Robert Williams Western Civ. McDonough 17 April 2012 Joan of Arc Paper Joan was born in 1412 as a peasant girl in the town of Domremy. By the time she was 13 she started to here voices of celestial in nature and as they continued to get intense she started to see visions along with them. Later on in here life around 1429 during the hundred year war, she convinced the King of France that she had divine powers and that she could help. With the King’s blessing she rode out dressed in armor with a white banner and led the French to victory over the English.
Rather than seeking her own happiness, she gives her power to make the people of England proud and have a great value that can even reach her value. Elizabeth is a hero in the part when all her actions were selfless and for something bigger than herself, she eliminates the enemies that reduce the security of her people. Elizabeth risks her life to kill the ambassador of France and killing the internal enemies that are inside England itself. She not only brings security to the people of England but to show that even though England is under a woman’s rule it can still be a thread. Elizabeth creates a lot of reasons that can lead her to be killed by many from other countries, but as a hero she realizes that and goes ahead with them anyways.
On the other side of the world, Mary Seacole learnt about nursing from her mother which was informal unlike Florence Nightingales training. When she heard about the terrible medical conditions in the Crimean war it triggered her decision to go to London and offer her services as a nurse in the conflict. After Elizabeth Herbert rejected her offer because she was black, she paid for her own passage out to the Crimea. She says in her book Wonderful Adventures of Mary Seacole “the fact that, had there been a vacancy, I should not have been chosen to fill it.” This shows her determination to help the soldiers in the Crimean war, even though she was rejected by Nightingales companion. Unlike Florence Nightingale who was asked to go there, she went there herself to help.
Furthermore, Elizabeth had her arrested. After 19 years in custody, Mary was tried and executed for treason for her involvement in three plots to assassinate Elizabeth, and probably also because she was a Catholic. I think Elizabeth did well as a queen to do the right thing and execute her as she could have been killed. However, I personally think she did not have enough evidence to kill her off. The protestant people would have thought Elizabeth did well as she had got rid of the main focus when it came to the Catholic plot and it was good that Elizabeth had the courage to deal with this problem despite the fact that Mary Queen of Scots was actually her cousin.
During the “Speech to the Troops at Tilbury,” Queen Elizabeth I showed a tone of inspiration during a time of great doubt, a flawless diction, and a syntax structure that showed great emphasis on each statement that summoned the passion out of her people. Tone is the most important attribute to have in a speech and the queen nailed it on the forehead. During a time when all hope was lost she showed great inspiration and determination that rejuvenated her people. Powerful statements that would make “tyrants fear” and give “strength and safeguard in the loyal hearts” of her people, to annihilate any invaders such as “Parma or Spain” and to send a message to “any prince of Europe.” She was assuring that her people would not go out without a fight and that the English would come out on top of the power struggle between the colonies of Europe. Firmness was shown and the leadership of a king was brought out of the queen and that earned loads of respect from her people and they figured out that this woman was not one to be taken lightly.
Joan of Arc In Domremy, France, 1412, Joan of Arc was born to Jacques d’Arc and Isabelle Romee. During Joan’s childhood, France was divided because King Henry V of England defeated the French at Agincourt after he had successfully invaded France. This made the country very divided and weak. When Joan turned twelve, she started to have visions. She felt that God’s voice was telling her to renew the French nation.
In response to women’s contribution in WW1 Women gained the right to vote. Because the women helped the government in order to win the war by creating ammunition and Farming, this changed the lives of women by having the right to choose who is going to control the country. I can also infer that, the group called the Suffragettes has been fighting for women's rights. Because, the leader Mrs Pankhurst believes that women and men are equal and should have the rights and this changed woman's life by getting the same amount of payment as the men. This can be seen on source A1 which states that ‘’ women had proved that they were just as important to the war effort as men in 1918 women were given some form of political representation.
She is remembered as a strong-willed leader of England, with only her people and patriotism in mind. Queen Elizabeth led her country in 1588 against the Spanish Armada, a fight considered unbeatable, and was victorious. When Queen Elizabeth I was in search of a husband, every suitor betrayed her or did not fit into the image of herself that she harbored, and she simply chose not to take a husband. She ruled as a lone entity, making monumental decisions, and choices in delicate situations by her own reckoning. The love of her people was her motivation.
Using my own research i will discover whether the World War One had a positive effect on the role of women. After the immediate rise in female unemployment at the beginning of the war due to the ‘middle-classes wish to economise’ (first world war, accessed 07/01/09), the only option to replace the volunteers gone to front was to employ women in the jobs they had left behind. This was supported by all the major feminist groups, who suddenly ‘became avid patriots and organisers of the women in support of the war effort’ (war and gender, accessed 22/01/09). Overall women’s employment increased from ‘three million in 1914 to five million in 1918’ (Murphy, p373, 2000). For many of the women the war was ‘a genuinely liberating experience’ (first world war, accessed 07/01/09), and made the women feel useful as citizens.
The Nineteenth Amendment gave women the right to vote and they were unwilling to give up the jobs they took over for soldiers fighting the war. In a symbolic show of emancipation, women bobbed their hair, gave up wearing corsets, and started to smoke and drink openly. Fitzgerald shows the new demeanor of women particularly well in The Great Gatsby. The novel shows women of all classes who are breaking out of the molds society has placed them into. For instance, Myrtle, wishes to climb the social ladder, and is determined to do so at all costs.