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Helen Lee Franklin
Helen Beatrice Lee Franklin (October 1895 - January 19, 1949) was an American teacher and social justice advocate who moved to Boston during the Great Migration (African American), Great Migration of African Americans. Life Franklin was born in Aiken, South Carolina to Henrietta and Sherman Lee who had five other children. Her father worked as printer, while her mother stayed at home and cared for Helen and her siblings. Her father was often "harassed for printing and distributing literature condemning segregation and discrimination", likely contributing to the family's move North. Franklin's family moved to Massachusetts in the early 20th century, initially moving to Somerville, Massachusetts, Somerville, where her father found work as a real estate agent and her mother as a dressmaker. Helen attended the Charles G. Pope School until her family moved to Cambridge, where she attended the Cambridge High and Latin School (now the Cambridge Rindge and Latin School). She graduated in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Helen Of Troy
Helen (), also known as Helen of Troy, or Helen of Sparta, and in Latin as Helena, was a figure in Greek mythology said to have been the most beautiful woman in the world. She was believed to have been the daughter of Zeus and Leda (mythology), Leda or Nemesis, and the sister of Clytemnestra, Castor and Pollux, Castor, Pollux, Philonoe, Phoebe (mythology), Phoebe and Timandra (mythology), Timandra. She was married first to King Menelaus of Sparta "who became by her the father of Hermione (mythology), Hermione, and, according to others, of Nicostratus (mythology), Nicostratus also." Her subsequent marriage to Paris (mythology), Paris of Troy was the most immediate cause of the Trojan War. Elements of her putative biography come from classical authors such as Aristophanes, Cicero, Euripides, and Homer (in both the ''Iliad'' and the ''Odyssey''). Her story reappears in Book II of Virgil's ''Aeneid''. In her youth, she was abducted by Theseus. A competition between her suitors ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
