Wilma Mankiller - 2536 Words

Wilma Mankiller was born November 18, 1945 in Oklahoma but later relocated due to the Bureau of Indian Affairs’ Indian Relocation Program of the 1950’s. Because the relocation program failed to keep promises it made to Native Americans, Wilma became an activist fighting for the rights of Native Americans (Wallis). Wilma Mankiller was the first female elected Deputy Chief and later became the first female in modern history to lead a major Native American tribe by becoming the first Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma in 1987. With an enrolled population of over 140,000 members and an annual budget of more than $75 million, her accomplishment is equal to that of a chief executive office of a major corporation (Yannuzzie).†¦show more content†¦Across cultures and throughout history, women have experienced ongoing systemic oppression; and they have responded with progressive movements of protest and creative alternatives. Harriet Tubman in the fight against slavery: Fannie Lou Hamer for voting rights: Ella Baker and Mary White Ovington in the civil rights movement: Rosa Luxemburg in the German socialist movement: Winnie Mandela in the anti-apartheid movement: Puerto Rican independence leader and poet Lolita Lebron: and American Indian movement activists Anna Mae Aquash, Ingrid Washinawatok, and Winona LaDuke (Mink and Navarro). Women have pioneered in movements for labor rights, prison reform, reproductive rights and health, education, affordable housing, affirmative action and equal rights, human rights, and environmental safety. These women’s leadership styles span a range from soft to harsh, from wielding individual, hierarchical power to possessing a commitment to collectivism, and from identifying as â€Å"woman as caretaker of life† to woman as requiring and utilizing equal power to man. There is no one characteristic that applies to all women as social change leaders (Hurtado). In the United States and the majority of other countries, a woman has never been president: men still dominate the economy. These factual sociological, economic and political conditions have a direct impact on what projects women organize and lead. There are those who are known publicly, who have written,Show MoreRelatedThe Influence Of Social Change On My Life1721 Words   |  7 Pages When looking on the outside Wilma Mankiller and I seem to be nothing but a blur of different skin color, struggles, and livelihoods. Once you put on the sociological glasses though, the picture begins to clear and we seem more alike than when you were blind. You begin to sharpen in on our similarities of social changes, gender problems and how the world perceives us, and our out-of-the-home identities we struggle to hold. Through multiple sociological concepts a chief and a student are able to seemRead MoreEssay about Analysis Gender Equality and Gender Discrimination913 Words   |  4 Pages(Rousseau) â€Å"Nontraditional Jobs† Wilma Mankiller, Gwendolyn Mink, Marysa Navarro, Barbara Smith, and Gloria Steinem, eds. THE READERS COMPANION TO U.S. WOMENS HISTORY Dec. 1, 1998, n.p. http://sks.sirs.com/cgi-bin/hst-article-display?id=S4450859-0-2858artno=0000264516type=ARTshfilter=Ukey=Gender%20roletitle=Nontraditional%20Jobsres=Yren=Ngov=Nlnk=Nic=N/ â€Å"Emile† Jean-Jacques Rousseau http://facstaff.uww.edu/johnsons/Rousseau.htm â€Å"Moral Reform† Wilma Mankiller, Gwendolyn Mink, Marysa NavarroRead MoreWhat Does Character Look Like?810 Words   |  4 Pagesthe desired look; consequently, ‘chemists, perfumers, beauty salons, drug stores†¦ and department store – began to establish a profit-making infrastructure for new notions of beauty† with a â€Å"dominant message, that every woman could achieve beauty† (Mankiller). Conformity to the beauty standard is how we’ve chosen to cope with the growing importance of appearance but, should our approach have been in the opposite direction: for instance eliminating the standard of beauty and letting meritorious qualificationsRead MoreQuestions On Women And Domestic Abuse1523 Words   |  7 Pagespeople who were in a domestic relationship with the victim (Howard and McCurley). In 1985, a surgeon named General Everett Koop showed that a larger majority of women are injured by abuse and battery than by accidents, rape and mugging combined (Mankiller and Wilma). Additionally, it’s more common that one might think. You most likely know someone who was in abuse relationship at one point. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1 out of every 4 women reported having been abused byRead MoreWhy Eugenics Is A Violation Of A Human s Rights1749 Words   |  7 Pagesexistence.† In the past century, humans have been experimenti ng and debating the use of eugenics, which is the science of improving the human race through controlled breeding in order to increase the occurrence of desirable, heritable characteristics (Mankiller). Although eugenics is supported by many, one could argue that eugenics is a violation of a human’s rights. In the United States Constitution, some of the human rights mentioned are the right to liberty and freedom, the right to live life free fromRead MoreA Timeline of Gendered Movements849 Words   |  3 Pagescapabilities rather than judging a person on account of his or her gender. Works cited: Kerber, Linda K. U.S. History As Womens History: New Feminist Essays, (Univ of North Carolina Press, 20.03.1995) Mink, Gwendolyn, Navarro, Marysa, Mankiller, Barbara Smith, Wilma, and Steinem Gloria, The Readers Companion to U.S. Womens History, (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 15.10.1999) Ruiz, Vicki, and DuBois, Ellen Carol, Unequal Sisters: A Multicultural Reader in U.S. Womens History, (Routledge, 2000) Read MoreMary B. Shelleys Frankenstein Essay1347 Words   |  6 PagesBradley and etc, who often were adventurous with form and unafraid of vital women characters; these writers have been architects of new worlds with their own social structures, values, and language in the world of science, english, and culture (Mankiller). Furthermore, unlike creating a new life form like Victor had in the gothic novel Frankenstein, scientists now seek to make a better the human race by engineering or use of biotechnology on the basis of human functions and abilities: genes. LikewiseRead MoreNative American Cherokee Tribe : Native Americans916 Words   |  4 PagesButler in North Carolina† (Smithers, 2015). Many Indians from the Cherokee tribe ended up in Oklahoma, and some still live there today. Cherokees are led by war chiefs and peace chiefs. The first woman to be principle chief of the Cherokees was Wilma Mankiller. Sequoyah was a very intelligent man. He did not know how to read or write in other languages but he came up with the writing system for the Cherokees. Cherokee literary writing has its origins in defining locality. Like all Native American communitiesRead MoreEating Disorders: The Skinny on Skinny Essay1672 Words   |  7 Pageseating disorders. An incredible link is shown between disordered eating and social trauma. Problems such as bullying, sexual abuse, racism, pressure from ones family and the media they are exposed to can trigger an eating disorder within a person (Mankiller). People with a â€Å"history of being teased or ridiculed based on weight or size† are incredibly likely to develop an eating disorder (NEDA). â€Å"(Eating disorders) are more like a recipe, where several ingredients—genetics, personality type, hormonesRead MoreOn How the American Indians Were Removed from Their Land1586 Words   |  7 PagesRemoval† New GeorgiaEncyclopedia.org Gilderlehrman.org Garrison, Tim A. â€Å"Cherokee Removal.† New Georgia Encyclopedia. 12/09/13. Web. http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaelogy/cherokee-removal. 4/12/14. Mankiller, Wilma Pearl and Micheal Wallis. Mankiller: A Chief and Her People. New York: ST. Martins Press, 1999. Sussex County Technical High School Virtual Library: Trail of Tears. Web. htpp://librarysussex.tec.nj.us/trail_of_tears.htm â€Å"Indian Removal.† PBS.org: Africans