Raised by his single mother, Rud developed a very close relationship with his brilliant sister, Fanny Hayes, who encouraged him to achieve the prominent career denied to her because she was a woman. With the help of his wealthy uncle, Sardis Birchard, Hayes went to Harvard Law School and then made a name for himself as a successful criminal defense lawyer in Cincinnati. There he married Lucy Ware Webb. Lucy advocated temperance and abolition, and was a strong Methodist who placed more emphasis on good works than on being "born again." Without nagging, she influenced her husband.
Dorothea Lange wrote a book called “Daring to Look: Dorothea Lange's Photographs and Reports from the Field.” Lange died of esophageal cancer but she had other problems before she died. What the Migrant mother meant and why she took them? Dorothea Lange was very famous by her photos that she took. In one of the most famous photos that is called “The Migrant Mother” that photo told about how a mother of seven kids in California were in real need of food, clothes, a warm place to live, and other things they need to survive. The mother, seven children, and a father that lived in a tent with no door just a back that lived in the middle of nowhere just trees and grass.
The reason that the Eleanor steps onto the political path and achieves the so great achievement, is closely related with hers marital status. With Franklin · Roosevelt luck's marrying, indicates the Eleanor life with the political connection in one. As statesman's wife, she participates in gradually husband's political activity. But 1918 dew alizarin red event has caused the conclusion which their intimate husbands and wives relate, but actually urged the Eleanor to step onto truly has taken part in government the road. in 1921, Franklin body's disability, although has brought the shadow for the entire family, but has actually made up in their sentiment barrier.
Eleanor Roosevelt Eleanor Roosevelt was a very influential woman in her life time. One of the reasons she became famous was because she was the niece of one of the greatest presidents of the United States of America. She was niece to Theodore Roosevelt. Another reason was she married the man Franklin D. Roosevelt who, interestingly enough, was he distant cousin. Her and Franklin Roosevelt had 5 children whom they raised and she became very active in politics along with her husband who had become the president of the United States of America, but she had not become active in politics until after her husbands Polio attack in 1921.
He work and accomplishments have been felt by many. She was a revolutionary for the mentally ill and began her work even before women’s suffrage. Dorothea has been described as “the most effective advocate of humanitarian reform in American mental institutions during the nineteenth century” (Goldenson, 1970). Dorothea was not an expert in the mental health field, which makes her accomplishments and endeavors even more intriguing and unimaginable. That this woman could offer so much reform and understanding for individuals without having a degree in this field is remarkable beyond words.
Susan Brownell Anthony Women have come a long way in society and much of the thanks go to Susan B. Anthony, who spent her life fighting for the rights of women. Susan B. Anthony was born February 15, 1820 in Adams, Massachusetts. She was brought up in a Quaker family with long activist traditions. Early in her life she developed a sense of justice. Although most girls did not receive a formal education in the early 1800's, Susan B. Anthony's father, Daniel, a 6th generation Quaker, believed in equal treatment for boys and girls.
ANCIENT ROMAN WOMEN Roman aristocratic women influenced politics, but they could not serve as magistrates, senators, or military commanders. During the empire, the wives of emperors began to wield more power than women had ever held before. Livia, the wife of Augustus, advised her husband for 51 years of marriage before living her last 15 years under the rule of her son, Tiberius. She was deeply devoted to her husband and family and only appeared in public to display the virtues of a Roman matron, which included chastity, modesty, frugality, loyalty, and dignity. Behind the scenes, Livia and Augustus were extremely close, and she played a part in his important decisions, although some sources unfairly portray her as the
She wanted her life shaped now, immediately- and the decision must be made by some force- of love, of money, of unquestionable practicality–that was close at hand” (Fitzgerald 151). While Gatsby serves in World War I, Daisy returns to her posh life and soon becomes Mrs. Daisy Buchanan, wife of Tom Buchanan, a wealthy heir from Chicago. However, her wedding day does not go unmarred. Thirty minutes before the bridal dinner, Daisy loses her façade with the assistance of a bottle of Sauterne and a mysterious letter. Nevertheless, she marries Tom and soon gives birth to a daughter.
In Hit, she talked about having more equality laws so wives and children could leave unhappy homes. This also required the women a right to vote. In Hit, she wrote, “[U]ntil women have a voice in making [laws], they must of necessity be imperfect, as are all laws, where … woman has had no voice in their making.” She also argued that marriage was a “contract” between “equal partners as she wrote, “No young lady, when she is being courted … for a moment supposes that her lover can … ever wish her to be his slave.” In April 1917, while the World War was going on, she offered Kaiser Wilhelm II her land to have a German American peace conference. Also in 1917, while in Washington, she fell on the steps of Capitol. She was 85 years old and never recovered from her fall on the Capitol steps.
In 1905, one year before her death, she met president Roosevelt to lobby for an amendment for women’s voting rights. It wasn’t until after 14 years of her death, that the U.S. Constitution gave women the right to vote. Anthony made a impact on the women’s right movement, even if she never saw the results of her work during her life. Anthony’s social change on the country comes from all the associations and book printings that she and Stanton created in hopes of the women’s right to vote. Their efforts along with the efforts of their organizations started the voting movement and put the idea into the minds of a country that otherwise would not have entertained the idea.