Eleanor Roosevelt was a honest person
who had responsibility and compassion towards her
husband , family and her fellow man, whatever their social
status. She used great citizenship and initiative actions in
dealing with anyone who was fortunate enough to make her
acquaintance. Eleanor Roosevelt is an outspoken advocate
of social justice. During the years she has taken over a lot
of responsibility. For someone who spent thefirst third of
her life as shy and timid, she showed great courage once
she was thrust into the presidential “spotlight”. Most
Americans considered her a true “American Hero”.
“Ladies and gentlemen, members of the press, I now
announce the presence of our first lady of the United
States, Eleanor Roosevelt”, is something similar to what
you would hear when being addressed at a press
conference or important meetings. She was a well
respected human being, achieving great duties and
responsibility in life. She was appointed by President John
F. Kennedy to be on the first peace corps advisory board.
She was such an active lady while her husband was in
office that she was no longer willing to stay quietly in the
background of her husband. She took a job as an editor
and advertising manager of a monthly publication “ The
Women’s Democratic News” where she became more
independent towards herself and work. Eleanor Roosevelt
became very involved in women issues, being that she also
joined the newly organized Women’s division of the New
York State Democratic party and moved swiftly into
positions of leadership. Not only was she responsible
among organizations and people, she later became her
husband, Franklin D. Roosevelt’s eyes and ears, dedicating
her life to his purposes, being a trusted and tireless
reporter. One of the reasons she did become so helpful
towards her husbands career was besides the fact that she
was the first lady, Franklin D. Roosevelt was stricken with
a disease called polio and caused him to be permanently
crippled in August of 1921. She then became even more
loyal to him and our country having to deal with people
from different nations, organizations and positions. While
the President struggled to regain the use of his legs, Eleanor
Roosevelt and Louis Howe joined forces to keep his
political and business contacts alive. She became a
powerful voice for youth employment and civil right...
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can remember how she showed great compassion to her
work and life. How loyal she was to the people of our
nation. What great responsibility’s she consummated and
what respect she gave and received from and to so many.
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In James McPherson’s novel, What They Fought For, a variety of Civil War soldier documents are examined to show the diverse personal beliefs and motives for being involved in the war. McPherson’s sample, “is biased toward genuine fighting soldiers” (McPherson, 17) meaning he discusses what the ordinary soldier fought for. The Confederacy was often viewed as the favorable side because their life style relied on the war; Confederates surrounded their lives with practices like slavery and agriculture, and these practices were at stake during the war. On the other hand, Northerners fought to keep the country together. Although the Civil War was brutal, McPherson presents his research to show the dedication and patriotism of the soldiers that fought and died for a cause.
Connelly and Burrows provide a valuable perspective which highlights the paradox and irony which essentially defined the southern mindset before, during, and after the Civil War. This text offers the reader with an in depth look into the mindset of southerners throughout the Civil War and beyond, which enables one to better understand the actions of these rebels within such a decisive period in our Nation's history.
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Heroes and leaders have long had a popular following in literature and in our own imaginations. From Odysseus in ancient Grecian times to May Parker in Spider-man Two, who states, “We need a hero, courageous sacrificing people, setting examples for all of us. I believe there’s a hero in all of us, that keeps us honest, gives us strength, makes us noble” (Raimi, 2004). Organizations need heroes, too. We call them organizational leaders. The study of organizational leadership, then, is really the study of what makes a person a successful hero. Or, what processes, constructs, traits, and dynamics embody the image of a successful leader.
Harriet Tubman (1820-1913) was a former slave who escaped slavery in 1849 at the age of 29. Harriet was passionate about saving other slaves from slavery. She began the Underground Railroad and helped lead over 300 slaves to freedom. Union officers recruited Harriet as a spy shortly after she volunteered to cook and be a nurse at a military hospital. She became the first woman to help lead a military expedition. She assisted Colonel James Montgomery plan a night raid to free slaves working at rice plantations along the Combahee River. Harriet and several black soldiers traveled up the river and freed around 750 slaves on June 1, 1863.
When the American Civil War began on April 12th, 1861, over 3 million Union and Confederate soldiers prepared for battle. Men from all over America were called upon to support their side in the confrontation. While their battles are well documented and historically analyzed for over a hundred years, there is one aspect, one dark spot missing in the picture: the role of women in the American Civil War. From staying at home to take care of the children to disguising themselves as men to fight on the battlefield, women contributed in many ways to the war effort on both sides. Though very few women are recognized for their vital contributions, even fewer are
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After her work in the Underground Railroad the governor of Massachusetts took notice of her and asked her to join the Union. She helped with providing intell on a raid to free slaves. This is known as the Combahee River raid. With the fog starting to rise they put the raid into action. Slaves came running to the shore carrying all types of livestock. When the time came for the slaves to board the gunboats they started getting nervous about their departure, thinking while in the rowboats paddling to the gunboats, they would leave without them. So Captain told Harriet to “speak a word of consultation to your people.” She did this by singing to them and convincing them to board. Without her there that day they probably would have saved half the amount of people. Document
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After gaining independence, Latin American countries had difficulty in how to govern the newly instated states. In the chaos, people took advantage of this and instated themselves as dictators. They had simply took the position from the Spanish that they tried to vanquish (class notes). The power structure remained and the people who fought for independence were largely ignored and continuously oppressed. These dictatorships had remained in power until very recently. Paraguay was finally freed from the dictatorship in 1989 (Chapter
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...n his volunteer-troops, rather than an “exceptionally well drilled and experienced army.” The Civil War required a “quickly improvised…realistic standard for mid-nineteenth century America.” Which, as Griffith points out, they either did “ineffectively or reverted to outdated tactics disastrously.” The developments of technology certainly had a very large role in the way the war was fought but what truly caused the shift from Napoleonic to modern warfare was the fact that America was not Europe and the battle was for a cause much more powerful than land acquisition and discourse with another nation, but rather ideological dissonance within. Both authors analyzed how the United States’ differed from the countries across the Atlantic in order to provide some explanation regarding the nature of the Civil War and why it took so many lives before it came to an end.