The book I chose to do this project on was the book by Wes Moore titled “the other Wes Moore”. The reason I had chosen this is because I was able to relate to it a lot more than any of the other books in the choices that were made present to me. Wes Moore does a great job in describing how easy one can make decisions that have long term reactions in everyone’s lives. This book was not one merely to tell a good story but one to educate of the many issues that we face in America and to perhaps change the minds of some of the youth out there. The book captures you into the lives of not only the author but that of the other Wes Moore who is a felon in prison serving a life time sentence for the part he served in the shooting of a police officer. The book starts you from the very beginning of their lives so that you can track down from the beginning where and how these two men ended up on the path that lead them where they are today and where that dramatic split occurred between their two destinies. The book does a great job of attacking our pre-notions of the book because the author Wes Moore’s life wasn’t all glamour and perfect and the other Wes Moore’s life wasn’t all in the streets filled with violence and crime as one would have though and thus making the book all the more interesting.…
Topic: Florence Kelley makes an argument for a mimimum wage in her 1912 article in the Journal of Political Economy. How does she argue that mimimum wage laws are especially relevant to women? Compare Kelley’s advocacy to Helen Keller’s arguments in “Why Men Need Woman Suffrage.” How do Kelley and Keller each suggest that women be “protected”?…
As a daughter of a powerful judge in the south on a plantation ran by slaves, ironically Sarah Moore Grimke would begin to disagree with the politics in her surroundings. Furthermore, she would grow up to experience oppression based on her gender, and also view the unjust discrimination against people of color. Despite being born on a very successful plantation operated by slaves in Charleston South Carolina , Sarah Moore Grimké developed an opposition of slavery and the oppression of women through experiencing first hand what it was like in these small demographics at the time. Born on November 11th, in 1792, Sarah Moore Grimké grew up on a successful plantation in the south, as the sixth child in the Grimké Family. She later became the…
We as Americans reminisce on history to see and understand the advancements we have accomplished and the same can be said of not only the advancement of women but also the image of how women are portrayed. Although in today’s day and age, their figures and beauty are scrutinized but also exploited. For instance in both Tennessee Williams motion picture, “A Street Car Named Desire” and Lorraine Hansberry A Raisin in the Sun you are able to see the evolution of the not only the portal of women but also the advancements they accomplish.…
“The way to a man’s heart, so we’ve always been told, is a good working knowledge of a pot, pan and mold.” –The Brides Cookbook, 1956. This quote is from a cookbook, which was made especially for newlywed women (Brides Cookbook, 1956). This is one example of the gender roles that was expected during this time era. Many women during that time period were expected to stay home, cook, clean and take care of the children, while the man of the house would work. The quote also continues “A juicy red steak, or a tender fish fillet, done to a turn, in a bright copper skillet, And leaves the man happy, content and drooling” (Brides Cookbook, 1956), It states that the meals the women makes will leave him happy, and during this time era, women did all the work in the house (Brides Cookbook, 1956). Even television shows during this time era make is acceptable to be a house wife, such as I love Lucy and Leave it to Beaver.…
Joseph Tyler Moore is my name and I received my name from my dad’s middle name (his name is Ronald Joseph Moore, Also his middle name is Joseph because Tammy’s middle name is Joyce and that was the closest to that name). Also, Joseph means “God will increase”. As well, Moore means “someone who lives by a marsh”.…
"Women, like children, have but one right," Fitzhugh argues therein, "and that is the right to protection. The right to protection involves the obligation to obey." This seems to be a continuing norm. Women have always been looked at as the weaker sex, and should only do housework, and care for the children and the husband. The husband will do the hard work and supply for the family. And that's that. But in today's culture that norm is causing major problems, because women want equal rights, they don't want to stay home day after day, they want to be able to have the same jobs and get paid the same as men, they don't want to obey. So what is the difference now compared to George Fitzhugh's view in 1854. Let's delve a little deeper into the past and the present.…
There are many aspects why female and male athletes should not compete together. Although one reason may be because of physiological differences, societal barriers also prevent female athletes from competing with males. What it means to be male or female is one of the hardest things to decipher. This is one of the more bigger struggles between masculinity and femininity. One institution that specifically targets this idea of gender differences is professional sports. Women are challenged because of these gender differences to be accepted into a male dominated institution. Female athletes are encouraged and in many cases forced to under appreciate themselves by the media because of sports. Our society tends to under appreciate women who play…
Rosa Parks, Malala Yousafzai, and Lucretia Mott all share the desire for striving for reforming their society. They were not among the first of their kind; Anne Hutchinson strove for the same aspirations in 1637. Little did Winthrop know, the day when Hutchinson arrived to the colony was the day when a threat that had to be dealt with showed up. Anne Hutchinson was a woman who knew right from wrong, was one with God, had the persistence and composure to maintain the argument, and did not stand for sexism of any form. And this made her a threat to John Winthrop and his Massachusetts Bay Colony.…
Feminism: a topic of discussion in many homes and classrooms, which asserts the utmost attention amongst its listeners. A crazy ideal that believes women hold fundamental rights among men, and deserve the same treatment, the same opportunities. Feminism has grown since its conception in the early 20th century, and has catapulted upward in a grand and illustrious fashion, clinging to the souls of women who will no longer be oppressed by an abusive patriarchy. However, in this decade, feminism has become the topic of crude humor, has been made the punchline of jokes directed toward women. Feminism has become merely a way to generalize women as “crazy, hormonal monsters” who should never have a say in democracy because their “time of…
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Marianne Moore was born in St. Louis, Missouri on November 15, 1887 and passed in New York City in 1972. Her grandfather raised her, and after his death, she and her family members stayed with many other relatives. She began teaching in New York at Carlisle Indian School in 1915. In 1921, she became an assistant at the New York Public Library where she began to meet many other famous poets. Moore’s poem started becoming published in 1915, in the Egoist, an English magazine. She was highly recognized for all of her work and received many honors, such as the Bollingen prize, the National Book Award, and the Pulitzer Prize. In her free verse poem “Roses Only,” she…
“Sport is a Reflection of society and, in many respects, society is a reflection of sport” (Holman p. 223). Due to the popularity of sport, it has an effect on the image of society. Sport is harder to enter into for women because the make up for sport is set up for male dominance. This shows that for some time sport was not held to the same laws of equality. Women had and still have to some degree, less opportunity than males do in sport. The greater laws of equality in society were not being passed on through sport. Since society today has realized the need for equality in society, sport is on its way to becoming equal. This means sport can no longer be exempt from sexual discrimination. This includes all types of sport who now must make decisions according to equality. In the sports world people often do not acknowledge female sports as much as men 's sports. Women sports are newer and hence the reason for them not getting the recognition they deserve. But the sports world is starting to see how women 's sports can be just as interesting and exciting as men 's sports can be. I am going to show you some discrepancies between women and men 's sports. Women and men 's sports should each have equal opportunities.…
Gender is a problem talked about in sports, and politics almost everyday. Women that play in…
It may not be completely fair, but sports is a business that’s all about money and popularity. Women’s sports will have to prove that they can generate just as much, if not more, interest as men’s sports before they can expect to be paid the same amount.…