Theodore Cleaver

In Leave it to Beaver, Ward Cleaver; the father, is the dominant head of the household and carries multiple patriarchal roles. He is the sole provider for the family, making June his wife, inferior. This connects to Robert Rutherdale’s article on fatherhood and masculinity following the baby boom of the 1940s-1960s. Rutherdale argues that “while most baby boom fathers struggled to get a foothold in the vastly improved economy of the 1950s, their successes as wage earners became a central part of their self-concepts and contributed to the generational perspectives they held of being self-made men” (1999). Rutherdale discusses that post World War, many women as men came back from war, left their jobs to raise their families; inheriting the stay at home model. With this…

In light of the uniqueness of being a black woman in America Professor Kimberlé Crenshaw coined the term “Intersectionality” in the late 1980s. Recently, as the keynote speaker at WOW – Women of the World festival 2016, Professor Crenshaw gave a brief summary of Intersectionality; it’s inception and definition. WOW’s, “mission is to champion gender equality, celebrating the achievements of women and girls everywhere and examining the obstacles that keep them from fulfilling their potential.”…

influence spread (“10-Point Program”). The initial implementation was the start of many other forms of literature being used as catalysts for the growth of the Black Panthers. The Panthers published the recognizable Ten-Point Program in their newspaper. The 25-cent paper was a way to reach the followers across the country. Half of the profits went to printing, and the other half went to various chapters of the party (Workneh, Lilly) The paper also included moving and meaningful artwork. In…

The Black Panthers Party Rise and Local Influence It was the 1960’s in America and racial segregation was unbearable. Black people were being terrorize, brutalize and murder by the police in their communities. There were high depression levels of unemployment in the Black community, people of color lived in poverty where 40% of men that lived in the ghetto were paid less than 60 dollars per week. Making it impossible to support their families or bring up their children in dignity. Health care…

Women helped with maintaining many programs such as the Clinicas and the Free food and Breakfast Programs. Women also defied society then and represented strong, gun holding women The Black Panther ended in 1982 after all the Black Panther leaders began dying one by one. Huey became disillusional and addicted to drugs.He began getting into drugs because of all the how hard it was etting to maintain a group when the FBI was constantly attacking them. On August 22, 1989, Newton was shot dead on…

Grover Cleveland The Progressive Era was a time of change and forward movement for the country. As the United States came to such a crucial time in its history, immersing into the Gilded Age, it called upon a great leader to take the reins and control the country with an iron fist. Although many great presidents emerged during this time and it could be argued that Theodore Roosevelt or William Howard Taft were the most influential presidents, when all the facts are analyzed and considered,…

progressivism was interesting in reforming businesses in the country. William Howard Taft and Theodore Roosevelt—also known as the “trustbuster”, were two presidents who were very interested in removing business practices he thought were harmful to the competitive economy that American economy was operating on. Through the influence of Upton Sinclair, another progressive, he became aware of the unsanitary conditions of the food and drug industry. Sinclair’s novel The Jungle, highlighted the…

Progressive presidents Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and Woodrow Wilson embarked a sequence of executive reforms that affected the entire country. Roosevelt, directly influenced by reading muckraker Upton Sinclair’s 1906 book The Jungle, passed the Meat Inspection Act and the Pure Food and Drug Act that demanded the use of good meat, properly labeled ingredients, and health-motivated procedures. He was also instrumental in reintroducing attention the Sherman Antitrust Act, which…

up for a better life. Later, Wiebe calls on the most important moment in the era involving the transformation of the national government. Two major issues included the conservation of natural resources and railroad regulation. In the meantime, when it comes to railroads, the author who knew best would be Richard White. White wrote the book, “Railroaded: The Transcontinentals and the Making of Modern America”. White agreed that there were so many issues with the formation of the railway systems,…

former to be stealing jobs, displacing the Caucasian working class. The angry racial prejudices held by Americans at the time were caused by the rise in the belief of pseudo-science, eugenics, and new science achievements such as the publication of The Origin of Species by Charles Darwin. Americans led themselves to believe that they were the race that was meant to be on top of others, and that they were civilized and were destined to lead the world. Everyone else was considered uncivilized and…