How Did Margaret Mead Change The World

While reading Dancing Skeletons: Life and Death in West Africa by Katherine Dettwyler, all you can think is “what if I had had to live in a culture like this?” Katherine Dettwyler is an ethnography that primarily study how children feeding and weaning customs, and continuing malnutrition directs to a higher likely hood of children being more likely to perish from life threatening childhood illnesses, for example: malaria, tetanus, diarrhea, diphtheria, kwashiorkor, marasmus and measles in Mali. She also talked about a wider array of topics ranging from culture shock, breastfeeding, population control, child care, female circumcision, women’s role in the house and communities, and the dangers of fieldwork. This novel really makes you think about what it would be like to live in a world without common knowledge of disease and how to prevent them. It also really gets your attention about the different culture customs, for example female circumcision, I feel like that would be a culture shock to any American.

Jane Addams, Whitney M.Young, Jr., and Ida B Wells were all great social reformers of the nineteenth and twentieth century. They were passionate about the lives of others which drew them to a calling that not only effected their generation but generations after till this day. The impact they left were building blocks that impacted the welfare of society for and shaped the diversity of American civilization for harmony. Though they came from various backgrounds they all had a commonality which was social justice and the courage to lead and make ways for others who have been oppressed and marginalized.

In “Writing To Change the World” Mary Pipher opens up her readers minds to the interesting idea that all writing has the ability to positively impact the world around us and lead to great social changes. Pipher gives good advice on how to make this type of writing and she also explains how each and every one of us in this world can make their own individual impact and contribution to positively affecting our world through the simple act of writing. Pipher Starts things off by explaining that “this is not a book on how to write; rather, it’s a book on how to write in order to improve the world.”

Upton Sinclair’s novel The Jungle had powerful political effects, resulting in his ultimate goal to create change. He was aware about the unsanitary conditions in the meat factories and therefore knew that something needed to be done. He was determined to implant a spark in readers and make them desire change. The variety of the rhetorical devices that Sinclair included helped him accomplish his goal. In chapter 14 from The Jungle, Upton Sinclair identifies imagery, personification, and pathos in order to inspire change upon the unhealthy standards and brutal work conditions in the factories.

Mead’s “theory of self” is based on the perspective that the self emerges from social interactions, such as observing and interacting with others, responding to others' opinions about oneself, and internalizing external opinions and internal feelings about oneself. The social aspect of self is an important distinction. That’s because other sociologists and psychologists of Mead's time felt that the self was based on biological factors and inherited traits. This was the normal and conventional type of mindset from psychologists at the time. According to Mead, the self is not there from birth, but instead it is developed over time from social experiences and activities.

There have been many great feminists throughout history, who have changed and shaped society, all who have worked toward one goal, to empower women all over the world. One of these women, Elizabeth Stanton who fought for women’s suffrage was able to shape the way a nation perceived and fought for the rights of their people, allowing the women of today to benefit from her accomplishments on a substantial scale.

Born in 1878, Upton Sinclair came into the world with high prospects; his mother was from a wealthy family, and his father carried the respected name Sinclair. A hero of the War of 1812, Sinclair’s great grandfather had accumulated prestige. However, the Civil War along with Upton’s father’s alcoholism left the Sinclairs with little to their famous name. As a result, the family often moved from boarding house to boarding house, unable to pay the rent. Priscilla, Sinclair’s mother, was a polar opposite of her husband. She condemned all self-indulgences; even coffee, naming it a stimulant. Sinclair followed her example and never touched a drop of alcohol and practiced restraint in his marriages, diet, and lifestyle in pursuit of higher academic

St. Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton was essential in the history of newly revolutionized America and its relationship with Rome, a relationship she solidified when she was the first person ever born in America to be canonized by the Catholic Church. Her efforts to establish religious schools in America helped shape the future of education and religion as one, instead of two different things. Although living hundreds of years ago, Seton’s legacy will live and her dedication and commitment to the church will always be vital in the shaping of America.

A lot of people don't understand exactly how brutal WWII and the concentration camps really were. Think of never knowing when you could get killed. Imagine how awful it would be to get torn away from your family knowing that they will most likely get killed and you will never see them again. That's what happened during this horrific time. Ellie really changes throughout this by his change in faith and how at the end he really doesn't care or even believe anymore. His relationships with his family have pretty much diminished. He also was just not very friendly anymore, he was very kind to moishe but then he just starts to not talk to him or be nice.

“Our past,our present and whatever remains of our future,absolutely depends on what we do now”.Sylvia Earle did was one of the best oceanographer scientist not only did she explore it she also protected it also tried to raise awareness.Today i'm going to be writing a report on Sylvia Earle a famous scientist that study the oceanographer area of science.What i’m going to include in this report is her early life,what she’s known for,how she changed the world and why I might want to do this job.

Margaret Mead got most of her information on the behavior of adolescents in Samoa from:

Katherine A. Dettwyler’s Dancing Skeletons: Life and Death in West Africa focuses specifically on the health issues of tribes in West Africa (e.g., Mali), rather than how their gender roles differ from our own

If Margaret Sanger did not influence birth control and contraceptives like she did, the world would be very different today. Birth control is mainly used as a contraceptive but it is used for medical reasons also. When Sanger believed women should have the right over their own bodies she was determined to provide women with those rights. Sanger’s personal life influenced many of her beliefs and led her to be the strong leader she was, after she was left heartbroken by so many things she experienced. The grief caused by her personal life determined Sanger to make a difference not just for other women, but for the whole world and she was determined to fight for their rights no matter what stood in her way.

Eleanor of Aquitaine has changed the world significantly today. From the time she was fifteen years old, she has made a huge impact on the people of her time, the society today, and years to come. Her married life was different than others in the medieval ages from having two husbands in her lifetime, to having the power when women did not generally have power at all. Eleanor's life was not always the best, she faced many adversities, but her life was triumphant.

An influential woman once received the opportunity in life she was waiting for when “president Ronald Reagan nominated her for associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court” (Sandra Bio 2). Sandra Day O’Connor, the first woman to serve on the U.S Supreme Court, influenced the lives of many women today by breaking the barriers and going beyond the confinements of her comfort zone.