When horrific things happen, how a person responds can make a difference in the rest of one's life. In this collection, learn how some individuals triumphed in the face of unspeakable tragedies.
Completing all the physical tasks required, Brashear becomes the Navy's first amputee diver.
British landowners evict starving families and burn their homes during the Irish Potato Famine..
Jewish leaders, St. Augustine, and St. Cyprian write about a purifying process after a person's death.
On November 28, 1872 Susan B. Anthony and 13 other women who vote are arrested.
To control a near mutiny, the group creates the Mayflower Compact, the first known "American" self-governing document.
Galveston builds a protective sea wall and raises the height of the entire city.
In an art studio in Paris, Anna and her team create masks that enable wounded soldiers to resume their civilian lives.
Her training in classical art and sculpting gave Anna the tools she needed to give wounded soldiers hope and new life.
As a classical sculptor, Anna used her training and artistic sense to create life-like masks for soldiers who had been disfigured in the Great War.
After WWI ended, Anna Coleman Ladd returned to the United States and resumed her career as a sculptor.
Anna and Douglass help escaping slaves on the Underground Railway and publish his abolitionist newspaper North Star.
On March 3, 1887, Helen Keller's life changed. Anne Sullivan, a teacher in the art of "finger spelling," agrees to help the Keller family. Perhaps the...
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