WS 101 FINAL PRESENTATION

Presentation Group:

Steven Barcelos

Sarah Cartier

Kelli DeBellis

Kamran Husain

Deshawn Larrimore

David Reitz

OUR WOMEN

Elizabeth Blackwell

Frances E W Harper

Eleanor Roosevelt

Yoko Ono

Zsuzsanna Budapest

Leslie Feinberg

These women are very different. They are from different

time periods, with different goals, and different ways to

reach those goals.

They all, however, have broken tradition to bring about

large scale change to their communities at large within

the United States as well as other countries.

ELIZABETH BLACKWELL

ELIZABETH BLACKWELL

Became first female doctor in America

Told repeatedly that this notion of hers was

outrageous, impossible and highly expensive.

Applied to med school and was rejected from all 29

medical schools that she applied to.

Accepted to Geneva Medical College in western

New York in 1847

Graduated two years later in 1849 as a physician

Pioneered the advances in preventive medicine and

advancement of antisepsis and hygiene

Helped establish women in medicine as doctors

FRANCES ELLEN WATKINS HARPER

FRANCES E W HARPER 1825-1911

Poet & Author

Abolitionist

Former Vice President

of National Association

of Colored Women

Lecturer

Activist

Mother & Widow

WHAT BARRIERS AND TRADITION DID FRANCES

BREAK AS AN AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMAN?

Women’s Rights: The Women’s Right Convention

14th & 15th Amendment: Granting the right to vote

and citizenship

Maine Anti-Slavery Society: Harper often traveled

Civil Rights: For all including African American

women

She worked within her community: Bettering her

environment

FROM THE POEM “BURY ME IN FREE LAND”

“I ask no monument, proud and high,

To arrest the gaze of passers-by;

All that my yearning spirit craves,

Is bury me not in a land of slaves.”

ELEANOR ROOSEVELT

ELEANOR ROOSEVELT

Born in October of

1884

Was the first lady from

1933 to 1945

“Where, after all, do

human rights begin?”

Supported her husband

in the New Deal

policies

Was an advocate for

civil and social rights

Her public

admonishment during

the beginning of WWII

She supported the

formation of the United

Nations

First Lady

Chosen chair for the

Declaration of Human

Rights

President and chair of

the United Nations

Commission on Human

Rights

The Presidential

Commission on the

Status of Women

YOKO ONO

YOKO ONO

Born in 1933 (Japan)

Moved to America in 1947

Main Residents: Japan, New York, London, and

New York

CAREER

Avant-garde

PICTURE NOT WORKING!!!

POLITICS

Political Activist

PICTURE NOT WORKING!!!

ZSUZSANNA “Z” BUDAPEST

ZSUZSANNA “Z” BUDAPEST

Created Dianic Wicca in

1971

Founded the “Susan B.

Anthony Coven Number

One”

Born in Budapest,

Hungary

Became a refugee of the

Hungarian Revolution

Moved to Chicago in

1956 to study languages

What is Wicca?

Pantheistic religion based

on the celebration of the

seasons.

Witchcraft is used like

prayer

“Feminist Spirituality”

worships a Goddess and

no God.

Dianic Wicca is the only

feminist spirituality

religion.

This movement has

since spread all over

the globe.

Intends to shake the

foundations of

Patriarchy

Believes the only

religious figure that can

work for a globalized

world is nature herself,

mother Earth.

LESLIE FEINBERG

LESLIE FEINBERG

Breaks tradition by Existing

Ze is a transgender

individual

Trans- Latin for

“across” or “beyond”

Gender- sexual identity,

especially in relation to

society or culture

Feels more comfortable

living a “masculine”

lifestyle

Doesn’t clearly identify

with either gender

Experienced hatred

directed towards hir as

a young butch lesbian

Experiences led hir to

question gender

conformity

Worked to allow more

freedom of gender

expression

Written books and articles

that have been read

worldwide

Inspires people to become

activists

Works to free women of

oppression

Asserts that women and

men should act as

individuals

THE END

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