English IV H.W. Assignment Women’s History Month: Sally Ride (1951-2012) 20 Facts about Sally Ride: * Dr. Sally Ride was born May, the 26th 1951 in Los Angeles, California. * She graduated from Stanford University in 1973 and double majored in physics and English. * In 1978 she received a Ph. D in Physics.
In 1992 Morrison published “Jazz”, which won her a Nobel Prize for Literature, she was the eighth woman and first black woman to be awarded this honor (Johnson Lewis 2010). In 1987, Toni Morrison became professor in the Council of Humanities at Princeton University, and also became the first black woman writer to hold a prestigious place at an Ivy League school (Bois 1996). “The Bluest Eye” by Toni Morrison (Johnson Lewis 2010) is a story which
She had the distinction of being the first woman to have a retrospective show at the Museum of Modern Art. She was awarded the Gold Medal of Painting by the National Institute of Arts and Letters in 1970. In 1977, President Gerald Ford awarded her the Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest honor for a civilian given by the government. In 1985, just one year before her death, she received the National Medal of Arts from President Ronald Reagan. (Georgia O'Keeffe's lifetime awards, n.d.) In May of 1938 she received her first honorary degree from College of William and Mary.
EDUCATION IN THE MIDDLE AGES. EDUCATED WOMEN. THE CASE OF TROTULA OF SALERNO. In the XIth century, we find the Medical School of Salerno and a group of women dedicated to the study and practice of medicine, the ladies of Salerno. They made great contributions in science in what historians recognize as the rebirth of the science in the first centuries of the Middle Ages.
Women like Emma Hart Willard who founded the Troy Female Seminary in New York which was the first endowed school for girls, helped empower women to see that there can be change. Women began speaking and lecturing in the 1830s on equality and right to vote. Sarah Grimke and Frances Wright advocated women's suffrage in an extensive series of lectures. Sarah Grimke spoke with a concise confidence responding to a newspaper, “All I ask of our brethren is that they will take their feet from our necks, and permit us to stand upright on the ground which God has designed us to occupy.” (Chafe 25) “[Also Grimke wrote that] like blacks women were ‘accused of mental inferiority’ and were refused the opportunity for a decent education. Denied the basic rights of free speech and petition, they were also treated as creatures not able to care for themselves.” (Chafe 45) Oberlin College became the first coeducational college in
"Ladies in. 2). Another female that contributed during the scientific revolution was, Elizabeth Hevelius (1647-1693). She married Johann Hevelius and helped
Fleming was placed in charge of dozens of women hired to do mathematical classifications and edited the observatory's publications. In 1899, Fleming was given the title of Curator of Astronomical Photographs. She also received many honors and awards, including memberships in the Royal Astronomical Society and the Astronomical Society of Mexico. On May 21st, 1911, Fleming died of pneumonia in Boston,
Rough Draft: The Scientific Revolution: The Women’s Side The Scientific Revolution is characterized as new ideas and knowledge in physics, astronomy, biology, medicine and chemistry transformed medieval and ancient views of nature and laid the foundations for modern science. According to most accounts, the scientific revolution began in Europe towards the end of the Renaissance era and continued through the late 18th century. The Scientific Revolution saw notable figures who contributed in their respected field, helping change the Ancient views, such figures being Nicolas Copernicus, Tycho Brahe, Johannes Kepler, Galileo Galilei, and Isaac Newton. When people think about the scientific revolution they often associate it with these men’s contribution, rare the occasion will someone associate women to the scientific revolution often because they are not aware of their contributions or because they don’t find their contributions as important. The beginning of the seventeenth century is known as the “scientific revolution” for the drastic changes evidenced in the European approach to science during that period.
Her father guides Scout to treat everyone equally. Atticus shows Scout how to solve things with her mind, and not by fighting. Finally, Atticus influences Scout to respect others. As Scout comes of age in this novel, she is strongly influenced by her father’s value system. Scout learns that everyone should be treated equally that not because of the color of their skin and race they should be treated different.
Second half of 19th century is the period when organized women’s feministmovement started. In 1848, the Declaration, which raised important issues such as women’s equality in the rights of property, marriage and free choice of profession was adopted. Partly it was a great merit of Elizabeth Stanton. In 1860, after an appeal by Elizabeth Stanton, the Legislature of New York accepted the act, which guaranteed any woman the right to leave money she earned and equal right to share custody of the children with her husband. feminism_is_evilA well-known Emmeline Pankhurst was one of the founders of the movement for women’s right to vote in elections (to have a suffrage).