Para Clase De Ingles-Famous People
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FAMOUS PEOPLE
1.Marie Curie
She was born as Maria Skladowska in Warsaw, Poland, on November 7th, 1867. She became the first female head of Laboratory at the Sorbonne University in Paris, and shereceived two Nobel Prizes.
2.Mother Theresa
She was born as Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu, she was born in 1910 in Skopje, now the capital of Macedonia. She worked as a principal in a high school inKolkota, she helped the sick and formed the Missionaries of Charity and Mother Theresa was the leader.
3.Dylan Thomas
Dylan Marlais Thomas was born in Swansea, Glamorgan, Wales on 27 October 1914. He wasa Welsh-born poet and writer who wrote exclusively in English. He joined the amateur dramatic group in Mumbles.
4. Saint Catherine of Siena
She was a scholastic philosopher and theologian. Shereceived no education and at age seven decided to become a lay member of the Dominican religious order (against the wishes of her parents). She lived at home as an anchoress in order to be able toperform acts of self denial that would not have been permitted in a nunnery. Catherine dedicated her life to helping the ill and the poor, where she took care of them in hospitals or homes.
5.Eva PeronEva Peron (Evita) was First Lady of Argentina from 1946 until her death in 1952. During her time as wife of President Juan Peron, she became powerful within the Pro-Peronist trade unions. Eventually,she founded the charitable Eva Perón Foundation, and the nation’s first large-scale female political party, the Female Peronist Party.
6.Rosa Parks
Rosa Parks was an African American civil rightsactivist whom the U.S. Congress later called “Mother of the Modern-Day Civil Rights Movement”.
7.Joan of Arc
Saint Joan of Arc was a 15th century national heroine of France. She was tried andexecuted for heresy when she was only 19 years old. The judgment was declared invalid by the Pope and she was declared innocent and a martyr 24 years later. She was beatified in 1909 and canonized as a...
1.Marie Curie
She was born as Maria Skladowska in Warsaw, Poland, on November 7th, 1867. She became the first female head of Laboratory at the Sorbonne University in Paris, and shereceived two Nobel Prizes.
2.Mother Theresa
She was born as Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu, she was born in 1910 in Skopje, now the capital of Macedonia. She worked as a principal in a high school inKolkota, she helped the sick and formed the Missionaries of Charity and Mother Theresa was the leader.
3.Dylan Thomas
Dylan Marlais Thomas was born in Swansea, Glamorgan, Wales on 27 October 1914. He wasa Welsh-born poet and writer who wrote exclusively in English. He joined the amateur dramatic group in Mumbles.
4. Saint Catherine of Siena
She was a scholastic philosopher and theologian. Shereceived no education and at age seven decided to become a lay member of the Dominican religious order (against the wishes of her parents). She lived at home as an anchoress in order to be able toperform acts of self denial that would not have been permitted in a nunnery. Catherine dedicated her life to helping the ill and the poor, where she took care of them in hospitals or homes.
5.Eva PeronEva Peron (Evita) was First Lady of Argentina from 1946 until her death in 1952. During her time as wife of President Juan Peron, she became powerful within the Pro-Peronist trade unions. Eventually,she founded the charitable Eva Perón Foundation, and the nation’s first large-scale female political party, the Female Peronist Party.
6.Rosa Parks
Rosa Parks was an African American civil rightsactivist whom the U.S. Congress later called “Mother of the Modern-Day Civil Rights Movement”.
7.Joan of Arc
Saint Joan of Arc was a 15th century national heroine of France. She was tried andexecuted for heresy when she was only 19 years old. The judgment was declared invalid by the Pope and she was declared innocent and a martyr 24 years later. She was beatified in 1909 and canonized as a...
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