The Greatest Briton is Emmeline Pankhurst
In a quest for the greatest Briton it is difficult to know where to
start. Many people are considered to be great in today's world;
doctors, scientists, authors, inventors, celebrities and many others,
but what is the meaning of great? Two definitions in the dictionary
are applicable in this situation: Of exceptional talents or
achievement and arising from or possessing idealism in thought, mind
etc. There are many Britons who could meet this qualification, but we
have selected the only Briton for whom this could have been written as
a summary of her life. She strived all the way through her being to
achieve her ideal of a fair world. She devoted her mind, heart, body
and soul to her goal and never gave in. She possessed the exact
qualities of greatness. Our greatest Briton is Emmeline Pankhurst.
This name, to many of you, may not be as familiar as those of many of
the other candidates nominated today, however, this is only because
Emmeline's great achievement is taken for granted, but this is only as
a result of its own successes. She fought for gender equality which
today is much more of a lesser issue, and it is often forgotten that
less than one hundred years ago only a small proportion of the country
could vote.
Ever since the Ancient Greeks had the first democracy all women had
been exempt from the vote. Females all throughout history have been
discriminated against. Think of religious leaders, such as Jesus and
Buddha. How many of these are female? Who opened Pandora's box and let
evil into the world?
There are more examples of this, but this is what Emmeline had to
fight.
Emmeline first noticed that she was considered inferior to males when
her education was being discussed. In her autobiography she observes
that her brothers education was a big issue, whereas hers was barely
discussed. This belief was later confirmed by her father who, although
he supported women's rights, stood over her bed one night and said,
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Think of a stacking doll. Each outer doll removed reveals another; smaller and more volnerable than the previous. With each section combined there is a whole, but with only a section you cannot see the doll in it’s entirety and it is impossible to see whether another is hiding inside. Ones identity is similar. With little knowlege of a person it is impossible to know what is inside and whether there is more to see. Identity is broader than one word definitions, different aspects such as feelings and memories contribute. In order to get the full sense of who a person is, the inner layers must be revealed.
Although there are other very interesting physicists who have contributed to the scientific world, I decided to do some research on Albert Einstein. You may have heard funny stories of his quirkiness like not wearing socks, or you may have seen posters of him with his wild, untamed hair.
George Orwell was born Eric Arthur Blair on June 25, 1903, in Motihari, India. The Blair's were relatively prosperous civil servants, working in India on behalf of the British Empire. Blair would later describe his family?s socioeconomic status as "lower-upper middle class," on comment on the extraordinary degree to which British citizens in India depended on the Empire for their livelihood; though the Blair were able to live quite comfortably in India, they had none of the physical assets or independent investments that would have been enjoyed by their class in England proper. Despite this factor, Ida Blair moved back to England in 1904 with Eric and his older sister Marjorie so that they could be brought up in a more traditional Christian environment.
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English author to Sense and Sensibility and Pride and Prejudice, Mansfield Park, Emma and Persuasion, was Jane Austen who was born on December 6th, 1775 in Steventon, Hampshire, England. Jane was the seventh child out of eight children of the Rev George Austen, a clergyman of the England Church, and Cassandra Austen. Austen was educated at home, but obtained a broader education then many women at her time, and never dwelled apart from her family. Jane lived quite a remarkably quiet and domestic childhood amid her brothers and other boys whom her father tutored. Her writing took effect early in her childhood when the children would perform plays and charades or even write. Jane’s’ interest in reading started right in her fathers library, which provided textile to the sketches she would write as a little girl. It is said the she even authored her first novel, Love and Friendship, at age 14. Austen also educated herself by doing a lot of reading both deep and well-known writings.
Albert Einstein was born on March 14, 1879 in Germany to a Jewish couple. While having initial complications with a misshapen head during child birth, he grew normally. However it was commented by Albert Einstein's relatives that he was a little slow. Einstein's lack of intelligent was shown by his late age of learning how to speak. His first formal education (besides the private education he received before school) was at a Catholic school in Munich . This institution was short-lived because of Einstein's taste and disagreements with the professor. He left the school and Ulm Germans and moved to Milan .
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