Debra’s background
Debra Lynn Baker had a nice life. Her early stages in Wichita, Texas were a commonplace out of some lazy screenwriter mind. She was young and good-looking woman that married her childhood sweetheart, Tony Baker in 1975 and remained married for 20 years. They had a son, Charles in 1976 who played football in high school. The Bakers were a nice family.
In 1982 Debra Lynn’s best friend, Lou-Ann married Jerry Sternadel. Jerry was a divorced multimillionaire; he had a plumbing business, was a landowner and investor, and also bred and raced quarter horses with great success. He lived a life of excess; Jerry had a shocking sex life: he was a complete Don Juan and lots of mistresses. Even worse, Jerry had even slept with his stepdaughter,
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But as Jerry was getting richer, he was also getting a more difficult person to treat with. He acted like he was superior because of his money, as his ex-wife Jeannie Walker says “His abrasive manner grew with his wealth”, or as the very own Debra Lynn Baker also declared in tears to the team of the documentary about the case presented on the TV Show “Snapped”, “Jerry was extremely hard on his family, extremely hard on his kids”.
Jerry Sternadel grew to be a truly brutal, insensitive and explosively angry man. He usually treated his workers, and even his family, horribly for no apparent reason. As time passed, and both Lou Ann Sternadel and Debra Lynn Baker got closer, they felt more annoyed by Jerry’s presence in their lives and discussed that frequently. It was a hate triangle. Jerry hated Lou Ann and wished to divorce her. Debra hated Jerry, her boss, so did Lou Ann, but he hated more the possibility of losing her extravagant and spendthrift lifestyle.
Then, one day, the usually-mad and explosive Jerry found a justified reason to be mad: a check got bounced from his account, literally the first time that happened in his life. What could it be? He felt it awfully suspicious so he hired an auditor to go through all of his accounts and
Ehrenreich understands that her current employment will not provide her with enough pay to live on. She interviews and is hired at another restaurant called Jerry’s. Unfortunately, Jerry’s is a train wreck. At this restaurant, Ehrenreich finds that the restaurant layout is deplorable. The kitchen of the...
“Honoring our heritage. Building our culture.” What can you picture in your head while reading this? Do feel honored? Maybe special? Probably phenomenal? Well, this year's Hispanic Heritage month’s theme has brought to us a meaningful, and inspiring perspective on how Latinos are becoming more honored. Not only honored by their country, and other Spanish countries, but also being honored by the United States. Hispanics have impacted our nation through their solid responsibility to family, confidence, and diligent work. They have put in the effort and time to represent their Latino/a background. They have improved and formed our national character by looking back at what their ancestors would do. These hispanics deserve the right to be honored
Such literal divides like this were enough for Davis to prove her stand against racial injustice. When the The Black Liberation Movement was active between the 1960s and 1970s, Davis took part in strong support of her African American people, particularly in prison systems. The Black Power movement was a powerful, action based assertion of racial pride, and self-definition where multiple Afro-American Terrorist groups stood together to fight racism. Interpreted differently both outside and within African-American communities, Black Power was a well reasoned advancement of civil rights. Davis already having a name for herself, being a close associate of the Black Panthers and Student Nonviolence Coordinating Committee. Davis had become a strong defendant of three prison inmates of Soledad Prison referred to as the Soledad brothers. The three men, John W.
“To think I have had more than 60 years of hard struggle for a little liberty, and then to die without it seems so cruel.” (Susan B. Anthony)
The 15th Amendment was an amendment added to the United States Constitution in 1870 that gave citizens the right to vote no matter their race, skin color, or previous conditions of servitude. This specifically applied to African American males who, though technically were citizens under the 14th amendment, were still being oppressed and restricted from voting. According to Angela Davis in her text, while some feminist activists in the 19th century supported this amendment, others were adamantly opposed to it. Supporters argued that African American men had as much of a right as anyone to vote and shouldn 't be denied that right simply because women were, while antagonists argued that until women obtained the right to vote, neither should African
In the story “Shiloh”, by Bobbie Ann Mason, characters Leroy and Norma Jean go through changes in their life as each begin to discover what their real identity is, and what it is they actually want out of their marriage. For some people this may take years, and for others they may never realize it, while merely trying to grasp on to the past, or the way they think things should have turned out. In this short story, Mason uses a couple in their thirties to portray people who are experiencing these types of changes, and depict how they deal with the situation. In the end, the couple is faced with dealing with the inevitable fact that they indeed cannot save their marriage; it was a battle they could not win. However, before the story climaxes, the reader is given a chance to witness some of the characters’ changes in identity and values. Norma Jean and Leroy struggle through their relationship because of miscommunication, trying to live through their past, and realizing that they have changed and grown apart.
Women, Race and Class is the prolific analysis of the women 's rights movement in the
The tragedies Ruth Ginsburg experienced throughout her upbringing had a lasting contribution to her life today. In 1933, she was born to Russian-Jewish immigrants amidst the Great Depression. In the hardships of the Great Depression, she lost both her older sister and mother as a child. This time was one of great difficulty for Ginsburg; however, she withstood this adversity and gained invaluable life lessons giving her the opportunity to attain unprecedented levels of success. After coping with her losses, she left to attend Harvard Law School and later Columbia Law School, two world-renowned schools of law. At this period in history, however, both men who dominated this field and who ran the schools discriminated Ginsburg based on her gender (“Ruth Bader Ginsburg”). At one point during the school day, the Dean of Harvard Law approached her and said, “How do you justify taking a spot from a qualified man?” (Galanes). Despite this prejudice, Ginsburg continued to excel in her schooling where she later graduated as top of her class at Columbia (“Ruth Bader Ginsburg”).
The Life and Activism of Angela Davis. I chose to do this research paper on Angela Davis because of her numerous contributions to the advancement of civil rights as well as to the women’s rights movement. I have passionate beliefs regarding the oppression of women and people of racial minorities. I sought to learn from Davis’ ideology and propose solutions to these conflicts that pervade our society. As well, I hope to gain historical insight into her life and the civil rights movement of the 1960’s and 70’s.
Marcia Anderson, married to Amos Charles Anderson, was born in 1958, and she also was born and raised in Verona, WI. Her husband is an administrator for the Madison school district. She met her husband in Milwaukee WI. They have been married for twelve years. Andersons dad, Rudy Mahan, whose current job is a truck driver, and who is also currently living in Wisconsin, formerly served in the U.S military. The only difference between Anderson and her father was that he never got to fulfill his dream of flying plane bombers. Her mother was a clerical worker. She worked in many places such as hospitals, and offices. Marcia`s mother also was the first young woman to integrate a catholic high school in Missouri. Anderson’s mother passed away after her graduation of Rutgers Law School. Marcia Anderson was said to be a shy ...
Now, I'd like to think I taught Herman a thing or two before he got a place of his own, especially about women. Imagine the shock I got when out of the blue he called me to say that he had got engaged, the things that go through a best friend’s mind. Mostly about mail order brides, one-way tickets from Thailand and subscriptions to Gay Connections Monthly. Then when I heard that it was Connie, I was filled with much relief and happiness.
Marie, who is a product of an abusive family, is influenced by her past, as she perceives the relationship between Callie and her son, Bo. Saunders writes, describing Marie’s childhood experiences, “At least she’d [Marie] never locked on of them [her children] in a closet while entertaining a literal gravedigger in the parlor” (174). Marie’s mother did not embody the traditional traits of a maternal fig...
If you were in this situation how would you feel? If you're patiently waiting for your husband to come home and you give him a kiss as he returns. As he walks and talks little to you then he puts it out there like it’s nothing. Would you cry or would you be shocked? would you fight or would you fall ? tell how you would feel if you were like mary maloney were your husband's going to leave you like he left her. I think that mary maloney is innocent because her husband was a cruel and not very kind man. Not only was he having an affair with another woman he was disrespectful to her he yelled at her and how do we not know he wasn't abusive to her. His fellow officers called him a “lady's man”. I think that mary should not be convicted of murder.
On a sweltering 1892 August day in Fall River, Massachusetts, Andrew and Abby Borden were violently murdered in their home on Second Street. The subsequent police investigation and trial of Lizzie Borden gained national attention and rightfully so considering a female murder defendant on trial was and is to this day an extremely rare proceeding. The Lizzie Borden Trial held in 1893 attracted attention from nearly the entire United States with newspapers in New York City, Providence, and Boston publishing articles at a frenzied pace. The trial was the most sensational murder trial of the nineteenth century (excluding the Lincoln assassination) and despite an overwhelming amount of circumstantial evidence Lizzie was acquitted by a jury of twelve men. Several exceptional factors surrounding the case including the actions of key figures during trial, police investigation, and the fact a female was facing double murder charges make the case truly significant when looking at American legal history.
Mothers, fathers, daughters, sons, aunts, uncles, grandparents, pimps, prostitutes, straight people, gay people, lesbian people, Europeans, Asians, Indians, and Africans all have once thing in common: they are products of sexuality. Sexuality is the most common activity in the world, yet is considered taboo and “out of the norm” in modern society. Throughout history, people have been harassed, discriminated against, and shunned for their “sexuality”. One person who knows this all too well is activist and author, Angela Davis. From her experiences, Davis has analyzed the weakness of global society in order to propose intellectual theories on how to change the perspective of sexuality. This research paper will explore the discussions of Angela Davis to prove her determination to combat inequality in gender roles, sexuality, and sexual identity through feminism. I will give a brief biography of Davis in order for the readers to better understand her background, but the primary focus of this paper is the prison industry and its effect on female sexuality.