The backstory of influential women
Women have made impacting contributions to our country, their people, and other women. The job is never done, for women continue to make changes in the world. From the first of March to the 31st, this month is International Women’s History Month, dedicated to acknowledging women from history.
For a thousand years, women have made an impact on human history. A point in history was during the time of slavery in the United States when a woman named Harriet Tubman risked her safety to save others who were enslaved.
Harriet Tubman, born Araminta Ross, was born around 1822 in Dorchester County, Maryland. Tubman created safe passageways for runaway slaves, including her family, to escape the terrible and unfair living situations they faced. She was considered a wanted person with a bounty on her head, yet she was never caught and continued with her mission.
The number of people she rescued is unsure, but after she passed away, she was awarded military honors for contribution and was included in the U.S Army Military Intelligence Corps Hall of Fame. Many states such as New York, Washington D.C., and Delaware have a Statue on display in museums with her story for others to see.
Years later, in the 20th century, World War II happened, which affected everyone in the U.S., and was a time when women took on the jobs they might not have had before.
The well-known wife of Franklin Roosevelt, Eleanor Roosevelt, was a hardworking woman involved in the women’s rights movement and anti-hate towards the Asian American community. During the 1920s, she earned the position of board member in the New York League of Women Voters, an accomplishment for a woman during the 20th century.
After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, many Americans had mixed feelings towards the Asian-American community living in the U.S., which eventually led to racial prejudice. Roosevelt did not see them as the responsible ones for the bomb. She continued to fight for women’s rights and was nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize by President John F. Kennedy, and even though she did not win, she was well-known for her work.
Some women still suffer from inequalities and abuse, but Women’s History Month highlights the obstacles women have overcome. With their stories and names known, future women can continue fighting for righteousness, knowing women were fighting for them.
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