Rosalind Franklin - The Woman Behind DNA (b. July 25, 1920 Notting Hill, London. – d. April 16, 1958 Chelsea, London) Born in Notting Hill, London in 1920, Rosalind Franklin is a leading pioneer in discovering the molecular arrangement of DNA, most notably its double helix structure, allowing scientists to...
Helen Keller - Brilliance in the Darkness(b. June 27, 1880, Tuscumbia, Alabama – d. June 1, 1968, Easton, Connecticut) Despite completely losing both her sight and hearing abilities at 19 months old, Helen Keller ultimately found her voice and purpose, surmounting all physical disabilities and becoming one of the most influential...
Dr. Roger Bannister - The Importance of "Mind-set" (b. 3/23/1929 Middlesex, England. – d. 3/3/2018 Oxford, England) Roger Bannister was a physician; a neurologist and is the embodiment of resolve and mental toughness. He was a middle-distance runner during medical school and he had a relative failure in the...
