“Amazing the things you will find when you bother to search for them. ”-Sacagawea. Nowadays, when we think famous people we think of Kim Kardashian, Justin Bieber and Lebron James, but what about the famous celebrities who made history? When I got the chance to research a famous deceased individual, I choose Sacagawea. Sacagawea was a very important person in the history of America, in fact without her help Lewis and Clark might have ended up lost on their famous expedition in 1804.
The First Afro-American Woman Depicted on 20 - Dollar Bill. Who Was Harriet Tubman? The Abolitionists called her as the ‘Moses’ or ‘General Tubman’. She manages to mislead slaves’ hunters and she acted the Underground Railroad, also she spoked at churches and mass rallies.
I am choosing Harriet Tubman as my research project because she is the epitome of courage and strength. During slavery Tubman risked her life to smuggle 300 African American slaves to freedom. The fact that she was able to accomplish the feat of freeing slaves is significant because she was a runaway slave herself with a bounty on her head. Also, Tubman was a proponent of the women’s suffrage movement attending events and giving speeches concerning the equality of women.
Harriet Tubman What is greatness? Is it showing the ability to be strong? It is showing courage? In this world there are many people that are considered to be grate, a good example of a grate person would be the one and only Harriet Tubman. Harriet Tubman is considered a great person because she was a former slave that escaped slavery of the south.
Denise K. Lajmodiere “American Indian Females and Stereotypes: Warriors, Leaders, Healers, Feminists; Not Drudges, Princesses, Prostitutes.” National Association for Multicultural Education (2013): 104-109. Web. 7 Sept. 2015. This article, written by native female author Denise K. Lajmodiere highlights the racial stereotypes that surround Native American women and how they are historically inaccurate.
Deborah Sampson was the first known American woman soldier who disguised herself under her deceased brother’s name in order to fight in the American Revolutionary War. During this time women were not given rights to infantry, but were often nurses in the military. Like many other people who contributed to the society, Deborah Sampson had many failures along the way of her accomplishments. Deborah Sampson came from “ancestors who led the Massachusetts colony” (Furbee 1999: 56). She grew up in a broken home where both her father and mother deserted her to be raised by other relatives.
The Rejected Think back to the list of women that are taught in the public school system; it is not a long or diverse list of individuals. This is part of the Jason Porath’s idea behind Rejected Princesses, to expand the list. Telling stories of women too awesome, awful, or offbeat for kids’ movies. During his lecture, Jason Porath uses these women’s stories to explain the current status of the movie industry, as well as just to tell these crazy, amazing stories of these women’s lives.
Harriet Tubman is a big part in american history, She made a lot of incredible decisions and remarkable bravery. Harriet Risked her life many times to try and save the people that needed help. Harriet Tubman was such a role model to lots of people. Harriet was born in maryland, harriet had a very tough childhood, Growing up was very tough and very scary. Harriet was forced to work when she was only 6 years old and was beaten and threatened when she didn't work hard enough.
When Tubman started getting older at the age, she started enduring some sewer pain. She endured brain surgery at Boston’s Massachusetts General Hospital to ease the pains and vivacious she knowledgeable smoothly. Tubman was ultimately known as the timeout home named in her nobility. Bounded by friends and family members. In 1913, Harriet Tubman died of pneumonia.
Harriet Tubman's third greatest is before the war she helped african americans get away with the help of the underground railroad. In the month of december, in the year of 1850 she picked up three people and took them from Near Baltimore, Md. to Philadelphia(Doc B). Brought slaves to freedom despite her personal risks of being captured. In the fall of 1851, she took 11 African American fugitives from Dorchester, Md. and helped them get to Canada West or Ontario(Doc B). This is important but it is not the most important thing that she did as it did not help as many people.
Women of the Nineteenth Century were considerably involved in the fight against slavery and racial injustice. It is important to examine their motivations to enter the abolition movement, the ways in which they contributed, and who played major roles. Abolitionism and the campaign for equality for women should also be investigated because they merge together. The Nineteenth Century was a time of reform and women were among the strongest advocates for the human rights movements occurring. The end of slavery was the most important accomplishment of reformers of that time.