Fruitlands

For centuries now and many more to come, women have impacted such strong change through accomplishments that have been recognized due to their gender. Over time, the number of women who have joined extreme groups to prove feminism occurs in social status’ to the workplace has increased. Louisa May Alcott, an American novelist and poet was the author to many pieces from fairytales to thrillers, but is remembered as the author who suddenly woke up in the limelight of fame. Growing up Louisa witnessed many defeats to succeed accounted for by her father , leading her family to poverty. At as young as the age of ten, Louisa was aware that she lived in a society that had very little opportunity for any women, no matter the race, social or political class. However, Louisa had a strong and powerful belief that she could do whatever she wanted, and on her own and when she accomplished her personal achievements it would then be time for her to join the “ Women” as a whole. Although Louisa May Alcott was familiar with strategies such as large movements and riots to change the idea of sexism and a woman 's right to achieve success, she bravely turned to her writing and worked her way to being the historical figure she is now admired for today. Daughter of the late Amos Bronson Alcott and Abigail May Alcott, Louisa May Alcott was born in Germantown, Pennsylvania where she spent the first two years of her life. With a philosopher as a father, Louisa and her mother, along with…

Fruitland was an utopian society in Massachusetts created by Bronson Alcott in 1843. He wanted to test out a new philosophy of creating a utopian society where everyone and every act is perfect for the society. The society was for their own good and all people were created equally. In 1843, a group of three adults and five children made their way to the Fruitland Farm where they wanted to create an utopian society to live a pure and spiritual lives. Over the seven months of living in the…

Far from a simple rejection of American society, the creators of Brook Farm, chiefamong them George Ripley, a Unitarian minister from Boston, wanted to create an alternative to the capitalist state, to found a new "city on a hill." The life of the mind that the transcendentalists so valued was one of the most important components of life at Brook Farm. Emerson, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Henry David Thoreau, and Dial editor Margaret Fuller all made regular visits. While the cultural life of Brook Farm…

deauthorized because all or some of their funds would be depleted for one fiscal year. Although the budgeting process would start over again the following year as part of the two part process of getting authorization and funding, Congress unwillingly went along with the water projects. With the stakes getting higher the President was pressured to compromise on more water projects. So the president restored funding to several projects, including the Central Utah Project, but unfortunately…

Impossibility of Utopias Many times people have attempted to create the perfect place to live in and time after time their plans ultimately fail. Utopias are perfect societies that always seem to be out of our reach. Numerous “utopias” have been created in the past and most of them have ended in disaster. Even so, that does not stop some small communities from sprouting up every so often to try to attempt to create a utopia. The sad truth is that utopias are simply not possible due to the…

(McDonough, “Life: The Alcotts”). Louisa May Alcott was blessed to grow up in a time of great accomplishment and achievement by many. However, not everything went the smoothest for Louisa May Alcott’s family, while growing up. She lived her childhood in poverty, mainly because of her father (Gribben 338, “Life: The Alcotts”). He had the family almost homeless and starved, due to the constant closing of the schools he taught at, forcing them to bounce around towns like: Boston, the Fruitlands,…

he left. This left George Ripley in a rough spot. At one point Ripley did not know how he would provide for his community. He could barely afford food for his people (McEmrys). In 1846, the central house and building of Brook Farm disastrously burned down, causing an even greater financial disaster. George Ripley was forced to shut the phalanx down in 1847. After Brook Farm, George Ripley moved to New York City and edited magazines. He died there on July 4, 1880 (“George Ripley”). Although Brook…

A Utopia is an image of a perfect world. In the years during the Great Depression people suffered great loses and the nation’s economy went down causing the worth of it to decrease. Utopian societies do not exist because people have different ideas and beliefs, also problems occur everyday, Utopian thinking can lead to the destruction of current national systems. Not all people have the same ideas or beliefs. In the 18th and 19th century there were many different utopian societies, each with…

Marci Kathleen Holcomb was born November 18th, 1972. She grew up in a family of six including herself. She had three siblings, one sister, two brothers and loving parents. She grew up in Fruitland, Idaho and attended school in Fruitland and then transferred to Payette at the beginning of her junior year of high school. She was extremely active in FFA (Future Farmers of America) and was very involved with her studies. Both of her parents were teachers in Payette and were also very involved in…

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