Out of Sight, Out of Mind

Tried out some experimental writing for class:

I am microscopic.

She was marginalized.

I live in the multi-species home of lichen.

She lived in the multi-faced home of America.

2011

I am a natural wonder.

When the going gets tough, I hide in cryptobiosis.

I can survive extreme temperatures – hot and cold.

I can survive high radiation.

My name: Tardigrade, aka the Water Bear.

1864

She was a medical milestone.

She was in first African-American woman to earn an M.D.

She fought racism.

She fought sexism.

She took her knowledge to the health needs of those previously enslaved.

We know nothing about her except what is in her book – A Book of Medical Discourses

Her name: Rebecca Lee Crumpler