“There is life after something tragic happens. Life doesn’t have to end if you don’t want it to. It’s all in how you look at it. Somehow, I still believe that we each hold the key to our own happiness, and you have to grab it where you can in whatever form it might take.”…
“[My mother] was reliving 1998, when she wouldn’t let me out of her sight. She was replaying those weeks when she stayed by my bed, night after night, because I, too, was suicidal. The shame, the scorn, and the fear that had been thrown at her daughter left her afraid that I would take my…
“I never thought I would live to see another day. That I am alive today is a miracle.” 554: Amina Ali Nkeki You All Forgot About These Girls So Quick Born: c.1997, Nigeria Amina was the first girl brought home after 276 were kidnapped by Boko Haram in 2014–instigating the #Bringbackourgirls campaign. She was held…
“I saw only you, I admired only you, I desire only you”. -Napoleon in a Letter to Marie 553: Marie Walewska, Napoleon’s Mistress Born: 7 December 1786, Warsaw, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (Present-day Warsaw, Poland) Died: 11 December 1817, Paris, France Also Known As: Maria Walewska Marie was a member of the aristocracy who married well when she…
“People respond well to people who are sure of what they want.” 552: Anna Wintour Editor in Chief of Vogue Born: 3 November 1949, Hampstead, London, United Kingdom According to Biography.com, she is also known for her “iconic pageboy haircut and large sunglasses.” Anna became an editor at American Vogue in 1988, but worked at…
551: Tatyana McFadden Paralympic Wheelchair Racer Born: 21 April 1989, Leningrad, Soviet Union (Present-day St. Petersburg, Russia) Tatyana was born with spina bifida and spent the first six years of her life in a Russian orphanage learning to walk with her hands. She was adopted by a woman named Deborah who worked as a Commissioner…
550: Mercy Brown One of the Many Victims of Not Just Tuberculosis but Also the Vampire Hysteria Born: January 1872, Rhode Island, United States of America Died: 17 (or 19) January 1892, Exeter, Rhode Island, United States of America After Mercy died, people reported seeing her ghost walking in the cemetery and town and her…
549: Catherine ‘Kitty’ Genovese Murder Victim Born: 7 July 1935, Brooklyn, New York, United States of America Died: 13 March 1964, Kew Gardens, Queens, New York, United States of America Catherine’s tragic death led to the birth of the emergency operator system in the United States. Dialing 911 became the official number to call in…
These are the entries born in the country of Trinidad and Tobago. Entries: Anya Ayoung-Chee, Fashion Designer and Winner of Project Runway
“Trinidad & Tobago is unique in its ethnic make-up because it is a country with people of all races. I am of mixed origin, mainly Chinese, Indian and Caucasian, and although my particular mixture is a minority, I represent the unusual combination of ethnicities that defines us as a people.” 548: Anya Ayoung-Chee Project Runway…