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Reilly, Deborah. The Cairns Collection of American Women Writers, 1620-1900: A Guide and Working List. [Madison]: University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1984. 8+. Print.…
The first lady that inspired me was Martha Griffiths. Martha and her husband, Hick, where a political couple and both very involved with politics. One day, Martha got a call to run for state legislature and that is when her career really picked up. Marthas story inspires me for many reasons, one being her husband was never trying to hold her back and he wanted what was truly best for her. Hick treated Martha has an equal and they did everything together. Through Martha's whole career she never forgot about her husband and was completely dedicated to him. “Griffiths estimated that she talked to 40,000 prospective voters in her first unsuccessful race in 1952. It paid off two years later when she won” (Collins 66). This is another reason why…
I Agree with you on Martha Graham and Doris Humphrey both creating dance style that was modern. Especially with Graham her techniques were unique, it was something that was new to many people at the time. Graham was a passionate and dedicated dancer, she was so dedicated to her work and techniques, she did not motivate people who attended Martha Graham dance company to develop their own techniques and scale other than her choreography. People who attended her school wanted to explore their own techniques, but they couldn't because Graham did not encourage them to do so. Graham believed in herself and in dance techniques.…
Jane and Linda’s stories provide a much different view of history from a female perspective that is insightful and thought-provoking. Linda and Jane conformed to societal norms of preserving their virtue and dignity Jane by Marrying Edward Mecom, Linda by explaining why she had a baby out of wedlock to a married man to stave off Dr. Flints sexual advances. They protested their gender roles by learning to read and write and by working and being the breadwinners of their household. They both were extraordinarily tough women who raised their kids in difficult circumstances Brent in Slavery, Jane during the American Revolution with an absentee husband both had limited employment opportunities and found work as caregivers and candle makers. These extraordinarily tough and intellectually gifted women were born during a time when their talents and potential were squandered because of the prescribed gender roles of the…
Carol Berkin’s "Revolutionary Mothers: Women in the Struggle for America's Independence" is an excellent book that I immensely enjoyed. When many people think of the Revolutionary War, they might imagine George Washington gallantly leading his men through the winters at Valley Forge or the like. Berkin begins her masterpiece by giving a general overview of the roll that women played in our countries war for independence. Now I, like many others come to think of the iconic role model women like Betsy Ross and the fabled Molly Pitcher, but this star of a book opened my eyes to the everyday revolutionary woman. The running theme throughout the book is the fact that women during the revolutionary war were notable participants on many levels deemed beyond worthy of admiration. This theme was not touted, but elegantly weaved throughout the text in stories of women that left a permanent mark on war effort regardless of race or creed.…
Martha was called upon by God and given an opportunity as well as a huge burden, with the world in her hands, to improvise the many problems in the human society. He tells her to keep three people, Jonah, Job, and Noah, in mind and tells her about the failures of other messengers he sent where human’s would simply twist words from God and continue on a path towards self-destruction. After long thought, Martha came up with the idea for people to have a perfect, and heaven-like experience in their dreams, since a satisfaction for the entirety of the worlds would only last for a few short moments in the real world. However, God warns her about the risks of her solution, such as the urge for suicide, because of the…
American art historian Linda Nochlin’s essay Why Have There Been No Great Women Artists was published in 1988. This essay asks why artistic “greatness” and professional credit has been historically reserved solely for white Western males. While the titled seems facetious, it demonstrates Nochlins’ humor on a complicated issue grounded in social constructs, inequality and sexism. Nochlin notes that the question itself assumes that women are “incapable of greatness.” This assumption is what sparks Nochlin to explore the history of artistic institutions and education systems. From the Rennaisance up until the end of the nineteenth…
Ordained in 1939 by a church in the Southern Baptist Convention, Mr. Graham received a solid foundation in the Scriptures at Florida Bible Institute (now Trinity College in Florida). In 1943 he graduated from Wheaton College in Illinois and married fellow student Ruth McCue Bell, daughter of a missionary surgeon, who spent the first 17 years of her life in China.…
The story “Mrs. Beazley’s Deeds” is about how women were valued in the nineteenth century society. The author, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, moved to California at the age of thirty after divorcing her husband. “She lectured on women’s status and socialism, taught school, operated a boarding house, edited newspapers, and wrote articles and novels. Her articles on feminist issues are Women and Economics (1898), Concerning Children (1900), Human Work (1904), The Man-Made World (1911). Gilman’s novels are The Crux (1911), Herland (1915), Moving the Mountain (1911), and With Her in Our Land (1916)” (386). The latter three are feminist works. The author has an autobiography that was published in 1935, The Living of Charlotte Perkins Gilman. She was terminally ill with cancer and chose to end her own life in 1935.…
The Harlem Renaissance is remembered for many reasons. Some people remember it as the beginning to African American singers, artists, poets, and much more. Many people became popular and began their careers in this era. African Americans began to establish their rights as Citizens of the United States during this time period as well as become famous. In this essay, I will discuss how the Renaissance began, the major events and people of the Renaissance, and how the Renaissance was intertwined with Marian Anderson’s life and her career.…
Her use of logos was relatively to the point, by drawing significant amount of years in history; concerning women suffrage in the United States. She draws on the specific amount of years at which women suffrage carried on in the United States (150 years). She also narrates on the precise statics in describing the length of organized struggle – a struggle which extended into a divisive philosophical war. Women suffrage was very much heightened back in those days, but 75 years later; victory is celebrated in the United States. The divisive war became a bloodless war; suffrage was finally achieved for women in America without a single gunshot being fired. “In my country, we recently celebrated the 75th anniversary of Women’s Suffrage. It took 150 years after the signing of our Declaration of Independence for women to win the right to…
Welcome to the NATIONAL MUSEUM of WOMEN in the ARTS. (2011). Retrieved July 28, 2011, from NATIONAL MUSEUM OF WOMEN IN THE ARTS: http://www.nmwa.org/about/…
Graham mentions in her biography, “There is a vitality, a life force an energy, a quickening that is translated through you into action, and because there is only one of you in all of time, this expression is unique”. (Wikipedia) I find myself fascinated with Ms. Graham’s creations of new ways to interpret art with dance. She doesn’t appear to have limitations with her artwork, her choreography is fantastic, and my eyes cannot keep up with the fast body movements of the dancers. Some of Martha Graham accomplishments are that she was the first dancer to perform at the White House; she received the highest civilian award of the US; the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the key to the City of Paris, the Japan’s Imperial Order of the Precious Crown. Her unique style made her famous, she taught too so many other famous dancers who follow up her…
“Miller illustrates a woman resembling a male, to convince women to consider how they can help their country. The painting also shows women as an empowering and useful force in the war effort. It encourages feminism and allows women to believe that they can be influential in becoming victorious.”…
Martha Graham commonly know as the ‘mother of modern dance’ Martha graham: The Mother Of Modern Dance (Biography), was born in Allegheny, Pennsylvania in 1894. Graham’s father was a doctor who used physical movement to remedy nervous disorders. His work inspired Martha to incorporate her own style, she had also grown up watching ballet and the combination of both had developed her love for the arts. She eventually went to study dance in L.A where she joined the dance school ‘Denishaw’. Graham then went on to create her own…