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The Declaration
The student news site of Colonia High School

The Declaration
Ruth Bader Ginsburg became the first female Jewish Supreme Court Justice. She was first nominated in 1993 and served until her passing in 2020.

Ruth Bader Ginsburg –

By: Rachelle Saerang, Editor
April 26, 2023
Serving as First Lady from 1933 to 1945, Eleanor Roosevelt was an American political figure, diplomat, pacifist and activist.

Eleanor Roosevelt –

By: Rachelle Saerang, Editor
April 25, 2023
After 19 months as an ill infant, she lost her sight and her hearing. Inspired by such, she became an author, disability rights advocate, political activist, and lecturer.

Helen Keller –

By: Rachelle Saerang, Editor
April 20, 2023
Diagnosed with Asperger's Syndrome in 2014, Sir Anthony Hopkins is a famous actor known for his roles in "The Silence of the Lambs". In 1993, he was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II for "service to the arts" at Buckingham Palace.

Sir Anthony Hopkins –

By: Rachelle Saerang, Editor
April 18, 2023
After appearing on Britian's Got Talent with her famous cover of Les Miserables', "I Dreamed a Dream" in 2009, she rose to fame. She has since remained open about her experience living with Asperger's Syndrome.

Susan Boyle –

By: Rachelle Saerang, Editor
April 17, 2023
The British political activist, Emmeline Pankhurst, was a leader of the UK suffragette movement. She was the founder of Women's Social and Political Union.

Emmeline Pankhurst –

By: Rachelle Saerang, Editor
April 3, 2023
Behind the NASA astronaut that orbited around Earth, mathematician Katherine Johnson was one of the many women the public doesn't credit for these achievements. In 2015, she was granted the Medal of Freedom by President Obama and five years later, she passed in 2020.

Katherine Johnson –

By: Rachelle Saerang, Editor
March 31, 2023
Passing in 2005, the late Rosa Parks was a famous activist during the civil rights movement. Her refusal to give up her seat for a white passenger in 1955 is her most known protest.

Rosa Parks –

March 29, 2023
The first woman to reach the top of Mount Everest is Junko Tabei and the first woman to climb the Seven Summit. The late mountain pioneer climbed the world's most infamously difficult and tallest obstacles and was also an author and teacher.

Junko Tabei –

March 28, 2023
Serving as First Lady from 1933 to 1945, Eleanor Roosevelt was the longest serving First Lady. She advocated for women in the workplace, the rights of African Americans and Asian Americans, and the rights of World War II refugees.

Eleanor Roosevelt –

By: Rachelle Saerang, Editor
March 24, 2023
Since 1986, Oprah Winfrey has hosted her national beloved TV show, The Oprah Winfrey Show. As a media mogul, she is also North America's first black multi-billionaire.

Oprah Winfrey –

March 23, 2023
Other than being the first woman to win a noble prize the Marie Curie also made history as the first person to win a Nobel Prize twice and the first to win a Noble Prize in two scientific fields. The Polish-French physicist and chemist conducted research in radioactivity.

Marie Curie –

By: Rachelle Saerang, Editor
March 22, 2023
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