How Did Eleanor Roosevelt Impact Society

President Theodore Roosevelt became president in 1901 after William McKinley. Roosevelt was vice-president but took the presidential position when McKinley was assassinated. He was the youngest president in United States History, but brought new excitement and power to the presidency as he led Congress and the American public towards progressive reforms and a strong foreign policy. Teddy Roosevelt had a prodigious impact on the United States during his presidency from 1901 to 1908, changing the landscape of the U.S. politically, economically, and socially. With all of his accomplishments while he was in office, consisting of the Square Deal, preserving lands, and many more, he improved the U.S overall.

Eleanor Roosevelt has significantly benefited modern society by changing the role of being a first lady. As first lady, Eleanor used her job as tool a for change (Marsico 64). Before Eleanor Roosevelt the job First Lady was irrelevant to society. She took interest in the role of first lady by

Everyone has a why and it takes a leader to fulfill theirs why. Every leader has their trial and tribulation. But it takes a person who sees that there is a problem within the community and wants to make it better. There were many players who were involved in the civil rights movement. There were many key players who wanted to see change such ass W.E.B Du bois, Ida B Wells, Booker T. Washington and many. The person I will be mainly talking about is Ida B Wells. Ida B Wells was a phenomenal woman who had a why. Who wouldn’t back down from anything no matter what backlash she would get from it? She was part of a few who begin the Civils Right movement. She displays resilient and also perseverance. So throughout this essay, I'll go into depth of who she was, what her why was and how she executed it.

Sanger’s movement was a stepping stone for many societal advances. “Sanger established the American Birth Control League, a precursor to Planned Parenthood Federation of America and served as its president...Sanger started the National Committee of Federal Legislation for Birth Control” (“Margaret Sanger”). In her lifetime, Sanger got to see progress of women’s reproductive rights in America. Many laws have changed in order to accommodate the things she was working for. Margaret Sanger was faced with controversy but is still known for her legacy. “Across the nation, there are numerous women 's health clinics that carry the Sanger name, in remembrance of her efforts to advance women 's rights and the birth control movement” (“Margaret Sanger”). Although it is presently a controversial topic, many have acknowledged and commended the work that she has done. Sanger accomplished her goal of making advances in women’s reproductive rights. Margaret Sanger fought for what she believed was right, even when she was

In John Steinbeck’s East of Eden, the archetypal mother figure of Olive Hamilton, who is modeled after the author’s own mother, is sharply contrasted with the novel’s antagonist, the ultimate anti-mother figure of Cathy Ames. This juxtaposition of characters highlights not only Olive’s loving, selfless nature, but also Cathy’s diabolical, egocentric one.

In the twelve years Eleanor Roosevelt spent as First Lady of the United States, she witnessed many hardships on the American people. The Great Depression, a time when American banks went bankrupt and American people lost everything, had already began when they took office. As this takes place, she cultivates a sympathetic ear to minorities and poverty stricken citizens. Then as World War II began she would see a time of cruelty of minorities in Poland. Eleanor Roosevelt was not a lady who sat back and watched when action could be taken to right a wrong (Freedman

Margaret Sanger, a memorable and important woman of American history, used her determination and emotional influence to appeal to the national birth control committee, and, as a result, created a lasting speech filled with rhetorical

Elaine Tyler May delivers a concise historical retrospective and critical analysis of the development, evolution, and impact of the birth control pill from the 1950s to present day. In her book, America and the Pill, examines the relationship of the pill to the feminist movement, scientific advances, cultural implications, domestic and international politics, and the sexual revolution. May argues cogently that the mythical assumptions and expectations of the birth control pill were too high, in which the pill would be a solution to global poverty, serve as a magical elixir for marriages to the extent it would decline the divorce rate, end out-of-wedlock pregnancies, control population growth, or the pill would generate sexual pandemonium and ruin families. May claims the real impact of the pill—it’s as a tool of empowerment for women, in which it allows them to control their own fertility and lives.

In the 1910s, Sanger became an advocate for birth control. As the years went on, Margaret Sanger became associated with the term of birth control and even later, eugenics. In the 1920s, she gave a speech entitled “The Morality of Birth Control”. In the speech, she addressed why birth control should be legal and why women deserve

This source report will be focusing on Eleanor Roosevelt and her impact on women’s roles in the United States. The historical period of this source will be the late 1800s to early 1900s, during this time is when Eleanor would make the most of her position within the White House to reach out and make a change. The bigger picture of this essay by Fran Burke is to show how much Eleanor Roosevelt impacted American society, through her input in politics to the humanitarian work that she did. Fran Burke wrote this article in 1984, from Suffolk University.

Sanger was an unconventional figure in activism because her goal was to obtain society’s support for contraception. Previously, not only was birth control illegal, it wasn't even spoken of, treated as a taboo topic by most people. To change this, she founded the American Birth Control League in 1921, and just two years later her Birth Control Clinical Research Bureau opened. It was at this clinic that an all-female staff worked, as well as all-female

Born in 1820, Susan B. Anthony experienced a time with various social changes causing by the Industrial Revolution and the urbanization in the United States. From 1830 to 1850, a wave of revolutionary fervor throughout the European and the United States, giving rise to many liberals who wanted to create a new order.1 Growing up in a politically active family, Susan calculated advanced ideas and consciousness about the needs for women to be personally and economically independent. Susan B. Anthony is a pioneer reformer in the abolition of the slavery, the emancipation of women as well as their acquisition of the right to vote. She dedicated most of her life to strive for the equal right of women, in which she organized meetings and gave speeches

She began by opening the first birth control clinic in the United States in 1916 in Brooklyn, New York, she faced several conflicts and barriers while working towards the creation of the clinic ( Harvey Williams Cushing 57). As Wardell explains, the clinic was a hit from the very start, with lines of men, women, and children stretching around the block. However, the clinic was still considered illegal and the large lines of people caught the eye of many. After sharing information, pamphlets, and materials with customers Margaret found one customer to be acting very strange. She seemed to be of a higher rank which was unexpected because most higher class civilians received information much easier than the lower classes and had little to no issues, unlike the poor. Sanger being the witted person she was ended up being correct, the suspicious woman that had came in the clinic recently, had turned out to be an undercover cop. The clinic was then raided by the New York City Vice Squad just ten days after it had been opened. She spent the night in jail and returned the next morning to reopen the clinic (740). Sanger was practically the first well-known person to be punished for giving away this type of information considering that most all doctors were afraid to even discuss the subject of pregnancy prevention in fear of getting caught and breaking the law (Yasunari 621). As Wardell states, Margaret began to realize her rebellious actions could lead to accomplishing her goals while also gaining support through publicity. Sanger published articles, gave out pamphlets and more, spreading the information and catching the attention of others. Her monthly newspaper, The Woman Rebel, pushed women to rebel for freedom. She believed that forced motherhood was a denial of life and liberty and she urged others to rebel and end that (739-740). As Yasunari writes,

Women’s rights have been a long struggle in America’s legal system, as well as in the religious world, for many decades and women continue to have challenges, concerns, and struggles today. Fighting for what is best for their bodies such as a woman’s right to contraceptives to control whether she will get pregnant or not was not ideal for religious and personal reasons but would find a worthy advocate in a woman who would dedicate her life for women’s reproductive rights. The right for a woman to have an abortion became a legal battle that went all the way to the Supreme Courts in a very well-known case.

Imagine what the lives of women would be like if our world never evolved. Women would be staying home, not being able to seek what a professional job is, not being able to own property and much more. This would be truly discouraging, wouldn’t it? If this were the case for our society today, there would be a lot of uproar. Women would not be able to voice their opinions, which would have a lot of great ideas kept shut. However, on February 15, 1820, our world be blessed with a women that changed the women’s lives completely. Susan B. Anthony was just like any other girl brought up during this time period, but