Antigone v. Susan B Anthony In the play Antigone by Sophocles‚ the main character defies the king and the civil law of Thebes to follow her heart and put her brother‚ Polyneices‚ to rest. Most people know the name Susan B Anthony; she exhibited civil disobedience in the form of illegally voting in the 1872 Presidential elections. Many people will be surprised to find out that Antigone and Susan are a lot alike. They both fought for what they believed
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"The grandest and greatest reform of all time‚” Susan B. Anthony Stated proudly at the Seneca Falls Convention of 1848.The full importance of the revolutionary convention that changed the perceptions of women’s history. The book covers 50 years of women’s activism‚ from 1840-1890‚ focusing on four key figures in that specific period like Lucretia Mott‚ Elizabeth Cady Stanton‚ Lucy Stone‚ and Susan B. Anthony. Just like the title states‚ McMillen tells the background stories from where they came from
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“Men‚ their rights‚ and nothing more; women‚ their rights‚ and nothing less." (Anthony) Susan B. Anthony was a participant in many different political movements. Her career as an activist started with her participation in the temperance movement. Her inability to speak at temperance rallies led to her joining the women’s rights movement‚ and later other movements‚ including abolition and education reform (Susan B. Anthony House). Anthony had a large impact on american history during and after the
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Did you know Susan B. Anthony made a huge difference on women’s rights but did not live to see the change that she had made? Many women get jobs that men have and usually work just as hard‚ or harder to achieve their dreams. America´s gift to my generation is women’s rights and empowerment. Women get a lot of opportunities in the working field but are still cut short of equal pay in certain jobs. Women have many opportunities for colleges and jobs. Now‚ in the United States‚ more than two
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Susan Anthony was born on February 15‚ 1820‚ in Massachusetts. She was an American abolitionist who became one of the most important in the women’s voting rights movement in the United States of America. Susan was educated by her parents to become an independent woman in history. They knew for sure she was going to be able to accomplish many important goals‚ and change history forever. When she was six years old‚ the family moved to New York. She went to the local primary school and then went to
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Mina Hanna Vanessa Frazier ENG1A February 9th‚ 2014 Essay one Pain in War On one hand‚ the first essay “Regarding the pain of others” written by Susan Sontag in 2004. Sontag was born early in the twenty century; she was considered filmmaker‚ writer‚ and political activist. She used any possible way to teach people on humanity and human rights without being scared to be killed or go to jail at that time as it was not safe to talk about these topics back then. Sontag is discussing how people react
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In Susan Stein’s adaptation of the diary of Esther Hillesum‚ the play brings us to 1941 when Etty‚ a young Dutch Jewish woman‚ is living in German-occupied Amsterdam. As per her therapist’s request‚ Etty begins a diary to assist in recovering from her depression. Hoping to become a writer and poet‚ the diary is a way for Etty to practice her writing skills while still documenting the terrors of World War II. As written in a diary by Yitskhov Rudashevski‚ “…I consider that everything should be
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In Susan Jacobs essay "A first amendment junkie" she discusses the fact that porn is the worst type of freedom of speech. It is insulting to women to have to walk pass porn shops‚ perhaps she means strip clubs ect. She says that it is worst then child porn. truthfully anyone most be most be out of her mind to say that porn is worst then child porn or to compare it to a child working in the minds. Who ever believes that needs a reality check in facts. Child porn is the works of the devil. It is one f
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could have more power and rights when they had opportunities to vote and controlled their properties. Women decided to fight for their suffrage through the women’s right movement. The most important woman who worked tirelessly for women’s right was Susan B Anthony. Anthony‚ along with her friend‚ Elizabeth Cady Stanton‚ started to strive for women’s voting rights. In 1848‚ Elizabeth Cady Stanton showed her opinion about women’s suffrage through the Seneca Falls Declaration‚
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and publicity have used beauty to trap and hunt consumers. Despite the different perspectives‚ Susan Bordo and John Berger have focused on the concept of how beauty is displayed‚ how we view it‚ and how it is utilized to attract us as consumers‚ and affect our lives. In his book “Ways of Seeing‚” John Berger talks about viewing images‚ viewing the world around us‚ especially the world of classic art. Susan Bordo’s essay “Beauty (Re) discovers the male body” argues about the “powerful taboos” of male
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