“We are here‚ not because we are law-breakers; we are here in our efforts to become law-makers.” -Emmeline Pankhurst. Emmeline Pankhurst spent her life protesting‚ lecturing‚ and fighting for the rights of her‚ her daughters‚ and all of the women in the world. She has become an inspiration for all women to speak out for what they believe in for over a century. Emmeline Pankhurst was a reformer because she was a leading women’s rights activist‚ founded several women’s rights groups‚ and influenced
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Julia Ward Howe wrote Battle Hymn of the Republic. Women in the mid-1800’s‚ they were not able to be leader while they were in politics and religion‚ unfortunately‚ Harriet Beecher Stowe with along with Julia Ward Howe did the exact same thing‚ by standing for women’s rights. Most of all her song were written during and about the Civil War. She remembered that she was in her hotel room at Willard’s Hotel and the lyrics popped up in her head. In November 1861‚ and she was on her 1st trip to wartime
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Women have lived under suppression since the beginning of America. They have been denied basic rights‚ forced into to predetermined roles in society‚ and faced severe sexism. Although some men worked with the feminist movement‚ Cady Stanton said‚ “that women herself must do this work; for woman alone can understand the height‚ the depth‚ the length and the breadth of her degradation (Kelly‚ Parameswaran‚ & Schiedewind‚ 2012‚ p. 556).” Feminism does not focus on those who opposed them‚ but the women
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Elizabeth Cady Stanton‚ Lucy Stone‚ and Susan B. Anthony were all leaders of the early women’s rights movement. Select one of these women and discuss her contribution to the movement and the difficulties she encountered. Elizabeth Cady Stanton was born November 12‚ 1815‚ in Johnstown‚ New York. She was the fourth of six children. Later she would meet and marry Henry B. Stanton‚ a prominent abolitionist. Together they would have seven children. Although Elizabeth never went to college she was very
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Cady and Brutus Brutus and Cady emerge as the most complex characters in Julius Caesar and Mean Girls respectively. They are each stories tragic heroes. In each of their soliloquies‚ the audience gains insight into the complexities of their motives. Brutus is a powerful public figure‚ but he appears also as a husband‚ a master to his servants‚ a dignified military leader‚ and a loving friend. Cady starts off as virtually nothing‚ but eventually becomes a direct parallel in terms of Brutus’s power
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encouraging women to fight for their political voice‚ Stanton argues a valid‚ logical point to the men‚ convincing them is a much more difficult task‚ and they are the ones who can legalize her beliefs. She acknowledges her counterclaim‚ and understands that the public believes‚ “People object to the demands of those whom they choose to call the strong-minded‚ because they say ‘the right of suffrage will make women masculine.’” (Stanton). Stanton does not allow males dull or dumb down the female gender
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Edwin Stanton Porter was born on April 21‚ 1870 in Pennsylvania. He had grown up with his parents Thomas Richard Porter and Mary Jane Clark. He had worked in the electrical field at first and began experiencing with electricity. He had worked with light bulb currents and telegraphs. In early 1890’s he had opened his own small business as a tailor‚ until 1893‚ when he had joined the Navy. He served there as an electrician and telegraph operator. With his help communications were improved. After a
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The narrative by Doug Stanton is quite vivid in its elaboration‚ a fact that is contributed by the originality of his sources. Stanton in the narrative depends on the tales of Captain Charles Butler McVay III‚ Lewis Haynes who was the doctor in the ship and Giles McCoy who was a marine private. The most intriguing aspect of the narrative is that it is not entrenched on a war-history but rather an elucidation of men battling and attempting to survive the sea. The USS Indianapolis incident occurs in
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LEADERSHIP IN CINEMA Elizabeth (Based on a true story) Submitted by: Pam McDonald E-mail: Pam_McDonald@nifc.blm.gov Phone: 208-387-5318 Audience Rating: R Released: 2003 Studio: Universal Studios Genre: Drama Runtime: 124 minutes Materials: VCR or DVD (preferred)‚ television or projection system‚ Wildland Fire Leadership Values and Principles handouts (single-sided)‚ notepads‚ writing utensils Objective: Students will identify Wildland Fire Leadership Values
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between Elizabeth and her parliaments in the years 1566-1588 were characterised more by co-operation than by conflict? During the Tudor dynasty Parliament was an important institution‚ but its sessions were occasional not continual. It sat for about three of Elizabeth’s forty-five years. In many years‚ Parliament did not meet‚ and it usually sat for only about three months when it did meet. This highlights how in the time of the Tudors‚ especially in the reigns of Henry VIII and Elizabeth‚ the power
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