Hatshepsut facts

Today I am going to write about Hatshepsut, an amazing Egyptian pharaoh who broke the rules that say only a man can become pharaoh.



When was she born?

Hatshepsut was born in 1508 BC.

Who was she?

Hatshepsut was the first ever female pharaoh to rule Egypt. Yes there was another female pharaoh before Cleopatra!

How did she become pharaoh of Egypt?

When Hatshepsut's father, Thutmose I, died she married her half brother, Thutmose II, at the age of twelve and became queen. Suddenly when Hatshepsut's half brother/husband died the heir to the throne wasn't left to Hatshepsut but to her young nephew, Thutmose III, yes another Thutmose! Hatshepsut didn't think that the throne should be left to her nephew and decided to co-rule with him. Through time Hatshepsut put her name on all the statues as well as her nephews but smaller but after a while her name was the same size then suddenly her nephews name wasn't there at all and she ruled on her own as pharaoh.

Why was she such a good pharaoh?

Hatshepsut was such a good pharaoh because she didn't go to war with people but negotiated trade with them and made Egypt such a luxurious and rich country while living in peace with other country's. One of the other reasons she was such a good pharaoh was the architecture, she built some of the most amazing temples and buildings in Egypt!

Why did she die?

Recent explanations show that Hatshepsut died at age fifty after 22 years of ruling Egypt at some point in 1458 BC due to bone cancer and diabetes.

Why isn't she very well known?

The reason Hatshepsut isn't very well known is because 20 years after she died somebody tried to erase her from history and smashed down most of her statues. People believe that the person who did this was her nephew Thutmose III. Another reason she isn't very well known is because somebody
(possibly Thutmose III) removed her mummy from her tomb and hid it, it has lately been found and the cool bit is how they identified it, it was thought that it was her maid Sitre but they found out it was her because they identified a gap in the mummy's jaw that matched a molar that they found in her possessions.

Temple Grandin facts

Today I am going to write about Temple Grandin who changed farming forever.



When was she born?

Temple Grandin was born on the 29th August, 1947, Boston, US.

Who is she?

Temple Grandin is a girl who was diagnosed with Autism when she was three. Her autism meant that she could think like the cow because she was such a visual thinker. Temple has also changed the way of farming so that it is more pleasant for the cattle. Temple believed that if we where going to slaughter the cattle anyway we should at least owe them something like giving them a nice life before they are slaughtered for meat.

What did she do to change the history of farming?

Temple invented a completely different way to farm so that the cattle don't get paranoid by shiny and reflective objects and sharp turns and corners. She created it so that there was loads of rounded turns instead of sharp corners so that the cattle thought they were going back to where they started, but they weren't! click here to watch and listen to Temple explaining how it works.

What did she invent to help calm autistic children?

When Temple was in collage she invented the 'hug machine' which is like a cattle chute which is used to calm a cow but for autistic children who don't like being touched by people but need a hug to calm them when their sad, worried, angry or scared. It works so well because it is surfaces hugging the child not a person.

If you want to find out more about Temple there is an amazing movie about her called Temple Grandin. You can watch the trailer here.

Malala Yousafzai facts

Today I am going to be writing about Malala Yousafzai who at the age of 11 stood up to the Taliban when they banned girls from going to school in Pakistan.

Malala was born on the 12th July, 1997, Pakistan.

Malala Yousafzai was only 11 when the Taliban banned Girls from going to school. She got very annoyed with them and protested, she loved school so much and just wanted an education whatever she had to do.

Malala was on the way to school on the 9th October, 2012 when suddenly Taliban men stopped the bus and one of them asked
  "Who is Malala?" when all of Malala's friends looked at her the Taliban men knew that it was her and they started shooting at her. The bullet hit Malala on the top left bit of her temple above her eyebrow them skimmed down her head and hit her back. Many people would think that she would die but she didn't and she recovered very quickly. Over the next few weeks Malala was moved from her hospital in Pakistan to a hospital in Birmingham, UK.

In 2014 on October 10th Malala was awarded the Nobel peace prize for standing up for young girls education all around the world. Malala is the youngest ever person to receive a Nobel prize!

Here is a list of images with some of Malala's quotes on:

Jessica Watson

As my last blog for this months topic, Australia I am going to write about Jessica Watson Who is Most well known for being the youngest person to sail round the world non-stop and unaccompanied!

When and where was she born?

Jessica Watson was born on the 18th May 1993, gold coast Australia.

Who is she?

Jessica Watson is a 23 year old from Australia who has been sailing since she was eight. She decided she wanted to sale round when she was eleven when her mum read her a book about a man called Jesse Martin who sailed round the world. It took her many years to gear up for her trip, she needed to know everything so she learnt how to fix every single thing on her boat, first aid, storm survival and how to navigate by the stars and finally she was ready.

What did she sail round the world in?

The boat that Jessica Watson sailed round the world in is a 30 foot bright pink boat called Ella's lady.

Frida Kahlo facts

As my first blog for this month's topic, amazing women, I am going to write about Frida Kahlo, an amazing painter.

                                        

Frida was actually born on July 6th, 1907, in Mexico, but claimed to be born on July 7th, 1910 when the Mexican revolution broke out, because she wanted to begin life with the new and modern Mexico.

When Frida was six she suddenly caught polio, which damaged her left leg and made it look much thinner than the other one.

In 1922 Frida attended the best educational institution in the whole of Mexico, this is where she first met Diego Rivera ( Full name, Diego María de la Concepción Juan Nepomuceno Estanislao de la Rivera y Barrientos Acosta y Rodríguez.)

Sadly on the 17th September, 1925 Frida was involved in a terrible bus accident. The accident left Frida with a broken spinal column, a broken collarbone, broken ribs, broken pelvis, 11 fractures in her leg, one shoulder out of joint, and her right foot was dislocated and crushed. The other sad thing that happened to Frida during the accident was that she was pierced in the stomach with a handrail bar, this is one of the reasons why people thought Frida couldn't have children. It was thought that she would have to have approximately 30 operations in her lifetime.

Because Frida couldn't have children she kept loads of pets, she loved animals so much!

As soon as she could walk again, Frida went to see Diego to ask him if her paintings were good. Frida had nothing to doubt because her paintings were amazing. Diego fell in love with Frida's paintings, and soon with her.

When Frida and Diego finally got married people called it the union of a Elephant and a dove, because Diego was so large and fat while Frida was so small.

In 1953 Frida got a gangrene infection in her foot this meant that she had to have the part of her leg underneath her nee amputated. After this happened Frida felt highly depressed and tried to commit suicide a couple of times, but she didn't do nothing she drew a picture of her feet in her diary and tried to find light in the sudden darkness. That is when she wrote one of her famous quotes, 'Feet, what do I need you for if I have wings to fly?'

Frida died on July 13th 1954, suicide was rumoured but no one knows.

Here is a video showing some of her amazing paintings, it may be slightly long but her paintings are amazing keep watching!

 Click here to watch.