Then in 1892 Ida wrote articles denouncing lynching and wrongful deaths of the African Americans, this was the start of her anti-lynching campaign. Ida B Wells deserves a national holiday because she led the way for the civil rights movement. Ida was one of the most important civil rights advocates of the 19th century. She was active in the women's club movement, which encouraged African American women to become involved in civic affairs. She also helped establish the first kindergarten in the black district of Chicago.
The book Warriors Don’t Cry and Melba Pattillo Beals is extremely relevant and represents the history of the traumatic physical and emotional situations that Negros had to go through. The reasons why they are relevant is because it is Melba who represent all Negros and the time the book, Warriors Don’t Cry, took place. As well something occurred to cause the integration to begin in the first place to make this young adolescents go through what she did. But it is understandable, not reasonable, why the white students of Little Rock’s Central High School reacted the way they had. Melba Pattillo was born on December 7, 1941, in Little Rock (Pulaski County).
Then in 1892 Ida wrote articles denouncing lynching and wrongful deaths of the African Americans, this was the start of her anti-lynching campaign. Ida B Wells deserves a national holiday because she led the way for the civil rights movement. Ida was one of the most important civil rights advocates of the 19th century. She was active in the women's club movement, which encouraged African American women to become involved in civic affairs. She also helped establish the first kindergarten in the black district of Chicago.
In 1955 a year after the first Brown V. Board of Education case Rosa Parks stood her ground in a bus. Making another huge impact in the U.S. Causing boycotts and protests, mainly led by Martin Luther King Junior. The case even paved the way for the Civil Rights Act of 1964 which was then followed by the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and the Fair Housing Act of 1968, both were monumental in the fight for Civil Rights. Private Schools even had to participate in the ruling also, In 1974, in the Runyon V. McCrary Court Case, the verdict was that if a private school didn't want to enroll a student because of race was violating civil right laws.
Wendell Phillips- He had a part in the rights for women, blacks, and Native Americans, and now there are schools and scholarships named for him. Harriet Beecher Stowe- Her book, Uncle Tom’s Cabin, is still very popular today and we can just see how slaves were treated and what it was like back then. Her book caused a lot of people to switch sides in the slavery argument and was a huge help in abolishing slavery. She also played a part in the creating of the University of
She was the first lady to Juan Peron which gave her more leverage to fight for women’s rights and improving the lives of the poor. Maria Eva Duarte, also known as Evita, was born May 7th, 1919 in Los Toldos, Argentina to a poor village landowner. Her father was killed in a car accident and her family was exiled because the community felt as though the children were illegitimate. When she was 15, she decided to go into acting which was not hard for her with her striking beauty. While pursuing her acting career, Eva began campaigning for women to be given the right to vote and alleviate the growing poverty epidemic in Argentina (biographyonline.net).
Elizabeth Blackwell Changes the World by Mckenzie Murdock English 10th Mrs. Sharpe March 18, 2013 Elizabeth Blackwell Changes the World Thesis: Elizabeth Blackwell positively impacted the health and well being of women and children in the 19th century by becoming the first certified woman doctor, opening an infirmary in New York, and establishing a women’s medical school. I. Introduction II. First certified woman doctor A. Siblings died of disease and so she decided to be a doctor B. Women were typically not doctors C. Problems being admitted to medical school D. Graduated in 1849 III.
The baby boomers were a persuasive generation that changed political and ethnical views and various academic, cultural, industrial, and political activities. They were living in the times of post-war and have fought for change because they were living in a period of time where the war on inequality was still predominant. In 1963, Martin Luther King Jr. voiced at a march with his now famous I have a dream speech in Washington at the Lincoln Memorial, where more than 300,000 multi-colored faces marched as one to protest for racial equality. They also fought against the war instigated against Vietnam because they were very active when it came to politics. They were contemplated of their emphasize on freedom, and they banned employment discriminations in firms.
Truth then went on to lecture in antislavery and women’s rights movements. It was during her time with the women’s rights movement that Truth delivered her Aint I a Women speech in Akron, Ohio, on May 1851. In this speech, Truth not only addresses the struggle of women, but also the duality of the black women in that they have to combat not only racism, but sexism as well. She begins by talking about how men perceive women as frail saying “Dat man ober dar say dat womin needs to be helped into carriages and lifted ober ditches and to hab de best place everywhar.” (68). But then she goes on to say that she has never received such treatment from a man and isn’t she a woman as well?
Emma Willard opened a seminary for girls, in Troy, New York, in 1821. Her teaching methods were similar to ones used in the boys' schools, which horrified the parents. Yet clearly parents' disapproval did not stop the girls from wanting an education since from 1821-1872, 12,000 girls attended Willard’s school (Women in America). Once given the chance of an education, many of her students even went on to start their own schools. Yet after that, their was right to a higher education, such as a college.