The Sally Kristen Ride

Initially, Ulrich focuses on three famous women throughout her essay. Starting with Mae West, a Hollywood actress whose on-screen misbehavior ultimately led to her fame. At the time of her popularity, her behavior allowed her audience to experience what was not normally seen on screens. Known for her provocative nature on camera, West became the star of various movies and therefore added herself into history. After Mae West, Ulrich mentions Rosa Parks, who is most famously known for refusing to give up her seat on the bus to a white man. Ulrich states, “A first-year student at California university told me that to make history, people need to do the unexpected. She offered the example of civil rights activist Rosa Parks...I like her emphasis

Amelia Earhart inspired many women to follow their ambitions and dreams. She is still a symbol of the power and perseverance of American women. When she first saw an airplane, she wasn’t very interested, but as soon as she left the ground at a stunt-flying exhibition, she knew that she had to fly. Six

Ride was one of six women first allowed into the astronaut program at NASA. The reason women were finally let in was because of all of the women’s rights movements. Sally ride was setting a huge example for women everywhere. She

Many women have had an impact on science over the years and their accomplishments tend to be underappreciated by the public eye. Often times, there are important people that have made a significant impact on the world that we have today that do not receive the credit and attention that they deserve for their accomplishments. Recognizing and acknowledging people that have made an impact on society now and in the past, is an important part of learning about history and the accomplishments of the past.

Strong-willed, intelligent, and motivated are only some of the words we can use to describe Betty Friedan. Credited as being the mother of the second wave of feminism, Friedan was an influential women’s right activist during the twentieth century but her legacy has continued to strive well into the twenty-first century. Friedan is the author of a variety of books including The Feminine Mystique, which became a phenomenon because of its powerful message to women for self-exploration outside their traditional roles. This book helped to define Friedan’s role in the fight for women empowerment and equality. It evoked emotions in many women who agreed that they did not want to fulfil traditional roles, creating an atmosphere of change. She was also the cofounder of the National Organization for Women (NOW), serving as its first president and also helped to create the National Association for the Repeal of Abortion Laws and the National Women’s Political Caucus. With these organizations, Friedan became the face of the women’s movement and encouraged women to take a stand against the pathological idealization of women by creating a sense of community

Betty Friedan believed that women should feel and be treated equal to men. Friedan fought for women to embody their power and worth. She was an activist for the women’s rights movement and a founder of the National Organization for Women (NOW). Her book, The Feminine Mystique, connected with her readers by illustrating the standards that women were put under for decades. In the 60’s, women were viewed as nothing but maids and child-bearers. Many women were hesitant to take a stand for this taboo subject; their own rights. Friedan took initiative when everyone else was afraid to. Betty Friedan’s contribution clearly advanced the progression of women’s equality. She accomplished this by writing her famous book, giving a debatable speech, and founding the National Organization for Women.

Amelia Earhart was an icon. She was a feminist. Not only a pioneer but also brave. During Amelia’s life, all the goals she had achieved were attained through pure perseverance and resilience. While Earhart had become well-known for being the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean, she was likewise known throughout the world for her individual developments and aid in the feminist movement. She acknowledged a grander purpose in life which was the desire to live a life that surpassed beyond home and being confined in society. Her achievements in becoming an active feminist and succeeding in her dreams and goals prove her resilient courageous nature of being a woman during the 20th century despite being in a male dominant society.

Out of 2,000 she was one of the 15 chosen on June 4,1987 She had become the first African American women to be admitted into the training program. Unfortunately the challenger and columbia shuttle’s had just destroyed when she applied her resume because it took a while for NASA to recover. After completing extensive training she was assigned to the shuttle Endeavor for a 190 hour mission. On September 20,1992 Mae became the first colored women in space. Which she commented that “Society should recognize how much both women and members of other minority groups can contribute if given the

The fact the Bessie was an african american women who just happens to be more successful than most of the white men( Placard H, The twenties) changed peoples views on things in this century. Especally the women.Men have so many expectations when it comes to woman and girls. We cook,clean,take care of the kids.etc and we never get enough credit. This is how it was when the men went and works of the fields while the women stayed home and did housework. This was because the women couldn't get hired just for our gender and we still get discriminated against for being hard working women who can do just as much stuff as the men

Sojourner Truth will be remembered for her work against slavery and as one of the most powerful women’s rights activists during nineteenth century. Sojourner Truth was sold into slavery and escaped to freedom. Her escape to freedom led her to give many speeches on the abolishment of slavery. Truth had a very strong feministic opinion knowing, from her point of view, that, “If the first woman God ever made was strong enough to turn the world upside down all alone, these women together ought to be able to turn it back, and get it right side up again! And now they is asking to do it, the men better let them,”. The death of Truth came with a great legacy and her name will always be remembered. Sojourner Truth is recognized as one of the most exceptional women’s rights activists and abolitionists who escaped slavery, and will continue to be remembered for her great impact and legacy on the United States.

She was an American physicist, and she was the astronaut of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. She joined NASA in 1978, and she performed STS-7 and STS-41-G tasks before she left NASA. In 1983, she was the first woman who went into space. After she left NASA, she became a professor of physics of University of California, San Diego. After the death of Ride, in her obituary, she published her same-sex partner Tam O-Shaughnessy, who became the first public to admit that homosexual

Celebrities these days are immediately recognized, whether it be by face or name. However, they are not the only ones. There are people who have engraved their name in history because of the things they’ve achieved. The road to becoming a huge historical figure is not easy, especially if one were an African American woman growing up in the 20th century. No matter how tough the road, that didn’t stop Rosa Parks from driving on it, or should one say it didn’t stop her from staying seated on the bus driving on it.

Sojourner Truth’s words in her speech, “Ain’t I a Woman?” served as an anthem for women everywhere during her time. Truth struggled with not only racial injustice but also gender inequality that made her less than a person, and second to men in society. In her speech, she warned men of “the upside down” world against the power of women where “together, [women] ought to be able to turn it back, and get it right side up again!” Today, America proudly stands thinking that Truth’s uneasiness of gender inequality was put to rest. Oppression for women, however, continues to exist American literature has successfully captured and exposed shifts in attitude towards women and their roles throughout American history.

Sally Kristen Ride was born on May 26th 1951 in Los Angeles, California. She died on July 23rd 2012 after 8 long months of battling pancreatic cancer at the age of 61. After high school, she attended Stanford University in California. She earned bachelor's, master's and doctorate degrees in physics. On June 18th 1983 Ride became the first American Female to fly in outer space, in 1984 she went again and is the only person to have ever gone on both missions. Overall she is the third female in space after two Russian astronauts. She is also the youngest American (both male and female) to have gone into space at the age of 32. From a group of over 8,000 applicants she was chosen to join NASA in 1978. She was one of six women selected to the astronaut

Discovery, or the “return to flight,” was going to return NASA to the business of human spaceflight. Two years after the loss of the seven crew members of Columbia, NASA officials were confident that all necessary modifications had been corrected within the shuttle’s external fuel tank design and upgrading its flight hardware. NASA also placed cameras, visual tracking, and inspection equipment in order to record footage of the space shuttle as it lifted off into space. The crew members of Discovery consisted of commander Eileen Collins, who became the first woman to command a space shuttle flight, pilot James Kelly, and mission specialists Charles Camarda, Wendy Lawrence, Soichi Noguchi, Steve Robinson, and Andy Thomas. Their mission was to