Margaret MacDonald

Margaret Sanger and the Comstock Act of 1873 - Rough Draft The U.S. women’s movement had its beginnings in 1848 when Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott called the Seneca Falls Convention in New York to discuss the social, civil, and religious condition and rights of woman (Women’s History in the U.S....). Over time, this inspired many women to stand up for their own beliefs and for the better for women in future generations. During World War I, the high birth rates led to food and supply shortages

Books that are banned or challenged often have controversial topics but many don't consider the positive effects of these books. The Handmaid's Tale is an example of this because despite including uncomfortable topics, it also offers meaningful themes and ideas. Atwood's focus on sexism shows readers the importance of feminism and equality. For example, on page 72, the author writes, "This week Janine doesn't wait for us to jeer at her. It was my fault, she says. It was my fault. I led them on

In Margaret Atwood’s novel Surfacing, memories and forgetting are large themes, which show that memories are what truly define a person and are exceedingly important to the healing process. One way in which memories are prevalent throughout the novel is in the narrator’s “flashbacks” to her supposed husband. These flashbacks show how the narrator has created fabricated memories, and she experiences suffering and frustration from this, showing how the narrator does not feel whole as a person without

believe will make the public happy. However, some people can only find happiness through themselves, not by anyone else. That is what Montag learned in "Fahrenheit 451" by Ray Bradbury when he had his happiness questioned and thought deeper about it. Margaret Atwood showed this concept in "The Handmaid's Tale" with Offred's curiosity throughout the story about what happened to the people she knew and the establishment controlling everyone around her. Montag and Offred begin to have minds of their own

Mandela, Mohandas Gandhi, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Rosa Parks, and countless others have, in their speeches and writings, created a perfect pairing of words that persists in the mind of the listener. Two such activists of the Twentieth Century were Margaret Sanger and Betty Friedan. Friedan and Sanger greatly influenced the women’s rights movement; despite both being feminists, however, their personal beliefs in terms of other civil rights movements often fell at opposite ends of the spectrum. Both

Thank You For Your Service Margaret Thatcher became the first female to hold the position of British prime minister in 1979. While her time in office was controversial, those who loved or hated her agreed on one thing: she gave women in politics hopes of succeeding. The former British prime minister once remarked, “[i]n politics, if you want anything said, ask a man. If you want anything done, ask a woman.” William Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew focuses on two sisters, Katherina and Bianca

international or universal consciousness. This awakened conscience led to the writers showing a preoccupation with quest themes, search for identity and self definition which turned out to be search for inner space. This phenomenon appears in the fiction of Margaret Atwood. Conversely, in the canon of postcolonial writers, Atwood is a troublesome figure. Despite her notable search for an understanding of Canada that is not first mediated by an English or American aesthetic. Atwood’s novels are examined in a

Margaret Sanger’s Contributions to Nursing Through her Birth Control Movement Margaret Louise Sanger, a nurse in the early-mid 1900s, was the first to promote and spread information regarding birth control. She was passionate about women having the right to their decision of bearing children. She also wanted women to be educated about the risks involved and informed about methods of birth control. Sanger did not have many male supporters; however, she used her perseverance to her advantage and

An Attack on the Poor Margaret Sanger, a birth control activist, spoke in New York in 1921 about the legalizing birth control to ultimately promote women’s equality. In “The Morality of Birth Control,” Margaret Sanger states that birth control is moral for women to use when they are not able to raise a child of their own. “The Morality of Birth Control” is not persuasive because she strongly opposes rights for people who are part of the lower class, and her use of words that weaken her argument

into consideration the struggles that some of these feminists have endured in order to achieve perhaps the most significant purposes of life: freedom and happiness. Bearing the top spot on the list is an extremely controversial, dystopian piece by Margaret Atwood. In one of her most defining works, The Handmaid’s Tale, a dark, cruel life is exposed and left for readers to wonder how someone could endure such a horrible life. Offred, a young handmaid to a wealthy and powerful commander, lives a life