Essays Tagged: "First Lady"

"A Worn Path" by Eudora Welty.

ckson on April 13, 1909. She was considered one of the greatest American writers. Described as the "first lady of Southern literature" and the "literary voice and soul of the South."In 1973, she won t ... South."In 1973, she won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for her novel "The Optimists' Daughter."Her first major published work was "Death of a Traveling Salesman,"Her first novel, "Delta Wedding," was ...

(4 pages) 172 0 3.0 Aug/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

Eleanor Roosevelt.

well speech made to the New York City Women's Trade Union League before entering the White House as first lady in 1933, her comments foreshadows her lifetime endeavors as a woman committed to humanity ... ind the people who pitied her because she was an orphan or who taunted her for her virtues. For the first time in her life all fear left her and her personality began to shine.Eleanor returned in 1902 ...

(5 pages) 102 0 4.0 Aug/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

The Importance of Arts and Humanities.

e past, nor envision the future we need to pursuer without the arts and humanities."- Excerpts from First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton's remarks to the President's Committee on the Arts and Humanities, ...

(3 pages) 307 0 4.0 Nov/2003

Subjects: Humanities Essays

Brief 1 Page Analysis of Gender Equality in the film 'Rosie The Riveter'

d while we cannot say gender discrimination is entirely gone, it is vastly decreased. Today, former first lady Hillary Clinton is a senator, many of the most powerful CEOs are women, and even my girlf ... hose times, it seems that in many cases they were better than the men they replaced. Women, for the first time ever, were literally placed in men's shoes, and realized for themselves that they could i ...

(2 pages) 40 0 5.0 Feb/2004

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Film Review and Analysis

Seduction in Richard 3

ases of this can be seen with his seduction of Lady Anne and with the persuasion of the citizens.At first Lady Anne despises Richard as she should, but Richard masterfully chips away at her until he g ...

(3 pages) 40 0 5.0 Feb/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

Dave(Movie Review)

.Dave had broken stage 1 of a pre-conventional (Broken a law but it wasn't bad nor good). Ellen the first lady, she was the wife of the real president, she does not talk a lot a lot to the president a ... broken stage 1 of pre-conventional). He wants to be the president, but has to be the vice president first; he's broken stage 2 of a Pre-conventional (Determined by one's own need; concern for the need ...

(2 pages) 21 1 3.0 Apr/2004

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith > Christianity

Romeo and Juliet : Analyzing language and imagery

Juliet, to express her beliefs and feelings about why her daughter Juliet should marry Count Paris. First, Lady Capulet talks about how handsome Paris is. She says, "And find delight writ there with b ...

(1 pages) 46 1 3.8 Apr/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare > Romeo & Juliet

History: North American History: Elenor Roosevelt

rds and opinions would no longer be of any interest once her husband was dead and she was no longer First Lady. However, she was clearly mistaken. The years have passed, and Eleanor Roosevelt's influe ... te high-society, she frequently visited the great slums of New York City. This is where she learned first hand about the living conditions of the underprivileged.Eleanor had shattered the traditional ...

(3 pages) 43 0 5.0 Apr/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis: Woman Explained, Includes Sources Cited Page. Jacqueline Kennedy as an influential woman.

ad many roles in her life which she was completely devoted to such as individual, wife, mother, and First Lady. Onassis was an astounding woman with distinctive qualities. Author Pearl Buck com ... ook that her clothes can be "interpreted as an allegory of her soul" (qtd. in 158). When she became First Lady, Mrs. Kennedy wanted to be recognized by her elite fashion sense, so she had a "designer- ...

(8 pages) 42 1 4.7 Sep/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

Abigail Adams.

devout Puritan, persevering feminist, adoring wife, devoted mother, influential political adviser, First Lady, and American. She was opinionated, very well-read (especially for a woman of her time), ... d prominent family from Braintree, Massachusetts and she traced her family's roots to New England's first settlers. As a child, Abigail often accompanied her mother on trips to visit the sick or needy ...

(11 pages) 54 0 4.5 Dec/2005

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

Report on Livia, her life, her doings.

Livia, one of the most important females names in all of history. She is said the be the first first lady because of her amazing power and presence. She was not the first one of course, the ... o. Tiberius Claudius Nero was an opponent of Octavian. In the months to come, she gave birth to her first son, Tiberius and by 40 B.C.E. the family had left Rome to hide under Mark Anthony's protectiv ... acrosanctity freed them both from any legal restrictions. Livia became a very wealthy woman. In the first time in Rome's history, there were buildings and monuments funded in a womans name. She had di ...

(10 pages) 26 0 5.0 Apr/2006

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History

"The First Lady of Song" - Ella Fitzgerald

Ella Fitzgerald, "The First Lady of Song", was in a class of her own. She was probably themost amazing female jazz singer ... sang two songs by the Boswell sisters, "Judy" and "The Object of MyAffection." She ended up winning first prize. Benny Carter had been at the talent show and hadseen Ella. He thought she was amazing a ... lay with his band for one night. Chickwas convinced, Ella joined the band in 1935 at the Savoy. She first recorded "Loves and Kisses"in June 1935. Then in 1938 the band recorded their first big hit, " ...

(4 pages) 36 0 4.0 Jun/2006

Subjects: Art Essays > Music History & Studies > Performers & Composers

Hilary Clinton and The American Dream

when she broke the invisible barriers of a political career predominantly run by men and become the first women ever to be elected as the First Lady in the United States of America. She occupied this ... ell as wrote a weekly newspaper column entitled, "Taking Over," which focused on her experiences as First Lady and her observations of women, children, and families she has met around the world.Throug ...

(2 pages) 69 0 3.0 Oct/2006

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

Stem Cell Research: Murder or Salvation?

nt Ronald Regan died of Alzheimer's disease after having suffered from it for over a decade. Former First Lady Nancy Regan immediately began lobbying for President Bush to be more lenient with regard ... suffering, as well as countless deaths.Stem cells, also known as pluripotent cells, are some of the first cells to exist in a human embryo. Over time, each specific group of stem cells develops into o ...

(6 pages) 40 0 3.0 Nov/2006

Subjects: Science Essays > Genetics & Genome Projects

Barbara Bush

ed out in her sophomore year when she married George Bush in 1945 III. Life before First Lady Before George Bush was president, Barbara had appeared at public functions many t ... dland - TX, Houston - TX, Washington, DC, New York City, and Beijing - China. In 1946, their first son, George W. Bush is born. Then, Pauline is born in 1949. Third child, John, is born in 1953 ...

(2 pages) 6 0 0.0 Aug/2001

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

Business Ethics

ave made an excellent job on the position, and he frustrated the scheme of Bob with the help of the first lady. Dave succeeded to find his ordinary life again, and he fond his love.Analysis of Common ... e film Dave is full of the conflicts of different groups of people, I classify them into three, the first small group is Bob and his subordinates who plotted to utilize Dave to prevent the vice presid ...

(7 pages) 90 0 1.7 Sep/2001

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

Presidential Wives

sity Press, 1988. Pages 133-146.Mrs. Julia Dent Grant was married to Ulysses S. Grant and served as First Lady during her husbands two presidential terms.Mrs. Grant was very proud to be the wife of a ...

(1 pages) 1150 0 0.0 Oct/2001

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

The Life of Jacqueline Lee Kennedy         Jacqueline Lee Bouvier was

e novels for magazines, and newspapers. "In 1951 Jackie meat John Filzgerald Kennedy for the first time." On September 12, 1953, Jackie and John were married. Caroline Kennedy was born on Novem ... til she became pregnant with John Junior. He was born on November 25,1960. Jackie became the First Lady at 31 years old, in 1961. As soon as J.F.K. was elected "Jackie began working to reorgani ...

(3 pages) 1379 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Art Essays > Artists

Who will most likely be elected the next president of the United States?

ion. Both democratic candidates, Hilary Clinton, the United States senator from New York and former first lady, and Barack Obama, past senator of Illinois are in a dead heat till the finish. Currently ... forming a snowball of momentum seemingly which will carry him all the way till the end. The former first lady's only chance is Ohio and Texas but if she doesn't win that it will be much more difficul ...

(3 pages) 146 1 4.2 Mar/2008

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing > Persuasive Writing

Agrippina the Younger and Hilary Clinton: A comparison of their influential reigns

ger, daughter to the favoured Germanicus and Agrippina the Elder, and Hilary Rodham Clinton, former First Lady of the United States, shared similar backgrounds and exerted a similar degree of influenc ... her later career as a health and children's rights activists but more importantly, her life as the First Lady of the United States of America when her husband Bill Clinton became the president in 199 ...

(14 pages) 18 0 0.0 Oct/2008

Subjects: History Term Papers > World History