Sylvia Robinson Research Paper

Margaret Lea Houston (April 11, 1819 – December 3, 1867) was First Lady of the Republic of Texas, First Lady of the state of Texas, and a founding member of Concord Baptist Church in Grand Cane. She was a poet and an accomplished musician. Her influence on husband Sam Houston persuaded him to give up alcohol and profane language. Margaret gave birth inside the governor's mansion to the youngest of their eight children, as angry mobs gathered outside in response to her husband's opposition to Texas signing the Ordinance of Secession of the Civil War. He was removed from office for refusing to swear loyalty to the Confederacy. Their eldest son joined the Confederate army and was left for dead on the battlefield at Shiloh, saved by a Union Army

Born on May 4, 1844, in Martinsburg, Virginia, Boyd was the eldest of the eight children of Benjamin Reed and Mary Rebecca Boyd (Abbot). the age of 11, Boyd rode a horse into the family's home during a party to protest her exclusion from an adult dinner party and asked, “Well, my horse is old enough, isn’t he?”, which displayed her strong-willed, high-spirited and quick-witted personality (Moore). Boyd was able to receive a good education, and was able to attend the Mount Washington Female College in Baltimore, Maryland, even though her family were not the wealthiest. (Abbot).

Louise Day Hicks took a very unconventional path, unlike most women she choose to follow in her father 's footsteps of becoming a lawyer and politician, challenging the changing gender roles of that time, something I find admirable. Hicks had the power to be remembered as a political icon, being the first female Democrat to represent Massachusetts in the House or for her run for mayor of Boston, instead, she is remembered as a symbol of racism, something I can’t overlook. If I could sit down with Hicks I would ask her why she took a progressive stance while she was a representative, but then choose to implement and enforce discriminatory policies while she was on the Boston School Committee and running for mayor. I would ask her if she choose

Sarah Merryman spent the first fourteen years of her life in Long Island, New York. After moving to West Lafayette, Indiana in 2010, she underwent the challenge of adapting to the American Midwest. In the process forming a new life, she experienced several new adventures such as playing third-baseman on the girls’ softball team. After spending a gap year following high school graduation, Sarah entered the world of higher education by enrolling in Ivy Tech Community College with the intent of earning an associates degree in liberal arts. Pleasantly surprised that she survived her first year of college, Sarah has spent her second year at Ivy Tech taking advantage of every leadership opportunity available on campus. Her current experiences as

Civil Disobedience has been around for hundreds of years. This a practice first put into play by a man by the name of Henry David Thoreau who believed that if you didn’t agree with a rule then you should act against it in a nonviolent way, and be willing to accept any punishment that comes with it. His teachings were followed by famous activists such as Ghandi, and Martin Luther King Jr., and many others.

Petrina Hicks who was born in 1972 in Australia. She is a visual art photographer who grew up in Lungarno, Sydney near the Georges River. She had many different career paths and after pursuing a degree in communications at the university of Canberra she pursued her interest in photography. Petrina studied at the Australian National University School of art. While working as a commercial photography assistant in Sydney for 5 years, working within many photography genres including, advertising, fashion and portrait photos, she maintained a private focus on her art photography, and entered various art prizes and exhibitions.

Sharon draper was born august 21, 1948, in Cleveland Ohio. Ms. Draper is a public speaker, poet, educator, and author. Ms. Draper is a member of the national board for professional teaching standards. All of Ms. Draper books have been recorded on audiocassette by recorded book. Ms. Draper wanted to be a teacher since she was a child. Ms. Draper said “in order to be a good writer it is necessary first to be a good reader”. In other words Reading is input, and writing is output. Draper attended Pepperdine University as a national merit scholar majoring in English. She graduated in 1971 from college. Draper once commented "I feel very blessed that I have had so much success in such a short time. I hope that my books can continue to make a difference

Barbara Jordan was born on February 21, 1936 in Houston Texas. She was the youngest child of three. Her father Benjamin Jordan was a Baptist minister and warehouse clerk. Her mother, Arlyne was a maid, housewife and church teacher. Jordan went to college at the University of Texas. She graduated from college being one out of two African American women in her class. Jordan passed away from viral pneumonia on January 17, 1996. Barbara Jordan is a modern here because she is a brave woman, she overcame racism, she is also a civil rights activist.

Young girls do not usually get good representation in cartoons, as they’re usually played off as vapid and narcissistic. With Velma Dinkley, referred to as the brains of the gang, this is just the opposite. Due to a perfect memory and calculating mind, she solves most of the mysteries by herself, figuring out what each of the obscure clues mean to fit the pieces of the puzzle together and understand how and why the villain did it. Velma has always been my role model, I’ve always wanted to solve mysteries, travel the country in a van with my best friends, and complete the epic adventuring aesthetic everyone my age wants to achieve. The main reason Velma is my role model is that she does not put in the effort to hide who she is. Sometimes, teenagers

When James I was king, the sport of bear bating became popular. Bears, dogs, lions, and other animals were forced to fight each other to the death for entertainment. He even had a special platform built so the court could witness these “royal games.” There was disappointment when the battles weren’t bloody – even more so when the animals simply refused to fight.

Clearly, hip-hop music has not been particularly helpful with a feminist movement, especially because the songs that are most popular are mostly performed by men. It is also important to note that not all of these men are AAE speakers and many of them are crossing over. On the Billboard charts for 2013, of the top twenty R&B/Hip-hop songs, only four were performed by women, and only one of those performed by a woman was in the top ten. The concept of “Hip-hop feminism” as described by Whitney Peoples is a movement that involves “reconciliation and reclamation” (26) by young African American women in the United States of the male hip-hop culture that they grew up with. The overall goals of hip-hop feminism are to empower black women and to create systemic change to allow for social justice, and Whitney claims that these goals are evident through history, but each group of black women finds different ways to reach these objectives. There are various ways for black women to find power and navigate the misogyny found in hip-hop music. The most influential way to do so is for African American women to create their own

Music industry producer and label owner Sylvia Robinson had become aware of the massive hip-hop block parties occurring around the New York area during the late '70s, so she brought together three local rappers (Master Gee, Wonder Mike, and Big Bank Hank) to record a single.

I choose to research Joan Mitchell because I did not know very much about her or the type of artist she is. Joan Mitchell is a second generation member of the abstract expressionist group and was a very well respected painter of her time. She was born on February 12, 1925 and died on October 30, 1992. Joan was born in Mitchell was born in Chicago Illumines however, most of her career took place in France and she was one of the eras few female painters. She was so well respected that her paintings and prints can be seen in major museums and collections across the United States and Europe. Her paintings often covered two separate panels. “An admirer of Vincent van Gogh's work, Mitchell observed in one of his final paintings – Wheatfield with Crows (1890) – the symbology of death, suicide, hopelessness, depression and darkness. With her sense that Wheatfield with Crows was a suicide note, she painted a painting called No Birds as a response and as an homage”. Joan was a painter who was influenced by many others and incorporated others ideas in her paintings. I think that this is one of the reasons why she is so well respected. Joan’s most notable awards were: “1991 Le Grand Prix des Arts (Peinture) of the

Professor Elizabeth Helen Blackburn is an Australian/American biological researcher who studies telomeres, a structure at the end of chromosomes that protects the chromosomes. She was born on the 26th of November 1948 in Hobart, Tasmania. She is 66 years old and is currently a researcher at the University of California, San Francisco.

In the article, “ Oppositional Consciousness within an Oppositional Realm: The Case of Feminism and Womanism in Rap and Hip Hop, 1976-2004” by Layli Phillips, she takes a look at the rap music since the year 1976 to the early 2000’s and how woman rap have contributed to their oppositions in the rap/ hip hop culture. First it talks about woman in rap: A Brief history overview that gives you information about the female rappers that have come around and how they started in the business. Next it talks about the African American Woman in U.S. history and giving a sense of what they have dealt with and how these things can relate to the music these female rap artists are talking about in their music. In the next sections there is three different