Nellie Tayloe Ross

Americans were against the ERA, because they believed it would hinder women’s rights and not provide women protection in the work force (Appleby, Brinkley, Broussard, McPherson, Ritchie). Although the ERA was presented to Congress on several occasions between 1923 and 1972, the ERA has failed to be included in the United States Constitution (“The Equal Rights Amendment”). Near the end of the twenties, women were appointed to local, national, and state committees. Women were also allowed to serve on juries. Women began to have an impact on the federal government; this was the start to political equality for women (Benner). Nellie Tayloe Ross was married to William Bradford Ross, the governor of Wyoming. William Ross died during his term due to surgery complications. Nellie Ross took the place as governor of Wyoming for her husband (Simon). Nellie Tayloe Ross was the first female to serve as a United States governor (Tomyn). One of the most famous women of politics during the 1920s was Eleanor Roosevelt. In 1924, Eleanor became a member of the board of the bi-partisan Women’s City Club. This organization’s intention was to notify women about political and social issues (“Biography of Anna Eleanor Roosevelt”). Additionally, she worked with the League of Women Voters; she assisted in the Women’s Suffrage Movement (“Eleanor Roosevelt Contributions”). Through her New York governorship and membership of numerous political organizations, Eleanor was quite beneficial for…

Reel was the first woman in the United States elected as Wyoming's Superintendent of Public Instruction. Wyoming was recognized as the Equality State due in large part to these and other important historical firsts. Other firsts for women included the election of Nellie Tayloe Ross, the first woman elected governor of a U.S. state, in 1925. Nellie Davis Tayloe was born in 1876 in St. Joseph, Missouri. Her family moved to Omaha, Nebraska where she became a kindergarten teacher and taught for a…

The Industrial Revolution was a time of modification for the United States of America. The old ways of life were scrapped, melted down, and reformed into a powerful machine of industry. But as the economy and boomed, society rotted and decayed. Poverty was rampant everywhere and death infested the cities. The Progressive Era served as a time in which the wrongs of the Industrial Revolution were righted. Journalists, politicians, suffragists, and more rallied to clean the filthy and corrupt…

American journalist Nellie Bly exposed a harrowing truth about Blackwell’s Island asylum for the mentally disturbed, “The insane asylum on Blackwell’s Island is a human rat-trap. It is easy to get in, but once there it is impossible to get out.” This in turn, led to a massive investigation, that would eventually cause Blackwell’s Island to rise from its trenches. However, if it weren’t for Bly’s courageous act to admit herself in such an inferno, no one would ever be aware of what happened…

Bleachers was written by John Grisham. This novel was published in 2003. John Grisham was born on the eighth of February in 1955 in the town of Jonesboro, Arkansas. Grisham really wanted to be a professional baseball player but later in life he realized he didn't have the kind of talent to make it with that career so it decided to attend Mississippi State University where he would major in accounting and later on would graduate from law school to become a lawyer. He was not done after this…

Nellie Bly, was once just an American woman with a dream to pursue a career in journalism, until opportunity came knocking at her door. While trying to come up with new ideas for her groundbreaking news column, Bly found herself wondering if she could travel the world in less than eighty days. Traveling the entire globe in under eighty days was no small feat, but it was also difficult to even get the trip approved by her editors for a number of reasons. After months of being denied because of…

Around the World with Nellie Bly Women in journalism owe their career path to Nellie Bly. Bly was a famous journalist who traveled the world in 72 days, prompted social reforms and was the first women in her field. She pioneered investigative journalism which is a branch of journalism. Investigative journalism is gathering many sources and going very in depth on a subject that is a current issue or to prompt social reform. Bly chose current social issues of her time and was able to get her…

institution said to her, "Criminals are given every chance to prove their innocence. These poor, overworked girls are convicted after a few trifling questions" (Ehrlich 63). Women were thrown into asylums simply because they cheated on their husbands, were physically sick or overworked, or because they could not speaking English (Ehrlich 62-63). Nellie Bly a journalist, went into a institutions and exposed the horrible doings of the asylums for the greater good. The institutions in the 1840s…

Integration and Engagement Lifelong Learning at a Professional Level Lifelong learning is continuous growth in gaining knowledge and skills that will help you to better understand your patients’ needs and to provide the best possible care for your patients. Lifelong learning will help a nurse to improve her critical thinking skills and increase her knowledge in current clinical treatments, procedures, practice, and understanding different cultures beliefs, behaviors, and though processes in…

Coming to motown was a dream for the young man. His career then later picked up and he changed his name. He changed his name stevie wonder. He had a amazing hit come out in 1972. The song was superstitious and it had so much success but it wasn 't technically his song. It was a cover that was originally by Jeff Beck. They came across an agreement to let motown to release the song and little did he know that it would be so famous. Not only was stevie wonder a breakout star for the company. They…