Female Role Models
Joan of Arc
Joan of Arc was a low-class young French woman who disguised herself as a man when she heard the “voices” telling her to fight for France against the English at Orléans. There she received the name The Maid of Orléans. She was born in the early 1500s which was a time where there was an ongoing war, called the Hundred Years’ War, between France and England due to the result of trying to find the heir for the French throne. At the age of 18, she led the French army to victory but was later seized and burned on a stake in 1431 for witchery, heresy, dressing like a man and many other counts. Although Joan died a criminal, she was canonized for more than half a millennium after her death as a Roman Catholic Saint. She was declared a saint on the 15th of May, 1920 in St Peter’s Basilica which is located in Italy.
This female is a fantastic role model of hope, justice and bravery. A strength Joan of Arc had was hope. This was shown though her strong belief that it was possible for her to accomplish the task that was given. The hope that King Charles would allow her to fight, the hope to complete the mission, and the hope that she would make it out alive. …show more content…
Without this strength, Joan would have never entered the battle to save her beloved country and would have given up when the times got tough such as convincing Charles for permission to do what she did. In doing this shows how determined she was to be able to fight in the battle between France and England. This event has made her a very significant women in history for she has received some telepathic message and decided to accept it, just as Mother Marry has done when she had taken the responsibility to raise the son of
Joan of Arc
Joan of Arc was a low-class young French woman who disguised herself as a man when she heard the “voices” telling her to fight for France against the English at Orléans. There she received the name The Maid of Orléans. She was born in the early 1500s which was a time where there was an ongoing war, called the Hundred Years’ War, between France and England due to the result of trying to find the heir for the French throne. At the age of 18, she led the French army to victory but was later seized and burned on a stake in 1431 for witchery, heresy, dressing like a man and many other counts. Although Joan died a criminal, she was canonized for more than half a millennium after her death as a Roman Catholic Saint. She was declared a saint on the 15th of May, 1920 in St Peter’s Basilica which is located in Italy.
This female is a fantastic role model of hope, justice and bravery. A strength Joan of Arc had was hope. This was shown though her strong belief that it was possible for her to accomplish the task that was given. The hope that King Charles would allow her to fight, the hope to complete the mission, and the hope that she would make it out alive. …show more content…
Without this strength, Joan would have never entered the battle to save her beloved country and would have given up when the times got tough such as convincing Charles for permission to do what she did. In doing this shows how determined she was to be able to fight in the battle between France and England. This event has made her a very significant women in history for she has received some telepathic message and decided to accept it, just as Mother Marry has done when she had taken the responsibility to raise the son of