North-South divide

of the world. For Jones, the oldest member of this group, this “served as an example that women could be more than nurses or teachers, as she’d been told in grade school” (Rejcek 2009). And as Terrell said (Rejcek 2009), “To me, [the visit to the South Pole] was in part to say, ‘The only bounds you have are the ones you put on yourself.’” Furthering this, American biologist Mary Alice McWhinnie became the first female chief scientist of an Antarctic research station in 1974. In the 1960s she…

As the dust settled after the Civil War, the United States looked to rebuild and bring back together their broken country. In the South, the people were defeated and under the control of the North which resulted in the lives of the freed slaves becoming somewhat improved. But it was not long after that the ex-confederate states started to revert to their ways of treating the blacks as inferior. They passed a series of laws to attempt to restrict black’s freedom and continue to keep them as a…

The Vietnam War was one of the most divisive conflicts in American history. The drawn out clash grew from a financial show of support for an ally to an endless war that cost American lives,and confidence. The war dragged on for years despite growing peace movements and disillusionment with the government. Despite all this America stayed involved in the war for decades. Understanding why America stayed in the conflict is important to understanding the second half of 20th century America. America…

How Aksai Chin became the bone of contention? Mohan Guruswamy 1,260 words Indian and Chinese troops are in yet another face-off in the Aksai Chin region. How this cold and wind-swept desert became a seemingly intractable dispute is tale worth telling. It was the ambitions of two Kashmir Maharaja’s that saddled India with its two biggest security challenges. We know how Hari Singh’s vacillation led to the invasion of his realm by the Pakistani raiders in 1947 and what followed is well known. But…

Womanism 's Birth out of the Need for Intersectionality What does one do when one 's identity is forced to be divided, or blatantly ignored? From early on in American History, American Black women have never been included with women, but never included with Black people. After being marginalized in movements that were dedicated to only parts of their identities, a new, intersectional movement was created, womanism or black feminism. Black Feminism and Womanism were created out of the need for…

Australia followed the United States footsteps in this anti-war movement and on the 8th of May 1970 around 200,000 people throughout Australia, took part and marched in Moratoriums calling for an end to the war in Vietnam. Many have called it ‘the greatest single demonstration of strength that the peace movement in Australia has ever achieved’, Melbourne gathered the largest numbers which is estimated to be at least 70,000 and even as many as 100,000. The media and conservative politicians had…

The Effects of the French and Indian War During the 1754-63 the French and Indian War significantly altered the political, economic, and ideological relations between Britain and its American colonies. Political of effects the war included Britain 's disbandment of the salutary neglect policy. Economics is how the economy was doing and if the money was doing good in the region. During the and after the war the economy was chaotic and had an enormous debt that needed to be payed. Finally, an…

As the U.S. tries to build democracy in Iraq, it is apparent the difficulties are numerous. The U.S. cannot free a country from an oppressive government and dictatorship oversee an election and walk away believing that democracy has won the day. In March of 2003 the U.S. along with other coalition forces invaded Iraq. In less than a month, Bagdad fell, after 24 years of brutal dictatorship which included corruption, intolerance and fear, Sadaam Hussein along with the Ba’athist government…

Kim Jong-Il North Korea remains a mystery to the rest of the world. It holds its matters private, works in ways that confuse outsiders, and threatens those who question them. It has spent decades creating a way of life that raises curiosities and appalls outsiders through its violence and inhumane treatment of citizens. North Korea, however, accelerated its destructive path when Kim Jong-Il inherited leadership. In fact, Kim Jong-Il’s leadership brought North Korea to ruins.…

century, there were upheavals throughout Britain from religious changes. Many wanted to break away from the wandering poor and escape the persecution that come with rejecting the European church. Those who rejected the church, mainly Puritans, fled to North America and formed their own colony. With this new colony that the claimed as their own they were able to promote their beliefs, such as there was only predestination and life were run by the Bible. They also had the view as that their colony…