the lives of wounded troops. Blood plasma is a clear yellow liquid containing various proteins and electrolytes. It can be used as a blood substitute to help replace fluids and treat shock. Drew with Scudder at E. H. L Corwin to plan the organizational process of safely collecting, processing and storing blood plasma to be sent to Great Britain. Charles worked with the British on the "Blood for Britain" program to help them develop a blood bank for the war. He then helped to develop the blood bank for the American Red Cross. Charles died from internal injuries from a car accident.

Occupation: Doctor and Scientist

Born: June 3, 1904 in Washington, D.C.

Died: April 1, 1950 Burlington, North Carolina

Best known for: Research into the storage of blood and large-scale blood banks

Sources:Ducksters, wiki, and www.http/CharlesDrew.com