ipl-logo

Personal Narrative: The Role Of Women In Education

726 Words3 Pages

Retha Hardgraves ECE 2050
As I contemplate what shaped me into the woman I am today, I realize the scope and vastness of the many influences that has formed my identity. How did I become the educator that I am? Coming from a family of six children, I was somewhere near the middle. There was only one boy and he was the second child, therefore I have four sisters. Our father was an educator; he taught high school math. Moreover, my mother only had elementary education because her mother died shortly after her youngest brother was born. Consequently, she had to stay home to care for him. Each of these pieces of the puzzle, have influenced and shaped my family system. My father’s profession impacted and inspired me to become a teacher. If I were to draw a genogram of my family I would see a pattern of educators because my Aunt (my father’s sister) was also an educator. Then, my sister’s daughter is also in the education profession. This is a …show more content…

As a write this paper there are thousands of women marching in Washington, DC (Washington Post). They are exercising their rights of Freedom of Speech (First Amendment) because women are treated as second rate citizens. They are tired of getting less for doing the same job. Women’s voices have been ignored and males have gotten away with sexual assault for too long. The article said that the march is also about getting more women involved in politics, especially women of color.
After viewing my life through the family system theories, I understand how my family has impacted my decisions about my marriage and my career. One thing influences the other just like a mobile. When one piece moves the others do also. Therefore, my social status, neighborhood, community involvement, and even the place I work have been affected. In all of these, I resume much responsibility due to the fact that my life has been such an emotional hardship that I have struggled to

Show More
Related
137 Words | 1 Pages

In her speech, “For the Equal Rights Amendment” Shirley Chisholm addresses her views on securing women’s equality to ensure women have better opportunities. She is an American politician, educator and author that became the first black woman elected to the United States Congress. Chisholm supports her claims about equal rights for women by using examples of statistics to prove a point. Her purpose is to persuade her audience that women in America are neglected by equal rights and excluded from things that men are not. Throughout her deliverance she expressed an inspiring and informative tone to uplift her audience so that Congress can make a change for women.

Read More
1365 Words | 6 Pages

This book represents those who were discriminated against based on their race and who were put down based on the color of their skin. This fight against discrimination had been happening for many years and thousands of individuals were tired of getting treated differently. The march on Washington was a peaceful protest where more than 250,000 people joined to have their voices heard as stated by Evans. The goal of this march was to create changes within the minority community. Where African Americans in specific had equal-paying jobs, where they would be able to have access to the same places and things as other Americans.

Read More
1433 Words | 6 Pages

Susan B. Anthony once said, “The day may be approaching when the whole world will recognize women as the equal of man.” That day will come, but many obstacles are in the way of women fulling earning their rights. Women had many viewpoints back in the 19th century ranging from slavery to presidential campaigns, but could never voice their opinions due to not having the rights to do so. Not having the rights to voice their opinions lead women to an abolitionism that inspired a movement for women’s rights leading to Seneca Falls Convention. The impact of Seneca Falls Convention caused a national movement in women’s rights.

Read More
600 Words | 3 Pages

Today, most would think that all humans have equal rights. Unfortunately, though, women are still not treated as equal as men. Women do not get paid as much as men do, they are expected to stay home and take care of the children, and they do not have as many job opportunities as men do. All of this is in spite of the fact that women have been fighting for their rights in this country since the 1800s. Two of the most widely known speeches are “Ain’t I a Woman” and “Speech at Seneca Falls Convention.”

Read More
1397 Words | 6 Pages

American women didn’t have as many rights as men. This is how the women’s suffrage movement began. Women felt that they weren’t being treated as equal as men because they were denied rights just for being a woman. The author’s purpose of writing this book is to inform and to educate people about

Read More
1154 Words | 5 Pages

The legacies people inherit from their families act as personal psychics that influence their futures and explain the reasoning behind the choices they make. Malcolm Gladwell, author of nonfiction book Outliers: The Story of Success supports this concept of how legacies influence people and the choices they make. He coins this concept as “cultural legacies” and defines it as: “powerful forces that play such a role in directing attitudes and behavior that we cannot make sense of our world without them,” (175). Gladwell explains the cruciality of the cultural legacies in people’s success, decisions, and how these legacies influence how people function. Furthermore, these legacies remain intact in importance to the person’s life and relevant

Read More
552 Words | 3 Pages

Although the Women’s March had been to protect women’s rights regarding their healthcare and personal rights, it relates to the nonviolence aspect that Bayard Rustin promotes since the Women’s March on DC was peaceful. It had involved thousands and it had the job to gain awareness for their issues in a peaceful manner, by only marching, and letting the number of participation within the march speak for

Read More
1974 Words | 8 Pages

She always instilled in me the courage to stand up for my beliefs and the value of hard work. My mother’s ambition and hard work made her very successful in her career. She has been able to travel around the world and live comfortably. My father also values hard work but is not happy in his trade. The success of a career or job can influence a day to day emotions in a couple.

Read More
800 Words | 4 Pages

The Women's Suffrage Parade is a neglected but important event in American history. Without the parade and the press it received, women in today’s society might still be waiting for the right to vote. The parade was organized by Alice Paul, and designed to give it the maximum amount of

Read More
506 Words | 3 Pages

In the process of bearing and raising a child, two people must come together and contribute both genetics and personality traits to this blank canvas of a person in order to create who they are. However in this process traits can be lost or gained, some are more prominent than others, and as you experience the influence of others and go throughout life your family begins to impact you less and less as it is diluted from a passion burning inside of you. Throughout the majority of my life, I heard of no others lives other than my own. Whenever my family would visit other family members their situations would not be much different.

Read More
1589 Words | 7 Pages

The Family Systems Theory Family systems theory is a framework for understanding families and their strengths and dysfunctions. The strengths identified among family relations can be used to help solve existing problems. The same applies with problems identified. The family system theory is based on Bowen’s theory which argues that people cannot leave independent of each other’s network of relationships. People within a family are connected emotionally, which affects their overall well being and social relations and behaviour.

Read More
394 Words | 2 Pages

My family has always been the center of my universe. They’ve taught me the importance of being united and taking care of one another—because in the end, all we truly have is each other. My parents have raised me to be a good daughter, sister, and citizen. They’ve shaped me to be respectful, responsible, and virtuous, knowing these values will last a lifetime. But above all, my parents have instilled in me an appreciation and eagerness for education.

Read More
1177 Words | 5 Pages

These three essential functions are argued for their importance by nonfiction author Elizabeth Stone in her book How Our Family Stories Shape Us, and both authors argue for how legacies affect the decisions of the person, significant or not and the how these legacies remain despite the long family history. Gladwell emphasizes what people’s family can do regarding how successful they will be, while Stone emphasizes the decisions made throughout one’s life, without focusing on the result. Both authors highlight how people do not attribute the personalities people possess to their family, but to their individualism, when then cause is from the opposite. Stone’s argument is about how each family’s life experiences told in stories that are passed down from each generation are significant in the family’s norms and mores, characteristic traits, and coping strategies. These functions lead to the core of the person, the first of the three functions is the standards of the family, their norms and morals since our family act as our first culture, teaching people what their family values and their opinions on certain situations like marriage and illness, mental or physical (384).

Read More
1585 Words | 7 Pages

Having formed an opinion of what goals to achieve provided direction and an ethical base to live my life by. My Father has influenced me in what it means to look outside and consider the values that are communicated in my teachings, charitable actions, devotion to family, as a pillar in the community, and leadership. Size of family, my sister and I an only son, were born in California, and raised in Florida, further in my twenties is when our family moved to Missouri and I joined the Army. My father had returned from Vietnam and started working in California and met my Mother. My Father is 15 years older than my mother, this makes him more aware, mature, and distinguished.

Read More
1429 Words | 6 Pages

Families can be regarded as the foundation of society. For Fleetwood (2012: 1), the importance of families is highlighted by the fact that it would be difficult to comprehend a society that could function without them. In addition, even though families and their compositions vary across societies and cultures, the family can be viewed as a universal social institution (Macionis & Plummer, 2012: 625. Specifically, according to Macionis and Plummer (2012: 625) and Neale (2000:1), it has the ability to unite individuals into cooperative groups via social bonds (kinship) and is ultimately experienced differently from individual to individual. However, the family can be a source of conflict, tension and inequality, which is why one of the key practices

Read More

More about Personal Narrative: The Role Of Women In Education

Related Topics

Open Document