Viola Desmond: The Star of the Show Born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, to a family well-known, Viola Irene Desmond, was an elegant gemstone. A trained beautician, who enticed all with her care, always wore a smile with burgeoning business affairs. On her way to Sydney, her car ran into trouble, she stopped in new Glasgow with her vehicle in the rubble.…
“In 1929, Appalachian State University became a full program four year college, then grew into a university in 1967 after a particular vigorous post- war expansion” . (www. appalachian.stateuniversity.com). Katie Sexton was apart of the teaching program at Appalachian. In order to become a teacher in a public school in the state of NC, you have to have a degree from a four year university.…
“Wow!” Shouted Alie Steffens as the red, white, and blue fireworks blew up in the sky. It was a late night at Miss Steffens’ Cabin in Ottertail, MN. The sky was filled with stars that lit up the night sky. Miss Steffens and her cousins were all watching the fireworks light up the sky in all kinds of different colors as they exploded like bombs in the sky.…
For my civics paper on one good Canadian citizen, I chose Viola Desmond. She is quite a remarkable individual, she continues to inspire thousands across Canada. She is a civil rights activist and businesswoman. Also, the first Canadian women to appear on a banknote when she graced the front of the $10-dollar bill in 2018. Desmond, who launched Nova Scotia’s civil rights movement in the 1940s after refusing to leave a whites-only section in a movie theatre, was chosen from more than 460 eligible candidates by the federal government and Bank of Canada.…
Gail Halvorsen During the late 1930s and early 1940s, World War II was in full force. Gail Halvorsen seemed to be one of the few that had hope. “Service is the bottom line to happiness and fulfilment”(Halvorsen). Halvorsen has been recognized countless times for his compassion, the idea, and the great impact he had on many people.…
2. Katherine Dunham was an extraordinary artist, an anthropologist, author, activist movie star, producer, manager, an educator as well as a motivating wife and mother. She was born on June 22, 1909 in the state of Chicago. Her father is African American and her mother is French Canadian. Even as a child Katherine Mary Dunham was always a rule breaker.…
Katherine Dunham Katherine Mary Dunham (June 22, 1909- May 21, 2006) was an American dancer, choreographer, author, educator, and social activist. Dunham had one of the most successful dance careers in American and European theater and directed her own dance company for many years. She has been called the "matriarch and queen mother of black dance." Youth; Katherine was born on June 22, 1909. Her father, Albert Millard Dunham, was a descendant of slaves.…
Abrego, Leisy Janet. "“I can’t go to college because I don’t have papers”: Incorporation patterns of Latino undocumented youth." Latino Studies 4.3 (2006): 212-231. Leisy Janet Abrego is an associate professor at UCLA, in Latina/o Studies, Central Americans in the U.S., Gender, Families, Immigration Laws in Everyday Life. Some of her other work include “Legitimacy, social identity, and the mobilization of law: The effects of Assembly Bill 540 on undocumented students in California”, “Legal Violence: Immigration Law and the Lives of Central American Immigrants1”, “Parents and children across borders”, and many more articles.…
Firstly, gender is an important role that is displayed throughout the song and the music video. To start off, Beyoncé sings, “I know when you were little girls you dreamt of being in my world,” this emphasizes that from such a young age, girls look up to ideals that are unrealistic. Girls are often influenced by the ideology of beauty that seeing such a famous artist on the TV, or on billboards is someone they hope to be one day. As Josée Johnston and Judith Taylor explain in their article Feminist consumerism and Fat Activists, “the cultural turn has…influenced feminist scholars to problematize the aesthetic ideals surrounding thin and fat bodies,”(Feminist consumerism and Fat Activists, Johnston, Taylor). This quote is a great example of the lyric “we teach girls to shrink themselves to make themselves smaller.”…
HURTADO My parent’s names are Charles and Jenny Hurtado. I am Annina Hurtado, the 7th of ten children in our family. My sibling’s names from oldest to youngest are Joseph, Jenny, Leticia, Carlos, Herlinda, Mary, Annina, Lupe, Anthony and Johnny.…
Molly Burke Introduction Molly Burke is a teen activist who speaks against bullying. She became blind from a disease that is rare and only 1 in 4,000 people get, but no matter what, she still had the courage to keep going and accomplish all her dreams. She never gave up no matter how mean the bully, or how hard the challenge was. Molly has inspired many people to try their best to follow their dreams no matter how many bumps are in the road on the way. Her Childhood On February 8, 1994, Molly Burke was born in Oakville, Ontario Canada.…
Hilary Clinton, a Democratic presidential candidate, leads and fights to expand health care for every American. Not only is she fighting for insurance companies, drug companies, and large corporations but she is focusing her efforts on individual families. The republicans continue to repeal the Affordable Care Act however Clinton says she’ll continue to protect the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Workers should share slower growth of national health care by lowering out of pocket costs like copays and deductibles, Clinton believes. She also believes in reducing the cost of prescription drugs especially for hardworking families and seniors.…
Emma Willard was a vocal supporter of female education. Willard was born on February 23, 1787. She was raised by her father, who encouraged her to read and think for herself. At age 15, Willard was enrolled in her first school in her hometown of Berlin. Willard eventually took charge of the Academy for a term in 1806.…
Gender issues and separations have been a major disadvantage to women all over the world from years past and even some today. Women were not and or still not treated equally to men and we discriminated against them just because of being a different sex. In America, women were not even allowed to vote until 1918. Even slaves were treated equally much sooner before women were. Luckily, today in the United States, women are allowed to vote and are able to have the same rights as men, but there are theories of men getting paid more than women because of being a different gender.…
Mrs. Potato Head, which is the song's title, is actually a children's toy that allows kids to mix and match different kind of eyes, nose, and lip to create different kind of faces. In her song, Mrs. Potato Head is a symbolism of the woman who made an appearance as the main character in the music video. She is a young woman who was suggested to get a facelift by her husband in order to look pretty and young. Melanie is comparing how the toy, Mrs. Potato Head, gets her entire face ripped out to be more beautiful with the woman who is about to go through the plastic procedure. Melanie uses similes to show the gruesome and painful process of plastic surgery.…