You made a really great point in your discussion in that Christine de Pizan was a very accomplished writer. I found on the Encyclopedia Britannica website that she was commissioned to write the biography of Charles V of France. Also, she had many patrons of royalty such as, Louis I, the Duke de Berry, Philip II, Queen Isabella of Bavaria, and many more. I enjoyed reading your discussion John, it is very
Within the past 50 years, there has been an increasing amount of women in the government. Whether these women hold powerful positions such as Secretary of State, or hold minor positions such as PTA President, a political revolution is brewing. The United States of America is lacking substantially with regards to females in office, in fact if one were to look statistically at the amount of women in the government, the United States is failing tremendously. Although the United States likes to claim that they are the land of opportunities, it seems as if the only ones reaping those benefits are cis white males. But, there are women who choose to break the glass ceiling and attempt to explore the opportunities that are in front of them, and one
During the Renaissance period, the woman didn't have many rights, which causes them to become men's property. Female author Christine de Pizan changed this preposterous idea of men's controlling women's lives when she published the book, The Book of the city of ladies. Pizan was a French Renaissance author who wrote some of the very first feminist pieces of literature. She was one of the few women that were educated during this period, which meant she could write well. Pizan book changed women confidence and made them feel as if
I, Daniel Garza, am terrified. Every night I have the same nightmare- vigilantes dragging me by the hair into the streets where they torture and kill me in daylight. Why, you may ask? Well, dear reader, I am a Unionist living in Texas, a confederate state during the Civil War. So far, no one knows of my “betrayal,” but I fear that one day, someone will, and my body will end up hanging from a tree.
Carmela D’Amico of Salon.com writes a piece entitled “Enough of the ‘US vs. Them’ binary; Why I’m writing in Bernie Sanders on Election Day” in reference to the presidential election of 2016. In her article D’Amico captures her audience of potential voters with her opinion of the candidates and the overall election itself. D’Amico states that she does not belong to a political party henceforth declaring herself an independent. While keeping a light-hearted tone, D’Amico is able to stress the importance of voting not for the satisfaction of one’s party, but to satisfy the needs of this country. D’Amico states this as her purpose for writing in Bernie Sanders on Election Day as choosing from “the lesser of two evils” only restricts the freedom that we as Americans were given.
Christine de Pizan’s view also aligns with Augustine’s medieval view of leadership. Machiavelli’s view, however, strays the farthest from Plato and Augustine. In The Book of the City of Ladies, Christine presents an allegorical city made up of great ladies from history. Allegorical characters Reason, Rectitude, and Justice guide Christine
…"Gentlemen presidents please, on behalf of my countrymen, no more help to Fidel Castro. So he will go and leave me a free Cuba from communism. Thank you very much, thank you very much ... pardon ". Celia Cruz
Gloria Anzaldua is among the many feminist theorists that has moved into the realm of addressing post-modern identities. In Gloria Anzaldua’s articulation of the new mestiza consciousness, she makes the argument of identities as multiple, hybrid, and more specifically created as a result of the Borderlands. However, according to Anzaldua, and despite the difficulties engendered by her very existence, the mestiza is also a figure of enormous potential, as her multiplicity allows a new kind of consciousness to emerge. This mestiza consciousness moves beyond the binary relationships and dichotomies that characterize traditional modes of thought, and seeks to build bridges between all minority communities to achieve social and political change.
Do you know what it's like to be starving without no food? There's a big problem with kids and not eating in America, and i'm sure in other places too. School for children is a very important place for them. Some kids don't get to go home and have a meal or even eat at all. Many school give free food to kids while they're at school, these programs such as schools or free camps save starving children that never get to eat. In the story Anna Quindlen points out that getting food stamps for people that actually need it takes more time then selling weapons. “Stamp application is twelve often impenetrable pages; a permit to sell weapons is just two.” This shows we have a big problem in America.
Another H.G.S.E .graduate, “Alison Hertz is an urban scholar and she possess an Ed.M degree .as well but she does not have an educational background. She has a passion to focus her efforts in urban communities; Alison has linked disadvantaged schools in Washington D.C. with much needed services in the communities. She firmly believes parents and community leaders can make an enormous impact on meeting the needs of children. Hertz was a tutor at New Haven public schools in Connecticut during that period she witnessed inequalities that in exist in American contemporary public school system. Her volunteer experience convinced her to enter the field of education reformation. She decided to
This is definitely wrong as Joan of Arc was an enormous role model to the whole of France itself. She became the patron saint of France and the french people look up to her as a hero. She is someone that they’re proud to have and be a part of their country. Her example showed the French that anything was possible as she reversed a war between England and France in which France were losing in. Others may say that she didn’t achieve that much at all but what she achieved in a few years, we could probably only achieve in a lifetime. At the age of 17 she became the leader of an army and defeated England in a war that the French was sure to have lost. Joan of Arc was a hero, saint and role model to people everywhere and she
An unlikely candidate to dispute the unfair, misogynistic treatment of women by men and society, Christine de Pizan successfully challenged the accepted negative views that were being expressed about women by the all-male literary world of her era. Part of Christine’s uniqueness stems from the time in which she lived, the middle to late 1300’s. The lack of a positive female role model to pattern herself after made Christine a true visionary in the fight for the equal rights of women. Her original ideas and insight provided a new and more intelligent way to view females. Pizan’s work, The Book of the City of Ladies, provided women much needed guidance in how to survive without the support of a man.
Prior to and throughout the late middle ages, women have been portrayed in literature as vile and corrupt. During this time, Christine de Pizan became a well educated woman and counteracted the previous notions of men’s slander against women. With her literary works, Pizan illustrated to her readers and women that though education they can aspire to be something greater than what is written in history. Through the use of real historical examples, Christine de Pizan’s, The Book of the City of Ladies, acts as a defense against the commonly perceived notions of women as immoral.
The assignment was about Hazel Elizabeth Deborah Parker commonly referred to as ‘squeaky in this essay the directions given to us was that we had to write a 5 paragraph essay about squeaky and a claim about her what she did good and what she did bad anything that we noticed we could write about it just had to be supported by a lot of
Zoe, in Greek in short means life, (ζωή, ῆς, ἡ). Translated more thoroughly however, means life, both of physical (present) and of spiritual (particularly future) existence. I think this reflects Alex’s (Zoe’s) personality, especially the fact that she knew that her name had that meaning. This reflects her knowledge and intellectual interest in the things that identify her. She also chose the tortoise over the hare, reflecting her understanding of the importance of patience and intelligence. Or maybe she just likes tortoises more than hares. Her choice of sunsets over sunrises shows that she appreciates the beauty of the world going to sleep, or perhaps the goings
Pizan reflected the way of Renaissance thinking. Her thoughts her revolutionary, which is a lot of what the Renaissance is about. Humanism is a big part of the Renaissance, and she wrote about human feelings, especially on the topic of love. Again most of this thinking might of come from the loss of her husband, which she dearly loved. In fact, one of her most famous works is entitled Epistre au dieu d'amour, or Episte to the god of love. Unlike women in the Medieval times, Pizan was given a lot of responsibility. When her husband died she had to take care of 3 children, her mother, and her husband’s financial debt, at only age 25. Also she lived a long life, died at age 96, which is is very different from Medieval days, when they lived to