The Iron Lady

Harriet Ross Tubman was an African American who escaped slavery and then showed runaway slaves the way to freedom in the North for longer than a decade before the American Civil War. During the war she was as a scout, spy, and nurse for the United States Army. After that she kept working for rights for blacks and women.

Being born as a slaveBorn a slave, Harriet Tubman iscan be defined as a self-liberated abolitionist who is hthat is honored for saving hundreds of slaves and helping them reach freedom. Harriet Tubman struggled through her early years working as a slave for plantation owners. Harriet wapossessed ves very little worth to anyone, she never got the respect or companionship that which a person needs. She faced discrimination, racism, and torture from all of her owners. Harriet Tuman dealt with Overcoming various difficult obstacles with the help of other abolitionists, Harriet helped give back to the people by giving slaves freedom, an education, and a place to live. Despite all the of her hardships, Harriet Tubman became known as one of the

Behind every great man is a great woman, behind every great president is a great first lady. Most influential and notable of them all, Eleanor Roosevelt. Eleanor Roosevelt is best known as the wife of thirty-second president, Franklin D. Roosevelt’ but she was so much more. Eleanor Roosevelt was an emissary, feminist, and humanitarian.

Would you ever believe that one african american woman would become a spy for the united states army? Harriett Tubman born as Araminta Ross. Harriet was born a slave and raised on Maryland's Eastern Shore where the lines connecing slavery and freedom were mostly blurred. It was not unusual for families in this place to include both independent and enslaved members.

The office, President of the United States of America, is one, if not, the most powerful position in the modern world that any individual can occupy. However, there is another office in the same building and even the same family that garners much less attention: the office of First Lady. For the lack of attention both in historical records, and in public focus, First Ladies throughout the history of the United States have had much more influence and impact than they have been accredited. One such woman, Lucretia Garfield began, in her short term, to change the office of First Lady. Lucretia Garfield challenged the gender normatives of the Gilded Age, and she opened up her role for future First Ladies to exert their bold presence in the White House.

Melania Trump’s seemingly indifferent attitude at public functions combined with her initial refusal to move into the White House has spawned the ‘Sad Melania’ meme and numerous articles questioning her decision to be an ‘absent’ first lady. The tone of these articles and public discussion surrounding Melania is overwhelmingly one of shock and disdain: Melania isn’t acting as a first lady should, and it's yet another sign of the Trump family’s ineptitude. However, the real question created by this furor is not whether Melania will be able to take on the role, it’s whether the Trump administration will adapt to the norms of the often-discussed ‘establishment.’

The first half of Kirstin Downey's book, The Woman Behind the New Deal chronologically explores the Frances Perkins life up until her early years as the Secretary of Labor under President Roosevelt. She was not only a vital labor advocate but a woman's suffrage leader. Her up-bringing, education, influences, alliances, work history, and the changing world around her shaped her into an extraordinary person. She is an outstanding example of the “New Women” in the progressive era. She lived her life like a calculated chess player; practically every step that she took whether it be personal, professional, or in public appeared to be tactical.

The women that followed Eleanor Roosevelt had a wider path paved for them and big shoes to fill. When America was introduced to this new kind of First Lady, there were different reactions. People were unaware as to how much freedom the First Lady should be allowed when it comes to their role. It was new to have the president wife actually getting involved with political affairs and advocacy.

In the late 16th century, Queen Elizabeth I of England endeavored to establish a permanent settlement in the New World. Elizabeth granted English aristocrat Sir Walter Ralegh the rights to introduce a settlement to spread the influence of the Queen and the Christian faith. In 1585, the first English settlers populated the new colony of Roanoke. By establishing Roanoke, the English hoped to launch trade with the Native Americans and mount piracy attacks on the ships of the enemy Spanish fleet. Queen Elizabeth sponsored “privateering” by motivating English sailors to raid and pillage Spanish ships, and having an English colony near the Spanish colonies would increase the effectiveness of privateering. Elizabeth hoped that once the English controlled the entire Eastern Seaboard of the new continent, the Spanish would hardly be a threat. However, the English were hasty in establishing their first settlement and this ultimately lead to the downfall of the colony. Roanoke failed to last for more than a few years and by 1590, the entire colony had disappeared. If the English focused on establishing a safe and durable settlement instead of developing a base for trade, privateering, and further expansion, the first colony of Roanoke could have been successful.

The next day my dad, early in the morning, took me out of the Hotel to the French Quarter. He told me we were going to Cafe Du Monde and it was a famous Cafe. We only walked a couple blocks past some other hotels and parking lots, and then the Quarter. We got to a park where there were multiple street artists painting and then you could see Cafe Du Monde. It had a building where the massive kitchen was and some seating inside, but then their was a huge overhang that went

Eleanor Roosevelt is the world’s First Lady and is an example for an authentic leader. She stood for women’s rights and for the social justice for the poor and disadvantaged. She worked to empower women to participate in voting and in political leadership (Davidson, 2014). As as an authentic leader, she knew the purpose of her work, established and maintained relationships, had values, self-discipline, and passion to her mission (Northouse, 2016, p. 197). Her purpose was to advance human rights and women’s civil rights.

Nancy Reagan made an impact on our society, so large that the impact is still lasting today. She is a very special person because of her determination not to give up however hard life may get. She is an example of a hard worker and a very caring person.

The Egyptian queen Nefertiti was the wife of Amenhotep IV, later known as Akhenaten. She is known for both her beauty and for the power she held in Egypt. It is thought by many historians that the Queen and King were inseparable and even ruled Egypt together from 1353 to 1336 B.C. Nefertiti who’s name means “the beautiful one has come” is also somewhat of a mystery. A mystery that is still unsolved today.

Presidents are either remembered forever, or forgotten quickly. Margaret Thatcher, the former prime minister of Great Britain used diction, characterization, and metaphors to show how Ronald Reagan was an outstanding individual. Thatcherś Eulogy helps to present how Reagan was such a magnificent person.

Back in France, Bartholdi had problems of his own. The structure of the statue located in the interior was a very formidable task due to its intricate makeup. To circumvent this problem, a man named Alexandre Eiffel, well known due to his composition of the architecture for the Eiffel Tower in Paris, was hired as the structural engineer. He was able to make the skeletal framework and the iron pylons for the statue and construction continued. The statue was completed in 1884, surpassing the deadline by a reasonable number of years.