She overcome traumatic events and accomplished many great achievements.
She held her ground she also had a lawsuit after a railroad company kicked her off of her first class seat. Although she won in court, the case was reversed on appeal. Being a woman only made the obstacles she faced she was very determined. No content will bring her confidence down.
Ruby Bridges By Macey Chindamo Ruby Bridges is one of the very many people who has changed history. Bridges has helped desegregate schools all around the world. She still stands today, sharing her thoughts and ideas to stop racism and segregation. Ruby’s life has had many ups, and downs, but she still seems to look on the bright side in almost every situation. Whites threatened and harshly criticized brave, confident, heroic American activist, Ruby Bridges for being one of the first African-American children to enter the William Frantz Elementary School, a school for white students, which helped end segregation in schools.
Bullying is a very terrible and overwhelming experience for any person to experience. Most people being bullied find that standing up for themselves is not an option because of the allusion that they have no power over the antagonizer. So imagine if the bullies were a fourth the age of the patronize victim. In Carolyn Thompson’s article,“ Bullied NY Bus Monitor Teaches Kindness Year Later” we hear the heart-wrenching story of an elderly bus monitor named Karen Klein, who witnesses that strangers affection expressed through a generous donation of an exponential sum of money can surpass the viciousness of a few immature boys. Thompson expresses her belief that Klein deserves this exceptional amount of money through the entirety of her article.
She was enraged at the Nazi oppression and racial intolerance that she had seen. “My children are safe while others are threatened” (Cole, 1). She soon acted on that anger, by joining the underground National Movement Against Racism (MNCR). While there, she walked the streets
She choose to be part of the bigger picture, and now gives motivational speeches. Paradigm
She showed all African American women and men that they can achieve the impossible and have an intelligent mind like everyone else. Even African American poets from today like Alice Walker found her as an inspiration. In one of her poems about being brought to america, she perfectly summarizes what the struggle was being a slave that is equal to everyone
I’ve been called intimidating, an over-achiever, a feminist, etc. When I read this book about Dona Gracia it made me feel slightly better about myself. It made me reminded that a woman can be an overachiever; a woman can be “intimidating” which simply means that they are strong; a woman can fight for their rights and be the boss. I think this whole book was something significant that impressed me and is important. This woman was born into a time where women were not at all equal with men.
Mandy Hale wrote, “It’s okay to be scared being scared means you’re about to do something really, really brave”. Melinda Sordino demonstrates this when she stands up against the bullies in her school. In Laurie Halse Anderson’s novel, Speak, Melinda Sordino, a bullied teenager, became someone who prevented others from getting hurt the way she did. Melinda shows that she is frightened, brave, and lonely in the way she reacts and the people around her act after the end of Summer party.
She has inspired different people all over the world. She used courage to get over more than
Her being influenced at a young age by her teacher is very important because she know what she wants in life and even knows where to start. I think Ms. Etheridge influenced her along with the
Despite being born in a situation far worse than most any experience today she does something that seems almost foreign as a concept to today's advocates: she refuses to be a victim. Naturally she faced undue and unfair adversity when attempting to achieve her goals. How could she not, growing up in the turn of the twentieth century? She even admits it is the case, in her own way, by saying “The world to be won, and nothing to be lost.
I am going to talk about a woman who made a great impact to the ones who did not believe in her from the beginning of her dreams. She made woman see different from the people who is chauvinist. Her name is Ellen Ochoa. She was born in 1958 in Los Angeles California. She considers her hometown La Mesa California.
Instead of quitting school or being scared, she continued to go to her classroom every day. By doing this, she proved that she was courageous and she paved a path for future black students who would one day go to white schools. The Little Rock Nine did the same. The Little Rock
She was the most intimidating, women I ever met. I remember coming into class and she wouldn 't say a word, no Good morning nothing. She was always such a serious person. It 's actually the funniest thing now to think back, and say
