Elizabeth Blackburn Research Paper

“Wake up, wake up!” says my owner, Eliza Emerson. She has been my owner ever since her husband, my old owner, died. I have been a slave my whole life and when our old owner died I thought that maybe our new owner Eliza, would set us free if I paid her. She actually liked me here and liked the earnings she got for paying me out. What I thought I could do after she said no was go to court. When our old owner died we had already lived in a free state so I thought that since I lived in a free state I was free.

I chose to write about St. Elizabeth Ann Seton because I have always loved her very caring, loving, and kind spirit. I also, chose her because my middle name and confirmation name is Elizabeth and I have always felt a connection to her.

In U.S. history the roles of society were decided by gender, men’s role was mostly the same throughout history, but the women’s role changed slowly over time. There were many women who were fighting to change their roles and one such woman is Anne Marbury Hutchinson. In “Divine Rebel” Selma R. Williams tells the story of Anne Hutchinson, who was a Puritan woman of the late 1500s, and researched information was hard to find. There was a movement later that was called the Suffrage Movement and the women who were part of it suffered similar experiences as Anne Hutchinson. The thesis of this paper is that Anne Hutchinson fought for women’s rights as did the women of the Suffrage Movement and that comparing their experiences as well as their cultures in their time periods.

Hutchinson held Bible study meetings for women that soon had great appeal to men as well. Eventually, she went beyond Bible study to proclaiming boldly facets of her own theological interpretations, some of which offended colony leadership. Great controversy ensued, and after an arduous trial before a jury of officials from both government and clergy, eventually she was banished from her colony.The assertive Anne was now becoming a religious leader to many, and this worried John Winthrop, a long time opponent of Anne's views, and the newly appointed Governor of the Massachusetts Bay colony. Winthrop recognized her as a threat to the authority of the men in power, and the thought of women expressing their views on Church and communal matters

Smithsonian, 2010. Cracking the Code of the Human Genome: Henrietta Lacks’ ‘Immortal Cells’. (Extracts from ‘The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks’ (Rebecca Skloot, 2010)) http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/henrietta-lacks-immortal-cells-6421299/ [Accessed 26th June 2017].

The Puritans based their lifestyles heavily on religious beliefs. Calvinism served as their primary religion. This religion encompassed beliefs that held on the idea that their lives have been planned out by God from birth and any disruption to that plan should be eradicated. During the 17th century, witch hunts occurred due in part to Puritan’s stringent religious way of life. The controversy between John Winthrop and Anne Hutchinson rose up out of sexism, pose of threat and flawed theory in the form of a trial against Hutchinson.

In the early twentieth century, woman did not share the right to vote or share any of the privileges of white mn but worse was the status of the African American who were living in the negative climate of the south at the time. Jessie Daniel Ames was an early civil rights activist and Texas Woman suffragist who through determination and perseverance fought to acquire voting rights for women and to change the lynching laws for blacks in the south. She brought awareness and change to the minds of individuals living in a white male dominant world.

Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton, born on August 28, 1774, in New York, New York, was the first native-born American to be canonized by the Roman Catholic Church. St. Elizabeth grew up in the upper class of society. She was a voracious reader and studied everything from the Bible to modish books. Despite her higher class ranking in society, her childhood was very tranquil and uncomplicated. As she got older, the Bible became her guide and motivation, she continued to admire the Scriptures for the rest of her life. In 1794, Elizabeth married William Seton, a wealthy young man whom she fell in love with. The first few years of her marriage were joyous and prosperous until many deaths and unfortunate events occurred. The Setons moved to Italy due to

During an era were women were not commonly seen outside the home, Margaret Chase Smith was a groundbreaking politician, who achieved many monumental “firsts” as a female in politics. She was the first woman to serve in both the United States House and Senate, the first woman to hold a Senate seat as Republican, and first women to be elected to Senate without first being appointed to it. During her time in office, Margaret Smith protested strongly against gender inequality and was a supporter of the idea that women should seek higher opportunity in both business and politics. She also fought against the ideals of McCarthyism. While in office, she stated her two primary goals were to keep her job in Washington and retain a close, informed relationship

Sarah Winchester was born on September 1839 in New Haven, Connecticut. She was an American heiress who inherited a gun company called the Winchester Repeating Arms Company in which she became one of the wealthiest women in the world during that time. Sarah inherited 20 million dollars and about 50% of the company after her husband, William Wirt Winchester, died of pulmonary tuberculosis. Long before her husband’s death, she gave birth to her only daughter, Annie Pardee Winchester, but died of “marasmus” which is a disease in which the body wastes away. The deaths of her husband and daughter left her to grieve and at some point, in a state of madness. Sarah Winchester is known as the person behind the construction of the “Haunted” Winchester Mystery House.

The woman who changed science as we know it was never even supposed to even happen except the reason they got the information from her was because she never even knew what was going on when they were trying to figure what disease she had, the doctors took her cells and found something astonishing… they were immortal however the thing they didn’t know about this cell is how to feed it. After a while they gave it the right nutrition and now it’s in many places in the world today,

Abby sunderland at ,16 years old, attempted to beat her brothers record of being the youngest person to sail around the world solo. Many people believe that Abby would have never went but I disagree. Abby was more than ready to go on such a journey around the world.

In Barbara Anderson’s book, First Fieldwork: The Misadventures of an Anthropologist, she discusses how as a graduate student she went to a small Danish town called Taarnby to do an ethnographic study of the community. When she went to Denmark, she took her family with her: Thor her husband and Katie her daughter. This book talks about the many difficulties and problems that an untried and inexperienced anthropologist can face, even though some of it is “improved upon”.

A biography is defined as a written account of another person 's life. The key word in the definition being another person’s life. Biographies are full of great information that can often times make history fun and exciting. Historical phenomenon is often portrayed through biographies allowing us to see how society has developed over time and how the past and present may be similar. Although biographies are full of information often times it is impossible to prove them to be true because they aren’t written by the person themselves. Linda Colley’s The ordeal of Elizabeth Marsh is a great example of an exciting biography that allows us to learn about British Imperial Rule through someone else’s eyes.

Margaret Rose Preston (her full name) was born In Adelaide, Australia on the 19th of April 1875. Her parents were David McPherson (her father) and Prudence Cleverdon (her mother). Margaret went to The National Gallery of Victoria Art School. The media that she used in her work was printing and her main style and characteristics was impressionism. Which means that she liked to capture her images without detail but with bold colours. Margaret’s drawings were influenced by Australian