Before she took office there had only been three people to serve as the District Attorney since World War 2, with two of them serving for more than two decades each. In the county’s first 20 years, 23 men had held office, the first being William C. Ferrell who had
Born on June 25, 1954, Sonia Sotomayor is the first Latina Supreme Court Justice in U.S. history. Her parents, Juan and Celina (Baez) Sotomayor, who both had Puerto Rican descendants, moved the South Bronx area of New York City where they raised their children. Losing her father at the age of 9, Sotomayor and her siblings were raised by their hardworking mother. Celina Baez was a strong woman who made great sacrifices to buy her children a set of encyclopedias, to give her children a higher education and motivated them to become fluent in English. Sonia’s dream to become a judge sparked when she watched an episode of the television show Perry Mason.
Ann Richards Governorship Ann Richards was a fiery, quick-witted woman. She was the forty-fifth governor of Texas and the second female governor of Texas, Richards is often regarded as the first female governor in her own right, as her predecessor, “Ma” Ferguson, had been elected as a surrogate in place of her husband (Ann Richards, 2014). Despite having only served one term, Richards became a nationally recognized figure for her outspoken feminism and plans to reform Texas. Born as Dorothy Ann Willis in Lacy-Lakeview, Texas on September 1, 1933, Richards grew up in Waco, Texas to a family of modest means.
Sonia Sotomayor Sonia Sotomayor was the first Hispanic nominee for the Justice Court. I think she is a great person and I’d like to be like her one day. Sonia Sotomayor was born on June 25th, 1954 in The Bronx, New York. Her father died when she was 9, he was also an alcoholic.
The founding father’s idea when they created the Constitution was to prevent a centralized government. As expressed by James Madison in Federalist No. 51, they believe that the power surrendered by people would be divided between the federal and state governments, creating balance of power that would enable both governments to control each other. Over time, the balance of power between the federal and state governments has shifted in favor of the federal government and this has taken place with the help of the Constitution and by enactments of Congress. The role that Chief Justice John Marshall played in defining the power of the federal and state governments during the early 19th century is important to mention because he shaped the nation.
Justice Sonia Sotomayor was born on June 25th 1954 in the South Bronx area of New York to parents Juan and Celina Baez Sotomayor. Her parents who were of Puerto Rican descent moved their family to New York for a better opportunity for their children. Her parents worked hard to make a living her mother was a nurse a methadone clinic and her father worked with his hands and the family lived modestly within their means. Justice Sotomayor was diagnosed with type one diabetes at the age of seven and began taking insulin shot’s, shortly after her father died in 1963 when she was nine, leaving her mother as a single parent, during her upbringing her mother Celina placed a huge emphasis on the importance of education, pushing her children to become
Sojourner Truth is amongst one of the most popular and inspirational African American female freedom fighters. Originally born Isabella, Sojourner Truth was separated from her family at young age due the structure of transatlantic slavery. She was a victim of harsh slavery, where her strength was exploited and she was subjects to extreme punishments. Even in the mist of her circumstance, she managed to find happiness through her four children which she had while enslaved; once she was freed she even successfully sued for the freedom of one of her children. Though Sojourner Truth never learned to read and write, she proved to that women were essential to the growth and development of the United Stated and African American people
Shirley Chisholm was an American politician, educator, and author. In 1968, she became the first African-American woman elected to the United States Congress, and represented New York 's 12th Congressional District for seven terms from 1969 to 1983. On May 21, 1969 Washington D.C Shirley Chisholm delivered a speech to the United States House of Representatives about equal rights for women. Being an African American woman, Shirley personally was able to relate to the speech she gave. Based on her own personal proof and fueled by experience, her “Equal Rights for Women” speech was very persuasive.
EARLY LIFE- Elizabeth Cady Stanton was a women 's rights activist, editor, and writer. She was born on the 12th November 1815, in Johnstown, New York. She was a lawyer’s daughter and showed her desire to excel in knowledgeable and other spheres. She graduated from the Emma Willard 's Troy Female Institution in 1832. She was then pulled to the women 's rights movements through visiting her cousin, Gerrit Smith.
Abigayle Sledz HIST 1301/1302 October 4, 2016 Renée Celeste CATCHY TITE (REPLACE) Within the book Elizabeth Cady Stanton A Radical for Women’s Rights, Louis W. Banner takes a unique view point on the Feminism movements in which Cady Stanton was actively involved in. Having grown up in a similar household as Cady, Banner possessed many comparable views on social standards as she did. But unlike Cady, Banner was a man enforcing feminism.
Patricialeeann Diaz Professor Ryan Peckinpaugh English 101 27 April 2018 Essay 4 Shirley Chisholm was the first African-American congresswoman in America. She was a very active member of the women's movement to expand on equal rights. She presented the speech … in 1969. Chisholm wants an Equal Rights Amendment for women.
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, an advocate for civil rights, has often said while in the face of adversity, “Fight for the things you care about but do so in a way that will lead others to join you” (Alter). Ambitious as she is, her inaccurate depiction in the media contributes to her difficulty in pursuing this ideal. This misrepresentation attempts to both discredit and disregard her personality and accomplishments. Throughout her life, however, Ginsburg experienced far greater calamities than her perception in the media including significant events involving her upbringing. These hardships, while contributing to her anguish, led her to develop advances in character which later allowed her to pursue her beliefs and encourage
The document "On the Equality of the Sexes" by Judith Sargent Murray reveals the author's arguments on gender inequality in America. Published in 1790 in the Massachusetts Magazine, Murray's thoughts on the matter of women's education stems from her own experience on denied opportunities because of her gender. She was not allowed to attend college for the simple fact that she was a female, but had studied alongside her brother while he was preparing for college. This shows that despite her sex, she was just as capable as a male in terms of intellectual capacity and it was unfair that she was not allowed to further this pursuit.
In The Fire Next Time Baldwin informs his grandson about the living in the ghetto and how he will live and die in the there. He will never know what it is like to live a life more successful than his father’s. Due to his harsh living condition he creates a hard exterior to protect himself against the harsh environment around him, but he deep down he believes that the white men’s degrading term are true. Society’s views on black men have pushed him into a area or social status where he is supposed to be staying at.
In her widely watched 2010 TED talk “Why We Have Too Few Women Leaders” (currently with more than 1.5 million views) Sheryl Sandberg, currently Chief Operating Officer of Facebook (and the first woman to serve on Facebook's board) and formerly Vice President at Google, shares her experience of being one of the rare women in top global management positions and offers advice to women who would like to succeed in their corporate careers. In the 15-minute video, Sandberg asks how we can fix the problem of having too few women in top leadership positions in spite of many advances in women’s rights being made. She argues that the solution lies with women themselves, as individuals, and the messages they need to tell themselves and their daughters. This entails three steps: (1) ‘sit at the table’, meaning women should negotiate for themselves more assertively and stop underestimating their abilities; (2) ‘make your partner a real partner’ and establish shared/equal responsibilities between partners at home (i.e. with raising children and housework); and (3) ‘don’t ‘leave’ before you leave’, which means continuing to work at the best of your abilities (i.e. ‘leaning in’ instead of ‘leaning back’ when the possibility of having a child is entertained) until
