Nelson Mandela 

Achievements :

- Mandela became involved in politics.

- Mandela was able to finish his degree and qualified as a Lawyer.

- Mandela and Tambo opened the first Black Law firm in South Africa.

-  Nelson Mandela was inaugurated as the first democratically elected State President of    South Africa on and was President. 

-  Nelson Mandela was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize

Turning Points :

- Mandela had been arrested and sentenced to life imprisonment in the notorious Robben Island prison.

- Nelson Mandela lost his eldest son to this disease (HIV).

REFERENCE

Nelson Mandela

Maureen Watson

Achievement

She joined the fledgling Aboriginal rights movement and commenced an arts degree at the University of Queensland.

Maureen was a founding member of Indigenous organisations that include Radio Redfern

She attended the first National Aboriginal Theatre Workshop in Sydney and a Black Film-makers course

She has performed and taught in many venues, from major festivals to local schools and arts organisations

She was at the forefront of Aboriginal protests against the Commonwealth Games in Brisbane

In 1996 she was awarded the Australia Council Red Ochre award in recognition of her national and international contribution

she received the inaugural United Nations Association Global Leadership Prize for her outstanding work towards building cross-cultural understanding and harmony.

Turning points 

At 21 she married Harold Bayles, a Wakka Wakka man from Eidsvold

In 1970 Maureen with their family of five children moved to Brisbane

Reference:

Maureen Watson

The timeline of Edith Dircksey

1861   
was born in Geraldton, Western Australia

1868  
Edith's mother died in childbirth

1876  
Her adolescence was shattered

1879  
married James Cowan

1880 and 1891
had four daughters and a son

1890
involved in voluntary organizations

from 1891
worked with the Ministering Children's League

1894  
she was the Karrakatta Women's Club's first secretary
worked with the House of Mercy for unmarried mothers

1903
she went overseas to Britain and Europe

1906
A foundation member of the Children's Protection Society

1909
she pioneered its day nursery for working mother's children
was an initiator of the Women's Service Guild

1911
prominent in the creation of the Western Australian National Council of Women

1912
she went overseas to Britain and Europe

1915
 She was among the first women appointed to Children's Court bench

1916
was a foundation member of Co-Freemasonry in her State
the first female member of the Anglican Social Questions Committee

1917
was vice-president

1920
she was an early woman justice of the peace
she was appointed O.B.E.

1921
was one of five women candidates In the elections 
1913-21
she was its president in and vice-president until her death

from 1923
sh was co-opted member of synod
she introduced The Women's Legal Status Act

1924
she lost the elections West Perth

1925
she went overseas to the United States of America as an Australian delegate

1926
was a founder of the (Royal) Western Australian Historical Society

1927
She failed again in the election

1929
was active in planning the State's centenary celebrations

1932
she died and she was buried in the Anglican section of Karrakatta cemetery

I think this program is very useful and easy to practise English, but the design of the program is too old.