1.) What does this primary document reveal about the relationship between the married couple? The primary document reveals relationship that Mary Ann Todd became the political advisor for the Lincoln. This letter shows that her love is one-sided.…
Abigail Adams Abigail Adams was born on November 11 1744 in Weymouth, Massachusetts. William Smith and Elizabeth Quincy Smith where her parents, they had 4 children Abigail being the second born out of her brother William and her 2 sisters Mary Smith Cranch and Elizabeth Smith shaw peabody. Abigail did not have a formal education because of her chronic illness, but she availed herself of the family library to master subjects most women never consider. On October 25, 1764 she married John adams and they had 6 children: Abigail, John Quincy (future president),Susanna, Charles, Thomas, and Elizabeth. Since her husband was almost never home they exchanged letters, from 1762 until 1801 there were over 1,100 letters exchanged.…
Betty White's full name is Betty Marion White Ludden. Betty was born on January 17, 1922, in Oak Park, Illinois(biography, 2017). Ms. White was an only child, her parents were Horace and Tess White. When Betty was two, she moved to Los Angeles with her family(biography, 2017). Betty White is an American, actress, author, animal rights activist and comedian(the famous people, 2017).…
One 21st century American woman who is extremely influential is former First Lady of the United States, Michelle Obama. As First Lady, she passed several acts and stood in support of countless worthy causes in order to try to improve the health and overall status of our nation. Michelle Obama has influenced not only our nation, but our entire world for the better. Michelle Obama is considered influential for several reasons, but the main ones include all the things she has done to improve the health of our nation and her work to improve the education of females in our country and all around the world.…
Susan B. Anthony was born February 15, 1890 in Adams, Massachusetts. Susan died on March 13, 1906 Rochester, New York. Susan was the second out of seven 7 children in her family. , Hher parents were Daniel and Lucy Anthony. Anthony lived in a very proactive family they were abolitionist, temperance workers, and she was also a part of fighting for women’s rights.…
Eleanor Roosevelt was a very caring person. Eleanor helped with many things, one of the things she helped with was women's rights. The thing that women wanted was they wanted to be treated fairly. For example, they wanted to be like men, they wanted to fight in the world war, and they wanted to vote like men. Another thing that Eleanor Roosevelt had helped with was that she helped with the African Americans right's.…
Betty White was not born famous, she had to work very hard to be where she is today. In the 92 years she has been alive, she has been nominated into to the television hall of fame, been married three times, is a huge animal rights contributor, and is one of the funniest and best actresses that have ever lived. She doesn't care about what people think, she just cares about her accomplishments, and her life. Betty White is only five foot four. She loves acting.…
Martha Washington was one of the most highly regarded women in her time as first lady because she had great leadership skills that showed other women what they could do for their country, without actually…
Because of Franklin and his encouragement, Eleanor broke gender barriers as a spokeswoman and an ambassador for the UN (WH). FDR monumentally changed the presidency in his…
The Life Of Jacqueline Kennedy Jacqueline Kennedy was the first lady of the United States before her husband, President John F. Kennedy was assassinated, but she left a great number of things to be known for. She was an iconic first lady because she restored the White house, supported the arts, promoted historic preservation, served as a traveling ambassador, and influenced the world of fashion. The first ironic thing Jacqueline introduced was supporting the arts. During her first month of being the first lady, she assembled a White House Fine Arts Committee made of experts. She rallied people to donate pictures of art to be put in the house, she also located and brought back many pieces of art and furniture that past presidents used to have in the White House.…
Pat Nixon became the First Lady. She went on battle grounds and visited places that had major earthquakes and she was the first First Lady to visit a combat zone in South Vietnam. She traveled more than 100,000 miles. She made the White House better so that people could go there and have a tour. She was the first First Lady to support and to lead equal rights.…
The First Lady of the United States is not elected, her position is not defined, and her role is informal. She is not paid for her work, and there is no official documentation of responsibilities for her to follow, yet her position is both accepted and expected throughout the United States. Her actions represent and reflect the current president’s administration, and she serves a political and social platform in the country. Each woman creates her own version of what the position of First Lady entitles, since there are no constitutional guidelines, and each First Lady’s role ends up being as diverse as the women themselves. The founding fathers imagined the social role of the First Lady to represent the same core values that the nation stood upon, such as “elegance without excess, power without pomp, and dignity without disdain for the common man.…
African-American activist Rosa Parks was born on February 4, 1913, in Tuskegee, Alabama. Her refusal to surrender her seat to a white man on a Montgomery, Alabama transport caused one of the biggest bus boycott controversy. The city of Montgomery had no choice but to withhold the law requiring isolation on city transports. Rosa Parks receive numerous honors among her lifetime, including the NAACP 's most female courage honor. Rosa Parks ' adolescence carried her initial encounters with racial segregation and activism for racial balance.…
“Here in America, we don’t give in to our fears. We don’t build up walls to keep people out.” (Obama). These words of Michelle Obama, recent first lady of the United States, interprets that we do not let things come between us. That we do not build just block pathways for people to be kept out.…
(Obama). This question about what kind of First Lady she might be is an important question, and it is often asked of First Ladies. Especially in modern times because the role of First Lady has never defined. The founders of the Constitution never wrote job description for First Ladies. There was never a manual that was created that told these women what they are supposed to be like; instead, the forty-five women that have…