Eliza Farnham was known for her talent in writing which made her national. Mrs.Farnham passed away from consumption in New York in the year of 1864 on the 15th of December at the age of 49. She grew up with foster parents from the age of four. When Eliza turned 15 she moved in with her uncle, and attended the Albany Female Academy. In 1835, Eliza Burhans moved in with a sister who was married in Tazewell county, Illinois. During the 18 century, Cornelius and Mary Wood Burhans gave birth to Eliza Burhans in November 17, 1815. Eliza Burhans was born in Hudson Valley Town of Rensselaerville, New York. Eliza Farnham was involved in numerous events during her time known as Vanguard of several social, political movements including abolitionism, …show more content…
Eliza and Thomas Jefferson Farnham had three boys: Charles, Charles Haight, and Edward Farnham. Ms and Mr.Farnham lived in Prairie Illinois for five years. Thomas Jefferson Farnham wrote five books in the 18 centuries, “Travels in Oregon Territory” in 1842, “Travel in the Great Western Prairie” in 1843, “Travels in California, and Scenes in the Pacific” in 1845, “A Memoir of the Northwest Boundary-Line” in 1845, and “Mexico, Its Geography, People, and Institutions” in 1846. Thomas Jefferson Farnham wrote more about traveling and Eliza Farnham's wrote about her life time. In 1841, Eliza Farnham's moved back to New York from Illinois because she was struggling to support herself and her childrens. During that time that she moved back to New York she got involved with the reform movement that were prevalent in the 19 centuries, and she became known in the social reform circles of New York. Also, Eliza Farnham was advocated using kindness and music in the Rehabilitation of female prisoners. During the 18th centuries In, 1844 through the influence of Horace Greeley and others reforms, Eliza Farnham's was appointed matron of the women’s ward at Sing Sing
Harriet studied and assisted as a teacher at the Western Female Institute, a school in Hartford, Connecticut, that her sister Catherine had founded. Harriet moved with her father to Cincinnati, Ohio, as a result of her father’s religious appointment. Harriet’s career as a teacher ended when she married widower Calvin Stowe. Across the river from Cincinnati was Kentucky, where Calvin Stowe’s home was located. Kentucky was a slave state, and Harriet was able to experience firsthand the horrors of slavery. Also, Harriet’s new home with Stowe was a “station” along the “underground railroad”, and Harriet had even more experience and interaction with the slaves. Harriet had always been creative as a child, and she loved to write. Her anger toward slavery in addition with encouragement from her sister-in-law to “use her skills to aid the cause of abolition” (Wells) inspired Harriet to write Uncle Tom’s Cabin (Wells; University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee).
Margaret Garner, an enslaved African American woman in pre-Civil War America, was born on June 4, 1834, at Maplewood plantation in Boone County, Ky. Her parents were slaves belonging to the
Born on February 15, 1820 in Adams, Massachusetts (SBA House), she was brought up into a large Quaker family with many activist traditions. Quakers believed highly in education and a strong work ethic from an early age. “They believed in peace, temperance and justice, and this was to affect her adult concerns about injustices toward women, as well as social problems that come from alcohol,” (Grace). As well as believing that men and women were equal partners before God, which later had an influence on her belief in women's rights. Her mother, Lucy, loved to sing and dance which led to much controversy between her father’s harsh Quaker faith, which later on to her convictions of women equality. “No toys or music were allowed in the Anthony home for fear that they would distract the children from God's word” (Linder). Anthony’s father, Daniel, ran a cotton mill with strong values to refuse slave-picked cotton. At the age of six, Anthony and her family moved to Battenville, New York because Daniel was asked to manage other mills (Grace). Her education began in quaint schools in the small of New York but at fifteen, bega...
Born in Cederville, Illinois, on September 6, 1860, Jane Addams founded the world famous social settlement of Hull House. From Hull House, where she lived and worked from it’s start in 1889 to her death in 1935, Jane Addams built her reputation as the country’s most prominent women through her writings, settlement work and international efforts for world peace. In 1931, she became the first women to win the Nobel Peace Prize.
After teaching for 15 year, she became active in temperance. However, because she was a women she was not allowed to speak at rallies. Soon after meeting Elizabeth Cady Stanton she became very active in the women’s right movement in 1852 and dedicated her life to woman suffrage.
She went to live with her cousin, Gerrit Smith, a leading abolitonist, philanthropist and religious critic. Living with him got her more closely involved with the abolitionist, temperance, and women’s rights movements. While living with Smith, she met and fell in love with Henry B. Stanton. Although it was going against he...
The Queen Mary is a famous boat that transported many people during its lifetime. When the Queen Mary was being built in 1930, it was going to be named Queen Victoria after King George’s mother, Queen Victoria, but when asking for King George’s blessing he changed it to Queen Mary after his wife.The queen Mary was not only a voyage ship for the emigrants but also a ship for the army during the WW2 in which the ship saved many lives. .Queen Mary’s first trip was in May 27, 1936 from Southampton, England.The Queen Mary also held many immigrants during their trip to the USA. After the first trip she was named the largest and fastest boat and set a new speed record which was held for a total of fourteen years.
Amelia Bloomer:Amelia Bloomer was born in Cortland County, New York, in 1818. She received an education in schools of the State and became a teacher in public schools, then as a private tutor. She married in 1840 to Dexter C. Bloomer, of Seneca Falls, New York. Dexter C. Bloomer was editor of a county newspaper, and Mrs. Bloomer began to write for the paper. She was one of the editors of the Water Bucket, a temperance paper published during Washingtonian revival. Mr. Bloomer lived in Seneca Falls in 1848, but did not participate in the Women’s Rights Convention. In 1849, Bloomer began work with a monthly temperance paper called The Lily. It was devoted to women’s rights and interests, as it became a place for women advocates to express their opinions. The paper initiated a widespread change in women’s dress. The long, heavy skirts were replaced with shorter skirts and knee-high trousers or undergarments. Bloomer’s name soon became associated with to this new dress, and the trousers became known as Bloomers. She continued to new dress and continued advocating for women’s rights in her paper. In 1854, Mrs. Bloomer began giving numerous speeches and continued to fight for equal justice for women.
Gertrude Margaret Lowthian bell a British archaeologist,writer and government official, was born on July ,14 ,1868 in Durham England. Gertrude bell came from a wealthy family who were industrialist hugh bell and mary bell. Bell was educated at lady margaret hall, university of oxford she was the first woman to obtain first-class honors there. Her father was a businessman, Her mother Mary died giving birth to Gertrudes brother when she was only 3 year old.
Traveling to the New World in 1630 at age eighteen, poet Anne Bradstreet lived an arduous and troublesome life in the infant American colonies. After writing for many years in America and having her poems secretly published by her brother-in-law in England, Anne Bradstreet became not only the first published female American poet, but the first published American poet ever. As a Puritan, Bradstreet projected her religion, as well as her worldly observations, onto her poetry. She also explored the emotional and societal aspects of her life, often writing about sin, redemption, frailty, death, and immortality- common themes of the American Colonial era. Bradstreet fought against gender conformity and sorrow in the Puritan society of the mid 1600s
Initially a teacher, some of Isabel Robb’s major contributions to the nursing profession involved nursing education. She was instrumental in implementing the use of a grading policy for nursing students, so that there was proof of competency before receiving any sort of qualifications. Employed as both the superintendent of nurses and the principal of the training school at Johns Hopkins, she sought to change nursing education, started a nurse’s association, and wrote the textbook Nursing: Its Principles and Practice, which is known for standardizing nursing education (Isabel Adams, 2017). She can be credited as the nursing profession’s leading agent for founding organizations such as the American Nurses’
“Ma’am, the results of the tests have come back. Your baby girl will have autism.” These words changed Susan McRae’s life forever. Her husband, Richard, immediately started crying. Susan and Richard came to this moment because during an ultrasound two weeks ago, there was a dot spotted on their developing child, Emma,’s brain. Their doctor ran a test and the results had come back; their baby was going to have autism.
This semester could be best described by the quote from Louisa May Alcott,“I am not afraid of storms for I am learning how to sail my ship.” Since the first day of class, I knew I would be facing a mountain of a storm like multiple essays and speeches, but I was willing to take the leap and head straight in. I didn’t know then and still don’t know now if I will do well in this class, because I am not the best writer or communicator or captain. But all I do know, is that I’ll put all my effort into guiding my ship in the right direction.
Louisa May Alcott was considered a 19th century literary icon (Louisa May... United). She was a writer that produced over 300 literary works (Smith). She was born on November 29, 1832, in Germantown, Pennsylvania and died of a stroke March 6, 1888 (Biography.com; Cleary). She lived almost her entire life in Boston, Massachusetts with her mother, father, and three sisters, Anna Bronson Alcott, Elizabeth Sewall Alcott, and Abigail May Alcott (National Women’s History). Alcott is a famous writer and feminist icon for many young women around the world. All ages and genders around the world read Little Women, a book about young women growing up and their lives. Alcott used writing to leave a lasting impact on America that changed many people’s lives and inspired them.
Men have always been considered the superior gender, especially back in the days of Anne Bradstreet. Bradstreet, however, was determined to show that she was not going to be held back by the standards of women set by society. Canadian author Margaret Atwood perfectly put in to perspective how men and women are viewed in society when she said, “We still think of a powerful man as a born leader and a powerful woman as an anomaly.” Why is it that women are taught that they have to prove themselves worthy to live in a man’s world? I believe Anne Bradstreet, like many women today, wanted equality of the genders. Bradstreet, unknowingly, contributed to an important movement that is still around today, the feminist movement.