Eleanor Estes

Can women have it all? Throughout history women have shown remarkable strength and resilience when faced with some of the most difficult times. In the biblical days there was Ruth who overcame adversity. During the Victorian era, there was Eleanor Roosevelt who overcame the death of her parents. During the post-civil war era there was Harriet Tubman who led scores of slaves to freedom. In each example above there was a woman, a mother who not only tapped into the nurturing needs of her family

Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis was born into a wealthy family and was well educated prior to becoming First Lady; however, life as First Lady came many heartaches with the death of her husband, life as Jackie O, and learning how to stand on her own two feet. Jacqueline Bouvier was born in to a privileged family in which her mother and father both fame from money. Jacqueline Lee Bouvier (Sklar 761) was brought into this world on July 28,1928, on Long Island

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

Eleanor of Aquitaine has changed the world significantly today. From the time she was fifteen years old, she has made a huge impact on the people of her time, the society today, and years to come. Her married life was different than others in the medieval ages from having two husbands in her lifetime, to having the power when women did not generally have power at all. Eleanor's life was not always the best, she faced many adversities, but her life was triumphant. Eleanor of Aquitaine is a role

Screams. That’s all I could hear when everything went black. I do not know how, but I am currently lying on the frigid damp asphalt. I hear familiar voices in the distance, and the voices are full of dismay. I recognize the voices as Anastasia’s and my parents. I have an abundant amount of unanswered questions. Why is everyone terror-stricken? How did I get here? Why am I unable to move? The next thing I know I hear what sounds like a heart rate monitor beeping in the distance. Although everything

Former First Lady and 2016 Democratic Presidential Candidate Hillary Clinton has once said,”When you stumble, keep faith. And when you’re knocked down, get right back up and never listen to anyone who says you can’t or shouldn’t go on ”(weneedfun.com). This is the kind of quote that can give you hope and inspiration. However, you don’t have to be famous to give someone hope and inspiration. So many people can give you hope and inspiration, people like Emily-Anne Rigal, Emma Watson, and Hillary Clinton

Although Franklin D. Roosevelt was a socialist, he was a powerful ruler and people adored him like a cupcake. Franklin Delano Roosevelt commonly known as FDR, was one of the only presidents with a cousin who was also a president. Franklin D. Roosevelt was born in Hyde Park, New York. He and his cousin were highly known for having the brains to outwit the smartest John on the block. His parents were Sara Roosevelt and James Roosevelt. His parents wanted perfect out of their child so James did everything

Whenever a movie happens to star Zac Efron, I always get a similar reaction from people after viewing it: he's not hard on the eyes. I get it, Zac Efron is an attractive young man that has - like plenty of other current stars (Justin Timberlake comes to mind), used the Disney Channel as a stepping stone to launch his professional acting career. However, what I've never heard out of anyone's mouth is: he's a talented actor. Don't get me wrong - and believe it or not, I see a ton of acting potential

KING JAMES THE I: King James the I was born June 19, 1566, he was the King Of Scotland from 1567-1625 and the King of England 1603-1625. King james was born in Edinburgh Castle to Mary Queen of Scots and her second husband henry Stewart. King James become a great ruler of Scotland and later “styled himself King of Great Britain” . King James was a “strong advocate of royal absolutism”. At the age of one Year old after the death of his father and the advocation of his mother James became King. “During

problems in society that no one knew of until Eleanor Roosevelt brought them to light. “It’s easy to stand with the crowd. It takes courage to stand alone.” Mahatma Gandhi said. Eleanor decided to do what was right and help people instead of going along with what other people thought. Her rough childhood pushed her to help people that were oppressed. Eleanor especially knew what it was like to be ignored. In fact, her mother favored her brothers, so Eleanor knew what it was like to not have any attention