Act out the role of a participant in the issues discussed and explained in the sites, as if you were involved. This can take the form of a dairy or journal or you can write a short fiction story based on the information you learn.

:Breast Cancer Website:
Hi, my name is Leslie Gonzalez and I am the daughter of a breast cancer patient. My mother passed away about two years ago after struggling with this disease for almost 15 years. Before my mother was diagnosed with it I didnt really know much about the disease. But being with her through it all helped me learn a lot more about what the disease actually is. One thing that I found out was that men are also affected by this disease. Never would I have thought that men could get this disease but I was obviously wrong. When my mother first found out that she had this disease I immediately took on the initiative to research as much as I could so that I could get a better feel of what she would be dealing with. One thing that I found out was that breast cancer, for the most part, is not as common among Hispanic or Latina women as any other group of women. This is mostly because most Latina women dont find out that they have it until its in the later stages of it. Another thing that I found out was that breast cancer becomes more of a risk as one ages, which was true in the case of my mother. She was about 45 when she was diagnosed with it and died when she was 60 years old. One thing that I found that was truly mind boggling was that no one really knows what causes the disease so there isnt really much way to prevent it from happening. I only wish now that I would have known the information I know now and that I would have pushed my mother to check herself so that maybe she couldve been helped out and maybe she would still be alive now telling other young women the importance of checking yourself.

Harriet Tubman Reviwe 10 facts about her:



1.She was born in Dorchestor County in 1820
2.Her parents were from the ashanti tribe of west africa
3.Harriet was hired as a labor by the age of 5 .to work in the plantation
4. She was always beaten by her master
5.By her early teens she was no longer allowed to work indoors and was forced to work outdoors
6.At the age of 15 she treid to help a runaway slave got hit in the haed and was put in a comba for many months
7.In 1844 Harriet married a free slave named John
8. Althought she was married she still lived in fear so when the owner of her platnation died Harriet desiced to run away that same night
9.she knew her husband would expose her
10.she made a 90 mile trip and the only person she infromed was her sister

Role of a Reviewer

 

10 facts

 

1. Title IX is the landmark legislation that bans sex discrimination in schools.
2. Before Title IX many schools saw no problem in refusing to admit women.
3. In 1994 women received 38% of medical degrees, compared to 9% in 1972.
4. In 1994 women earned 43% of law degrees, compared with 7% in 1972.
5. In 1994 44% of all doctoral degrees to U.S. citizens went to women, up from 25% in 1977.
6. Title IX governs the overall equity of treatment and opportunity in athletics while giving schools the flexibility to choose sports based on student body interest, geographic influence, a given schools budget restraints and gender ratio.
7. The Womens Sports Foundation is a charitable educational organization dedicated to increasing the participation of girls and women in sports and fitness and creating an educated public that supports gender equity in sport.
8. All other benefits, opportunities, and treatments afforded sports participants are to be equivalent, but not necessarily identical.
9. The selection of sports and the level of competition must effectively accommodate the students interests and abilities.
10. The total amounts of athletics aid must be substantially proportionate to the ratio of the male and female athletes.

The second site i vistited was Girl Trouble and as a reviewer i discovered:Many of the teenage female population are involved in more crimes then i would have expected. A large amount of them are selling drugs, commiting hit-n-run,assualut,etc...Many of which are either in jail or on probation or house arrest. Alot of these young teens are also getting pregnant at a very early stage in their lives and i feel they will encounter struggling times in raising their child or children and even perhaps be a single parent. Most of them attended a drug rehabilitation program for girls to help bury their negative ways of living.

SHIRLEY CHISHOLM


10 facts
1.In 1968,Shirley Chisholm became the first black woman elected to Congress
2.In 1972 she became the first black women to run for president.
3.Shirley Chisholm was born on November30th, 1924 in Brooklyn Kings County N.Y
4.In Congress she was re elected 6times until she retired from political office in 1983.
5. She was founder of the Unity Democratic Club in Brooklyn and active in the NAACP.
6.She died in Florida at the age of 80 on January 1st 2005.
7.Senator George McGovern won the 72 Democratic nomination for president.
8.Shirley Chisholm wrote Unbought and Unbosses and the good fight.
9.In her first year in Congress she hired an all women staff
10.She married in1949 but then got divorced in 1977

WORLD'S MOST POWERFUL WOMEN
10 facts
1.The worldest most powerful women is  Condoleezza Rice who is secretary of state.She is the first AFrican American women to become U.s secretary of state.
2.Wu Yi is the second most powerful women in the world.She is from China,66 years old,and she is the minister of health.
3.The third most powerful women in the world is Tymoshenko who is one of the leaders of Ukraine's Orange revolution
4.The fourth most powerful women in the world is President of the Phillippines who is Floria Arroyo.She is fighting to hold on to her job as the oppsition party and seeks to file impeachment chagers against her.
5.The 5th most powerful women is Margeret Whitment who is the ruler of the world's biggest online auctionn site which is EBAY.
6.The 6th most powerful women in the world is Anne Mulcahy who is cheif executive officer
7.The 7th most powerful women in the world is Sallie Krawcheck who is Chief financail officer
8. Brenada Barner is the 8th most powerful women in the world as Chief executive officer
9.Oprah Winfrey is the 9th most powerful women in the world.She has a net worth of more than 1 billion dollars
10.mELINDA Gates is the 10th most powerful women in the world she is the co founder of the bill and melinda gates foundation.

10 Facts about Oprah Winfrey
1.Oprah Winfrey has a personal fortune of about a billion dollars
2.She owns her own production company
3.She received an academy award nomination as the best supporting actress.
4She attened Tennessee State university
5.In 1971 she was the first afrivate american women to anchor a newscast.
6.In 1984 she came to Chicago and hosted A.M CHICAGO then it became The oprah winfrey show a year later
7.Oprah was born in 1954 to unmarried parents she was raised by her grandmother on a farm
8.The oprah Winfrey show remained the number one talk show for 20 seasons.
9.The show is seen by 48 million viewers a week in the U.S
10.In 2006 Time Magazine recived the award of 100 most influential people in the world

*National Domestic Violence*
-Important Facts/Details- Reviewer
1. There are 3 types of domestic violence and they are; emotional, physical, or sexual.
2. Emotional abuse consists of being verbally critized, acts of jealousy, monitors where you go/what you do, threatens, or humilates you.
3. Physical abuse consists of a partner who tends to get very angry and damages things, pushes, slapes, beats, traps, or forces you.
4. And sexual abuse consists of one who views women as objects, accuses you of cheating often, demands sex or disregards your feelings about sex..etc.
5. 4-million American women experience a serious assault during an average 12 month period.
6. Women of all races are equally vunerable.

Interviewer

If I could meet up with a women who called the National Domestic Violence Hotline and got help, the 5 questions I would ask her would be:
1. How hard was it to call, were you embarrassed, and was it easy to tell your story?
2. What advice would you give women who are holding off calling the hotline?
3. How did your life change? Is it harder to date? Do you look at males differently?
4. If you could go back in time, what would you do different? Do you think your situation was avoidable?
5. The statistics on Domestic Violence are unbelievable. What do you think about the statistics, and what do you think people can do to decrease them?

*Women's History Month*
-Facts about Women in the US Senate-
1. 249 women have been elected or appointed to the US Congress.
2. Edith Nourse Rogers holds the record for the longest service by a woman in the House of Representatives.
3. Nydia Velazquez was the first Puerto-Rican woman to serve in congress in 1992.
4. Some places where women changed history were,
Salem, MA during the Salem witch trials
Harriet Tubman House in Amherst, MA
Madame C.J. Walker building in Indianapolis, Indiana
5. 82.5 million is the estimated number of mothers of all ages in the United States.
6. 32% of women from the ages of 25-29 had attained a bachelors degree in 2005. 85% have finished high school.

*Oprah*
At the age of 19, Oprah became the youngest and the first African 1. American woman to anchor the news at Nashville's WTVF-TV.
2. The Oprah Winfrey foundation has awarded hundreds of grants to organizations that support the education and impowerment of women, children and families around the world.
3. Oprah.com averages 68 million page views, and more than 4 million users per month and receives approximately 20,000 e-mails each week!
4. In 1985 Oprah made her acting debut in "The Color Purple", which she received both Academy Award, and Golden Globe Award.
5. O, The Oprah Magazine has became one of todays leading women's lifestyle magazine.

as the role of a holywood diredtor :


If i was a holy wood director i would make a movie on rosa Parks explain who she was not only a black women who was fighting for her right, but also a women who was part of the movement where she was not only tired and didnt want to move her seat on the bus.But on how she was doing that to change the way things were. I Would show senses as the black women and men were not even allowed to get picked up in the fronte of the buz only on the back and how they were different sides and the back side was very different from the fronte . They did not have as much luxary as the fromte of the bus. I would also show how is it fair for a black person who has worked long hours and there is no more run left on the bus and now she either has to wait for the next buz or walk home. Only because white people have more space and never have to ride the back. NOw goes this poor balck women who has been working so hard all day and just wants to go home and lay down and she cant because there is no more rome on the bus. This is what i wouls demonstarte also how Rose parks was  not the tired women because she wasent she was a fighter for the right s of black  people she was part of the naacp an orgainiztion for coloer people they would come together to make a diferennce. I would also show how Rosa Parks was part of the Naccp and was only trying to explain thouhts of real afriacan america who felt the same way. I would vary different senerys.

I have chosen to be the INTERVIEWER.

SHIRLEY CHISHOLM

1. What were her motives?
2. Who motivated her to run for President?
3. Did the change of the voting age help or hurt her chances of becoming president?
4. Would she have won if she wasn't a black female?
5.What did the expression "unbought and unbossed" really mean?

THIS IS A GAME LADIES

1. What is the biggest concern about coaching under the circumstances that you are under?
2. Do you feel it is an honor to be considered a leader and a role model as a coach?
3. Did you believe your team would go this far a year ago?
4. What do you believe was the biggest growth for the team during the season?
5. What do you think was the biggest setback for the season?

WOMEN AS WARRIORS IN HISTORY

1. Do you believe women can be just as physical as men are?
2. Do you believe women should have an opportunity to go into war?
3. Who do you feel was the best women warrior in history?
4. Why do you think there have been doubts about women going into war?
5. Who should decide on who goes to war and who doesn't?

Acting in the role of a reviewer, critique the sites and find ten of the most important facts/details.  Describe them.  Each area could be a link, a fact, a picture, or something interactive.  Explain it while putting it (the area of interest) in the context of the site about women.
 :Einsteins Wife Site:
(Her name was Mileva Maric Einstein.)
 1. Since her family was fairly wealthy she was able to attend college at Zurich which was one of the fewest universities that accepted women.
2. She was the fifth woman to be accepted to the universities Technical Institute.
3. When she met Albert in the Technical Institute she immediately falls in love with him. He ends up demanding all of her time where she doesnt even have time to hang out with her friends or none of that.
4. As a result of all the time she was spending with him, they both failed their final exams even though she was a very intelligent girl who was more than capable of passing that test.
5. He ends up getting his diploma, not her, but is unable to find a job upon graduation. She decides to stay by his side and help him in as much as she could to find a job.
6. Albert eventually goes back to his family in Italy and tells her to stay in Zurich. She later finds out that she was pregnant but the thing was that Albert was avoiding seeing her and when the child was born he didnt go to see the child.
7. When the child is born Albert is on the top of his game in his scientific years while Mileva is a disgrace to her family and a failure in her academics.
8. Eventually they got married and had two children. But, later on in the marriage Albert ends up having an affair with his cousin. He then began to get violent with Mileva. On one occasion he left her with a bruised and swollen face.
9. They moved to Berlin, where his lover was, and upon arrival Albert gives Mileva a set of rules that she must follow. He says that anytime she is called upon she must answer him. She eventually takes her boys and leaves back to Zurich.
10. He tells Mileva that he wants a divorce and when he does she falls terribly ill and has to be hospitalized. Eventually she agrees to go on with the divorce. Her life becomes a living hell for her. Her oldest son Eduard ends up having schizophrenia and during one of his violent episodes, she collapses and three months later is pronounced dead.
 
All of these are important because it showed the role of women during this time. This was in the early 1900s.  Women were not expected to be anything but housewives devoted to their husbands. Albert took advantage of her knowing that she had so much potential to do a lot with her life. He ended up basically ruining her life but causing her to fail out of school when it was something that she had worked so hard for.  Her whole life went down the drain just because she was a woman and not much was expected of her.
  

Acting in the role of a reviewer, critique the sites and find ten of the most important facts/details.  Describe them.  Each area could be a link, a fact, a picture, or something interactive.  Explain it while putting it (the area of interest) in the context of the site about women.

1972 Regent H.M. Queen Ashi Kesang of Bhutan 1. Queen Kesang-la Chöden was appointed regent during the illness of her husband2. King Druk Gylapo Jingme Dorje Wangchuck (1959-72). 3. Their son King Jingme Singye Wangchuk (1955/1972- ) succeeded him at the age of 17. 4. She is the second daughter of Raja Sonam Tobgye Dorji, Chief Minister of Bhutan  5. second daughter of H.H. Maharaja Thutob Namgyal Maharaja and Chogyal of Sikkim.  (b. 1930-).6.7.8.9.10.

Role of an Interviewer

 

1. Shangra, at what age did you start selling drugs?  Did you feel that dealing was the only way for you to get enough money to live comfortably?  Was it easy to get started?  Once you received help, how did you feel?
2. How was your life growing up?  Was it difficult to get on the right track in life when your family was involved with drugs and alcohol?  How did you feel after you had to shoot your own brother?  How is life now, are you doing much better?
3. Why did you leave your group home, was it because of the group home itself?  How did you feel about being pregnant at age 16?  Did your boyfriend stay with you and help?  Now that youve gotten help, what advice would you give other young women that were in your position?

reveiwer- WOMAN IN THE MILITARY

1. Woman are treated differently
2. Woman are harassed, molested, and raped daily
3. Men (not all men) in the military cheat on their wives
4. The VA (Veturans Administration) don't take the victims of these crimes seriously
5. The air force has an air show where the THUNDERBIRDS come to town and go to a dinner party.  They ask for female nurses to be their escorts to the dinner party and the woman are expected to sleep with the men.  It's okay though, even if the men are commiting adultry, because what happends in the TDY, stays in the TDY.
6. People of higher rank and more power tell these woman that they are crazy and they don't believe them.
7. Woman in the military are made to believe that they are the reason why they're being harassed
8. Many woman don't report their abuse when it happeneds because they are intimidated.
9. Woman are not only  harrassed about their sexuality but also about their weight, appearance, and everything else about them.
10. Woman don't think that they will ever be treated equally in the military


WOMAN BEING ABUSED

1. Partners embarass them with put downs
2. Partners look at woman or act in ways that scare them
3. Partners control what woman do, who you see or talk to or where they go
4. Partners stop them from seeing their friends or family members
5. Partners take their money, make them ask for money or reuse to give them money.
6. Partners make all of their decisions
7. Partners tell them that they're a bad parent or threaten to take away or hurt their children
8. Partners prevent them from working or attending school
9. Partners act like the abuse is no big deal, their fault, or even denie that it's happeneing
10. Partners distroy their property or threaten them all the time


WOMAN AND THEIR BODY

1. Many woman don't love their body
2. Magazines and media send messages to woman that their bodies aren't good enough and need constant improvment
3. Comercials reduce woman to body parts- legs, lips, brest, abdomin, ect...
4. Millions of dollars a year is spent on cosmetics, fashion, and diet aids
5. TV shows send messages that plastic surgery is "good" for their self asteem
6. 80% of US woman are dissatisfied with them selves
7. Magazines have woman air brushed and touched up to meet impossible standards
8. Hollywood makes girls beleive that they have to grow up too quickly
9. Woman are not just targeted in this industry, men are too
10. A majarity of woman in the u.s will say that they "like" their body, but they would change a lot of it too

Continuaton of questions

 

4. How did you first become involved with Girl Trouble?  How many people do you actually help each year?  Also, how did you first get involved with Girl Trouble and how has it helped you?

5.Have you came up with any new programs since you began working at San Fransiscos District Attorneys Office?

Mr. e i did the first one, but it got deleted ..remember?


Act out the role of an interviewer.  Ask five thoughtful and deep questions about the issues covered in each of the five sites.  Create the questions from your own personal curiosity concerning the issues covered.


Susan B. Anthony

1.How did she feel when the sisters didn't invite her to speak?
2.Why do you think they trerated her like this?
3.Why do you think Male teachers wre paid more salary then woman?
4.What made her develope the woman rights movement?
5.They told how her health failed..What was wrong with her?

Nettie Stevens

1. How did she indentify that "X" and "Y" chromosomes determine the sex of individuals?

2.How did she die?

3.What made her become a biologist?

4. What information did she use to realize that "X" and 'Y' chromosomes make up a persons sex?

5. How long did it take  her to find out this philosophy?

Role of a Reviewer

 

1. Teenagers, especially young women, are too often victims of violence that goes unacknowledged and unreported.
2. Liz Clairborne Inc. initiated and funded the Web site with a multi-million dollar grant.
3. The hotline has answered over 1.5 million calls.
4. They respond to 16,000 calls each month.
5. Offers translation for 140 different languages.
6. Now they have a Nation Helpline for Teen Dating Abuse victims.
7. Teens and parents anywhere in the country can call toll free @ 866-331-9474.
8. The NTDAH is a 24-hour web-based and telephone hotline.
9. It has been created to help teens (13-18).

It is crucial to raise awareness about the isssue of abuse.

Famous Women in History

Reviewer

This website featured famous and important women in history, all of these women were influential to the women that followed them. They made changes in entertainment, history and society. These are some examples of a few of the women included on this website and the contributions they made in history:

1) Mother Jones (Mary Harris Jones) had no permanent address for 50 years because she was involved in organizing so many labor strikes so she roamed around the country, getting involved in strikes everywhere.

2) Jane Addams founded the Hull-House in Chicago in 1889, the house provided services such as kindergarten, daycare, an employment bureau, an art gallery, libraries, as well as music and art classes to the neighborhood that was inhabited by predominately immigrants, it later included the first Little Theater, a Labor Museum, and a meeting place for trade unions.

3) Members of Jane Addams' Hull-House also began programs such as the Immigrants Protective League, Juvenile Protective Association, the first juvenile court in the country, and a Juvenile Psychopathic Clinic (which was later changed to the Institute for Juvenile Research).

4) Jane Addams was later on the executive board for the National Playground Association, the National Child Labor Committee, and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, she also supported causes such as womens suffrage and the founding of the American Civil Liberties Union.

5) Jane Addams was a pacifist and was involved in the International Congress of Women at the Hague in 1915 and she was the first president of the Womens International League for Peace and Freedom in 1919. In 1931 she was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize as a result of all of her work.

6) Lucretia Mott worked for womens rights and abolitionism, in 1848 she and Elizabeth Cady Stanton organized the Seneca Falls Convention in New York for womens rights. Once the second Fugitive Slave Law was passed in 1850, she decided to make her home a station of the Underground Railroad. She spent the rest of her life traveling and attending conventions on womens rights, temperance, and universal peace.

7) Rachel Carson was a marine biologist who was responsible for making the American public aware of the environment and the need to work for its preservation and she also questioned the use of chemical pesticides.

8) Helen Keller not only worked for causes for the disabled, she also was a pacifist during World War II and an advocate for socialist causes, which is something about her that gets very little attention in history.

9) Peace Pilgrim was a woman who went on a 28-year pilgrimage across the United States, she walked 25,000 miles and said that she would not stop until mankind has learned the way of peace, walking until given shelter and fasting until given food."

10) Margaret Fuller was the first woman in the US to be a foreign correspondent and a book review editor. In 1839 she began to hold conversations on several topics in her home and since it was illegal for a woman to speak in public for pay at this time, she was violating the law.

 

Acting in the role of a reviewer, critique the sites and find ten of the most important facts/details.  Describe them.  Each area could be a link, a fact, a picture, or something interactive.  Explain it while putting it (the area of interest) in the context of the site about women.
 
http://cms.komen.org/komen/AboutBreastCancer/index.htm
While searching for the 10 most important facts on this website, I decided that the warning signs would have to be the most important. Breast Cancer is the biggest killer amongst women, so its important for us to pay attention to any changes. If any of these symptoms should occur, you should consult a doctor as soon as possible. If there is any cancer, the sooner it is diagnosed, the more treatable it is.
- A change in the look or feel of the breast, including shape, size, any lumps or thickenings in the breast and underarm, any warm sensations, a change in the nipples shape, the development of a rash and tenderness or pain on the nipple area.

- A change in the look and feel of the skin on the breast such as dimpling, and the appearance of red, scaly, or swollen skin on the breast or nipple.

- Breast pain is also an important sign. It could be related to Breast Cancer or benign breast disease.

- Cancerous tumors in the breasts take a very long time to grow. Once they are big enough to be felt as a lump, they could have been growing for over 10 years.

- There are two types of breast cancer, invasive and carcinoma in situ. Invasive breast cancer has the ability to spread to other organs including the liver, lungs and even the bones. Carcinoma in situ Breast Cancer does not move to any other cells or tissues. It is sometimes referred to as pre-cancerous.

- Sometimes, lumps in the breasts can be confused with cysts, which are fluid filled sacs that can be left alone or drained out.

- About 178,480 new cases of Breast Cancer are to be diagnosed in 2007 alone.

- About 200 out of every 100,000 women are diagnosed with some form of Breast Cancer.

- Although its rare, men can also have Breast Cancer. About 1.5 out of every 100,000 men has breast cancer.
- Some factors that can increase your chances of being diagnosed with Breast Cancer include being female, getting older, inherited genetic mutations, radiation exposure, high estrogen levels in the blood, Menopause at ages 55+, not having children or having the first one after age 35, high bone density, being overweight, drinking alcohol, lack of exercise, having your first period before the age of 12, using birth control pills, and not breast feeding.
 
 
Acting in the role of a reviewer, critique the sites and find ten of the most important facts/details.  Describe them.  Each area could be a link, a fact, a picture, or something interactive.  Explain it while putting it (the area of interest) in the context of the site about women.
 
http://www.ndvh.org/
It is important for girls today to understand the statistics of abuse in America and the dangers of being in such a relationship.
- About 4 MILLION American women are abused by their partners during a year.
- An average of at least 3 women a day are MURDERED by their husbands/boyfriends every day.
- 1 in 3 women will be abused sexually or verbally at least once in her lifetime.
- Abused girls are 4 to 6 times more likely to become pregnant and are 8 to 9 times more likely to attempt or commit suicide.
- 1 in 3 teens have reported having a friend who has been physically hurt by their partners.
- 30% of women, who have been abused, were abused during pregnancy.
- 324,000 women are abused during pregnancy.
- 74% of all murder suicides involve intimate partners. Over 96% of these cases were women.
- In 95% of abusive relationships, men abuse women.
- 1 in 3 high school relationships are abusive.

Eleanor Roosevelt

Interviewer

 

1) Did your husband support you in your efforts to get involved in causes such as the League of Women Voters, the International Congress of Working Women in Washington and the Womens Trade Union League?

 

2) When you spoke at the HighlanderFolkSchool in Tennessee on civil rights, you went despite threats from the Ku Klux Klan. When you first heard of these threats did you ever consider not going? What was it that made you go through with it even with such threats your life?

 

3) In 1961 you were re-appointed by President Kennedy to the United Nations and appointed as the chair of the Presidents Commission on the Status of Women, what were some your accomplishments in this position?

 

4) What were your reasons for going to such an extreme as to threaten resignation from the UN unless Israel was recognized by President Truman?

 

5) What were some of your accomplishments while on the board of directors for the NAACP?

 

Tiffany wrote:

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as the role of a holywood diredtor :


If i was a holy wood director i would make a movie on rosa Parks explain who she was not only a black women who was fighting for her right, but also a women who was part of the movement where she was not only tired and didnt want to move her seat on the bus.But on how she was doing that to change the way things were. I Would show senses as the black women and men were not even allowed to get picked up in the fronte of the buz only on the back and how they were different sides and the back side was very different from the fronte . They did not have as much luxary as the fromte of the bus. I would also show how is it fair for a black person who has worked long hours and there is no more run left on the bus and now she either has to wait for the next buz or walk home. Only because white people have more space and never have to ride the back. NOw goes this poor balck women who has been working so hard all day and just wants to go home and lay down and she cant because there is no more rome on the bus. This is what i wouls demonstarte also how Rose parks was  not the tired women because she wasent she was a fighter for the right s of black  people she was part of the naacp an orgainiztion for coloer people they would come together to make a diferennce. I would also show how Rosa Parks was part of the Naccp and was only trying to explain thouhts of real afriacan america who felt the same way. I would vary different senerys.

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i think that that is a very good idea for a movie. :] we need a rosa parks movie.

Kate Snell! wrote:

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Acting in the role of a reviewer, critique the sites and find ten of the most important facts/details.  Describe them.  Each area could be a link, a fact, a picture, or something interactive.  Explain it while putting it (the area of interest) in the context of the site about women.
 
http://cms.komen.org/komen/AboutBreastCancer/index.htm
While searching for the 10 most important facts on this website, I decided that the warning signs would have to be the most important. Breast Cancer is the biggest killer amongst women, so its important for us to pay attention to any changes. If any of these symptoms should occur, you should consult a doctor as soon as possible. If there is any cancer, the sooner it is diagnosed, the more treatable it is.
- A change in the look or feel of the breast, including shape, size, any lumps or thickenings in the breast and underarm, any warm sensations, a change in the nipples shape, the development of a rash and tenderness or pain on the nipple area.

- A change in the look and feel of the skin on the breast such as dimpling, and the appearance of red, scaly, or swollen skin on the breast or nipple.

- Breast pain is also an important sign. It could be related to Breast Cancer or benign breast disease.

- Cancerous tumors in the breasts take a very long time to grow. Once they are big enough to be felt as a lump, they could have been growing for over 10 years.

- There are two types of breast cancer, invasive and carcinoma in situ. Invasive breast cancer has the ability to spread to other organs including the liver, lungs and even the bones. Carcinoma in situ Breast Cancer does not move to any other cells or tissues. It is sometimes referred to as pre-cancerous.

- Sometimes, lumps in the breasts can be confused with cysts, which are fluid filled sacs that can be left alone or drained out.

- About 178,480 new cases of Breast Cancer are to be diagnosed in 2007 alone.

- About 200 out of every 100,000 women are diagnosed with some form of Breast Cancer.

- Although its rare, men can also have Breast Cancer. About 1.5 out of every 100,000 men has breast cancer.
- Some factors that can increase your chances of being diagnosed with Breast Cancer include being female, getting older, inherited genetic mutations, radiation exposure, high estrogen levels in the blood, Menopause at ages 55+, not having children or having the first one after age 35, high bone density, being overweight, drinking alcohol, lack of exercise, having your first period before the age of 12, using birth control pills, and not breast feeding.
 
 
Acting in the role of a reviewer, critique the sites and find ten of the most important facts/details.  Describe them.  Each area could be a link, a fact, a picture, or something interactive.  Explain it while putting it (the area of interest) in the context of the site about women.
 
http://www.ndvh.org/
It is important for girls today to understand the statistics of abuse in America and the dangers of being in such a relationship.
- About 4 MILLION American women are abused by their partners during a year.
- An average of at least 3 women a day are MURDERED by their husbands/boyfriends every day.
- 1 in 3 women will be abused sexually or verbally at least once in her lifetime.
- Abused girls are 4 to 6 times more likely to become pregnant and are 8 to 9 times more likely to attempt or commit suicide.
- 1 in 3 teens have reported having a friend who has been physically hurt by their partners.
- 30% of women, who have been abused, were abused during pregnancy.
- 324,000 women are abused during pregnancy.
- 74% of all murder suicides involve intimate partners. Over 96% of these cases were women.
- In 95% of abusive relationships, men abuse women.
- 1 in 3 high school relationships are abusive.

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         I researched the website on domestic abuse to and I couldn't believe the numbers. And you're right, it's really important to read the statistics-and make sure you don't become one & to also help anyone you know he might be in this kind of situation.

Forum 13:
Background: History, as a study of the past, has often ignored the roles and accomplishments of women.  Many societies, in a male-dominated, patriarchal manner, limited the legal rights, the participation, and the opportunities for women.  Today, in many countries around the world, women play a profound role in politics, sports, the military, entertainment, and more.  In order to understand more concerning different women and women's issues, explore the websites below according to the assignment given.

1.) Susan G. Komen for the Cure website:
Interviewer:

A.) Is it possible for mankind to ever eradicate AIDS or just cancer all together? Will technology ever get to that point where no disease will have to exist?

B.) Why is it that when patients tend to feel fine when cancer is first detected, not opt for treatment of it when its life-threatening?

C.) If so many women can get breast cancer, why would concern be for women mostly over the age of 40? Arent all women at risk regardless of age?

D.) In 1978, when Mrs. Betty ford finished her successful bout with breast cancer, was her success inspirational to people as much as it was for your sister?

E.) Do you think you would be adamant on getting your present views on breast cancer across and contributing as much if your sister hadnt contracted breast cancer herself?


2.) Einsteins Wife website:
Author:
     
     On a nice day in December, it was nearing Christmas time when the Maric family had a new person to their family. It was a baby girl! They were so happy that they named her Mileva. As she grew older, they gave her the nickname of Mitza. Mileva was a very smart girl and she loved math, painting, music, and languages. Her family was really rich and since girls during that time didnt really have much choice in where they could go to school, she got into the best school there was because of their richness. When Mileva turned 15, her father let her go to an all-boys school. When she was around 21 years old, she went to ETH for school. She met a boy there called Albert Einstein. Milevas parents dont mind Albert much because Mileva wasnt very pretty and she had a problem with her hip. She was smart but those problems kept her from having too many boys liking her. When summer time came, her and Albert both failed their tests. Albert ends up passing but poor Mileva doesnt. January time came around and Mileva and Albert both now have a daughter and name her Lieserl. 15 years later, Albert wants to separate from Mileva because he wants to marry someone else. Mileva grows sad and gets sick but she says yes to separating. They both had three children together. One of them, Eduard has a problem with his mind so he sometimes gets very scary. During one of his scary moments, Mileva faints and finally dies 3 months later.
THE END.

3.) National Domestic Violence Hotline Website:
Participant:

May 04, 2007

Dear Diary,
     
     Life was explained exactly down to the last detail for many women living across the nation. By having this site and promoting many of these issues concerning women and the abuse they receive, were trying so hard to help these poor, battered women. The percentage rate of employed battered women harassed by their partner while at work is up to 74%! Thats a pretty high percent rate. Im disgusted by the fact that this number is so high. I also found out that 94% of the offenders in murder cases were all male! What kind of world are we living in these days?! Im not saying that all males are bad but the percentage rate is just blasphemous. Diary, I hope to all that is good and pure that you are not one of those counted for in that percentage. Just kidding. Whats even more outrageous is that 96% killed in those murder cases were females! Argh, quite frustrating indeed no? This violence continues to affect our daily lives and it even affects companies as well. Violence against women costs companies $72.8 million a year from lost productivity. Thats more than any average person could make in years to come from their jobs! There are also quite a lot of exclamation points in this diary entry but Im just so angered by all this. Gah! This world is in such a sad state. 1 in 5 female high school students reported to have been physically and/or sexually abused by their partner. Those then abused girls are more likely to risk getting into more harmful behaviors. They are 4 to 6 times more likely to get pregnant and 8 to 9 times more likely to commit suicide. Life is precious! These girls shouldnt have to suffer and lose their will to live due to abuse or any other reason for that matter. On average, 4 million American women experience a serious assault by a partner during a 12-month period. 4 million! Thats 4 million too many! This is serious stuff that happens in the world. I dont want to just stand by and let that happen. Me and the rest of people who are concerned on this matter will try to the best of abilities to eradicate this problem form society. Abuse can be in the form of physical, sexual, emotional, economic, or psychological actions or threats of action that influence another person. This shouldnt have to happen if we didnt have such psychos running amok in our cities of today. Domestic violence is a crime and it destroys families and friends alike. One day, it is our mission, once again diary, to try to banish these sorts of occurrences in our society today. I feel like smacking the idiots that involve themselves with these actions of violence.

10 facts"
Billie Jean King

1)She was number one in the world.
2)For more than 20 years, Billie Jean King dominated the world of tennis.
3)she won 20 Wimbledon titles, 13 US Open titles, the French Open, the Australian Open and 29 Virginia Slims singles titles.
4)she was ranked number one 7 times.
5)her drive turned womens tennis into a major sport.
6)she was the first one to earn $100,000 in a year.
7)she founded the Women's tennis Association and the Women's Sports Foundation.
8)King became the first woman commissioner in professional sports
 history
9)she fought for the equality between men and women in the sport.
10)she became the chief executive officer of TEAMTENNIS.

im going to act as a participant in

violence against women


when i was younger, i had an abusive uncle, who used domestic violence on my aunt. It hurt to see her go through verbal and physical abuse and it had a big impact on my and my cousin. Even though we loved him so much we knew in our hearts that she needed to get out of there as soon as possible before this gets out of control. I told her that she wasn't alone and that many women unfortunately go through this and some of them are dead due to domestic violence or even violence against women. but as i researched this issue i found out that Recent attention to domestic violence began in the women's movement as concern about wives being beaten by their husbands, and has remained a major focus of modern feminism, particularly in terms of "violence against women.Domestic violence occurs in all cultures; people of all races, ethnicities, religions, and classes can be perpetrators of domestic violence. that women shouldnt be tortured.

updated - 5/8/07