Abigail Aybar Thesis

Suffragist Alice Paul got transferred out of the psychopathic ward of Washington, and being force fed. During her toil Alice Paul said, “Why not let this miserable creature starve. The country would be much better off without her and the balance of her gang of pickets.”(Dismore 1). Alice Paul went on this immense hunger strike for her six companions. She wanted to give her six companions better food. She threatened to kill herself of starvation. She was very determined, she was force fed multiple times, but she cared so much for her companion that she didn’t give up. Amidst her hunger strike she and her companions were put into solitary confinement inside a tiny cell with boarded up windows. All this shows Alice Paul will never give up and she spoke with her actions not her words.

February of every year is known as National Black History Month. There are many African American people who made a great impact on all African-Americans today. In honor of this month, though, I have chosen to write about Marian Anderson. Marian Anderson was a singer who had made a great impact on many of the black singers in the past. She was one of the first female African-American to perform with the New York Metropolitan Opera in 1955. Some of Marian’s last words to the public were “I have a great belief in the future of my people and my country.”

(Topic sentence) 3.2 million students across America are bullied each year. (Attention grabber) Is it really justified? (Background info) In Ashland, Wisconsin, Jamie Nabozny endures horrific bullying. A group of students torments him, starting with words, but quickly escalating to become something much worse. Jamie is no longer safe at school. Eventually, in the middle of freshman year of high school, Jamie ran away to Minneapolis. There, in a youth center, he finds hope, and decides to sue the Ashland school district for turning their back to the merciless bullying he has endured. (Thesis statement) The documentary Bullied conveys a message of support to all people that are being bullied; by doing so, it shows how the victim can win at the end. The documentary showed that by providing details on how Jamie Nabozny was bullied but ended up suing the school district and winning.

Abigail Adams was born in the 1744 and at the age of 19 married with John Adams, second president of the United States. In their 54 years of marriage, they had five children. She was the mother of “John Quincy Adams” 6th president of the United States. When her husband “John Adams” served the country, she was looking after family back at home. Abigail was a good letter writer at the time when women could not publish publications or newspapers. These letters are pungent, amazing, bright, and became her outlet. They are composed as she spoke detail of her life in times of revolution and reveal a window on 18th century of civic life. They demonstrate Abigail’s roles as wife, parent, friend and her social activities. She was a very strong defender

Walking into a silent courtroom, it is quiet. All you can hear is the footsteps you are making as you approach the jury to do an opening statement. You feel anxious and excited all at the same time, because at the beginning of your career, you were the jury. This is what Kellie Howell experiences everyday as she walks into a courtroom. Kellie Howell started this profession with intentions of helping people when nobody else will. Although there are many moments of excitement, there are also difficulties. This is what makes Kellie continue to push forward in this field. Kellie Howell, a defense attorney of Del City, Oklahoma, was motivated to pursue this career because she felt it was necessary to represent others in their darkest hour.

Abigail Smith Adams was born on November 11, 1744, in Weymouth, Massachusetts to Elizabeth Quincy Smith and Reverend William Smith. Her father was one of the best educated and most prestigious citizens of the community. Abigail’s mother spent most of her time caring for the sick and providing for families in need. From a young age, Abigail was taught to be a leader in her community. New England schools of the time rarely admitted women. Few people believed they needed much schooling. These limitations did not satisfy Abigail, and she began to read books from her father’s library. She went on to become well educated in many subjects and one of the most well read women in eighteenth century America (NPS). Abigail learned a great deal during her

Ruby Bridges was the first African American to enter an all white elementary school in New Orleans in 1966. This little girl was very brave be be escorted by U.S Marshalls all the people yelled at her as she walked up the stairs with her head high as she walks in with her mom and the other men .

Ruby Bridges was one of the first African American children ever attend to a previously white-only elementary school in Louisiana. Due to her excellent test grades, Ruby was able to attend the whites only school everyday, but because of the threatening protesters she had to be accompanied by U.S. Marshal’s.The protesters hollered, said toxic things, and even removed their children away from school and Ruby was alone ,and separated from other children. Ruby demonstrated bravery even though she was threatened, ignored, and surrounded by racists.

To many people Ruby Bridges had been the first African American to enter an all white school, but to others, she was an extremely fearless little girl who radiated love in everything she did. Ruby Bridges began attending an all white elementary school when she was only six years old. Every school day Ruby was escorted into school by U.S. Marshalls, which helped ensure her safety from the protestors. The vulgar protesters treated Ruby, and yelled foul words at her, which hardly bothered Ruby any. Six year old Ruby demonstrated courage, love, and fearlessness even though she was treated as less than, terrorized, and isolated by the other students.

Reaching the Top “Last year, there were 1,926 homeless students enrolled in public school,.. ”(Goldberg N.P.). In the United States, many homeless children skip school and lose hope about improving their life. One of those children decided to change their life and that person was called Liz Murray. Liz Murray and her older sister, Lisa, were children of two drug addicts.

summoned Dr. William Griggs to examine them. Dr. Griggs determined that the girls were under

Eleanor Butler, more well-known as Irish Nell, was enslaved, as well as her descendants because back then, slaves were more or so treated as objects, “things” that if you were wealthy and one of the higher ups, owned. So, to put it simply, according to the government or the men who decided these kinds of things, if you loved, cared for, were related to or even acquainted with someone who was a slave, you “might as well” have sunk to lower standards, or you had no choice but to exist as one yourself. Eleanor carried pride and held on to courage and her dignity, something a lot of people did not part take in back then, and to really make sense of this whole situation of her marrying Charles, it was nothing more than natural, unconditional love.

Examiner’s Report for Emily Rose Barber’s PhD thesis: Female Desire and Agency in Selected Short Stories by Lorrie Moore Emily Rose Barber’s thesis includes acreative work in the form of a collection of 17 short stories: Thrill and a dissertation: Female Desire and Agency in Selected Short Stories by Lorrie Moore. The stories included in the collection, Thrill, are stories of women’s intimate relationships with men; relationships that are dysfunctional in some way, that are either over or doomed and that require the woman to give up her agency, her desires, and her sense of herself as an active subject. The stories are inspired by Lorrie Moore fiction and by feminist theorists especially Beauvoir and Benjamin.

Positively Entertaining: I Am Princess X I Am Princess X is about two best friends who create a comic together called Princess X. Libby draws Princess X and May writes her stories and together they’re the perfect duo. One rainy night, Libby and her mom were driving over bridge when suddenly their car went over the side. When Libby died May became lonely and depressed, until one day when she sees a Princess X sticker on a corner window. Soon, May begins to see Princess X merchandise everywhere and when she looks it up there’s a whole website.

Culture shock is the feeling of confusion and discomfort a person may feel when suddenly placed in a foreign environment. We see a lot of examples of culture shock in Daughter from Danang. For the first part of the film, Heidi/Heip goes through the honeymoon phase of culture shock, where she romanticizes what she thinks visiting her birth mother in Vietnam will be like. In a way, her idealization set her up for extreme disappointment and a severe case of culture shock. Her attitude quickly changed once she realized not everything was as she had imagined.