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(LAKEWOOD RANCH, FL)- March was nationally recognized as Women’s History month. Women have been setting standards and making groundbreaking accomplishments throughout history.
Women have made impacts on history that contributed to society today. Though often overlooked, women like Ida B. Wells left lasting impressions on our nation.
Wells was a trailblazing journalist who exposed injustices in the late 1800s and early 1900s. She used undercover and investigative reporting to stop murder and defamation of African Americans.
LRHS Senior Mustang Taylor Spells said, “She proved she could expose corruption and hold those accountable...her work set the standard for investigative reporting.”
Florence Griffith Joyner was an American sprinter and Olympic athlete who set 100-meter and 200-meter world records that still stand today. In the 1988 Olympics in Seoul, South Korea, she took home 3 gold medals and 1 silver.
LRHS Junior Alyssa Harris said, “she always had a sense of uniqueness, differences that she made signature.”
Susan B. Anthony was a pioneer in the women’s suffrage movement and president of the National Woman Suffrage Association, which she founded with Elizabeth Cady Stanton. She helped pave the way for the 19th amendment to the constitution, giving women the right to vote.
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Anthony said, "Woman must not depend upon the protection of man, but must be taught to protect herself."
These women set standards, giving women confidence and motivation to be different and defy expectations.
Griffith-Joyner said, “Conventional is not for me. I like things that are uniquely ’Flo.’ I like being different.”
Women now are heavily influenced by the revolutionary women who went before them. They were habitually overlooked although their impact on society today remains evident.
Former president Jimmy Carter said, “Too often the women were unsung and sometimes their contributions went unnoticed. But the achievements, leadership, courage, strength, and love of the women who built America was as vital as that of the men whose names we know so well.”
