Lucille Ball Lucille Ball was the most loved television comedienne of her time. She was an American icon and is considered the first lady of television. With her strong work ethic and her determination, Lucille not only changed the face of television, she also paved the way for a lot of other female actresses. In 1940, Lucille Balled married her Cuban born husband Desi Arnaz. Together they developed the I Love Lucy show, which became one of the most popular sitcoms of all time. Although
Lucille Ball 	Lucille Ball has made significant and positive contributions to the country with her comedy. Many consider her America's best female actress. Kathleen Brady, in fact, says, "Lucille Ball is one of the greatest performing artists America has produced" (ix). Throughout her career, Ball has not only been a comedienne, but also a superb businesswoman, an excellent role model, and has won numerous awards. 	Lucille Ball's major contribution has been as a comedienne. Not only was she
Catherine Lucille Moore's Shambleu and Greek Mythology Throughout history, humans have had legends, myths and folk tales. Many of these dealt with monsters that cannot be found on the planet Earth, at least any more, especially the myths of ancient Greece. In such cases, there can be a fine line between where myth ends and science fiction starts. In Catherine Lucille Moore’s short story "Shambleau," one such myth crosses that line. That myth is the ancient Greek myth of the Gorgons. Gorgons
Quilting - Foxes in the Poetry of Lucille Clifton In 1942 Virginia Woolf read a paper to the Women’s Service League about "The Angel in the House." For Woolf, this "Angel" represented the voice in the back of the mind of a woman that was saying, "Never let anybody guess that you have a mind of your own" (1346). During Woolf’s time a woman was not supposed to write critically. Rather, a woman was supposed to "be sympathetic; be tender; flatter; deceive; use all the arts and wiles of her sex."
The Feminist Dynamic of Lucille Clifton Quilting bees were occasions for women to gather bringing discarded scraps of material, which they masterfully transformed, into works of art. The bee was also a social gathering where women told tales, exchanged ideas, and encouraged one another. Lucille Clifton's collection of poetry entitled Quilting continues the wonderful tradition by skillfully bringing together poems that entertain, inform, and encourage. Two of Clifton's poems, "eve's version"
first, and everything else falls into line.” (Lucille Ball Quotes) Lucille Ball took an interest in acting at the age of 15. She enrolled in a New York drama school. She was desperate to make it as an actress, but she was too nervous and shy to be noticed. She eventually moved to Hollywood and landed some acting jobs; however, it was not until 1951 when her career took off by landing the role of Lucy, in the hit show I Love Lucy. (Lucille Ball) Lucille Ball was groundbreaking for changing how women
Cancer and Lucille Clifton's Poetry Sometimes knowledge of someone’s life can be taught by stanzas. It is not always simple being honest and open to discuss past troubles, but it is important that those negative thoughts do not stay bottled inside you. Expressing these feelings can help aid in recovering. Lucille Clifton uses poetry as her therapy to bring out all the shadows in her life. From the beginning of her career with the publishing of Good News About the Earth in 1972 to the most
It Is a Women’s World When the hit show “I Love Lucy” was on air about 72% of all U.S. households with a television watched the show (ANDERSON). Lucille Ball was born in Jamestown, New York on August 6, 1911. As a young girl her teachers told her she would never be successful in the entertainment business, so she proved them wrong. Ball ended going into the model business for a while and then she moved to Hollywood to get her career in radio and television started. She moved back to New York in
only know her for her tv show “I Love Lucy.” The spunky redhead put a smile on many faces with her silly faces and crazy adventures. Ball was also one of the first women to become an entrepreneur by creating a studio with former husband, Desi Arnaz. Lucille Ball was a wonderful woman of her time. She was a strong-willed woman, not caring what the rest of the world thought about her. She was one of the first women to not hide her pregnancy on television. She wore what she wanted to wear while filming
The title of Lucille Clifton's poem, "forgiving my father", seems to be in sharp opposition with the poem itself. There seems to be no forgiveness, yet the title claims that it is there. The entire poem focuses on the debt of the author's father. "it is Friday." she says, "we have come to the paying of the bills." (1-2). But perhaps it doesn't necessarily mean that it is literally Friday, perhaps she just means it is the end, and maybe the debt isn't one of money, but of love. Clifton is using a
dialing of a number. The usage of religion as a money-making business defiles the sanctity of societys most sacred and cherished belief. However, money is made so morals and ethics are ignored. Another example of this immorality is Edward Foley, Lucilles Millers attorney. He sa...
Far back, in the midst of a time when the world was very young, there lived a princess named Lucille and a bunny named Fluffy. Lucille was a beautiful girl with chocolate brown hair, and eyes as blue as the sweet summer sky. Fluffy was as white as snowflakes and as soft as clouds. He offered plenty of razzmatazz but little manners. They lived together in a tall castle, covered in green vines and grey cobblestone, hidden in the dense forest filled with animals and nature. Fluffy loved carrots. He
Desi Arnaz Cuban bandleader and singer-turned savvy TV mogul who, after his marriage to comedienne Lucille Ball in 1940, parlayed their successful "I Love Lucy" series into the Desilu TV production empire, which in its heyday also produced the successful and highly lucrative "The Untouchables" and "Star Trek" series. *p*Desiderio Alberto Arnaz y de Acha III was born in 1917 to wealthy Cuban landowners. His father was also the mayor of the town they lived in, but that soon changed. At the age of
Chapter 1 - I Love Lucy: Trailblazer for Female Led Television In 1950’s America, there was no more important communication tool more dominant than television. During this time in society, after the post-industrial period, there was a generational shift after the introduction of new technology such as television as it shifted a new way of living. After the war, pressure of stability and domesticity were reinforced, leaving women still subordinate
initial reactions. One way of dealing with discrimination is to feed into it with anger; loathing. The second way to handle prejudices is to ignore them. These two different viewpoints are demonstrated in Lucille Clifton’s poem “Memory” in her book of poems, Blessing the Boats. In this poem, Lucille Clifton uses both the speaker’s and the mother’s perspective to express two completely views
Society has a way of making people think everyone should look a certain way but that's not true! Lucille Clifton, an inspiring poet, made sure of this throughout her poems ("Lucille Clifton") Enduring a lot of things in life as a child and adult Clifton still came out to be a strong woman. Lucille Clifton, author of "homage to my hips" grew up with an abusive father which contributes to her poem theme accepting one's body for what it is no matter what society says. Clifton's past, enduring sexual
According to Jocelyn Moody, the contemporary poet Lucille Clifton was born on June 27, 1936 in Depew, NY. She was very smart and always proved it ever since she was young. As result, she graduated very young, at the age of sixteen. As soon as she graduated she graduated she received a scholarship to attend Howard University located in Washington, D.C. Two years after, in 1955 she transferred to the Fredonia State Teachers College. She met Fred Clifton; he thought philosophy at the University of Buffalo
Lucille Mulhall was born on October 21, 1885 in Oklahoma and died December 21, 1940 in Oklahoma when she got in a terrible vehicle accident. She is the first born child of Zach (1847-1931) and Mary Agnes Mulhall (1859-1931). Her sister’s name is Margaret Reed (1906-1925) and she was the last child born. She married her first husband in 1916 and his name was Martin Van Bergen. Lucille then divorced this man and married a man named Thomas Loyd Burnett (1871-1939). He was born in Denton County, Texas
specifically Lucille Ball, an American actress that paved the way for future women, and Juliet Capulet, a fictional girl who tried her hardest to resist control over herself. Introduction “The greatest heroes are those who do their duty in the daily grind of domestic affairs whilst the world whirls as a maddening dreidel,” said Florence Nightingale. She was right, heroes don’t have to be big people that everyone knows about. The heroes I’m contrasting are polar opposites. Lucille Ball, a world
In her poem "stop", Lucille Clifton calls attention to the AIDS epidemic occurring in Central and South Africa. The poem is dedicated to Nkosi Johnson, a child AIDS advocate that died at the age of 12 from the disease. Nkosi was one of the thousand African children that suffer from HIV-related health problems and Clifton is attempting to spread awareness for this crisis. Excluding the various "stops", the poem is written in the sonnet form of 8 lines in the first stanza and 6 lines in the second