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- 1821: Breast Cancer
- ... that at the time. Now, because of Breast Cancer awareness, women can have options that were not available just 30 years ago. Another public figure who suffered from Breast Cancer is Gloria Steinem, woman's rights crusader. She spent all her time fighting for women's rights and ironically, it what what she had fought for so long that brought her the biggest fight of her life, being a woman. Some of the effects felt by recent awareness of Breast Cancer is ...
- 1822: Entrepreneurship
- ... is a person who organizes and manages a business or industrial enterprise, attempting to make a profit taking the risk of loss. Although it may seem easy enough, becoming a successful entrepreneur is not rudimentary. Bill gates made it big overnight in 1979 with his creation of an interactive desktop interface he called ‘Windows'. To become a successful entrepreneur, you have to have a product or service that consumers really want ... be well organized and use courtesy while dealing with a customer. As has been noted by providing quality advertising, courteous sales and service and an amiable product, one can become a successful entrepreneur. Meanwhile as Bill Gates makes his millions every day, average income homeowners keep on buying lottery tickets hopping to make it big. It may not be easy being an entrepreneur, but if it was, every one would be ...
- 1823: Mahatma Gandhi
- ... important than what they achieve in life. Satyagraha was used to fight for India’s independence and to bring about social change. In 1884, he founded the Natal Indian Congress to fight for Indian’s rights and he used and perfected the tool of satyagraha (nonviolent resistance) in demanding and protecting the rights of the Indian community of South Africa. He would later use this tool in fighting the British for India’s independence. He started his first two ashrams in South Africa, one was named Phoenix and ...
- 1824: LOUIS RIEL
- ... not have been hung because he represented those who couldn’t represent themselves. Louis Riel was disappointed with the way the Métis were, so he took it upon himself to represent the Métis and their rights. Even though the actions that followed, such as keeping the new governor out the colony, was illegal and very wrong. Riel risked it for the rights of the Métis. As for Thomas Scott, Riel has absolutely no legal right to have him shot, but Riel himself never touched a gun for that purpose. He had a firing squad shoot Scott. Although ...
- 1825: Sheyann Webb
- ... stopped shooting and became Annie's manager and assistant, managing the money and the schedule, throwing up targets for Annie to shoot at, and loading Annie's gun for her. In 1885, Annie joined Buffalo Bill's Wild West show. Annie was injured twice while performing with Buffalo Bill's Wild West show, once from a bug bite, and once from a train crash. In 1913, Annie and Frank retired to Cambridge, on Maryland's Eastern Shore. They had a house built on Hambrooks ...
- 1826: Abortion
- ... and it would have been terrible to have to have my baby. People who need abortions are in some kind of turmoil and it's really a life-saving thing."(Blender 4) To ignore the rights of others is selfish and injustice. Women must have the right to control the functions of their own bodies. Revern George Gardiner pastor of the college Hill United Methodist Church, told the council that the ... aware of the horrors he observed. "A woman has the right to go to bed with who she wants, but she can not choose death for her child. It's a direct violation of human rights." (Koval i grid c-7) Anthony Simpson has a photo of a aborted fetus and believes that abortion is nothing less but ruthless murder. In southern Kentucky, Robert Hollis brutally assaulted his wife in effort ...
- 1827: The Roswell Incident
- ... that "he had found weather observation devices on two other occasions, but this object didn't resemble those. ‘I am sure what I found was not any weather observation balloon'" (Randle 30). Brazel's son Bill said, "My dad found this thing and told me a little bit about it. Not much because the air force asked him to take an oath that he wouldn't tell anybody in detail about ... that he went to his grave and he never told anybody" (Randle 32). All Mac Brazel ever said is that "whatever it was, it wasn't any type of balloon" (Randle 32). He also told Bill that "he was better off not knowing a thing about it" (Randle 32). The story of Roswell died until the late 1970's, when "consistent denials by the Air Force, and the disappearance of related ...
- 1828: Morality and Legality of Abortion
- ... abortion debates of the last quarter century, the real issue has been lost. The focus has become too religious for a country that has separated church and state. Therefore, I won't argue the religious rights and wrongs of abortion. No answers can be derived until we focus on what the law and our citizens do value, because this is how laws are changed. American laws hold sacred the value of human rights....but when do a woman's end, and a child's begin? The saving grace, and ultimately, the great flaw of the Constitution is it's variability. Our founding fathers created it as an open ...
- 1829: To Kill A Mockingbird - Scout
- ... respect. One of the most important role models in Scout's life, is her father, Atticus. Atticus is a small town lawyer who deals with a very tough case involving a black man and his rights. Although Atticus is a single father, he manages to teach his children right from wrong. He makes it a common practice to live his life as he would like his children to live theirs, and ... him, she learns how unfair she had been to him, believing all the horrible stories without actually knowing him. Harper Lee's timeless classic teaches a great lesson to many readers. She strongly emphasizes the rights and equality of all people. Many themes are contained in the novel, such as morality, innocence, and growing up. Her symbolism of the mockingbird in the book depicts people such as Boo Radley and Tom ...
- 1830: Deforestation of the Pacific Northwest
- ... or marine, as either threatened or endangered. Under these terms species could no longer be hunted, collected, injured or killed. The northern spotted owl falls under the more serious condition of being endangered. Also, the bill forbids federal agencies to fund or carry out any activity that would threaten the species or its' habitat. It is the latter part of the bill that causes the controversy. Under the ESA, loggers should not be allowed to cut down the old- growth of the forest. The old growth of a forest includes the largest and oldest trees, living or ...
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