Nancy Ward : The peacemaker. Kayla Prior Revolutionary War Biography 5th Grade Literacy May 11, 2017 Nancy Ward was the best person in her time. In her time when black people were treated unfairly, she saved a captured white woman’s life. Her name was Mrs. Bean. Nancy was the peacemaker in her tribe. Nancy Ward’s early life, adult life, and contribution of the Revolutionary War is pretty fascinating. Nancy Ward’s early life was not the best. Nancy was born sometime around 1738 in the town of Chota on the Little Tennessee River. She was part of the Cherokee tribe. Historians don’t know Nancy Ward’s exact birth date. She had a mother named Tame Doe. She was part of the Wolf Clan, which is a group. She also had a …show more content…
Nancy Ward had two husbands and three kids. Her first husband was named Kingfisher. She had two kids with him. Their first kid was named Fivekiller. Their second kid was named Catherine. After Kingfisher got killed in a war, she fell in love with a white trader named Bryant Ward. They had one kid and named her Elizabeth. Nancy Ward had four jobs. She worked in the community fields. She also served as a peace negotiator and an ambassador for her tribe. Nancy was the first dairy farmer in her tribe. Nancy Ward was a peacemaker. She was part of the Cherokee tribe. Nancy was brave. She had dedication to her people and was a caring person. Nancy was made the leader of the Women’s Council of Clan Representatives. She also achieved a reputation as an unflinching advocate of human rights and peace. ( Advocate means he or she publicly shows …show more content…
She was a great role model for not just kids, but everybody. Nancy Ward’s early life, adult life, and contribution of the Revolutionary War is pretty fascinating. Works Cited “Geni”. Nancy Ward, Beloved Woman of the Cherokee. www.geni.com/people/Nancy-Ward-Beloved-Woman-of-the-Cherokee/317746/. May 11, 2017. “My Hero”. Woman Hero: Nancy Ward. http://myhero.com/hero.asp?hero=N_Ward_LC_mcconnelles_US_2010_ul. May 9, 2017. “NWHM”. Nanye-hi Or Nancy Ward (1738-1822). s History Blog. Native American Woman: Nancy Ward. www.womenhistoryblog.com/2008/ll/nanyehi-nancy-ward.htm/. May 10, 2017. YOURDictionary. Nancy Ward Facts. http://biography.yourdictionary.com/nancy-ward. May 9,
Nancy Morgan Hart (c. 1735–1830) was a rebel of the Revolutionary War noted for her exploits against Loyalists in the northeast Georgia backcountry. She is characterized as a tough, resourceful frontier woman who repeatedly outsmarted Tory soldiers and also killed some outright as she held them out at gunpoint.
Natawista, an Indian women, was the chief of the Blood tribe of the Blackfoot Confederacy. During her traveling to Fort Union, she met her future husband, Alexander Culbertson, who was the chief of the Fort Union. She and her husband made a big fortune in the fur trade.
Who was Nancy Rockafeller, and why did she feel compelled to investigate Ishi? Nancy Rockafellar is a historian of science and was an anti-war protestor in her younger days at the University of Minnesota. She sympathized with Native American causes and the idea of Ishi's repatriation.
Nanye-hi, or Nancy Ward as she was most common known, was a Cherokee Indian. She was a very determined and respected women. She was born into a powerful family in the Wolf clan, who lived in the hills of what today is Eastern Tennessee. Growing up Nancy Ward was greatly affected by the constant conflict with European settlers and with enemy tribes. This violent impact influenced the strong-willed Nancy Ward to become a significant mediator between the native tribes and European settlers. This impact also let the the change in customs of the Cherokee people.
The contributions that Deborah Sampson made to the American people are a really big. When she entered into the war she changed the way women are looked at forever. She changed how they would be treated within everything they do especially in the army. Many women fought too but she is known for being the first woman that is known for fighting in the war. Some of her accomplishments are being very skilled mostly because of being a servant but also educational because she was a school teacher too.
Explaining how rough childhood was for Deborah, how adulthood was difficult, and how the revolutionary war really changed her life. Living a rough childhood and adulthood still left scars, but she hit a huge turning point in her life in the end. Deborah has made a huge impact on history to this day and is still known as a strong woman who fought in a forgettable
As a result, she formed the National Women’s Party. The party was successful despite it’s unpopularity for antagonism in regards to NAWSA, but proved to be a more than adequate reinforcement for the association. Where NAWSA left off, the NWP continued its line of motion, like inertia that despite the friction, carries something onward until the end. Perseverance was the asset that created the effect behind her revolts.
worked against him for the good of her country. Her heroic life was especially shown by her
Jeannette Rankin was an accomplished women's rights activist, the first woman to ever be elected to Congress, and is very well- known for her votes against World War I and World War II (history.house.gov).
In “Letters of a Civil War Nurse”, written in 1863, Cornelia Hancock’s account of the Civil War gives readers an account of the suffering and hardship of soldiers through the point of view of an Union nurse. This document written by Cornelia Hancock is an account as a nurse who went through the Battle of Gettysburg and the after effects. Through a series of letters written to her loved ones, Cornelia wrote what nurses went through during the times of war. At the time women were expected to be good wives; with Cornelia Hancock’s effort she was able to help soldiers and contribute to the idea that women are capable of much more than being good wives; women can be apart of war. With her background as a Quaker and her family history, Cornelia Hancock was able to contribute greatly to the war effort even though she was originally denied to becoming an union nurse.
Clara Barton is not only an example of women/ Americans at their finest, but she also can and should be revered as a national hero. Clara Barton answered the call to duty in a time when women weren 't necessarily valued not only socially but as assets of contribution. Clara Barton took up the call by helping save thousands of lives through nursing and providing supplies during the Civil War while also introducing one of America’s first responding organizations, the American Red Cross. Clara Barton was a servant to this country and to mankind, something our world is shorthanded of currently and what others can aspire to be.
Wilma Mankiller was the first female elected Deputy Chief and later became the first female in modern history to lead a major Native American tribe by becoming the first Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma in 1987. With an enrolled population of over 140,000 members and an annual budget of more than $75 million, her accomplishment is equal to that of a chief executive office of a major corporation (Yannuzzie).
She later got caught and was later put into prison in 1864 by confederate troops and taken into prison. Along with Mary Edward walker, Clara Barton, was an Army nurse. Clara was to serve help in curing injured men. She had a bad experience when she went to go cure a man, a bullet that killed the man she was helping was peireced threw her sleeve. She had been assisting him and tried to save him, but it was too late and he had died. Also these women made a legacy in life, Underground Railroad, being the first US army women surgeon, and the foundation of the American Red Cross. Mary Todd Lincoln, who was married to Abraham Lincoln. Although she was a lot different then the other important women in the civil war, she was just as important. She was the wife of the president during the war. Although she did not exactly fight or become a nurse of the war, she still had to take care of her family and all of Abraham’s stressful days. She had to mend to her children’s needs while Abraham was out making sure the troops in the war were in the right standings. When 1865 came around it was a terrible year for her, her family and her heart were crushed. Her loved one was assassinated, and her family and herself had no idea how to handle it. Being that she was the presidents wife, she was still important to make a legacy. Showed that women are strong enough to handle stress, children, and deaths in their family to be strong for
In 1863, Susie traveled with her husband’s regiment. She became the first black nurse during the Civil War, and helped to care for wounded soldiers. During her off hours she taught the soldiers how to read and write, and also cooked and laundered for them. She wrote in her diary about the nursing shortages during the war, and was happy to provide nursing care to the sick soldiers. She continued to serve as a nurse until the war ended in 1865. (MacLean, 2007).
She was a leader that impacted my life serving me daily, and built the skills I needed to compete in a demanding global society. She inspired me to go past my background knowledge and use my thoughts to take initiative and bring my learning to life in ways that I will always remember. She made a change in me by scaffolding me through the skills I needed by being a positive role model, and motivated me to be an inquirer. She always gave me that drive to become a better me, and inspired me to become a more knowledgeable scholar and thinker. Mrs. Canales always taught us to look ahead to greatness because she new in her heart we shined with success.