Mary McLeod Bethune was born on July 10th, 1875 in Maysville, South Carolina. She was the only one of seventeen children to go to school. Bethune was an educator, author, civil rights activist leader, and an innovator, and she has had a great impact on the state of Florida. In 1904, Mary McLeod Bethune started a private school for African American students in Daytona Beach, Florida called Daytona Educational and Industrial Training School for Negro Girls.
She would have been a serious threat to the queen as Mary had a claim to the English throne which was based on the fact that she was the grand-daughter of Margaret Tudor (Henry VIII’s sister). In the eyes of the Catholics, Mary's claim appeared stronger than Elizabeth's because they believed that Henry's marriage to Anne Boleyn was illegal. This would have seriously threatened Elizabeth’s security as there was a possibility that Elizabeth could lose her place on the English throne, therefore endangering her safety, royal supremacy, religious settlement. However, this threat didn’t remain as on the 19th May 1568, Elizabeth imprisoned her cousin. This shows that Mary, who was a prestigious Catholic, didn’t remain a threat to Elizabeth’s security as she was imprisoned for 19 years and was consequently unable to do anything about Elizabeth being queen.
Mary of Guise gave birth to one of the most compelling and controversial monarchs of the Renaissance in the Linlithgow Palace on December 8th, 1542. Her child was Mary, Queen of Scots, who became ruler of Scotland at only six days old. Due to Mary’s father’s sudden death six days after she was born, it led her to the Scottish throne.
Catherine The Great In Comparison to William and Mary. Catherine the great was an absolute monarch of Russia, she had the highest amount of power in Russia. She rose to the throne as Empress of Russia in 1762, after her husband Peter III was murdered.
She was the last monarch of the Tudor family, and people questioned on whether she influenced the spirit of the Reformation. While some may argue that
During her practices in nursing, a trauma was called in. A mass cleanup of injured was needed, so Mary did what was needed and saved lives. “I heard the men cry in agony, half were missing limbs, it changed me forever. I will
The Colonel Mary Hallaren, was known as the godmother of the women in the American military. She was a true advocate, before and after her retirement, for women’s rights to serve in the military, especially in the regular army. She believed that women were not the exception in serving. Therefore, she began to alter the society she lived in by proving that women were able to perform more than certain tasks and showed that women were able to serve the the same way as men did.
In a time where women were thought to be slaves of men, it was very difficult for women to look for ways to become part of our great nation and to be able to have the right to vote. The journey for women to gain rights was long and hard, which Susan B. Anthony was well aware of when she started her campaign for women’s rights in the mid 1800’s. Susan B. Anthony affected society by making it possible for women to be thought of as real people. She stood up for what she believed in regardless of the consequences. She helped give women a chance to play a role in the development of our nation, and the lives of women all around the world to this very day.
Abigail Adams helped start off everything for women, and men thinking about women’s rights and roles in a country that had been founded on the ideals of equality and independence for women. She was a very important women because without her women probably wouldn't get the respect they get today. This is why I feel like she is so till this day because she built and fought for women from the ground up. She was born on November, 22nd 1744 in Weymouth Massachusetts a farm community 15 miles of Boston. Her family lived in the colonies for several generations and established more in the society.
Till the day she died she believed her god would deliver her and she died knowing her god was accepting of her. Because of the strong conviction of religion that these women and many others had the witch trials continued to
Modern society in Spain is profoundly impacted by Queen Isabella I and her political achievements. First, Isabella fought to unify Spain as a Catholic country. This action forced Jews to convert to Catholicism or leave and was a tragic action for Spanish Jews. Second, Isabella often encouraged exploration and even sponsored Christopher Columbus. This thoroughly impacted modern society with the start of the Spanish Empire in the Americas.
She had many followers; the church began to keep an eye on her which led to her trial. During the trial she was supported by the men she followed in the faith. Her religious views became her downfall within Boston, as she was imprisoned and
As Americans, we pledge to fulfill our duty as citizens to achieve “liberty and justice for all.” When Elizabeth Cady Stanton took this pledge, she proved to be a true patriot, bringing suffrage to American women. When Martin Luther King Jr. took this pledge, he put his own life at risk in order to protect the lives and rights of his fellow Americans. When Rachel Carson took this pledge, she wrote a book dedicated to exposing the dangers of pesticides to both the environment and the American people. When I took this pledge, I considered all the activists who came before me
A historical woman any human who has some education from a history class, seen a historical movie, or even know of the era will know who Queen Victoria is. During her reign from 1837 to 1901, she had some influence over foreign affairs, she made a society impact, hypothesized the modern theory of the constitutional monarch, and worked till her last days. On May 24th, 1819 the only child of Edward and Victoria Maria Louisa of Saxe-Coburg, Alexandria Victoria was born. She was planted into royalty as any queen or king was during this time. During her baptism, the archbishop asked “What name her was to baptize the child.”
So for these reasons alone she is an inspiring role model to Catholic (and non-Catholic) women all over the
