Katherine Graham was one of the most influential women in America. She was also a mother of four children as well as a homemaker. Her father, Eugene Meyer, a bank owner, purchased the Washington Post for $1 Million dollars in the year of 1933. When she married Philip L. Graham in the year of 1940, her father sold the paper to Graham for 1 dollar and he became the owner and the leadership of the business, the father stated to Katherine "no man should be in the position of working for his wife". Under the ownership of Mr. Graham, the Washington Post obtained another competing newspaper businesses. Katherine was satisfied to play supportive homemaker and mother. But in the year of 1963, Mr. Graham committed a suicide, and Katherine became the
Most Americans know John Wilkes Booth as the assassin of Abraham Lincoln- shot at a play at Ford’s Theater on April 14th, 1865. However, the names of the conspirators that surrounded Wilkes Booth are relatively unknown, especially that of Mary Surratt. Mary Surratt, a mother and boardinghouse proprietor, was arrested and tried for the assassination of Abraham Lincoln along with her son, John Surratt. Pleas from her family, lawyer, and fellow conspirators did not allow her to escape her fate, and she was hanged for her crimes on July 7th, 1865. Even from the scaffold, Lewis Powell, another conspirator condemned to die, cried, “Mrs. Surratt is innocent. She doesn't deserve to die with the rest of us.” So who was this woman, and most importantly, what role did she really play in the assassination of the President of the United States? Was she simply blindly aiding her son and thus innocent, as claimed by Lewis Powell, or did she have a more involved role in the plot? Mary Surratt opened up her home to conspirators and ended up paying the price for her decision.
Mary Ware Dennett was born on April 4 1872, in Worcester Massachusetts (Englehart,1989). Her parents names were George Whitefield and Livonia Coffin (Ames) Ware (Englehart,1989). Mary graduated from a all girls school called Miss Capen's in Northampton (The editors of encyclopedia, ND). She taught designs and decoration at the Drexel institute in Philadelphia from 1894 to 1897 (Englehart,1989). After divorcing her husband in 1912, Ware moved to New York and raised her two sons alone as a single mother (Elizabeth,2015).
“I even kissed James Garner in an elevator once. I loved him deeply, despite that our relationship lasted 47 seconds” (“About the Pioneer Woman”). The public knows her by the Pioneer Woman, but her name is Ree (Ann Marie Ree Mahoney.) Ree has done many wonderful things and will do several more. Ree was born in a small town in Oklahoma, has lived in big cities, dated a young man for four years, met an amazing cowboy, fell in love, got married, had children, and has numerous achievements.
On July 22, 1905, social worker and reformer, Florence Kelley, stood in Philadelphia before an audience and presented a speech about the idea of combing the women’s suffrage and child labor issues in order to make more probable advantages in both departments. Her speech was given in away to entice the crowd and motivate them to fix the issues at hand. She was able to effectively able to give her speech by appealing to the crowds emotions and by using ironic diction and syntax to engage the crowd into the words she was saying and backing them up with substantial evidence.
Katherine Dunham not only significantly contributed to the rise of modern dance, but she was also a pioneer in the field of dance anthropology; and a staunch political and social activist. Dunham was born in Chicago, Illinois and primarily raised in nearby Joliet, Illinois. Dunham first became interested in dance when she was a teenager and trained with Ludmilla Speranzeva, formerly of the Moscow Theatre, Vera Mirova, Mark Turbyfill and Ruth Page in Chicago before and during her college education. She even started her own private dance school, Ballet Négre, in 1930, while at the University of Chicago where she first began to cultivate her own technique that would change modern dance.
Abigail Adams: A Revolutionary American Woman. Abigail Adams married a man destined to be a major leader of the American Revolution and the second President of the United States. Although she married and raised men that became such significant figures during their time, she herself played an important role in the American society. The events that happened in her life, starting from childhood and ending in her adult years, led her to be a revolutionary woman. Three main reasons behind her becoming such a strong, independent woman was the fact that she married a man who had an important role in politics, growing up with no education, and raising a family basically by herself.
In the book Women in the Civil War, by Mary Massey, the author tells about how American women had an impact on the Civil War. She mentioned quite a few famous and well-known women such as, Dorothea Dix and Clara Barton, who were nurses, and Pauline Cushman and Belle Boyd, who were spies. She also mentioned black abolitionists, Harriet Tubman and Sojourner Truth, feminist Susan B. Anthony, and many more women. Massey talks about how the concept of women changed as a result of the war. She informed the readers about the many accomplishments made by those women. Because of the war, women were able to achieve things, which caused for them to be viewed differently in the end as a result.
The person I was assigned to research was a scientist by the name of Barbara Mcclintock. She was well known for her studies in Cytogenetics and has made several important discoveries. I found lots of helpful and interesting information about her that I am happy to share with you. I hope you learn a lot about Barbara Mcclintock.
Martha Graham was born May 11, 1894 in Allegheny City, Pennsylvania. Her father George Graham was an "alienist", a practitioner of an early form of psychiatry. He was a third generation American of Irish descent. Mother Jane Beers was second generation American of Irish and Scots-Irish descent. Martha was seen as one of the most influential American dancers and choreographers of her time and of the modern day. She passed away April 1, 1991 in New York.
“A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself” (Joseph Campbell). Clara Barton could be regarded as a hero because she went into several military battles during the civil war with a strong mindset to help the soldiers who were wounded and to provide supplies that were needed but scarce17.She was a woman of many talents who accomplished a lot but became best known for the founding of the Red Cross in America. Her humanitarian contributions and compassionate personality allowed her to connect with many people. As inspiring as Clara Barton was, she wasn’t born a hero but became one with the influence of her younger years. Clara Barton’s family life and personal struggles when she was younger, ultimately shaped
In the nineteenth century the inequality of women was more than profound throughout society. Margaret Fuller and Fanny Fern both women of the century were much farther advanced in education and opinion than most women of the time. Fuller and Fern both harbored opinions and used their writing as a weapon against the conditions that were considered the norm in society for women. Margaret and Fuller were both influential in breaking the silence of women and criticizing the harsh confinement and burden of marriage to a nineteenth century man. Taking into consideration Woman in he Nineteenth Century by Fuller, Aunt Hetty on Matrimony, and The Working-Girls of New York by Fern, the reader can clearly identify the different tones and choice of content, but their purposes are moving towards the same cause. Regardless of their differences in writing, both Fern and Fuller wrote passionately in order to make an impact for their conviction, which was all too similar.
Feminism today remains prominent because even while women’s rights are very strong, women are still fighting for equality every day. In the time of Anne Bradstreet, women had few rights and they were seen as inferior to men. Anne lived among the puritans whom ruled her everyday life. Although it was against the puritan code for women to receive an education, Bradstreet’s father, Thomas Dudley, loved his daughter dearly and made sure that she was well educated which shows in her works. Anne Bradstreet’s literature became well known only because her family published her works under a male name. This was done because writing poetry was a serious offense to the puritans since poetry was considered creative and the only creating that was done was by God. In the works of Anne Bradstreet, she conveys a feminist attitude, and could very well be one of the first American Feminists.
Murdach (2011) wrote that Mary Ellen Richmond was not wealthy like most of the charitable people of her time. Both of her parents died of tuberculous before she was seven years old, and she was raised by her maternal grandmother and two aunts (Pumphrey, 1961). Richmond attempted to live in New York City
“Dialogue in fiction is what characters do to one another,” the novelist Elizabeth Bowen argued. What is read and discussed is what the characters create, what they do, how they react, etc. Katherine Mansfield recapitulates exactly that through her creative and illustrating short stories. Mansfield takes you on a ride throughout her stories through the use of many different literary techniques displaying feelings and emotions. Katherine Mansfield wrote “A Dill Pickle,” a short story based on two former lovers. Through the use of symbols and themes, the short story takes us through the world of these two characters, who show changes they have gone through that essentially reopened the wounds of their past relationship.
“The body says what the words cannot” this was a quote often said by Martha Graham. She firmly believed that human emotions should be displayed through dance. Graham was heavily influenced by her farther who often stated, “Movement never lies”. Throughout her dances her goal was to create an emotional connection among the audiences. She anticipated that although her audience might not understand the overall message in her dance, they could at least feel/see its essence.