Black Suffragists Essay

Kids and adults today don’t care as much for an education like Keller and Douglass did in these stories. Keller and Douglass wanted to learn so badly that they went through the struggles that they had to. Hellen Keller was a blind and deaf woman and Fredrick Douglass was an African American slave that was not allowed to learn. Both "The Story of My Life" and "Narrative or the Life of Fredrick Douglas, an American Slave" share the central idea that education is worth the struggle they had to go through, but they do so in different ways To begin with, Keller’s struggle with education was different from Douglass’s because she was blind. When Miss. Sullivan, was trying to teach Keller what water was and how to spell it, she was having a hard time with it so Miss. Sullivan thought it would be a good idea to make it more physical for her. She took Keller out to the well house and put her hand under the running water, “Suddenly I felt a misty consciousness as 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 cool something that was flowing over my hand.” As well as the doll that the children at Perkins Institution made, “When I had played with it for a while, Miss Sullivan slowly spelled into my hand the word ‘d-o-l-l,’ I was at once interested in this finger play and tried to imitate it.” Keller’s struggled to learn since she had to learn by feel and touch. Now,…

The suffragists had to face a series of challenges in their fight for equal rights. Wyoming was the first state that give women equal rights with men to vote in all elections by 1869 and 1870. Little by little, more states such as Montana, Washington, Nevada, and Oregon embrace women suffrage. Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, Lucy Stone, and other women leaders had to struggle to gain the right to vote in the same terms as men. Their efforts paid off, and finally by 1920, the…

Perspective, the most powerful thing on earth. A statement of my own so therefore not entirely factual, but true none the less. The very definition of perception is, “The way you think about or understand someone or something (Unknown, 2016)”. Is this not the very thing that causes us to take sides in conflict or to act on something that doesn’t seem right? We are not born with the understanding that “White is Right” we are taught this from a very young age by our predecessors; our parents, our…

United States, especially with the increase of gun related violence in recent years. In this analysis I will be comparing and contrasting two political cartoons with opposing views concerning America’s gun politics. The first political cartoon that I have chosen to analyse was created by David Horsey and published in Hearst Newspapers in 2011. This cartoon is colored, and divided horizontally into two frames. One on the top and the other on the bottom. In the top and smaller of the two…

His name is Micheal. Josie He has a silver mullet. Rachel We chose this name because it means miracle. Josie We found him in Fareway. Josie He was eating bananas in the fruit section. Josie He must like bananas. Rachel That is what he eats for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Josie We got him because he’s big. Rachel He lives about 340 years old! Josie He is now 21 years old. Josie The longest reindeer to live was 351! Josie He likes to learn about the alphabet. Rachel He is the biggest reindeer…

recognizable due to its vast surface area and color contrast, as previously stated. However, the finish and composition help distinguish it from other similar pieces, as well. When first approaching it, the piece seems to be a giant, flat print spanning from floor to ceiling and about stretches about twelve feet wide. Each side is roughly six feet wide. The piece itself was composed of vinyl and latex paint and is very reflective. The print on the left side is done in a black font with a white…

Krishna. While green, another universal symbol, represents agriculture and the harvest, it is also the color of Islam, one of the predominant religions followed in India. In the Indian flag, the color green symbolizes faith and fertility. Furthermore, in similarity of the American representation of purple, Indians connect deep shades of purple to wealth, luxury, and royalty. Orange, or better known as saffron, represents strength and courage on the Indian flag. Aforementioned are the most common…

In the painting Four Wooden Sculptures (Vier Holzplastiken) (recto)/ Ice Skater (Schlittschuhläufer) (verso), by Ernest Ludwig Kirchner two visual elements present are color and space. In both pieces, the artist uses the colors brown, black, red, white, green and blue in both paintings. In the ice skater piece, the blue symbolizes the sky, white equals snow, green means the ground, the brown and red colors outline the figure, the black shows the ice skates and face and gives the figure a sense…

biggest types of art, it is famous and a lot of people like it. However, digital print is one of the several types of art. Janna Citrus Rueger is one of the artists who has talent and becomes known quickly. digital print is one of one of her art and she had a nice picture called "Selfie", it is in McCutchan/pace Art Gallery in USI, and it was created in 2014. Selfie is a picture of a woman without nose, mouth, and eyes. Janna has a lot of meanings for the audience. There is a frame and inside…

In the hit Netflix original series, Orange is the New Black, a variety of the characters introduced to the audience have clear signs of having some sort of mental health condition that is obviously not going to be taken care of within the confounds of the prison walls. The best example of someone suffering from a health condition that isn’t receiving proper care is Suzanne Warren, otherwise known as “crazy eyes”. A character who also suffers from a mental disorder, but isn’t quite as obvious as…