describe the contribution of at last four prominant ladies who played roles in the life of booker t
Of all the prominent women who played significant roles in the life of Booker T. Washington, there were four who deserve special mention for their contribution.
The first woman who had a considerable impact on his life and career was his mother, who Booker says was the one that shared his enthusiasm and supported his dream to educate himself. After his stepfather decided not to spare him from his work at the salt furnace for his studies, the author was highly disappointed. His mother sympathised with him in his disappointment, and sought to comfort him in all the ways she could, and to help him find a way to learn. Booker says that if he had done anything in life worth attention, it was because of the disposition that he had inherited from his mother.
The next woman Booker credits for helping him in his studies was Viola Ruffner, the wife of coal mine owner Lewis Ruffner. In 1866, he got a job as a houseboy for her. Mrs. Ruffner was known for being very strict with her servants, especially boys. But she saw something in Booker—his maturity, intelligence and integrity—and soon warmed up to him. Over the two years he worked for her, she understood his desire for an education and allowed him to go to school for an hour a day during the winter months.
The third woman to have figured largely in Booker’s life and career was Miss Olivia A. Davidson, a co-founder of the Tuskegee Institute and the second wife of Booker T. Washington. She joined Tuskegee and brought to the school many valuable and fresh ideas as to the best methods of teaching, as well as a rare moral character and a life of unselfishness. Booker credited her with much of Tuskegee's success in fund-raising. He also said that no single individual had done more towards laying the foundations of the Tuskegee Institute than Olivia A. Davidson so as to insure the successful work.
And finally the fourth woman whose contribution in his life was immense was his third wife Margaret James Murray. She had come to Tuskegee as a teacher initially, and at the time they were married was filling the position of Lady Principal. She helped Booker in the work directly connected with the school, relieving him of many burdens and perplexities. In addition to her work on the school grounds, she was also involved in a mothers’ meeting in the town of Tuskegee, and a plantation work among the women, children and men who lived in a settlement connected with a large plantation about eight miles from Tuskegee. Both these work were carried on not only with a view to help those who were directly reached, but also Tuskegee’s students when they went out into the world in the future. She was also responsible for a woman’s club at the school for the discussion of important topics.
The first woman who had a considerable impact on his life and career was his mother, who Booker says was the one that shared his enthusiasm and supported his dream to educate himself. After his stepfather decided not to spare him from his work at the salt furnace for his studies, the author was highly disappointed. His mother sympathised with him in his disappointment, and sought to comfort him in all the ways she could, and to help him find a way to learn. Booker says that if he had done anything in life worth attention, it was because of the disposition that he had inherited from his mother.
The next woman Booker credits for helping him in his studies was Viola Ruffner, the wife of coal mine owner Lewis Ruffner. In 1866, he got a job as a houseboy for her. Mrs. Ruffner was known for being very strict with her servants, especially boys. But she saw something in Booker—his maturity, intelligence and integrity—and soon warmed up to him. Over the two years he worked for her, she understood his desire for an education and allowed him to go to school for an hour a day during the winter months.
The third woman to have figured largely in Booker’s life and career was Miss Olivia A. Davidson, a co-founder of the Tuskegee Institute and the second wife of Booker T. Washington. She joined Tuskegee and brought to the school many valuable and fresh ideas as to the best methods of teaching, as well as a rare moral character and a life of unselfishness. Booker credited her with much of Tuskegee's success in fund-raising. He also said that no single individual had done more towards laying the foundations of the Tuskegee Institute than Olivia A. Davidson so as to insure the successful work.
And finally the fourth woman whose contribution in his life was immense was his third wife Margaret James Murray. She had come to Tuskegee as a teacher initially, and at the time they were married was filling the position of Lady Principal. She helped Booker in the work directly connected with the school, relieving him of many burdens and perplexities. In addition to her work on the school grounds, she was also involved in a mothers’ meeting in the town of Tuskegee, and a plantation work among the women, children and men who lived in a settlement connected with a large plantation about eight miles from Tuskegee. Both these work were carried on not only with a view to help those who were directly reached, but also Tuskegee’s students when they went out into the world in the future. She was also responsible for a woman’s club at the school for the discussion of important topics.