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Post by squirrelpoet on Mar 9, 2003 17:09:42 GMT -5
For my Social Studies class, like George Washington or something. >.< Not my prefered genre, but anyone have any good suggestions?  |
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Post by Speck on Mar 16, 2003 14:16:41 GMT -5
Try some of the early feminists of America, or Amelia Airheart, or Elizabeth Blackwell (first woman doctor).... *rumages through old biographies* ...Maybe even some well known scientists...no wait.. most of them are from Germany or the UK... nevermind...
Hope some of my minor suggestions helped!
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Post by oddhatter on Mar 16, 2003 22:20:24 GMT -5
Biographies are, for the most part, some of the most boring pieces of writing ever.
That said, Helen Keller's autobiography is worth a read; although it is boring, it feels more "human" than other biographies. Find someone that sounds interesting to you, and look up a biography on them at the library. You will most likely find one if they're old enough.
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Post by Lugia on Mar 20, 2003 21:20:59 GMT -5
Ah, biographies. Thank goodness my only papers this year are your basically-structured essay papers.
As for interesting people... hmm... well, the people I have done biographies on that were good enough to remember are Rosa Parks, Marie Curie (I spelled that wrong, I think), Harry S. Truman, Dwight. D. Eisenhower, and Bill Clinton. I think Eisenhower was the most interesting. He was involved in a lot of wars and had an interesting childhood. Bill Clinton also had an interesting childhood. His parents were abusive, and it took him stepping into one of their fights for him to realize he wanted to get into politics. He also went to the White House for the first time in high school. ... Or maybe that was Eisenhower. Agh, I don't remember.
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