His wife Abigail Adams wrote a letter stating that women's rights should not be left out when fighting for the US independence from Great Britain.

“I long to hear that you have declared an independency. And, by the way, in the new code of laws which I suppose it will be necessary for you to make, I desire you would remember the ladies and be more generous and favorable to them than your ancestors. Do not put such unlimited power into the hands of the husbands".

"I would this bag, and there sleep on the cold, damp, clay floor, with my head in and feet out. My feet have been so cracked with the frost, that the pen with which I am writing might be laid in the gashes".

National leader and activist of the abolitionist movement against slavery. Former slave, who escaped, wrote antislavery writings .

He wrote his autobiography to share his experience as a slave and how he escaped slavery. Broke the barrier and fought against slavery, becoming on of the most important figures for the abolishment of slavery.

"While freedom's cause her anxious breast alarms, she flashes dreadful in refulgent arms. see mother earth her offspring's fate bemoan, and nations gaze at scenes before unknown; See the bright beams of heaven's revolving light. Involved in sorrows and the veil of night".

First black poet in English, second American woman poet.

"Thus stands the cause between God and us. We are entered into convenant with him for his work. We have taken out a commission. The Lord hath given us leave to draw our own articles".

Claims that excessive wealth leads your heart away from god. Wants the people with wealth to display mercy and charity to the entire community.

He became a positive leader in promoting African American education. The five fingers was his explanation that even though race separates them from white all man are equal and the same like fingers are attached to the hand.

Born into slavery, cast your bucket down, five fingers, beginning with economics(working from bottom to top), Founder of Tuskegee university.

"If we make money the object of man training, we shall develop money makers but not necessarily men; if we make technical skill the object of education, we may possess artisans but not,in nature, men. Men we shall have only as we make manhood the object of the work of schools intelligence, broad sympathy, knowledge of the world that was and is, and of the relation of man to it this is the curriculum of that Higher Education which must underlie life."

This quote explains his theory of the Talented 10th, meaning that Black education shouldn't include a focus on the practical skill but that African Americans should have knowledge to make them stand out in the society we live in.

First African American PH.D from Harvard, The Talented 10th, focused on education and growing through it

“one half of the world does not know how
the other half lives.”

He really helped out bring awareness to how the other half of american lives, its not always luxury and he really focused on the living conditions people were forced to live in New York.

Initiated reforms toward better living conditions for the thousands of people living in horrible living conditions, special focus on children.

"I have mentioned Dicks faults and defects, because I want it understood, to begin with, that I don't consider him model boy. But there were some good points about him nevertheless. He was above doing anything mean or dishonorable. He would not steal or cheat or impose upon younger boys, but was frank and straightforward manly and self-reliant. His nature was a noble one, and had saved him from all mean faults. I hope my young readers will like him as I do, without being blind to his faults."

He symbolizes the myth that hard work and honesty will help overcome obstacles and lead to success.

Best selling author, Wrote Rags to Riches novels for children, books inspired its reader to work hard and persevere through adversity.

Drinking, middle class, jazz, no interest in politics. People were drinking and living carelessly, which was a complete switch, people did not care about the effects that could be caused by the way they were living their life. They basically had no expectations for their future problems.

“It was an age of miracles, it was an age of art, it was an age of excess and it was an age of satire.”

Skyscrapers, Consumerism, and Conformity. Mass culture/Advertising, Social climbing/social conformity, Loss of other values.

“You're so earnest about morality that I hate to think how essentially immoral you must be underneath.”

The Babbit is a satirical novel about American culture and society that critiques the middle class life and the social pressure toward conformity. The Babbit really exemplified the epitome of the way of thinking during the Jazz Age.

Changes for women, 19th amendment women get to vote, women take white collar jobs, birth control movement goes mainstream, more choices, the "flapper".

"I'm so glad I brought it to his attention that this is a waltz they're playing, Heaven knows what might have happened, if he thought it was something fast; we'd have blown the sides right out of the building".

This is a story told through dance, focuses on a couple who are having problems dancing together, which has a connection to social conformity and what is expected from them by society. This story highlights the independence and identity of the male and female.

"Criticism is futile because it puts a person on the defensive and usually makes him strive to justify himself. Criticism is dangerous, because it wounds a person’s precious pride, hurts his sense of importance, and arouses resentment"

Carnegie thought that criticism, although it could be good, some people don't take it well, so if you want people to like you, you need to make sure you aren't criticizing people hardly.

Shifting from technical skills to social skills, ways to make people like you, rules to make your home life happier. Carnegie produced one of the first books that introduced the idea of self-help books, where he gave advice to appreciate people and never criticize people.

Positive mindset + Good Attitude+ Hard Work= Success

1935, Bill Wilson, a modern disease, related to depression.

"We admitted we were powerless over alcohol—that our lives had become unmanageable"

Alcoholism and how it was described in The Big Book, they connected it to God, and how you should seek prayer and meditation to be able to connect to God, and he will basically sure your "disease".

Criticizing "academic feminism". She speaks out about women who are not white, and still are viewed as different. She uses emotion as a tool for empowerment and self-expression.

"The beginning of a new era, where the 'women' in women's studies will no longer mean 'white."

Conservative activist, wanted to stop ERA arguments for women because she said ti would lead to drafting women, less financial support from men, why should women want to take away their special privileges.

"Children are a woman’s best social security—her best guarantee of social benefits such as old age, pension, unemployment compensation, workman’s compensation, and sick leave. The family gives a woman the physical, financial and emotional security of the home—for all her life".

According to Friedan, "the problem that has no name" is what gave rise to the "feminine mystique" in post-World War II America. The woman who came home, took care of the house and kids, but nevertheless felt unfulfilled by her life is the person with this enigmatic condition that goes unnamed.

She protested about women not being able to live and pursue their own passions. In a way women were robbed of their own life ambitions.

"She was so ashamed to admit her dissatisfaction that she never knew how many other women shared it. If she tried to tell her husband, he didn't understand what she was talking about. She did not really understand it herself. For over fifteen years women in America found it harder to talk about the problem than about sex. Even the psychoanalysts had no name for it."

Money will always be something that is related to success for many Americans. For centuries money has been a deciding factor for valuing peoples worth. To this day to many people that is what they strive for in their life.

He fought during the Civil Rights Movement and was a leader for many African Americans. He became one of the most important people that fought for equal rights.