The Life of Lucy Hobbs I chose Lucy Hobbs Taylor to do my paper on because she is a true inspiration to all women who are, and want to be a part of, the dental field. I hope to become a dental hygienist and live up to the standards she did. She’s contributed in so many ways to women’s rights and dentistry and didn’t let the people who didn’t believe in her hurt her pride. I hope to be as motivating and inspiring as she was to the dental field. Lucy Hobbs Taylor was born on March 14th, 1833 in Constable, New York. She was one of ten children in her family. When she was only twelve years old, both of her parents were killed, leading to her and her siblings trying to survive on their own. Lucy tried supporting her and her siblings by having …show more content…
When she got there she was rejected for enrollment and they told her they no longer allow women to attend. Lucy soon decided that she wanted to become a dentist (http://www.lawrenceks.org/lprd/parks/sesquicentennialpoint/steps/1867hobbstaylor). A man who had recently graduated from the Ohio College of Dentistry in Cincinnati named, Dr. Samuel Wardle, invited Lucy to be tutored and to be his apprentice in his office. Eventually in 1861, Hobbs felt confident enough to go on her own route and open a dental practice (http://www.kshs.org/kansapedia/lucy-hobbs-taylor/15500). Her patients referred to her as Dr. …show more content…
She thought it was unfair that men were considered the only humans to have civil rights. She was also a part of the woman’s suffrage movement. The woman’s suffrage movement was a movement to secure legal and social equality for women. Hobbs believed that women could do everything a man could do (http://smithjenn.wordpress.com/culture-site-introduction/culture-site-introduction/). Once she had been retired from her dental practice for a while, she decided she was unhappy with her life just doing women’s rights campaigns and she wanted to reopen a dental practice. Hobbs rebought the building of her practice in Vermont and continued to make a difference in her patients’ lives.
Beverly Jimenez, also known as, ‘Dr.Sissy’, stretches out of her petite, cozy office and steps into the ample operatory with dark orange walls and sticky purple chairs. Sounds of suction and the metal clanking of tools can be heard. She is asked to take a look at her patient's teeth whenever she is ready. She takes a seat on the low stool and opens her metal tools from their blue transparent package. She begins to examine the teeth of a young girl.
She was the first lady to have graduated from college, receiving her degree from Wesleyan Female College. Her decision to ban alcohol from White House events earned her the nickname “Lemonade Lucy” from her critics, but she was a popular first lady, and her public support and dedication to a variety of causes, including adequate funding for mental health care and education, set a standard for political activity among first ladies. Lucy met her future husband while she was a student at Ohio Wesleyan Preparatory Academy in Delaware, Ohio, then a Harvard Law School graduate visiting his hometown. They were married at the Webb family home on December 30, 1852. Lucy encouraged Hayes’s participation in the Civil War, but she endured a major scare when he was seriously wounded at the Battle of South Mountain in September 1862.
I choose to do my report on Margaret Graner because she seemed like a brave woman. She made a brave and dangerous escape to freedom with her family. Margaret wanted what was best for her children, even if that meant killing them. All she ever wanted for her children was for them to never suffer the life of a slave. Margaret was an African-American in pre-Civil War, born into the life of slavery in Boone County, Kentucky on the Plantation of John Pollard Gaines on June fourth 1833.
For the time being where women were encouraged to be homemakers and stay inside the walls of their homes instead of working, Clara Barton made a huge impact and took on many roles that were focused on helping others. Clara Barton was a nurse for a good portion of her life, a teacher of the illiterate, and Clara founded the American location for the Red Cross. Barton grew in to one of the first women to help to build a case for women’s rights and their value in being contributing members to society. Clarissa Harlowe Barton was born on Christmas Day, 1821, in North Oxford, Massachusetts.
In 1809 her father Richard died this caused her to quit school. When she was young women were not allowed to go to any universities. So she had a very difficult time becoming a paleontologist. In her later years, she had no husband or kids, so she chose work all the time. On December 10th, 1828 Mary and her brother discovered bones
Changing the face of Medicine: Elizabeth Blackwell Determination is the key in accomplishing anything, Elizabeth Blackwell certainly knew this when she fought long and hard to accomplish her dreams of becoming the first woman doctor in the United States. “Elizabeth Blackwell is known for changing the course of modern medicine, founding hospitals and medical colleges for women in the United States and England, pioneering in preventive medicine and infection control, and breaking prejudicial barriers against women in medicine on two continents” (Khalsa). She has contributed a great deal to American society by expanding women's rights through her courage and determination to become the first woman doctor in America.
Lucy Stone was born in a family with nine children in rural Massachusetts. She was raised in the congregational church and followed her father’s steps by joining the anti-slavery zeal. Her dedication to wanting to end inequalities was the main reason why she stood out among her family and in the world. Women at that time did not have many options when it came to education since they were raised to be in charge of the house, children, brothers, fathers and husbands from a really young age. Lucy began to demonstrate her abilities when at sixteen years old, she worked as a teacher to be able to pay for her own studies.
Gertrude B. Elion When Gertrude Elion was born on a cold night in New York city no one knew of the lives she would save later in life. Her parents, Bertha and Robert Elion had come to the United States as immigrants, from eastern european countries. Her father was 12 when he moved from Lithuania to New York City where he sought higher education. Mr.Elion found what he was looking for and graduated from New York University of Dental School in 1914. Her mother moved from a part of Russia which we now know as Poland when she was 14 years old.
Lucille Ball made every person laugh, and she spread happiness around like a wildfire. She made a huge impact on the world, she was a hard working woman who stopped at nothing to achieve her goals. “I don't suppose that hard work, discipline, and a perfectionist attitude toward my work did me any harm. They are a big part of my makeup today, as any of my co-workers will tell you. And when life seemed unbearable, I learned to live in my imagination, and to step inside other people's skins- indispensable abilities for an actress.”
Despite the fact that she had a lot of doubters she always had plenty of people in her corner and she made sure they knew they were appreciated. Tiffany has been my nail tech for about since I was about fifteen years old, she has become more just my nail tech, she 's like family, and overtime I have grown to look up
Clara Barton fought for women’s suffrage because men treated women unfairly because of gender differences. “Her frustrations were heightened by the difficulty she was experiencing because of her sex.” …American Lives 70). To stand up for other women, Clara Barton worked hard to end women’s suffrage by giving several speeches about equality, founding and leading the American Red Cross, and going to the battlefield to prove the usefulness of women. Barton made a final change towards the society with many speeches.
Today, when someone is interested in a rigorous, challenging, and significant career such as a career in the medical field, it is encouraged and praised. However, around the 1800s, this was not the case. Before 1849, a woman getting a degree in medicine was unheard of in the United States; the only medical jobs that were suit for women were that of a midwife or nurse. The first woman to successfully change this stigma was Elizabeth Blackwell. She was the first female to graduate from medical school in the United States and get an M.D. degree; Elizabeth permanently changed the medical field and still inspires others.
Inspirational Individual: Elizabeth Blackwell Introduction to Elizabeth Blackwell Imagine a world where only men could do certain things. Only men could be farmers, only men could be construction workers, only men could be doctors. The world used to be this way, but Elizabeth Blackwell changed that. She became the first woman doctor in the US to graduate medical school.
Elizabeth Blackwell was born on February 3th, 1821 in Bristol, United Kingdom. At the age of 89, Elizabeth Blackwell passed away in Hastings. She was the first woman to graduate from medical school. Blackwell was a teacher before she became the first woman to graduate from medical school. Elizabeth Blackwell had a good childhood, was very well educated, and changed the world forever.
Compare that to when Mary gave birth to the Savior, but was a human that also happened to be a virgin. Lucy resembles little children, and how innocent they are. We should be like that, according to Jesus, who said "Truly I tell you, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.” When she and Susan turn around after the stone table cracks and Aslan disappears, they represent the two Mary’s that witnessed