Honoring the Veterans and Those Who Tell Their Stories
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Everyday Heroes
Rodolfo “Corky” Gonzáles (1928-2005): Poet and Activist
- Professional Boxer
- Poet
- Leader in the movement for justice and equality for Mexican-Americans in the Southwest
Rodolfo Gonzáles was born in Denver, Colorado, the youngest of eight children. His mother died when he was two so the children grew up in a household with only their father. The family lived in a tough section of town, Denver’s “Eastside Barrio.”
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Frontier Living: Cowhands
Yesterday I walked over to my branch library and applied for my Los Angeles library card. I couldn’t leave without perusing the bookshelves, and there in the “973” category of the Dewey decimal system I found an illustrated book for adults called Frontier Living.
Call me “easy to please,” but I thought this was terrific! (I also loved the fact that the 1961 copyright pre-dated zip codes; the book was published in “Cleveland 2, Ohio.”)
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Clara Barton: Dedicated Life to Helping the Injured and Unfortunate
Early Life Clara Barton (1821-1912) was born in Oxford, Massachusetts, the youngest of five children in a middle-class family. When she was eleven, one of her brothers was seriously injured
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Jane Addams (1860-1935), Advocate for the Poor and Activist for Peace
Jane Addams was born in 1860 in Cedarville, Illinois. Her father was a prosperous businessman who served in the Civil War and was a state senator for sixteen years. Her mother died when Jane was young; when her father remarried, the family expanded to contain nine children.
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Barbara McClintock (1902-1992), Pioneering Scientist and Nobel Winner
• Third woman elected to the National Academy of Science (1944) • First woman president of the Genetics Society of America (1945) • Received the National Medal of Science (1971)
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