Sandra St. Victor

“A league of their own” is a film which follows the story of a women’s league baseball team. The film was set in 1943, a period when baseball was predominately a male sport. The sudden arise of a women only team was met with ridicule. This essay analyzes the social structure of the women’s baseball team with a focus on the concept of status inconsistency. We examine the negative view of the females as baseball players and how the females developed to overcome that problem. The film is set…

Paper #1 Narrative – Final: Moving Through My Eyes At the age of 10 my world changed drastically as I moved 1,566 miles from Maddison Heights, Michigan to McIntosh, New Mexico, but what did I know about change? Why couldn’t I be as excited as my mom? Why couldn’t my dad move with us, then get a local job? Why couldn’t I just fall asleep like my sisters? Why does this move continue to impact my life nine years later? Why am I the only one who has a problem with these trivial questions? I…

Experiencing African Arts Festival African Art Festival is a St. Louis tradition in the city. It’s sponsored by Washington University, Saint Louis Zoo, Saint Louis Art Museum, Office of Minority Health, and Recycling on the Go organization. The festival was located in Forest Park in St. Louis. Over half of the park was filled with African artists, vendors, and african musicians and dancers. The festival was a three day long event. May 28th - until May 30th. Each day the event started at 10 and…

“There is time for departure, even when there’s no certain place to go” Tennessee williams. Tennessee Williams was a famous writer, playwright, dramatist. Thomas Lanier Williams better known as Tennessee Williams was born March, 26 , 1914 in the citie of the Columbus(Tennessee Williams 3). His childhood was not good, he had 2 brothers, he was the second of the three…

1. What were the two main findings in the PARC Case (1971)? The case of Pennsylvania Association for Retarded Children (PARC) v. the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania consists in a sue against a state law which denied access to education to children with disabilities who have not reached the 5 year old mental developmental. The two main findings in this case are the right of students with mental retardation to receive free public education and, as long as possible, include this kind of students in a…

Sandra Day O’ Connor was a hardworking and revolutionary woman that never gave up even despite extremely challenging career obstacles. Her extreme strength with these obstacles made her able to become the first woman supreme justice. Sandra was born on March 26th, 1930 in El Paso, Texas. Her parents, Ada and Harry O’ Connor, were also hardworking and owned a ranch they called “Lazy B.” At Lazy B, Sandra learned her core values of being a country cowgirl but also, to be on time and studious. Her…

Sandra Day O’Connor influenced society by becoming the first woman associate for the Supreme Court, limiting abortion rights, and helping Bush become president. Sandra Day O’Connor went to Stanford University Law School. She graduated as third in class in 1952. One of the students ahead of her was William Rehnquist who would later serve on the Supreme Court with her (“O’Connor Sandra Day”). After graduating, Sandra had a very hard time finding a job. Law firms did not want to hire her…

Bollinger argued in front of the court stating, “enrolling a ‘critical mass’ of underrepresented minority students was ‘necessary’ as to realize the educational benefits of a diverse student body” (Anderson). A majority decision was made and Justice Sandra O’Connor wrote the majority opinion after a five to four decision in favor of the university. The way the justices voted were “O’Connor J, with whom Stevens, Souter, Ginsberg, and Breyer, JJ joined, gave the opinion of the majority. Rehnquist…

Samuel Anthony Alito, Jr. is currently a Supreme Court justice and considered to have a rather conservative take on things. He is well known to lean towards making decisions that align with the ideals of a libertarian. On April 1, 1950, Samuel A. Alito Jr. was born in Trenton, New Jersey. He was raised in Hamilton, New Jersey. His father, Samuel A. Alito, emigrated from Italy and both of his parents were school teachers. Alito’s strong views on immigration originate from his father. Even through…

Oveta Culp Hobby- extra credit I attended the event on Oveta Culp Hobby. Oveta was a native texan who humbly paved a way for women in law as well as the army. She was born in killeen, in 1905 which is part of what make her so remarkable. In her time women had very limited to no rights, but she, from a young age was set firmly in her ways and unwaveringly stood for what she believed in. For example one day during sunday school a woman's temperance group came to her class. The women were having…