Hero Project?

Question

I have to do a project on whom i admire, but it has to be a person on the website, www.myhero.com/myhero
i don't know who to choose, i want someone that has done great things, and it has to be 4 pages long.....i want someone i can pronounce the name to..

preferrably someone who has helped children..or families

also, i want someone that not many people know about (not martin luther king; sojourner truth)

for the one about anne (isn't that her name)...helen's teacher, people know about her....i'm thinking about Olara Otunnu....but i've been calling him O-man cause i can't pronounce his name....

Answer 1

http://www.myhero.com/myhero/hero.asp?hero=mariaMontessori

Answer 2

Here you will find information on Murasaki Shikibu (not so hard to pronounce). First modern female novelist of the 11th century.
She is considered a "hero" in Japan and is among the 100 most influential women of all time.
http://www.womeninworldhistory.com/heroine9.html

Answer 3

What about the teacher who helped Hellen Keller learn to communicate with the outside world? Annie Mansfield Sullivan was her name, but more people think of Hellen Keller as the hero. I never understood that...