This generation today is full of people who revolve around the phone and food. Hard work and true talent hadn't been seen in years. In the 1930s there were no telephones, yet there were people changing the world. A young girl took place during this time period and set the perfect example of someone who went out and did just that. He didn't know what texting was, yet he was perfectly happy and made millions of other people happy too. Her name was Shirley Temple. She won numerous awards and was very thorough. However, not only was she famous for her films and her 56 ringlets; she was a woman who knew there was more to life than fame and fortune, and she recognized that the world didn't depend on her alone. On April 28, 1928, a star was born. Shirley grew up in Santa Monica, California, with wonderful parents, George and Gertrude Temple, and two older brothers, Jack and George Jr. (Severson). Mrs. Temple was an artist and encouraged her daughter to do the same. When Shirley was three years old, she began dancing at a small local dance studio (“Shirley Temple (1928-2014)”). Dancing was easy for her, and her little feet tapping with her big smile amazed many because at a young age she had great talent. One day two producers were there scouting and immediately fell in love with the girl with the big brown eyes. She was signed to a contract and her career took off from there. His greatest fame lasted from about 1934 to 1939. It was around the time of the Great Depression, so little Shirley made more than your average star (“Shirley Temple: The Superstar”…). It gave Americans hope and took their minds off their problems for a while. His first official film was called Stand up and Cheer, which mainly focused on strengthening the... center of the card... http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000073/bio?ref_=nm_ql_1Shirley Temple: the America's little treasure. DVD. Wombat Productions. August 31, 1993. “Shirley Temple: The Superstar Whose Childhood Was Destroyed by Hollywood.” Daily Mail. April 18, 2009. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-560626/Shirley-Temple-superstar-childhood-destroyed-Hollywood.html “Shirley Temple (1928-2014).” National Museum of Women's History and Girls Learn Internationally. February 2014. https://www.nwhm.org/education- resources/biography/biographies/shirley-temple/“Shirley Temple 2014.” The biographical channel website. February 23, 2014. http://www.biography.com/people/shirley-temple-9503798“Temple, Shirley.” Grolier multimedia encyclopedia. Grolier Online, February 19, 2014. http://go.grolier.com/“Top 10 Shirley Temple Films.” HubPages. http://luna-b.hubpages.com/hub/Top-Ten-Shirley-Temple-Films