Elizabeth of York

in 1851 she had a speech that became widely known by the name of “Ain’t I a Women ?” Her speech was re-written in a stereotypical southern way. Truth was from New York and she grew up speaking Dutch as her first language. In Truth’s early years she was one of the ten or twelve children from her parents James and Elizabeth Baumfree. Colonel Hardenbergh brought her parents from slaves and kept her and…

Elizabeth Cady Stanton was born on November 12, 1825, in Johnstown, New York. She was an abolitionist and a leading figure in the women's movement. She died on October 26, 1902, and was a woman who was able and willing to speak up on the Women's Suffrage Movement more than any other woman, and things involved in women's equality. She spoke out on wide spectrums of issues from the primacy of legislatures over the courts and constitution, to women’s right to ride bicycles. Elizabeth Cady Stanton…

From 1821-1910 Elizabeth Blackwell being the first female to get her medical degree in the U.S. lead 70,000 plus women into the medical field. She found the New York Infirmary allowing women to practice medicine. Without her actions the U.S Sanitary Commission would never have existed during the Civil War, which provided training for women to be able to care for wounded soldiers. Overall she changed the face of medicine in promoting women’s education in the U.S. and in London. The First Female…

Henry VII of England Born: 28th January 1457, Penbroke Castle, Wales. Parents: Margaret Beaufort, Countess of Richmond and Edmund Tudor, 1st Earl of Richmond. Siblings: - Married: Elizabeth of York, died 1503 Children: Arthur, Margaret, Henry VIII, Elizabeth Tudor, Mary, Edmund, Kathrine. Died: 21st April 1509, Richmond Palace. Buried 11th May 1509 in Westminster Abbey. Brief Summary (Write a brief summary of there life. Highlight the key areas of their life) Henry was born on 28th January…

For this essay I will be doing a biography over Elizabeth Blackwell. Elizabeth Blackwell was born on February 3, 1821, in Bristol, England. She came from a big family. There were 9 children. There were five girls and four boys. Anna Blackwell, Marian Blackwell, Elizabeth Blackwell, Samuel Charles Blackwell, Henry Brown Blackwell, Emily Blackwell, Sarah Ellen Blackwell, John Howard Blackwell, and George Washington Blackwell where all the children of Samuel and Hannah Blackwell. When she was…

dowager, Elizabeth taking solace in a church marked the end of Elizabeth’s reign of England. She was forced to acknowledge Richard as the King of England in order to leave the sanctuary and permit Richard to provide for her and her daughters. This was the same king who was rumored to have murdered or ordered the execution of her four sons. However, Elizabeth’s last ditch effort to establish her power in England came from the potential betrothals to her eldest daughter, Elizabeth of York. During…

Henry VII is remembered in history as having ended the Wars of the Roses and uniting a bitterly divided England. By defeating Richard III at the Battle of Bosworth in 1485 and marrying Elizabeth of York he brought together the Houses of Lancaster and York under his new Tudor banner. However, Henry’s reign was not going to be straightforward and he had many issues which challenged his security on the throne. Henry had to ensure he dealt with rivals to the throne as well as making sure he ruled…

Woman’s Rights Women had very few rights in the 1800’s; as a result, many strong women’s rights activists took a stand for women and their rights. As said by Elizabeth Cady Stanton, “ We hold these truths to be self- evident: that all men and women are created equal.” The beginning of women’s rights, the women and men who fought for them, and the lasting effects are major factors in the history of women’s rights. Women’s rights, also known as Women’s suffrage, became a difficult situation with…

Meera Subramanian also discusses something relatively similar to what Jacobsen argues in his article. Meera Subramanian, an award-winning journalist who has been published in the New York Times, Nature, discusses the effects that Hurricane Sandy had on New York City. She specifically talks about one section of New York called Rockaway beach. She goes there to find out how they are preparing for storms such as Hurricane Sandy. Richard George, a local artist that had no experience or knowledge…

age. She spent most of her life working with social causes. Susan was the second oldest of eight children. Her family moved to Battenville, New York in 1826 and sent her to a Quaker school. After her father’s business failed in the 1930s Susan returned to help her family and found a job…