Eva Peron Research Paper

Colonial Latin American society in the Seventeenth Century was undergoing a tremendous amount of changes. Society was transforming from a conquering phase into a colonizing phase. New institutions were forming and new people and ideas flooded into the new lands freshly claimed for the Spanish Empire. Two remarkable women, radically different from each other, who lived during this period of change are a lenses through which many of the new institutions and changes can be viewed. Sor Juana and Catalina de Erauso are exceptional women who in no way represent the norm but through their extraordinary tales and by discovering what makes them so extraordinary we can deduce what was the norm and how society functioned during this era of Colonial

Salomé Ureña de Henríquez is one of the most influential poets of the Dominican Republic in the nineteenth century. Her roles as a daughter, writer, patriot, teacher, wife, and mother blended throughout her life, and inspired her acclaimed poems. As an advocate for women’s education, she opened the doors of higher education to the women of her period and then on.

About 70 years ago, a woman came by transforming the century for women. During her life she taught women many things. Lots know her as the “one girl revolution”. Mrs. Margaret Sanger. Margaret influenced and helped many. Though Margaret Sanger 's revolution may be even more controversial now than back than during her 50-year career of national battles, her opinions can teach us many lessons.

In 1961, she won the best supporting actress in the Academy Award for her role in the West Side Story. Another example that lead to the main claim of the movie was the story of Herman Badillo. He was an orphan from Puerto Rico that arrived in New York by 1941, because his parents died from tuberculosis. He went to Haaron High and graduated from there. He became Bronx Borough President in 1966, and he made a friend with President Kennedy. He became extremely important person for the Latino society, especially Puerto Ricans, because he helped them to vote in an election. He paved a way for many Puerto Ricans to vote and he also fought against discrimination. Later in his life, he became a Congressman and he opened up a way so that all races can vote. Another evidence that support the main claim of the movie was the story of Manuel Capo. He was an immigrant from Cuba, that leave the country because of Fidel Castro. Him and his sons moved to Miami to start a small business. However, they didn’t know how to speak English, so it was hard for them at

I am Eva Rapaport . I was the only child . I was born to non-religious Jewish parents . I was born on October 27th , 1929 . My father was a journalist and my mom loved taking trips . I have a cousin that is two years older than me that I loved spending time with . FOUR MONTHS LATER , my dad was harassed by the Gestapo or the secret state police , that turned out bad . I was always getting called bad names by my best-friends because I was Jewish and I was different from them . My friends never wanted to be by me and they never wanted to talk to me unless they was criticizing me . They told people they couldn’t be around me .My parents soon said we had to escape , so , we eventually evacuated by trains . During my third grade year , there were

Ruby Laffoon (January 15, 1869 – March 1, 1941) was a politician from the U.S. Commonwealth of Kentucky. He was the Commonwealth's 43rd governor, serving from 1931 to 1935. At age 17, Laffoon moved to Washington, D.C. to live with his uncle, U.S. Representative Polk Laffoon. He developed an interest in politics and returned to Kentucky, where he compiled a mixed record of victories and defeats in elections at the county and state levels. In 1931, he was chosen as the Democratic gubernatorial nominee by a nominating convention, not a primary, making him the only Kentucky gubernatorial candidate to be chosen by a convention after 1903. In the general election, he defeated Republican William B. Harrison by what was then the largest margin of victory

Eleanor Roosevelt (1884–1962), one of the most admired women in American history, acted as first lady from 1933 until 1945, longer than any other presidential spouse, and put that position on the nation’s political map. Yet, ironically, Eleanor did not want the job because she thought it would hamper her own self-development as an independent person. Through her own path-breaking efforts she transformed her role from official hostess to important spokesperson for her husband’s administration. In the process she became a role model for millions of Americans who applauded her activism on behalf of social causes.

Who’s Lina Lovaton? Unless you’re really into the life of Trujillo, I would expect you to know the answer. Even though she comes from a wealthy Dominican family, before meeting Trujillo wasn’t someone famous. As part of the Dominican Elites Lina had access to the best education, she attended “ Convento Inmaculada Concepcion” which at the time was the school of choice for rich kids. The school was located in a wealthy neighborhood, where it wasn’t rare to see Trujillo around. During one of Trujillo's usual visit to that neighborhood, he notice Lina playing volleyball at the school’s playground. He was enchanted by her beautiful blonde hair, and by how mature she looked for age. Using his power, and the status of president to convinced young

Many female Hispanic-Americans have had a significant part in shaping Florida today. Maria Mestre de los Dolores Andreu was one of those miraculous women who played an important role in history. She was the first of her race and gender to become an official lighthouse keeper in Florida and inspired many great female Hispanic-Americans to join the U.S Coast Guard. Maria made a big impact on women all over Florida and proved that women can do anything if they put their minds to it.

     Before Eleanor Roosevelt, the role of the first lady was not a political role; it was merely just a formal title of the president’s wife. Eleanor Roosevelt paved the way for all presidents’ wives to come by being active in politics during and after her husband’s presidency. Of course, she did not have instant success; she had many trials which helped her become an important and influential role model. Eleanor Roosevelt’s dedication to her husband, her activeness in politics, and her volunteer work enabled her to change the role of the First Lady.

The coin was small, and its value was only one dollar, but to Betty Friedan, and to women everywhere, it was worth so much more. Every person who looked at the silver coin would see not only a picture of women’s rights activist Susan B. Anthony, but also a symbol of the changing world, and how hard people had fought to make that change. This was the first time a woman had been etched into the metal of a coin, and it meant that, finally, the efforts of Betty Friedan and Susan B. Anthony, herself, were paying off. Despite being lampooned and being ignored, both Anthony and Friedan made it their life’s work to grant women basic rights. Though their lives were one hundred years apart, both feminists are responsible for many of the freedoms women

Luisa Moreno, a Guatemalan-American born in nineteen-o-seven(1907) in Guatemala City under her real name of Blanca Rosa Lopez Rodrigues. Is a fine example of ‘The American Dream’ of where she fought for the right of the Latino-immigrations and other Latino-American (mostly Xicanos) along with other civil right groups of colors durning her time in the States, with her leftist idealogy, and demond for justice and to be treated as a citizen instead of a third class ‘w*tback.’ Being born in an upper-class family in Guatemala in nineteen-o-seven (1907) moving to Mexico than to United States (New York City, NY) in nineteen-twenty-eight (1928) with her first husband. Within a few years when the Great Dressipion hit the United States she worked as

Once upon a time there was a courageous women, named Maria Julia Hernandez, who I call my hero. Hernandez was born in San Francisco Morazán, Honduras in 1939. Throughout her life she spoke up for the rights of victims during El Salvador’s civil war. She tended to the victim’s families and held an investigation by gathering evidence of the murders seeking to expose the murderers. Hernandez’s courage and faith inspired others to fight for their freedom. Her faith has inspired me to stand up for what I believe in, no matter what hardships I have to face. Hernandez is considered a true hero through her traits of courage, generosity, and wisdom.

By now they had a relationship going and many people were not very fond of it. Eva convinced Peron to help the working class and the government did not like this at all. On October 9, something happened that would start a new change in the course of there lives, the president asked Peron to resign, Peron did. And Eva had been fired from the Belgrano radio. This was a moment when Eva would speak for their rights and fight for what she believed was right. So after Peron resigned Eva organized a lot of people who Peron had once helped and asked them that now it was their turn to help Juan Domingo Peron. A lot of people mostly the working class would stand up to the media and had Peron speak in public, by now all the people were supporting him after he had spoken to the crowd and the people were yelling "Peron for president". This would be thanks to Eva and to the way she had

In 1946 with the help of his wife Eva Perón, he rose to power and was elected president. Eva helped Juan in may ways. When she tried to run for vice president she was denied mainly because many of the military leaders felt threatened. She kept on helping Perón by keeping him in contact with he countries labor unions. Eva or Evita died in 1952 of cancer.