A Comparative Essay
Helen Frankenthaler is an American, abstract expressionist painter who became active in the New York School of the 1950s. She developed stain painting and was the key transitional figure between abstract expressionism and color-field painting (Gorman). An example of stain painting is demonstrated in The Bay that was created in 1963. The artwork is acrylic on canvas and measures 6 feet, 8 3⁄4 inches x 6 feet, 9 1⁄2 inches. In the piece Frankenthaler “combined the chromatic play of soaked paint with shapes and color so strong but also piercingly evocative of human experience that it pull the body back to smells, light, and emotions it has known in the past.” (Gibson). There are colors ranging from violet to indigo that
“They carry different diseases than we do (The Help, 2011)” said Hilly Holbrook as she struggled to hide the fact she was dying to use the bathroom during a card game at Elizabeth Leefolt’s home. She figures that since Mrs. Leefolt does not have an outside bathroom for the colored help that Aibileen uses the guess bathroom as well and she refuses to use it. She later talked the Leefolt’s into building Aibileen her own bathroom outside the house… Racism in Jackson was at its prime in the 1960’s during the Civil Rights Movement. All negro women and some men work for white families and are treated like slaves. All over town signs say ‘COLORED’ or ‘WHITES ONLY.’ You did not talk to the colored help unless you were the one they are working for.
Jennifer Viger has been with the York County WIC Program for 17 years. She started with a two year degree but then became a registered dietitian. Jennifer works as an office manager for scheduling. Some duties that Jennifer performs is:
I chose Florence Joyner because, she is an Olympic gold medalist, american sprinter, and she change the way of Track/Field. She has set and held records in the 100 meter and 200 meter events. Florence Joyner nickname “Flo Jo” as the fastest women on earth. She started trends and helped others.
Ellen Mary Pleasant was a legendary woman with a great influence. In fact, she has her own memorial park to honor her for her contribution to the world. The memorial park is located in 1501-1699 Octavia St, San Francisco, CA 94109. The memorial park is the smallest park in San Francisco. Ellen Mary Pleasant was born on August 19,1814 and has sadly died on January 4th, 1904 at the age of 90.
On January 10, 1992, Shanda Sharer was 12-years old when she was kidnapped and murdered by 3 madison, Indiana teenagers. The teenagers were Tony Lawrence and Hope Rippy who were both 15-yrs old along with Lori Tackett who was 17-yrs old. The girls picked up Melinda Lovelace who was 16-years old in New Albany, Indiana to attend a punk rock concert in Louisville, Kentucky. Melinda Lovelace was jealous of Shanda Sharer and planned to kidnap her and kill her because of a love triangle that involved Melinda’s ex-love interest, a 14-year-old girl named Amanda. After the concert the 4 girls took Shanda Sharer, promising her that she would see Amanda, and brought her to The Witches Cast.
Direct Quote: “...it not only told us the war was over but it was telling us that it wouldn't be long before we could go home.”
Canton, Ohio— Irene Ellen Crist, 87, a long-time resident of the Canton, died Thursday the 10th of November at the Pines Nursing & Rehabilitation Center. The cause was a stroke.
Debbie Allen was born to Vivian Ayers and Arthur Allen on January 16, 1950. At age three she started dancing and at age four she knew she wanted to be a professional dancer. Her parents divorced in 1957, and her mother was Debbie and her siblings were encouraged to be creative and independent. In 1960, Vivian Ayers took her children to Mexico. When they came back to Texas, Debbie auditioned for the Houston Ballet School but was denied because the color of her skin. A Russian teacher at the school saw Debbie perform and secretly enrolled her. When she was sixteen, she auditioned for the North Carolina School of the Arts but was rejected because her body was “unsuited” for ballet. While she was in high school she put her studies first and went
Being a licentious woman is something that society doesn’t like to speak on. It’s certainly not something that is discussed in high society such as in the political parties. In 1998, a sex scandal would rock the nation when Monica Lewinsky came forward about an affair with President Bill Clinton. This was a vast scandal, but was not the first scandal to happen in the politician world. Before, Monica Lewinsky there was Margaret Peggy Eaton. She would be part of a scandal that would later be known as the “Petticoat Affair”, that would cause conflict in the presidential party and with the wives.
American street photographer, Vivian Maier, was born on February 1st 1926. Her dedication to Photography was shown through the sheer amount of images that she had taken during her lifetime, which was more than 100, 00. Although born in the U.S, Maier spent a great amount of time in France. Her early images, taken in France, were with a Kodak Brownie camera in the late 1940's. In 1951 Maier moved to New York and in 1956 Chicago, where she spent the rest of her years. Taking up a job in a sweatshop before accepting another job in the northern suburb of Highland Park where Maier worked as a nanny for the Gensburg Family. There she stayed until the early 1970's. At this time she had begun photographing the unique streets of Chicago, through the
Susan Elizabeth Blow was born in 1843 on June 7th and she was the first child born out of 6 that means she was the oldest out of 6. Susan E. Blow turned into a founder of the United States of America. Susan lived in a home on the mississippi riverfront.Her hometown was St.Louis. Susan’s category was women’s edu.Susan E. blow was an important leader she was also pro- union susan also had lessons with the governesses at her house and her religion is st. louis.Susan blow was alive when the great fire happened in 1849 susan was only 6 years old.Due to her family's social status, Blow received her education from her parents, various governesses, private tutors, and schools. Her parents
Helen Thomas was a pioneer for women in journalism she became the first female member of the White House Press Corps and the first female bureau chief of the United Press International. Thomas was regarded as “the dean of Washington D.C.” and “the First Lady of the Press” (Dinoella pg1). Thomas served as the White House Bureau chief from 1974 to 2000. Thomas started covering the presidential press conferences during John F Kennedy’s presidency and went on to cover ten presidents in total.
Laura S. Haviland risked her own life trying to make a difference for the lives of others. She was not very concerned about what would happen to her, she just wanted to make sure others were getting what she thought they deserved. She was an abolitionist and a writer. Throughout her life she was devoted to helping people in many different ways, spending much of her life doing different activities that involved helping people, most importantly slaves and their families. These were things she never had to do, but chose to do. She took it upon herself to spend her life doing this. One of the biggest things she devoted her life to was the underground railroad. She also helped to make big improvements for African Americans. This almost cost her, her life, but she kept going and helping. Without Laura Haviland's demanding work and dedication Michigan would not have made such drastic improvements as they did during this time. Laura worked her whole life to selflessly help so many different people in their current situations. Laura was a teacher,
One thing you should never do is give up.Always stay true to yourself is another thing you should do.You could learn this from Betty Marie.She never gave up on herself while also staying true to herself.While she did that her career was getting better.
If most people heard the name Helen Keller, they would think of that poor girl who was deaf and blind. They would think of her and remember the stories they heard about how she was taught how to communicate by a teacher named Anne Sullivan. That is probably all they would think about her. How she was world famous because of how she learned to read through Braille, letters pressed into her hand, and how she eventually learned to speak, however, this is not all there is to Helen Keller.