The Change A Person, Their Future, And Our History

"If you fall behind, run faster. Never give up, never surrender, and rise up against all odds." That’s Jesse Jackson at one of his speeches in 1984, he went against all odds himself, overcame the risks and proved to America that color didn’t matter making him one of the most influential characters in American history.  Jacksons rough childhood, bravery, and human rights activism is what I think it took to get the courage to do something as big and selfless as Jackson brought himself to do.

“I am, was, and always be a catalyst for change” (Chisholm, 1970). Shirley Chisholm was a Visionary Leader and Ethical Leader by challenging the country to live up to ideals of equality and opportunity, while navigating the rough political landscape, contending with racial and gender discrimination. In this essay, I will review how Shirley Chisholm used her visionary leadership traits by becoming the first African American congresswoman to create diversity and how she used Idealized Influence to garner votes to run for U.S. presidency. Additionally, I will review how Chisholm displayed Ethical Leadership by challenging the seniority system in Congress and how she used her moral values to stand up for what she believed in. Finally, I will review how Shirley Chisholm’s visionary and ethical leadership behavior is personally relevant to me. First, let’s review how Chisholm used her visionary leadership traits.

“Don’t ever underestimate the importance you can have because history has shown us that courage can be contagious and hope can take a life of it’s own.” Michelle Obama

I believe that people can change a lot over time. This is coming from a person that has lost friends because of the way I was acting. Change can happen whether someone will believe it or not. People in my family do not like change, they think that if you have done something wrong you're permanently a bad person and you will never do the right thing again. My mom always told me to watch out for the kids that do drugs, drink and party all the time because those are the kids that will never grow up and never change their way of life. I didn't listen to her because I knew these kids had a chance at changing, they just liked to have fun. She thought it was a bad thing, but it was just some teenagers having a good time.

Throughout United States history, several presidents have stood out for making a big impact on shaping the foundation the nation was built on. Thomas Jefferson was elected as the nation’s third president in 1800 and served two terms (249). Andrew Jackson was elected as the nation’s seventh president in 1828 and also served two terms (349). Both presidents ultimately held the same ideals. Jackson actually considered himself a Jeffersonian Republican, although Jefferson did not particularly like Jackson (332). Jackson’s party title changed because the political party system during his election consisted of his supporters, who called themselves the Democratic Republicans, the Democrats, or the Jacksonian Democrats. The opposition called themselves the National Republicans (324). Both presidents were their party leaders. These two presidents were similar in their ability to make a big impact on American history. Jefferson and Jackson were more alike as presidents than they were different through their actions to support an agrarian republic, their desire to uphold states’ rights by shrinking the federal government, and their belief in a strict interpretation of the Constitution.

I was six feet four inches well before I was twenty. I towered over people, and I looked quite strange with my thin figure. It was not hard for me to get work, but people often stared at me. They always thought I was odd to look at, but when I spoke everyone listened and really thought. With my ability to give speeches, I gathered together many people. I fought for equality and freedom for all (Gabor 323). I am Abraham Lincoln, and I changed American history.

For instance, Harriet Tubman and Hillary Clinton are two examples of women who chose to become leaders in America’s society. They both were very bold by stepping up to what they wanted to pursue. Not only does the modern society today holds women who have become great leaders, but it also holds strong female leaders from the past. Just by helping many slaves who have been under the ruling of their owners, Harriet Tubman becomes one of America’s most legendary abolitionists because of her action of freeing more than 700 slaves. On the other hand, a woman who lives in the modern society today, Hillary Clinton, is known for attempting to run for president, but finishing in second place in the election. Because of her success, she has become a person who is not only respected from having a bold character, but also an inspiration to future generations of women who also dream of being known as the first woman president of America. Furthermore, a woman that is stereotyped by society but is trying to break the unreasonable label is almost like being conformed in a glass box trying to escape. The reality for a women could consist of being faced with criticism. The strength of one can only bring them far enough to reaching success. Specifically for women, in some cases, having motivational support from others can influence them even more than before, and will help them achieve even greater accomplishments.

When deciding who is a great leader Gigi Darricades the CEO of Valley Wide Health Systems Inc. Gigi was born and raised in Chile in the city of Chuquicamata. From there her parents got a passport and were able to come to the U.S, but she was not able to get one and there for went to boarding school in Canada and later when she turned 18 she entered the U.S. that way. She then attended a Community College because of the out-of-state tuition being so high this was the cheaper way to go. Gigi worked as a TA or teacher assistance and selling auto parts, she did this for 6 to 7 years. The University of California Berkeley was her next stop and got a Bachelors of political science and then later went back to that same college, went to the school of public health where there was only 12 students and graduated with a Masters in health care administration. She later moved to New Mexico where she worked at Presbyterian Hospital and ran the rural hospital and later merged the two together. After that she meet her husband and moved to Utah where she worked for a multinational health care doing rural health care. Which was hard because the culture was mostly men and not female oriented. After that she then attended Law school in the University of Utah. Gigi thought her husband was going to get transferred to New Mexico for his job, she went ahead and took the state board there. After all he did not get transferred there, but they did end up going to Wyoming and 18 months later took the

As someone once said…. “Sometimes people come into your life for a moment, a day, or a lifetime. It matters not the time they spent with you but, how they impacted your life at that time.” – Unknown. If it wasn’t for three remarkably wise people Ian, character of the novel, Shattered by Eric Walters, wouldn’t have changed into a better person. In order to pass Social Studies, fifteen- year- old, spoiled, self-centered Ian Blackburn must complete community volunteer hours. Encouraged by getting a BMW car from his father for his upcoming birthday, Ian decides to work at “The Club”, which sounds good at first until he stepped into what was a soup kitchen for the homeless. While slowly completing his hours, Ian

At twenty-three, Carly Fiorina had dropped out of UCLA Law School with no plans about what she wanted to do with her future. However, almost twenty-two years later, she became president and CEO of Hewlett-Packard Company - the first woman CEO of a Fortune 20 company. She was given a mandate by HP’s board of directors to “shake things up” and was later named the "Most Powerful Woman in Business" by Fortune magazine. Prior to joining HP, Fiorina spent nearly twenty years at AT&T and Lucent Technologies, where she held a number of senior leadership positions (Cara Carleton Fiorina. (2014).

How would you feel if all the events that have shaped our society today and that have caused so much pain were to get washed over the course of the years? In Oklahoma they are trying to pass a bill that will banish all the negative things from history from high schools history classroom. “We have to learn from our mistakes in order to move forward. Sweeping them aside in favor 0f preaching ‘exceptional ism’ in the classroom isn't just ignorant -- it’s dangerous instead of rewriting history we should learn from it. and write a better future.”

On April 19, 1775, Americans will never forget when many deaths and historical events occurred allowing the colonist to receive their victoriorous justice. Colonists were frustrated because Britain forced them not to have any representation in the British Parliament. This led to an American battle which had 4,435 deaths involving this event. Although, we lost many lives during this time period, we gained justice and independence from Great Britain, with the help of one of Americas strongests allie; the French. In fact, without assistance, the Americans were no match for Britains; showing the hatred towards the British from the French and Americans, thus, making it easy for them to form an alliance. In 1778, representatives of both America

For every change within a society, personal changes with “self” must happen. These social changes are important to people while, people who don’t benefit from it think changes within the self isn’t important for social changes. Personal change is a journey a person takes of discovering something within themselves and acting upon a social change. That social change is society evolving to better ways. Jane Goodall talks about her experience in a moment of truth with self being absent in a moment of need in her writing titled In the Forest of Gombe, where she spends a few weeks in the forest following chimpanzees has helped her cope with her grief of her husband. She comes to the realization that her “self” was nonexistent and everyone in

Who has been a influence to you? Mom, dad, or anyone in your life? Well, there always that someone or person who has or had influenced you or even changed your life during you past years in your life. My influence is my one and only father. My father has influenced me in so many ways that has actually changed my life. The main three ways were for me to keep on task, keep safe and stay out of drugs and, and mostly, to believe in yourself.

The end of school came eventually, and I abandoned dreams of the sixth grade. Luckily, I was transferring to another elementary school, but this offered me little consolation. Only dummies have to repeat a grade.