This gave her the opportunity to voice out for all the women who felt the same way as she did. She adds extreme focus on the point of freedom by comparing herself to the colonies. The colonies were fight to be their own nation, and make their own laws. While she was fighting to have a voice in what was occurring in the revolution, and what should be fixed in the new laws for woman and…
She was able to examine two groups which she was a part of. These groups were case study of the Boston based Bread and Roses collective. By doing this she was able to reveal the difference between black women and white, learning that Black sisters of the women movement felt processioned. This would not allow them to feel equal with white women. This led to join the black panther movement embracing that, black in fact was beautiful.…
Araminta Ross “Harriet Tubman “was born in Dorchester county MD and died on March 10 1913 in Auburn NY. She died over a disease called Pneumonia. She lived to be about (90-91). Her mother’s name was Harriet Greene and her father’s name is Ben Ross.…
Harriet Tubman was a pretty stellar woman. She escaped slavery, helped others escape slavery, and helped the abolitionist movement. She is honestly one of the most amazing women to ever roam this earth. Harriet ended up having visions telling her that she needed to be free.…
Her life was dedicated to her work. When the Civil War broke out, she felt an immediate need to help. Later she went on to help identify more than 13,000 unnamed wounded or deceased soldiers. She cared for wounded soldiers in the north by, getting supplies for them, and giving them medical assistance. Not only did she help…
From the 1890’s to the 1920’s, the Progressive Era consisted of many changes in social stances and political methods in the United States. There were numerous individuals who were determined to see reform, including Florence Kelley. Florence Kelley deserves a place in history because she was such an inspirational person who had accomplished giving women and children better rights, especially in the work force. Florence Kelley grew up in a political family which led her to become the person that she was. She had once heard about the abolishment of slavery and the women’s right movement which led her to helping women and children gain the rights that they deserve.…
While working as a teacher, she began to fight for a change in America because working conditions were poor. Her fighting led to her being one of the most influential women of the Civil Rights Era, because she fought for working conditions and equal rights on transportation, she created the anti-lynching campaign, spoke about rapes, and encouraged blacks to…
This speaks volumes what she was able to accomplish. Her work as a conductor led to the success of all modern day African Americans in the United States. All of her other achievements didn’t nearly influence the modern world as much as…
Her greatest achievement in my opinion is the underground railroad. She worked as a conductor of the underground railroad. She was nicknamed as moses. Harriet tubman knew what she was doing because she knew the place well. Harriet Tubman made a life-changing decision.…
Apart from working to help free enslaved persons, she helped abolitionist John brown find new men to help him for his raid on Harper's Ferry, she was also extremely active in the stuggle for womens rights she worked with susan B anthony. She is now remebered as a big attributer to the anti-slavery, she is said to be the new face of the $20 very soon replacing Andrew…
She made many trips so she could show slaves that they didn’t have to be a slave all their life. She showed them the way and they depended on her not to get them caught and to lead them safely to freedom. She showed what it meant to be hero. Now heroes don’t always have to lead people because…
“I freed a thousand slaves I could have freed a thousand more if only they knew they were slaves.” -Harriet Tubman. Harriet Tubman, a slave during the American Civil War herself, helped save the lives of thousands of others just like her. She was a brave, loyal and selfless leader. Those are all characteristics of a hero.…
The autobiography I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings works by singer, poet, writer, and actress Maya Angelou, it is one of the most widely read and taught book by an African American woman. The title of the book comes from Paul Laurence Dunbar's poem, "Sympathy." The connection of the poem with the novel is where a little persistence bird (Marguerite) struggles against the bars of the cage life barriers , but she gets up, she rises and pushes forward. Although I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings covers different aspects of Marguerite Johnson's life's realizations and battles, it mostly reveals the influence of three female role models in Marguerite's emotional well-being and growth regardless of her traumatic childhood: In early times, while she is in Stamps, her grandmother, Mrs. Annie Henderson (Momma), during her stay in St. Louise and after she moves to San Francisco, her mother, Vivian Baxter, and after being a rape victim in St. Louis, when she is sent to Stamps, Mrs. Bertha Flowers.…
She did very much research over the slavery in the south and was very determined to help. Many people were very emotional about the book including Abraham Lincoln that stated “So you’re the little woman that wrote the book that started this big war.” She continued to fight against slavery and even after the Civil war she still worked hard. She began public speaking, continued to write, and read her book aloud to many audiences. Her book was so successful that even after she died people still remembered her and how big of an impact she made on the idea of slavery.…
She was a revolutionary; she risked her life numerous times in order to help other people escape. She wanted freedom and that’s what she achieved, she took her life into her own hands challenging the system of slavery. Due to her contributions during the era of slavery,…