Louise Day Hicks Research Paper

Civil Disobedience has been around for hundreds of years. This a practice first put into play by a man by the name of Henry David Thoreau who believed that if you didn’t agree with a rule then you should act against it in a nonviolent way, and be willing to accept any punishment that comes with it. His teachings were followed by famous activists such as Ghandi, and Martin Luther King Jr., and many others.

Julia Butterfly Hill is an environmentalist and stands up for what she believes is right. Hill is most commonly known for her 738 day tree sit in Luna. By living in a tree for over 2 years hill protested against the clear cutting of the redwood forest. Butterfly, a name given to her from the earth first! Group, sought to prevent deforestation, show the media the PL’s disregard for the environment and educate the public about the role forests play in landslides. She became the founder of the organization The circle of life.

Men being superior to women is an idea held by men. Women, however, beg to differ. One women who spoke out against the idea of superiority of men was a women named Charlotte Perkins Gilman.

Araminta Harriet Ross was born somewhere between the years of 1820-1825. Historians do not know the exact date of Ross’s birth since they have little to go off of. However, they were able to find where she was born, which was in Dorchester County, Maryland. Ross was born into slavery by her mother, Harriet Green, and her father, Ben Ross. Araminta Ross had four older siblings also in slavery, however, she would soon have a total of eight siblings. In total, the Ross family had five girls and four boys.

Alice Brown Davis- lived all of her life serving the Seminole Nation, in the early nineteenth century. She mostly taught, but she ran a trading post called Arbeka. She also built a ranch, was in charge of other local Native American currency, and was the superintendent of the Seminole girls' school. Not to mention she was a law interpreter, and even traveled to Palm beach, Florida to act as an interpreter a murder trial involving a Seminole man. In 1922 she became chief by President Warren G. Harding. Here, she became the first women to lead the Seminole Nation. Though, she was elected by the president, not by her tribe. Her tribe found her to be “well thought of and well respected and the people were happy with having her as Chief. “

Are morals always right? This was one of the big questions that changed the moral driven society of the late 1800s. At this time many things were changing; settlers were heading west, women were gaining rights, and with that the morals of many people also began to change. At that time, morals played a huge role on the lives of the early settlers, but some of these beliefs didn’t always lead to positive change like many of these people hoped. A large amount of people had very narrow minded ideas of morals, and because people’s actions were extremely moral based, a lot of people in society thought they were making many positive changes, when they were actually doing the opposite. A good example of this is Harriet Bishop. While she

Lee, Barbara was born July 19, 1946 in Texas, Lee moved to California in 1960 due to her parents being in the military. Lee attended a catholic school Sisters of Loretto taught her which was dedicated to justice and peace. In high school lee worked with NAACP to integrate her high school to have a mix of races in her cheer team. Lee attend mills college while she was a single mother and receiving public assistance. She became president of Mills College’s Black Student Union while she was president Shirley Chisholm who happened to be the first African American woman elected to Congress was picked to speak at her school. After meeting Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm Lee signed up to vote for her first time and worked on Congresswoman Chisholm’s presidential campaign.

Joan Robinson is a California native who was born in Sacramento, raised in Berkeley and now resides in Vallejo. She is a married, full-time mom of four children ages 6-19 and is currently pursuing her Bachelors of Administration Degree at South University specializing in Real Estate.

“I got attacked” A young girl named Bethany Hamilton was attacked by a shark while surfing in Hawaii. She was 13 at the time of the attack and lost her left arm. The tiger shark that attacked her was a huge tiger shark.

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.

Alice Louise Waters was born on April 28, 1944 in Chatham, New Jersey. She was the second daughter out of four children in her household. As a child she would pick through her families garden which was a “Victory Garden” (Web site 2), that was left over from WWII. Ever since her early years as a child she said that she knew she had a “keen sense of taste” ( Web Site 1). Alice Waters studied at the University of California, Berkley in French Cultural Studies. During her time there, she decided to do a semester abroad in France at the University of Paris (Web site 2). While in France she traveled and experienced authentic French Cuisine. During her time there she quickly realized how the French savored there food, and promoted local and seasonal vegetables. After graduating from the University of California Berkley in 1967, she headed back to Europe to study at the Montessori school in London to train as a Chef and to used it as a way to travel France once again. After returning from France she began teaching at the Montessori school at Berkley.

March is Women’s History Month, so we’re celebrating by covering the most influential, sexiest women in history. When it comes to adult actresses, Nina Hartley is a familiar name. Known for her trademark of big, blue eyes and a round butt with small high waist, Hartley has made a remarkable name in the adult movie industry. She hasn’t limited herself to just acting, either—Hartley has made her presence felt in the fields of pornographic film direction and sex education.

For nearly 80 years, visitors to a New York art museum called the Frick Collection have stood behind a velvet rope at the bottom of a sweeping marble staircase and longed to see the private rooms upstairs.

Helen Glancy, known by Diane Glancy, has been in inspiration to all with her noble work. Throughout her life, she has written twenty-one (21) novels and essays, twenty (20) pieces of poetry, ten (10) plays and two (2) non-fiction pieces. Being a Christian writer, she writes a great deal of her biblical knowledge and Native American descent but is more known for writing about Native Americans. Glancy is known to have won many awards from her work such as: an American Book Award, a Native American Prose Award, a Minnesota Book Award in Poetry, a Sundance Screenwriting Fellowship, a Pushcart Prize, Oklahoma Book Award, Capricorn Prize for Poetry, the Charles Nilon Fiction Award, the Five Civilized Tribes Playwriting Prize and the North American Indian Prose Award. This woman, I would say, is very successful in her field.

The girl I love is Named Julia Pollock. I always get shy around her for no reason, it's probably due to me being incredibly shy. Even though I get shy around Julia I try my best to help her when she needs it. i.e. On a marching band field trip Julia couldn't find her uniform bag so I helped her search for it, even if it meant that i had to stay longer. After 30 minutes i finally found and handed it to Julia, who in turn Hugged me and thanked me for staying with her to search for it. It brought a smile to my face to see her be happy. This can show even though I can get very shy around her I still love her and will do anything to help her regardless how long it