Princess Ida

just one of the inspiring Muckrakers awakening the public to the inequalities of the nation. Ida Tarbell was a teacher, an author and journalist. She was known as one of the leading "muckrakers" of her day, work known in modern times as "investigative journalism." She was the only women in her graduating class at Allegheny College in 1880. She published many influential articles in McClure's Magazine. Ida Tarbell was born into an oil-rich region where her life was negatively impacted by 1872 price-fixing

During the time from the 1890s to the 1920s a period of social and political reform took place in the United States known as the Progressive Era. “The era saw the expansion of political and economic freedom through the reinvigoration of the moment for woman suffrage, the use of political power to expand workers rights’ and efforts to improve democratic government by weakening the power of the city bosses and giving ordinary citizens more influence on legislation.” The progressive reformers from this

works that I will be discussing are one of the each genres such as a short story, exposé, and a poetry. These three works are the following “The Flowers” by Alice Walker (short story), “Strange Fruit” by Abel Meeropol (poem/song) “A Red Record” by Ida B. Wells (exposé). These are the three works that have been selected to discuss in this last final essay. I want to start of this paper by explaining what lynching actually is. Lynching is when someone is put to death (as by hanging) by a mob action

racial issues in America were Ida B. Wells-Barnett, Booker T. Washington, and W.E.B. DuBois; all of whom contributed in the fight for racial equality in their own way. On July, 16, 1863, Ida B. Wells-Barnett, commonly known as Ida B. Wells was born in Holly Springs, Mississippi. Her father, James Wells, was a master carpenter whom became interested in politics after the Civil War. Her mother, Elizabeth Wells, was a cook and described as a very strict religious woman. Ida was the eldest of eight children

Ida Wells-Barnett was born on July 16. 1862 in Holly Springs, Mississippi, just months before her plantation slave parents were declared free when the Emancipation Proclamation took effect on January 1st, 1863. Although all slaves in the South were freed, all blacks were met with prejudice in every way possible. Because of the deeply rooted racism and dehumanization of blacks in the “new South”, and the lynching’s of some of her closest friends, Wells-Barnett was compelled to write and publish Southern

by Patricia McEvoy Carlson, I found myself engrossed in the mystery surrounding the protagonist Bridget Mooney and her stop in Memphis. With each unexpected turn, history was unraveled and familiar figures such as feminist and Civil Rights Activist Ida B. Wells came to life. Carlson was able to capture true American history in an entertaining fashion with this fictional short story that made myself as a reader question the New Woman, issues regarding gender, race and class in 1892 Memphis as well

result, oftentimes young girls strongly identify with princess culture and even into adulthood we not only blindly seek our own “happily ever after” but we assume that girls innately love princesses, dress up, and anything magical, making children even more susceptible to gender stereotypes. Many of the “classic” Disney movies spend a great portion of their screen time painting its leading female character as a damsel in distress. This princess culture suggests that despite other defining characteristics

Difference In the movie Brave, Merida goes against tradition by not marrying a price. This upsets her mother, Queen Elinor who believes that Merida should marry into one of the other clans. Merida is a tomboyish girl who is far from being a "proper" princess that we would see in other Disney movies. To her mother's disapproval, Merida wants nothing more but to be a regular girl. Queen Elinor is an uptight queen who believes heavily in tradition, she wishes for Merida to act like she would. While Merida

Progressivism is defined as an early 20th century reform movement seeking to return control of the government to the people to restore economic opportunities and to correct injustices in American life. During this time period, certain aspects of American life were in need of drastic change, so progressives led the charge towards reforming American society and politics. Among these aspects, social and political conditions were some of the most heavily reformed, involving women’s rights, and corruption

The progressive era was not the first reform America faced, but it is perhaps one of, if the most important. It was a time that stretched roughly from 1890 to 1920. It was a time of “progress”. A time where the American people wanted to make America a better country. The people wanted to do away with political corruption; they wanted to fix all problems, especially those economic, social, and political. Progressivism was considered to be an “umbrella”. Under this “umbrella” fell labor issues, unsafe