Jane Goodall: Primatologist and Conservationist

Jane Goodall is a historical woman that has taught human beings not only about chimpanzees, but human nature as well. This primatologist held on to a dream from childhood that advanced into reality. Jane quietly and patiently observed chimps in Africa, and then recorded their every move. Many important discoveries came about because of this. Jane Goodall has remarkably changed the perception of chimpanzees and humans alike.

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Before science is introduced to the human society, people always use religious beliefs to describe the mysterious phenomenon. However, as science becomes advanced, people gradually lost in the relationship between it and religious beliefs. In the essay “In the Forest of Gombe”, Jane Goodall spends long time with chimpanzees in the forests to recover from her husband’s death. During this period, she learns new ideas from the chimps and finds herself back, and understands the complicated relationship between scientific ideas and religious beliefs. Thus, to uncover peace, people have to understand themselves first instead of focusing on problems permanently.

During a time when women weren't known to have power, one woman stood out to me because she made such a huge impact on society. Dorothea Dix was an author, advocate, and reformer and she was known for her efforts to change how the mentally ill and prisoners were treated. She helped create institutions across the United States and Europe that would help change how people analyzed the mentally ill and prisoners. The reason for the creation of the institutes, was because she did research study, and found evidence that showed prisoners were neglected. That was not the only things Dorothea Dix had a desire to change. She also didn’t agree with the saying "people with mental disabilities cannot be cured or healed," but in fact her as individual proved that wrong. Growing up Dorothea had health issues that affected her working career and from her experience she formed a desire to help make a difference in others' lives. I view Dorothea Dix as a role model simply because I can relate to her when it comes to her view on the mentally ill. My brother underwent brain surgery which left him as being known as a person with mental disabilities.In today's society people are treated much different and less likely to be judged all thanks to Dorothea Dix. It amazes me how Dorothea Dix back in the 1860's still has an effect on today's society and how we view and treat the mentally ill. She not only brought awareness to the mentally ill and prisoner's but she also served in the Civil War as

Helen Keller is a hero because she devoted her life to help others. Even though she had enough to worry about herself, she always ended up putting the needs of others before her. In fact, she traveled around the world giving speeches and used her education to influence and improve the lives of people with disabilities by lobbying and lecturing (McGinnity et al 3). Everywhere she traveled, she would change opinions towards people with disabilities. Her speeches were so inspiring and so successful, that countries, presidents, and royal families would all send her invitations. We can all see that she helped people who once lost hope. She took a long part of her lifetime to lecture those who needed to be

Have you ever had a dream to live with warm fuzzy animals or to hold a chimpanzee’s hand? Well Jane Goodall was one of those lucky people who actually got to go out into the jungle and live with chimps. Jane was the first scientist to ever learn and experience chimpanzees behaviors and have they chimps adapt to her like she was part of their family. Without the wonderful paleontologist Jane Goodall, we would not know what we do today.

Jane Goodall was a very successful Ethologists who studied the behavior of Tanzania Chimps. She was born on April 3rd, 1934 and in London, England. Her father and mother were Mortimer Herbert Morris-Goodall and Margaret Myfanwe Joseph and she had one sister named Judith Goodall. In her later years she got married to Derek Bryceson and had her son Hugo Eric Louis van Lawick.

Henrietta Lacks was a strong-willed, compassionate women that had a love for life. She always put her family first, not only her immediate family but her extended family as well. She never complained, worked hard and fought up until her death. She was humbled and lived a selfless life.

Imagine being tested on by scientists with unsafe products, or being abused just because you are another species. Jane Goodall stands against that. She believes that animals should have an equally happy life as humans, and that keeping a clean environment is a way to do it. Goodall has proven many people wrong through her research and discoveries. This is why Jane Goodall should be considered a hero, because of the work she has done that has positively affected the environment, animals lives, and what we have learned.

Sacagawea is a hero for all the things that she did during this trip. She is best known for going on the voyage with Lewis and Clark to discover new things. Her husband had been chosen to go with Lewis and Clark and other people, leaving her to come along even during pregnancy. There she suffered a very difficult journey of sickness and harsh weather. She was a kind, brave and courageous woman who accomplished a lot. Sacagawea was a popular Native American that impacted the decade in many good ways.

What do you think of when you think of a hero? According to the Oxford dictionary, a hero is a person who is admired for courage, outstanding achievements, or noble qualities. Heroes are especially popular in Greek myths and legends. Most showed generous behavior, even if it was not obvious until the lesson was learned. Oprah Winfrey is one of the most generous people of our time. I believe Oprah Winfrey is a hero because she uses her past experiences to inform, support, and help others, uses her money, fame, and time to help people, and shows incredible emotional and spiritual strength.

When asked "Who is your hero?", people are prone to say the orthodox answer of "Spider-Man." The word hero can have another context other than someone in a fiction series. An honorable hero is Maya Angelou because she has given many contributions to affect history since 1928 when she was born. Maya Angelou is a southern African-American woman who endeavored many hardships, but became an inspiration to women across the world by how she overcame them. During the time she was born, racial prejudice was still a problematic situation; however, Angelou voiced these issues and became well known for speaking up. Maya Angelou is a hero with many traits such as courage, perseverance, and skillful intelligence.

“Compassionate people are geniuses in the art of living, more necessary to the dignity, security, and joy of humanity than the discoveries of knowledge.” -- Albert Einstein

This report will investigate on strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats of Jane Goodall Institute Hong Kong by personal observation and experience in the organization. The report will first illustrate different factors affecting the organization in the four dimensions of SWOT. Through screening strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats, it will help me to draw insights from its current strategies of exploiting the advantages and dealing with the disadvantages. Recommendations for its further development will also be outlined at the end of this paper.

There are 6.5 million species of land mammals. Wildlife biologists get the privilege of studying and spending time with these animals as their everyday life. I should be a wildlife biologist so I can study land mammals.