“I declare to you that woman must not depend upon the protection of man, but must be taught to protect herself, and there I take my stand.” In that quote Susan B. Anthony is declaring that any woman has as much right than any man to vote. Anthony was born on February 15,1820 in Massachusetts. Anthonys family were Quakers, that means they are religious and Anthony was the second of seven children in her family. Anthony went to a public school until she was seven, and her teacher refused to teach her long division.…
In a universe filled with memories, cries, love, hate, and many more, it is also filled with many different types of people that wander throughout the world today. However, there are other different types of people today but are known for being the same thing, and those people are called heroes . A vast majority of people see a hero as someone who saves people’s lives by destroying the evil villain, but that is not necessarily the case. Many people throughout the world have made history in a way no one else really could. Those people have changed the lives of many people in society by influencing them to make their lives better or by knowing what choices are the right ones to make.…
Some would say it is better to be a true hero rather than just act like one. For instance, Beowulf is a salient hero from Burton Raffel’s poem who saves Herot from distress. Roberto Clemente was a famous baseball player with great accomplishments and also looked at as a liberal hero. Finally, Malala from Diane Sawyer, was an advocate for women's educational rights. In Diane Sawyer's interview Malala most effectively relates the qualities of a hero because of her leadership, bravery, and her inability to concede and through her diction and way of speaking.…
What makes Harriet Tubman a hero- past, present, and future? Harriet Tubman was a hero is a hero and will keep on being a hero for the many things that she had done. She is a hero because she had done many things for other people like risking her life and many things. The word hero means a person that is admired or idealized for something courageous or outstanding a hero this year are firefighters because they save multiple people's lives. Harriet Tubman is a hero because she had lead many people to freedom another reason she is a hero is because she had risked her life for people she did not know.…
Famous actor, Christopher Reeve said, “A hero is an ordinary individual who finds the strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles.” Many people have things in their life that they deal with on a day to day basis. Some of the people have been through so much yet they still somehow find the strength to overcome the pain and affliction caused by the many events in their life. My grandpa was a hero due to all of the obstacles and hardships he had to overcome in his lifetime.…
Did you know that Heroes can be found everywhere? Some are Celebrities who help others and some are ideals, Some are stranger that do crazy things. Anyone can be a hero. Rosa Parks was one of those people who did a crazy thing. Rosa Parks is a hero because she stood up for herself, she sacrificed by going to jail, and made America equal.…
Ellen DeGeneres When you think of a hero what do you think of? Some may say Superman, others may say Spider-Man. What if I told you my hero is Ellen DeGeneres? Ellen is a hero because she is a gay rights activist, a lifesaver, and generous. She does many things to help the world and has changed it drastically.…
Helen Keller was a young girl who had been blind, deaf, and mute after getting the flu as a toddler. After that fact, Helen’s parents hired, Anne Sullivan, a teacher to help her communicate. This means she had been taught almost everyday and worked hard to “make tremendous progress.” This is important because it shows that even though Helen didn’t have many of the five senses, she could still accomplish many things. In conclusion, by Helen not having the advantage as many others, she still got into college and got many awards for working hard, and accomplishing many things as a disabled…
Heroes are someone who stands out from everyone. Rosa parks was an outstanding woman and presenting all girls around the world and her so called crimes which lead to stop segregation. Rosa parks was getting on the bus, In a front seat where a white man walked to her and told her to move she said no peacefully. Some mean spirited bus drivers enjoyed humiliating their black passengers by making them step back down the stairs to reboard the buses from the rear door, and then they'd drive off before the black people could enter the bus.…
Keller went through many hardship and obstacles due to her disabilities; however, she did not give up and kept trying. She was able to master several methods of communication, including touch-lips reading, Braille, speech, typing and finger-spelling. In addition, with the help of her mentor, Anne Sullivan and her husband, Helen Keller wrote her first book, The Story of My Life. after college, she traveled around the world to talk about her life and became an inspiration to others. From then, she became a lecturer to talk to those who have disabilities and inspired them to overcome their disabilities and be a better person.…
but she overcame that disability and created a meaningful life for herself through language. Helen first learned what language was from her teacher Anne Sullivan, as she said, “Suddenly I felt a misty consciousness of something forgotten – a thrill of returning thought; and somehow the mystery of language was revealed to me. I knew then that “w-a-t-e-r” meant the wonderful and cool something that was flowing over my hand” (74). Language gave her the framework to express herself. Helen Keller did not just empower herself, she now inspires us to do the exact same.…
magine that it is summer vacation and you are ready to hang out with your friends, but your family is struggling financially and needs you to apply for a full-time job over the summer. As a result, you have to sacrifice your individual free time to help your family. This situation demonstrates how these two aspects are altered to meet the needs of either an individual or society. Throughout history, people have struggled to balance the rights of individuals and society, not only in families, but also at schools, businesses, and communities. Even though, many nations have started to stabilize these two topics by enacting ordinances or creating policies, there still remain many situations where the rights of an individual and society need to…
Introduction: Jackie Robinson Jackie Robinson stood against prejudice to overcome racism and left a lasting impact that bettered the world of baseball for African Americans. Years after his baseball career, he combined and published his first-hand experiences with injustice in his autobiography: I Never Had It Made: An Autobiography of Jackie Robinson. In 1947, the Brooklyn Dodger president named Mr. Branch Rickey turned the tide of baseball by inviting a black player into the national ball leagues, shocking all of America. Mr. Rickey placed the responsibility of being the first African American ball player on Jackie Robinson, to be “in the hurricane eye of a significant breakthrough” (I Never Had It Made Excerpt)…
“Helen Keller is fellow to Caesar, Alexander, Napoleon, Homer, Shakespeare and of the rest of the immortals . . . She will be as famous a thousand years from now as she is today” (Dorothy Herman 1998). What I think this quote is saying is that along with the other remarkable people she will be remembered for thousands of years. Helen was very important in American History for the changes she made in the world.…
When people hear the name Oprah Winfrey what comes to mind is a successful women and her very popular show, but what many people don’t know is she went through years of sexual abuse when she was younger and didn’t have much guidance in her life. Even though she went through a terrible childhood she managed to become successful making her truly heroic. A hero is someone who is admired for their courage and achievements they also have a big influence on people. Oprah Winfrey is a hero because of her rough childhood, how she takes action, and how she helps the community. When Oprah was younger she endured multiple accounts of sexual abuse from family members and family friends, this effected her greatly.…