Mount Holyoke College

Mount Holyoke College is a women’s college in Massachusetts. In 1997, the United States Secretary of State at the time, Madeleine Albright, gave the commencement speech to the graduating class of the college. Albright uses imagery, hyperbole, a quote and exaggeration in order to inspire the graduates to see the strength they have as women. She urges them to use this strength to serve their country and support the current administration as they work hard to improve the country. To begin with, Albright

began teaching and educating other people, she then realised that she wanted to continue an education of her own causing her to go back to school and attend college at Sanderson Academy. As she grew in age good things and opportunities continued to come her way. Mary Mason Lyon soon because the creator and founder of the very first women's college. After teaching and providing education for other people, Mary Lyon took and interest in education and other subjects. Back when Mary Lyon was just a young

society, a college degree leads to people making specific assumptions about an individual’s capabilities, which proceed to shape social generalizations that may assist or inhibit the success of an individual in the economic system or job market. Universal standards form throughout the job market as a result of those assumptions made about students who attend college that may not encourage a full understanding of an individual’s ability to perform his duties. The assumptions made about a college education

began teaching and educating other people, she then realised that she wanted to continue an education of her own causing her to go back to school and attend college at Sanderson Academy. As she grew in age good things and opportunities continued to come her way. Mary Mason Lyon soon because the creator and founder of the very first women's college. After teaching and providing education for other people, Mary Lyon took and interest in education and other subjects. Back when Mary Lyon was just a young

tireless in exposing mistreatment of those who were diagnosed with mental illness or who were institutionalized in the 19th century. She helped effect change for thousands of people. Mary Lyon was a female educator. She founded Mount Holyoke College, the first women’s college. Dorothea Lynde Dix was born on April 4, 1802, in Hampden, Maine (1). She grew up in a religious home with her two siblings and her mother, Mary Bigelow Dix and her father, Joseph Dix. With her father being a distributor of

As Solomon’s work explain, “the vogue of the lady, as promoted in English advice literature, had a large impact on American parents intent on training girls to be polished but congenial, obedient as daughters and future wives” among the community. While this study highlights data on Mary Lyon on a deeper context, their findings also discuses how the mere presence of economic necessity and religious zeal in the society significantly affected women’s academic development. In terms of the author’s evaluation

In Anna Quindlen’s “Commencement Speech at Mount Holyoke College,” she effectively develops an emotional bond with her audience through personal anecdotes and the juxtaposition of her speech with others in order to persuade them to defy societal pressure. Quindlen begins her speech with a reflection on her experience as a college student, explaining that “being perfect became like always carrying a backpack filled with bricks” and advising students to “put down the backpack” (Quindlen 20, 25). With

Woman Suffrage Denied How a changing environment can change people’s perception in love, life, and service to God and mankind. How several women with strong beliefs and approaches to equal opportunity created separation amongst the people. Examining the different rolls women participated in to influence change in America. The Second “Great Awakening” of the 1790’s, brought change to the New World. “inspired by the economic progress and democratic spirit of the age and by the religious optimism of

During my undergraduate career at Mount Holyoke College, I have taken an array of courses; with topics ranging from GIS to geomorphology to a field course that involves a ten-day trip to Death Valley National Park in California. My multidisciplinary knowledge of the geosciences granted me the privilege to join a research project with a fellow student and her advisor, Professor Alan Werner. Conducted through Harvard Forest, her project assesses the change in stratigraphy within sediment cores in Marblehead

Solomon devoted some consideration to political issues. Women’s role was continually questioned during the American Revolution, when women expressed competency in many roles. While some females joined the war as undercover spies or soldiers, other women established activist groups to protest, campaign and raise funds. Solomon considers this war to be the opportunity for women to demonstrate their abilities in “public and private spheres” that could have implications in the latter movements. After