Susan George : A Renaissance Man Of Sorts

Between the 1300s and 1500s, Europe experienced a period of cultural rebirth known as the Renaissance, marking the transition from medieval times to modern times. The Renaissance brought new importance to individual expression, self-consciousness and worldly experience.

Michele Alexander writes a Foreword in Becoming Ms. Burton, where she makes a bold comparison after explaining an unidentified woman: “Some people know this woman by the name Harriet Tubman. I know her as Susan” (xi). Alexander compares Susan Burton to Underground Railroad heroine, Harriet Tubman. Over the course of the Foreword, it covers what Susan Burton does, how she is helping many individuals, and essentially saving lives of those in need, much like Harriet Tubman did. This comparison is crucial in setting up the idea of how special Susan Burton is, before revealing any major information about her life. Alexander, by putting Ms. Burton next to such an important and inspirational historical figure, gives the readers’ and idea of how incredible Susan is. Throughout the book, the reader can go back to the comparison made by Alexander, and see how accurate it truly is.

Although “A Jury of Her Peers” and “Trifles” are similar in plot, Mustazza’s article, “Generic Translation and Thematic Shift in Susan Glaspell’s ‘Trifles’ and ‘A Jury of Her Peers’” highlights the differences and similarities between the two. Mustazza’s article may help aid readers to understand the differences between Glaspell’s two works and provide understanding as to why Glaspell may have changed the genre and form of the plot. “Trifles” is a dramatic play whereas “A Jury of Her Peers” is prose fiction. While some differences may be seen on the surface, other differences will need to be inspected closely. Mustazza’s article may help one to understand Glaspell’s works by providing analysis and additional perspectives on both “A Jury of her Peers” and “Trifles”.

Susan Clark faced conflict in 1868 when she was refused admission to Washington School, an all white school in Muscatine, Iowa. Victory was achieved when the case was appealed to the Iowa Supreme Court who decided school segregation was unconstitutional. This landmark school desegregation case set the stage for the future of school integration in the United States.

Unit 306 - (HSC037) Promote and Implement Health and Safety in Health and Social Care

The reason that I have decided to do my essay on Susan B. Anthony is because I wanted to show how much she has done for us Women and girls. To show the way the she got tons of right for women and girls and how she helped with other things to that were crucial to our country.

Susan Brownell Anthony was born on February 15, 1820 in Adams, Massachusetts. Anthony was the second child of 8. During the time of Susan’s upbringing females were not allowed an education, however Susan’s father, Daniel who was a liberal Quaker, believed different. Daniel believed in equal treatment for boys and girls and he allowed her to receive an education at a home school in which was established by her father and she was later enrolled in a female seminary, a Quaker boarding school in Philadelphia. Susan became a teacher however she soon became tired of that and moved with her family to Rochester, New York to help run the family farm and this is where Susan’s lifelong career in reform began. Susan B. Anthony was a significant woman who devoted her life to abolish slavery, implement stricter laws on liquor and fought for a woman’s right to vote and stand for electoral office. She would travel the United States via stage coach, wagon and the train and she would give speeches hoping to influence and expand the knowledge of those in America on these certain topics. In her life she had written a newspaper titled the revolution and she even went as far as casting a ballot which at the time was illegal and she was put on trial for this.

His response to talking about working hard, doing your best, talents, and achievements is, “I just wanna be average.” Mike Rose is quickly flabbergasted by Ken’s comment. “Average?! Who wants to be average?” Rose thinks to himself. (28) This is due to Rose’s opinion of everyone has a story, everyone has a different upbringing and we all bring something to the table with our individuality. If we were all the same there would be no fun in that. But after years of contemplating what Ken meant by just wanting to be average, Rose believes he is finally starting to understand

More than once in every man’s life he has yearned for something that is out of his reach. Whether it be fashionable clothes, an elaborate home, a newer car, or a more desirable career, some things are unattainable. George Milton, one of the main characters

I was outside in the barn, playing and petting the pup, that Slim let me have, he is such a nice fella. The pup is brown and white just like I asked George. I wanted to take the pup inside so I could pet it while I sleep. The only way was to sneak it in, because George would never let the pup sleep in the bunk house. I tucked the pup into my shirt, and put my denim coat on my shoulders. I tried to walk as hunched over as possible, so no one would notice the pup. When I walked in George was talking to Slim, but suddenly stopped when he saw me. I didn't want George to notice the pup I brought in secretly, so I hurried to my bunk to lay down. I faced the wall so neither George or Slim would notice. I pulled my knees up so the pup wouldn't escape,

Keith Richards is married to twenty-three year old Clara. Clara and Richards are deeply in love but the relationship is already hanging by a thread. Himes comments “If I really loved, baby, I would blow out your brains. Right now! Because all you can ever look forward to, baby, is never having anything you ever dream about.” (Himes, 26) This is how detrimental the psychological effects are in Richards. At this point in the story Richards can almost be labeled as a pessimist with such an amount of stunning and depressing statements. Himes ends this short-story with an optimistic thought of his pride being priceless with him working for the Army. The value of his pride, and being prepared to do anything to keep it is what brought Keith Richards thus far.

Susan Glaspell was born in Davenport, Iowa on July 1, 1876 to Elmer and Alice Glaspell. She graduated from high school in 1894 and began working in a local newspaper shop as a reporter, while working at the newspaper place she wrote articles about politics, literature, and drama. Glaspell went to Drake University for college where she graduated with a bachelor's degree in philosophy and she continued working for newspaper shops writing about women and men roles. After Glaspell retired from the newspaper business she wrote articles just for her own amusement and joined many clubs. Glaspell began an affair with a man named George "Jig" Cram Cook, who was engaged to another woman at the time. Glaspell left Davenport to publish one of her works

I learned some new things from the case article that were not mentioned in Cynthia Cooper’s book titled Extraordinary Circumstances. However, the gist of it was the same. I will focus my paragraphs based on the three questions.

The purpose of the book Women of the Renaissance by Margaret King is to explain the various roles of that women occupied during the renaissance. She mainly focusses on women of western Europe between 1350 and 1650. In the chapter titled “Daughters of Eve: Women in the Family” King writes about the positions of women in the family. In the part of the chapter that we were assigned, she depicts the role of mother. She explains the importance having children, the differences between healthy and lower class mothers, and the relationship between these mothers and their children. During the renaissance, motherhood was an extremely important job, and many women were defined by it.

Unfortunately during this stage of development, Keith was not given the appropriate amount of love, affection, care and maternal bonding time, which his mother was emotionally unable to provide due to her traumatized state. Keith states his mother did not seek professional help after being raped and was forced to deal with it all on her own; she constantly sought approval from abusive men, likely repeating the cycle from her childhood, but was not bonded with Keith as a