Harriet Wilson's Graduation Speech

Thank you very much for your generosity! Honestly, there are no words to accurately express my humble gratitude for this remarkable gift offered by you, Marion and Anne Williams. I'm soon to be an undergraduate at Virginia Tech, and I plan to both major in Astronautical Engineering and minor in Computer Science. Ever since my early childhood, I've always been fascinated by the unknowns of space. For instance, it's quite hard to imagine looking at something as massive as Jupiter when you're only given images on Google. Although the images are tremendous, just looking at the planet with your very own eyes could make an astronaut out of anyone. Yet, I'm not actually looking forward to be an astronaut. It's been my dream to work at NASA, but it's

Eleanor Roosevelt’s speech On the Adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights can only be accurately described with one word: powerful. She stood in front of all members of the United Nations Assembly, some of the most prestigious men and women in the world, and fought for 58 culturally diverse countries to come together and adopt the same 30 human rights. These rights state that all humans deserve the same treatment, no matter difference in appearance or opinion. World War II had ended only three years prior to when this speech was given and Eleanor felt it was crucial for these rights to be set in stone so there wouldn’t be a World War III anytime soon. Moreover, in one of Eleanor’s most compelling statements, she described how difficult it is for these countries agree on one right, let alone 30. However, the fact that these countries worked together in order to find common ground on the topic shows the importance of the issue, and how necessary it is for the world to have these rights. Eleanor uses anaphoras, metaphors, and allusions throughout her speech to make it blatant to her audience that the goal of the meeting is to pass the Declaration of Universal Human Rights.

Today nearly 40 percent of shark species are threatened with extinction. One of the dangerous sharks is the tiger shark. Bethany Hamilton was a 13 year old girl she was attacked by a tiger shark. Although Bethany Hamilton got attacked by a shark she showed resilience in chasing her dream to go surfing.

Good Evening my fellow neighbors. Most of you know me and for the ones who do not, I am Mabel Dodge. I am the daughter from a family in Buffalo and had what was considered the best education for girls in the nineteenth- century. Instead of going to college, I got married, became a mother and soon, a widow. Later, I traveled abroad and soon married a Boston architect, Edwin Dodge who I later realized the passion I had was no more- so I divorced him. I became bored and began to crave art, the beauty and inspiration! A “salon” in Florence, Italy that I created for the purpose of attracting the most up- and- coming artists in Europe, had me become well known and even a muse for one of Gertrude Stein’s image poems. I reluctantly joined Edwin my husband at the time, who was eager to come back to the United States. I settled in an apartment on the lower Fifth Avenue which most of you have been in for my “evenings” of controversial debates.

Lauren Stickler is escorted by her mother, Ann Stickler, father, Tom Stickler, and sister, Meredith Stickler. Lauren will be attending the University of Texas at Austin to study Mechanical Engineering this fall. Lauren is a three year letterman and will be graduating as Ridge Point’s class of 2017 Salutatorian.

Women’s suffrage was a huge controversy in the 1920s. Many women wanted the right to vote and their voice to be heard. This was the time where the flappers were in action. Women were loud, bold, and daring. All they needed was equal rights; they wanted equal pay, and mainly voting rights. During this time, President Wilson was in office. Wilson won the presidential election due to his view on women’s suffrage; he was completely against it. ("President Woodrow Wilson Picketed by women Suffragists.") On the other hand, his opponent, Roosevelt, supported women’s Suffrage. Throughout his time, his office, his view changed ("President Woodrow Wilson Picketed by Women Suffragists."). Wilson’s view on women’s suffrage changed dramatically but

Harriet Tubman is a woman of faith and dignity who saved many African American men and women through courage and love for God. One would ponder what would drive someone to bring upon pain and suffering to one’s self just to help others. Harriet Tubman was an African American women that took upon many roles during her time just as abolitionist, humanitarian, and a Union Spy during the American civil war. Her deeds not only saved lives during these terrible time’s but also gave other African Americans the courage to stand up for what they believe in and achieve equal rights for men in women in the world no

Harriet Hanson Robinson and Harriet Jacobs may have shared a name, however their lives as a whole were quite different from one another. Both born in the early 1800s, Robinson and Jacobs led very different lives; Robinson, who lived in the North, was a mill girl, Jacobs, who lived in the South, was a slave. Even just by simply reading this statement, it is quite obvious that although they were born roughly around the same time, their lives and experiences did not overlap much at all. Although there are some similarities in respects to early life and slightly later on in life, most of the experiences that Robinson and Jacobs lived through were specific to the time and location they lived during. Harriet Hanson Robinson and Harriet Jacobs lived lives that were slightly reminiscent of each other, however, overall, their lives were far more different than they were similar.

In 1976 Barbara Jordan, Congresswoman from Texas, became the first African American woman to deliver a keynote address at a major party convention in the US. She was aware of the significance and symbolism of the moment. Referencing the first Democratic convention of 1832, she said, “A lot of years passed since 1832, and during that time it would have been most unusual for any national political party to ask a Barbara Jordan to deliver a keynote address.” For Jordan, her presence at the convention was “evidence that the American Dream need not be forever deferred.”

The author of the letter to Lincoln was abolitionist Lydia Marie Child who directly quoted Tubman. According to text, Tubman was illiterate so she had others write for her; “her oral reminiscences were recorded in book form by a neighbor and friend, Sarah H. Bradford” (TWE 307). Tubman was well known for her work in the Underground Railroad, a “network of safe houses” that led slaves to freedom (Bio). She was born into slavery in Dorchester County, Maryland in 1820 under the name of Araminta Ross; later she took her mother’s name, Harriet, and the last name of her husband, John Tubman, who she married in 1844. In her early life as a slave, Tubman went through a lot of hardships. Tubman’s sisters were sold to distant plantations, and physical violence was a part of her daily life. One of her most life-changing scars occurred when she refused to help an overseer punish a young man for leaving the field without permission. The overseer threw a heavy object intended for the young man and it struck Tubman in the head; she suffered permanent brain damage that would give her seizures for the rest of her life (Bio).

Since childhood Harriet played an active role in the fight against slavery. Although she could have rested easy and enjoyed her freedom, she continually risked her life to bring her family and friends north. ³She would not be happy, she knew, until Œher people¹ were free.² (Bentley p.48) In

Good morning Principle Boyd, proud parents, faculty, and fellow graduates, to this extraordinary celebration breakfast, in honor of Our Lady of Grace Catholic School Class of 2017. Yes, I am graduating 8th grade, but I still have to make my bed, be nice to my siblings, do my chores, I cannot drive a car, I must continue putting my Iphone into my locker every night, so that I will not be grounded!  Nevertheless, I am graduating from Our Lady of Grace Catholic School, and I feel like I found a pot-of-gold at the end of the rainbow.

A brave woman once said, “I freed a thousand slaves. I could of freed a thousand more if only they knew they were slaves”(“Brainy Quotes: Harriet Tubman”). Araminta Harriet Ross, also known as Harriet Tubman, is an influential freedom figure who escaped slavery. Tubman risked her own freedom to help thousands of slaves to find their own freedom through a system called the Underground Railroad. Harriet Tubman is a voice of freedom because of the external forces she grew up with and how she repeatedly fought for Civil Rights.

I pray everyone is doing well. I wanted to follow-up with you in regards to the event SAME was coordinating with Alabama A&M. While it had been on the books for some time now, and I know many of you exerted significant political capital to support this event, I must unfortunately cancel it. To begin with, I want to say that I am personally sorry for your wasted efforts as this outcome could not have been anticipated. I understand that many of you, especialy Celeste Banks, have been a staunch advocates of these type of events, but due to internal coordination issues within Alabama A&M, they are unable to support this event. This outcome is personally disheartening, as I feel this would have been an excellent opportunity

The 1800’s were a bad time for the United States. A new country and already we had vastly differing opinions on one topic: slavery. People were on one extreme or the other, resulting in heated debates and fights over laws and regulations. A revolutionary of her time and an escaped slave, Harriet Tubman was singlehandedly the most effective Underground Railroad “conductor” there ever was. If it were not for her, many slaves would never have been freed from the institution of slavery. Rebellious and set on attaining her freedom from a young age, she never let anyone keep her in her “place.” The 11th child in a family and illiterate her entire life, she managed to set over 300 slaves free in a period of about ten years.