Some kids know about the Presidents, but do they know about the people that help him every day. The first lady, the wife of President, is always helping the President in many ways. One of the earliest first ladies is Jane M. Pierce. Jane Pierce was the wife of the fourteenth President, Franklin Pierce. Jane Pierce was born on March 12, 1806, in Hampton, New Hampshire. Her mother was Elizabeth Mean and her father was Reverend Jesse Appleton. Jane had five siblings. She was very small and weak. She liked to wear dark clothes, but sometimes she wore black with white. Since her father was Congregationalist Minister she was a Congregationalist (Staff First ladies). Jane had a good education. She was schooled at home. Jane liked literature. She wanted to procure the literature career. But instead, she did religious acts. Her handwriting was very poor so she could not write very well. Even though Jane had an education she did not go to college. She was Congregationalist, so she learned about the bible. Jane read the bible a lot. She also did a lot of religious acts. …show more content…
Jane and Franklin loved each other, but Jane’s family didn’t approve of the marriage. Finally, on November 19, 1834, they got married. Jane was twenty-eight years old and Franklin was almost thirty. Jane had three boys, Franklin Jr., Frank, and Benjamin. Franklin Jr. was only three days old when he died. Frank died of typhus when he was four. Benjamin was killed by a train in front of his mother. Then in 1853, Franklin became president. Before Franklin became president the Mexican-American War was happening. The Mexican-American War was a war over Texas and slavery in the south. Also Iowa, and Wisconsin became states before Franklin became president. When Franklin was in office slavery was still in the
Abigail Adams was and still is a hero and idle for many women in the United States. As the wife of John Adams, Abigail used her position to bring forth her own strong federalist and strong feminist views. Mrs. Adams was one of the earliest feminists and will always influence today's women.
It is said that John Adams’ wife was one of the most important wives of any of the presidents. Their relationship was loving and friendly, they often sent each other letters. They were apart a lot during his
She bought and sold land ,raised cattle,and grew cotton with the help of slaves.When war ended, she continued to work the land with tenants and experimented with sheep. She married James Long at age 16 had a kid at 18 and became a widow at age 23. She had three kids Anna, Rebecca, and Little Mary. Little Mary only lived to be two years old. Lonely and starving ,Jane welcomed incoming immigrants heading for the San Jacinto River early in 1822. While Jane stayed and waited for James to come back but it took a wicked turn. By mid-summer she moved farther up the San Jacinto River, where she finally received word that James Long had been killed. Anna, her little girl, died in June and left the grandkids for Jane.Yet by her unwavering tenacity, she earned the title “Mother of Texas”. Jane died on Dec. 30,1880 in Fort Bend County Texas, USA, Jane was buried at Richmond, Texas. On her gravestone is inscribed “Mrs. Jane H. Long, The Mother of Texas.
There were many “Founding Mothers” of America and each of them had their own contribution in the American Revolution and Martha Washington was one them. Martha Washington played a vital role during the revolutionary period of US history. She is considered as the first “First Lady” of America and was a wife of George Washington and they both spent considerable time with each other during the American Revolution. She expanded her social circle during the revolution, as she met the influential members of society in New York and Boston.
Abigail Adams: Born November 11, 1774 in Weymouth, MA. She’s the wife of John Adams, first lady of the United States, and the son of John Quincy Adams. In particular, she played a huge role in the American Revolution. Abigail Adams served as the Massachusetts Colony General Court who commissioned her, along with a few other women, to talk to ladies in the area who were loyal to the British. This was only the first of her dealings with women 's influence in politics. Because she and her husband were away from each other often for extended periods, the two of them corresponded through lengthy letters. In some of these letters, Abigail urged her husband, during the days surrounding the Declaration of Independence and the Revolutionary War, to pay attention to the rights of women. She believed women 's rights should equal those of the men. She did not bring the founding fathers around to her way of thinking, but she continued to campaign for various equalities for females, including the right to a formal education. Her husband went on to become the second President of the United States. Abigail Adams died before her son, John Quincy, became the sixth President. As a result of Abigail Adams, women became powerful and impacting figures during the American revolution, thus bringing them closer to gaining civil rights.
An early proponent of humane treatment and equal education for women, is considered a remarkable women of her times (Gale Virtual Reference Library). She made is easier for women to get an education, and better treatment as a whole. Abigail Adams big agreement with her husband, family. and friends provides a historical record of the times as well showing her as an intelligent and capable woman (Gale Virtual Reference Library). Abigail's agreement she made with her husband made her seem more intelligent and capable. In 1824 her son John Quincy Adams was elected the country's sixth president (Britannica School). Her son and her husband were elected to become a U.S president. The first person to be the wife of one U.S president and the mother of another president is Abigail Adams (Britannica School). Abigail was the first person to be a wife and mother of an U.S president. She is considered one of the first American feminist. Another issue of great concern to her was slavery to which she was extremely opposed (Britannica School). She was the first feminist in U.S
First Lady, from 1797 to 1801. In 1800 the first First Lady to live in the White house, she resided there for four months, arriving in November 1800. During that time she famously hung her family's laundry in the unfinished East Room to dry. Throughout President John Adams' career, his wife, Abigail Adams, served as an unofficial adviser. On New Year's Day 1801 she opened the mansion, soon to be known as the White House.
“Although John Adams could be cranky and ill-tempered, just think how grumpy he would have been without the support of his wife of fifty-four years, his ‘Portia’” (allthingsliberty.com). Abigail Adams was one of the many women that played very important roles in the revolutionary war. These women served as writers, writing about politics during the war, nurses, taking care of sick or hurt soldiers, as well as spies, transferring information without anyone suspecting them. Without women playing the roles they did, the revolutionary war could have had a completely different outcome.
After Washington retired from being president in 1797, John Adams my husband ran for president and won the election. I joined him in Philadelphia in May. I quickly settled in as First Lady. My husband discussed many important problems with me and often followed my advice. I kept writing letters to my friends and even continued managing the Quincy (formerly Braintree) farm through correspondence with my sister Mary Cranch.
She was the first First Lady to live in the White House in Washington DC. Abigail assumed an active role as an informal adviser to the president and as the First Lady. She was an advocate for women’s rights and equal public education for women. She sought out denunciations of married women’s inability to control property. “Legal degradation that women had to submit to the moment they got married. Single women, including widows, were allowed to own and control property. Yet as Abigail complained to her husband in a June 1782 letter, wives' property was "subject to the control and disposal of our partners, to whom the Laws have given a sovereign Authority." (Holton, Woody. 2010. "Abigail Adams” Last Act of Defiance.") She also supported the emancipation of slaves - which she viewed it as a threat to democracy.
In Jane Eyre Charlotte Bronte intertwines various religious ideas in her mid-nineteenth century English setting. Throughout the novel, Jane Eyre blends various religious insights which she has learned from different sources. While Jane was young, she had only a Biblical textbook outlook on life combined with the miserable emotional conditions of her surroundings. This in turn led to Jane being quite mean with Mrs. Reed. When Jane eventually goes off to Lowood and meets Helen Burns, she learns of her religious philosophy far more than the words would mean. Over the course of many years Jane then applies the basis of Helen's religious philosophy and adjusts it for herself in relation to the
She also liked to attend meetings at the Capitol building and listen to speakers (Morey, 30). In the winter and spring of 1917-1918, Franklin came down with pneumonia and Eleanor discovered that Franklin was having an affair with their good friend, Lucy Mercer. During this time they saw each other very little, but did not get a divorce (Cook, 222-224, vol. 1). In fact, Franklin’s mother threatened that if he got a divorce, she would “cut him out without a cent” and he needed her money for his campaign, so they did not get a divorce (Morey, 33). After Franklin got over his pneumonia, Eleanor still stayed dedicated to him even after his affair and they tried to work on their relationship. They even began to travel together again. Eleanor still went through some periods of depression but through this she developed independence and leadership (Morey, 35-36).
Throughout the novel, Charlotte Bronte introduces characters that challenge Jane’s spirituality and impress their religious beliefs on her. However, these characters, whom of which are Mr. Brocklehurst and St. John, all live in such a way that contradicts what they claim to believe. Therefore, Jane rejects the religion presented to her and attempts to become her own savior.
Most people have life goals, however Jane Toppans goal was a little different. Her life's ambition was to “have killed more people – helpless people – than any other man or woman who ever lived.” Jane was born in 1857 in Boston, Massachusetts as Honora Kelley to 2 irish immigrants by the names of Paul and Bridget Kelley. Shortly after her birth, Janes mother died of tuberculosis. This left only her father to take care of her; however he was not a very reliable parental figure, he was known as "Kelley the Crack" to his friends, and was a known alcoholic.
Faith and religion rests in the core of Jane’s character and actions, but also causes tension with her independence. At Lowood, she struggles to reconcile her desire to rebel against oppression and injustice with the words of Helen saying to submit like Christ. She chooses to submit, experiencing an “extraordinary sensation”, feeling “as if she was a martyr” (67). Through her submissions, she learns to be virtuous. This virtue is challenged when she must choose either to be Rochester’s mistress, or to forsake the man she loves, jeopardizing her happiness. Abiding by God’s law, she leaves, believing that “God directed [her] to a correct choice” (366). Jane faces her fiercest tension when she faces St. John’s proposal to marry him and become a missionary’s wife. She desires to continue in God’s will, telling St. John that “I will give my heart to God”, but knows that marrying him goes against her every desire. She wishes to be free from St. John; she desires her independence. She nearly submits, were she “but convinced that it is God’s will” that she marry St. John (426). She prays for Heaven to “show [her] the path” (426). Jane truly seeks God’s will, and in return, “seemed to penetrate very near a Mighty Spirit” (427). Her devotion to God is rewarded as she prays in her “different way to St. John’s” (427). God releases Jane from a life married to St. John and allows her to return to Rochester and become his wife. Jane’s faith in God allows her to make virtuous