National Women's Hall of Fame

show portray this. I thought they really feminized and sexualized country star Carrie Underwood for her pregame song with her prancing around in a tight, shiny dress. Other feminized commercials I found included a NFL shop commercial completely for women’s apparel, a Viagra commercial portraying the stereotype of women over packing, and a girl playing football considered a “bold move” in a subway commercial. Announcer Cris Collinsworth also made a comment regarding Women in positions of…

stayed strong (Magill). “After graduating from Sarah Lawrence in 1965, Walker accepted a position with New York City Department of Welfare” (Boyd et.al.). She moved to Jackson, Mississippi a year later and worked with the Legal Defense Fund of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (Boyd et.al.). Walker worked with blacks that were removed from their homes. “Walker met Melvyn…

IDA TARBELL 3 Ida Tarbell: A Muckraking Investigator Ida Tarbell was a woman who had a whole bunch of ambition. She achieved a lot of accomplishments in her life. She didn’t let anything get in her way. Ida Tarbell was a strong willed woman who revealed the monopoly of the Standard Oil Company, created a new type of journalism, and became famous for doing something she…

It was very hard to decide which four author’s I wanted to write about. I narrowed it down by the unique and special traits they each have. My four authors I picked to write about are Anthony Burgess, Louise Erdrich, Lorraine Hansberry, and Helen Keller. All of the authors come from different backgrounds and have very interesting poems, and unique trades in their life. Out of the four authors I picked, I only knew one of the four and decided to choose three other authors with totally different…

injustices made to farm workers she realized the impact that she had in young women everywhere. During one of the boycotts taken place in California she came into contact with Gloria Steinem whom she realized the common interest to serve and fight for women’s rights. Dolores Huerta then began her journey to challenge gender discrimination not only in the farms but everywhere where women stepped. Dolores Huerta knew that the best method to acquire this was to fight with her family by her side…

Sipuel died in 1995, and the following year, was inducted into the Oklahoma Women’s Hall of Fame. However, before Sipuel’s death, the Brown v Board of Education case was instituted. This case concerning segregation in public schools came to the decision that this was unconstitutional. Sipuel v University of Oklahoma case in 1948 was an…

“The NFL still has a Domestic Violence Problem and its impacting on us the spectators Literature Review Introduction: In the past researchers have drawn on a number of theories on masculinity (Sirgy 1982, Arnould and Thompson, 2005) and social relationships (Azjen 1991, Sen and Bhattacharya, 2001) to classify and explore the motives in professional sportsmen domestic violence. Within this stream of study the related practices associated with machoism and domestic violence in a sense of…

Lucille Ball was an actress, a TV legacy, and a Broadway star. She challenged the norms and delighted people with her humorous acting. This didn’t all start off so easy for her. In reality she went through so many hardships, but persevered through so that she could achieve her dream of becoming a famous actress. The entertainment industry was greatly impacted by the pioneer Lucille Ball through her achievements with her career, her famous show I Love Lucy, and her billion dollar Empire. It was…

Some slaves would jump off of the slave ship. They would rather die than live an awful life. Some slaves would get a group together and would attempt to overpower the crew. The most famous one was on 1839, led by Joseph Cinque, on the Spanish ship Amistad. Slave importation was illegal in 1839, so they would fight for their freedom in court. Those were some of the few African Americans allowed to return to Africa. Native Americans would also help the blacks. They would tell them to follow the…

Virginia Apgar was a groundbreaking medical scientist, and exceptional professor, who not only changed the field of perinatology, but paved a path for women physicians and anesthesiology to become equal in the medical world. Virginia Apgar was born on June 7, 1909 in Westfield, New Jersey. She describes her family as a fast paced family that “never sat down”. Her mother was Helen May Apgar, and her father was Charles E. Apgar. Her father’s profession was an insurance executive, but dreamed of…