A very important scientist in the world was Elizabeth Garrett Anderson. She promoted women’s rights and supported women in every way. She was the first women in her country to be on the East London School Board. She was very inspired by a women named Elizabeth Blackwell, who was the first woman in America to graduate from medical school. Elizabeth Garrett Anderson was an English Physician. She was the first woman to do many things in the medical field. She was very inspirational to women all around the world. She was very determined and wouldn’t ever give up on her dreams.
Elizabeth was born in Whitechapel, in East London. East London was a very poor area for people to live in. She was born in the year 1836. She was born the second child in her family of twelve children. She had four brothers and five sisters. Her parents were Newson Garrett and Louisa Dunnel Garrett. Her father wanted all of his children to have a good education. Elizabeth had a governess who taught her at home but was later sent to a boarding school with her sister, Louie, in Kent. The school was run by two aunts of the famous poet, Robert Browning. When Elizabeth was just two years old her family moved to Suffolk. The in 1954 her father established what would one day become the Maltings at Snape. It is a very popular attraction today. Once the family had moved they had become less poor than when they lived in Whitechapel. That was when they sent Elizabeth and her sister to the boarding school. Later she met Emily Davies, who would become a co-founder of Girton College, in Cambridge. Elizabeth was inspired by Emily too become the person that she was. She was also inspired by Elizabeth Blackwell, who was the first female American to graduate from medical schoo...
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Her life was very successful and helpful to women around the world. Elizabeth taught at the London School of Medicine for Women, for 23 years of her life. Before that she had finally got her M.D. from the University of Paris. She married her husband, James George Skelton Anderson, in 1871. They had 3 children but one of their daughters died of Meningitis, when she was young. Her 2 other children were a boy and a girl. Her daughter, named Louisa, was obviously named after Elizabeth’s mother, and the girl’s grandmother. Louisa decided to follow in her mother’s footsteps and became a doctor. She also wrote a biography about her mother’s life in 1939. Elizabeth lived until she was 81 years old. Many women look up to her for everything that she did for today’s world. She is such an inspiration, even still today.
On Sept. 7th 1533, Elizabeth, the daughter of King Henry was born. The King of England wasn’t as thrilled since she wasn’t a boy, who would mean an heir to the throne, but it was still okay. Due to the fact that after 2 more births that resulted in death, Anne Boleyn was beheaded in 1936 when Elizabeth was only 3 years old. As her father continued to remarry, divorce, and execute his wives, one more child would be born, resulting to Elizabeth having one sister, Mary, and a new born brother named Edward. After Edward was born, his mother Jane died. She was known for being the one wife that Henry actually loved. Elizabeth grew into a very smart girl. She was known as Bess as times spoke Latin, French, German, and Henry gave her a tutor to study with. Along with everything else, she developed a temper that would help her later on as being a Queen.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton was exceptionally good friends with Susan B. Anthony. One of her greatest speeches was The Seneca Falls Keynote Address. She was the president of the National American Women's Suffrage Association (NAWSA). She not only did speeches about women’s suffrage but also talked about divorce, property rights, and other topics. She was also an american social
Elizabeth Jane Cochran was born on May 5, 1864 in Cochran Mills, Pennsylvania. She was the thirteenth child of her family and considered the most rebellious of the family. When Nellie was just six years old her father abruptly died, leaving her mother to raise fifteen children. (Around the World in 72 Days). The death of her father was a terrible financial blow to the family because her father left no will to protect the family's interests. A year after the death the family was forced to auction off the mansion and move to a more modest home. Nellie helped her mother take care of the other children, but still they came into very hard times. (Around the World in 72 Days). Elizabeth's mother desperately sought financial security so she remarried. She entered a very disastrous marriage to an abusive man. He often beat Elizabeth and her mother. Soon after the marriage began she sued for divorce and Elizabeth testified at the trial. "My stepfather has been generally drunk since he married my mother, When drunk he is very cross and cross when sober." (Around the World in 72 Days). Elizabeth soon sought an independent life and wanted a way to support her mother. She started attending the Indiana Normal School to become a teacher. While attending school Elizabeth decided to add an e' to her last name for sophistication. (Nellie Bly, Wikipedia). After one semester of schooling Elizabeth had to drop out because she didn't have enough money to continue schooling. Elizabeth then moved back to Pittsburgh with her mother. She stayed there for the next seven years but had a difficult time finding full-time work because there were only low paid jobs available to women at that time. (Nellie Bly, USA History).
We currently live in a world where a women can own property, go to college, get any job she wants, and she can even vote. Imaging a world without those rights is almost unbelievable to think of, and we have many powerful women to thank for the all of the rights women have today. I chose Elizabeth Cady Stanton for my book review because I highly agree with feministic movements, and women having equal rights as men I feel it’s so important for women to be knowledgable on this topic. I also loved being able to go back in time and learning so much about a women who helped make a monumental change. History has a tendency to refer to forget or over look women
People have always been divided or classified into two simple categories, male or female. Many of them may have heard at some point in their lives the ongoing discussion of feminism, but not all have taken a deep look at what has been done and has happened for everybody to have reached such level that women like men are viewed in most and many ways equal. Amelia Earhart was a person that changed and proved the ability, responsibility, and equality of women. Amelia Earhart's expedition across the Atlantic Ocean affected many women's lives because it allowed her to keep doing what she had always desired, she became a role model for other women, and she changed society's perspective of women.
Be that as it may, her career was anything but average. Ellen Richards was the first woman to graduate from MIT, a pioneer in the fields of sanitary engineering and public health, and the founder of euthenics and home economics.
Biography of Elizabeth Fry Elizabeth Fry was one of 11 children and they all lived with their father, John Gurney of Earlham – a Norwich banker. They belonged to a society of friends – also known as the ‘Quakers’. Quakers believe that Christian sacraments such as baptism are not important. What they say is ‘Far more important’ is bringing man closer to God by using the “inner light” of Jesus in the soul. And because of this “inner light” the Quakers became involved in social reform movements.
Rosalind Franklin: Seeing a woman as a scientist during this time is somewhat rare, so the fact that she has taken up this profession show that she is persistent, dedicated, and smart. The only problem is that she is undervalued because of her gender. She is also very quiet and reserved because she’s in a different country.
Elizabeth was born September 7, 1533 in Greenwich England. She was the daughter of King Henry VII and his second wife, Anne Boleyn. Elizabeth had a half sister from the king’s first wife, Catherine of Aragon, and also had a half brother from the king’s third wife, Jane Seymour. When Elizabeth was only two, her father had her mother executed for suspicion of adultery. When her father decided to have Elizabeth’s mother executed, he then stripped Elizabeth of her title as princess.
Susan B. Anthony was indeed a strong, driven, and disciplined woman who had a great desire and passion to abolish slavery. Upon meeting Elizabeth Cady Stanton she became immersed in the women's rights movement, dedicating her life to obtaining equal rights for all. Many men pursued Susan but she never married, she did not want to be "owned" by a man. Instead she chose to dedicate her entire life to this cause.
Maybe the most popular women’s rights activist is Susan B. Anthony. She was born on February 15, 1820 and raised in a Quaker household. She then went on to work as a teacher before becoming a leading figure in the abolitionist and women's voting rights movement. She worked with Elizabeth Cady Stanton and would eventually lead the National American Woman Suffrage Association. A dedicated writer and lecturer, Anthony died on March 13, 1906. Elizabeth Cady Stanton was born on November 12, 1815, in Johnstown, New York. She was an abolitionist and leading figure of the early woman's movement. An eloquent writer, her Declaration of Sentiments was a revolutionary call for women's rights across a variety of spectrums. Elizabeth Cady Stanton was the president of the National Woman Suffrage Association for 20 years and worked closely with Susan B. Anthony.
Another important achievement is Elizabeth Blackwell was also the first women to create and run he own practice of medicine with her Sister. Another Important achievement of Elizabeth Blackwell was also the first women to Find the college for women being Doctors and it was called Woman’s Medical College of the New York Infirmary in 1868. Also, another important achievement of Elizabeth Blackwell was a great lecture and teacher and the dean of this college while she was in the United States of America. Another important achievement of Elizabeth Blackwell was she created and founded the hospital of New York Infirmary for Indigent Women and Children in 1857, which was is still part of New York University Downtown Hospital. The most Important achievement that Elizabeth Blackwell accomplishment was that she pushed the boundaries of the social norm for women becoming doctors.
Friends and freed her slaves Elizabeth chose to stay with her and took her last name. Mrs.
When most people think of the Scientific Revolution, they think of scientists such as Galileo, Newton, Brahe, and Boyle. However, many people do not even know about the many women who played a vital role in the scientific advancements of this period. Even when these women were alive, most of society either ignored them or publicly disapproved their unladylike behavior. Because of this, these women were often forgotten from history, and very little is known about the majority of them. Although their names rarely appear in history books, the female scientists of the Scientific Revolution still impacted the world of science in several ways. In fact, all of the scientists listed above had a woman playing an influential role assisting them in their research. However, assisting men in their studies was not the only role open to women; several women performed experimentation and research on their own, or advancing science in some other way, even though the society of the time looked down upon and even resisted their studies.
Emily Dickinson grew up in Amherst, Massachusetts in the nineteenth century. As a child she was brought up into the Puritan way of life. She was born on December 10, 1830 and died fifty-six years later. Emily lived isolated in the house she was born in; except for the short time she attended Amherst Academy and Holyoke Female Seminary. Emily Dickinson never married and lived on the reliance of her father. Dickinson was close to her sister Lavinia and her brother Austin her whole life. Most of her family were members of the church, but Emily never wished to become one. Her closest friend was her sister-in-law Susan. Susan was Emily's personal critic; as long as Emily was writing she asked Susan to look her poems over.