Ted Script on Women of SLA`
Introduction: What makes a women inspirational?
At some point in our life, we as a community view a woman as inspirational. This can include any woman within your family such your mother, grandmother, aunt, or any other women in your family. Your inspirational woman can also be someone outside of your families such as a teacher, co-worker, or mentor. You can even have multiple inspirational women in your life. But what exactly makes women inspirational? An inspirational woman can process several qualities such as strength, determination, fearlessness, leadership, and confidence. However, the greatest reason that would make a woman inspirational is the significance that she has in your life. In this presentation, I will be outlining how women are underlooked in society and how we can learn how to better appreciate the women in our community and in society as a whole.
Who are the most influential women in my life?
For most of my life, I have relied on the guidance of women. I have grown-up with the upbringing of two women in particular. The first is my mother. Ever since I was younger, my mother has nurtured and protected me. She has shown me that life will provide me with many challenges and it up to me to decide if I want to go on or not. She has always done her best to fulfill her job as a mother. The second is my maternal grandmother. Although she’s now deceased, the impact that she has left of my life is still unmistakable. She raised all six of her children by herself including my mother. She also was faced many illnesses in her later years. However, she didn’t let this stop her from doing her daily activities such as spending time with and taking care of me while my mom was working. Without the upbring and sacrifices of these two women, it is likely that I would not be heading into a positive direction.
Sexual and Racial Inequality for Women
For many years women have had to face many obstacles in an effort to obtain equal rights. Although women have accomplished many achievements over time, women still struggle to push pass discrimination. One of biggest issues with women discrimination is equal pay. According to an article from the Washington Post, it is unlikely that women will see equal pay for equal work until around 2058. The article then goes on to state that women make around seventy-seven cents for every dollar that a white man earns. It gets worse for women of color, African-Americans and Latin Americans, who make sixty-six and fifty-six respectively. Even on Equal pay, in which falls on April 10, women get in equal pay but, not for equal work. According to an article from time.com, it wouldn’t be until 2124 for Black women and 2233 for Latino women to obtain equal pay for equal work. In an article from Pew Research, the hourly wages were compared from different races in 2015. In every race that was listed, the men made more money than women. Women discrimination isn’t just a national problem but, rather worldwide problem. According to an article from theweek.co.uk, Saudi Arabia, country known for its limitations to women, has a long list of thing that women can’t do. This include not being able to make own decisions, talk to men, and compete in sports. With that being said, women not having equal pay for equal work is even more of reason to appreciate the time and energy that women spend to make the sacrifices that are needed.
Research from SLA
As apart of this presentation, I have conducted research with the assistance from members of the SLA community. This research has been done in the form of a survey in which about fifty members of the SLA community took part in it. This survey asks questions about who is the most influential woman in their lives and if they honor that woman by showing their appreciation for them. Based on the responses that I received from the survey, over seventy percent said that their mother or stepmother was the most influential woman in their life. This shows that a good majority of the members of the SLA community get their guidance for their mother. However, the survey responses aren't limited to just their moms and stepmoms because an influential woman can be any women in your life. With being said, some of the other responses for influential women were grandmothers and aunts among others. The survey also asked those who took it if they show their appreciation for the most influential women in their life. According to the results of the survey, ninety percent of the people who took the survey said that they just say thank-you. Saying thank-you is a great way show that you appreciate someone. However, in order to give appreciation to these women, we need to understand why they are important.
Videos
The following slides will contain videos of students talking about who is the most influential women in their life. These videos were done in interview style by students who volunteered to be interviewed. These videos not only show appreciation for their most influential woman in their life but, also recognize the exact impact that women have had on their life. It is important to our community to recognize why these women are so important to our lives. Only by recognizing why they are important can we truly show our appreciation.
Conclusion
In conclusion, the purpose of this Capstone project was to outline the significance of the women in our community. To this day, women face the most hardships in society because they face the most discrimination regardless of their race. Despite the setbacks, they continue to persevere for us. As a community, we need to honor those women who matter the most in our lives. We can do this by celebrating Women’s month in March and Mother’s day in May. However, the best possible way we could celebrate these women is to never forget what they went through in order to make our lives the best possible. We may not be able to repay them for what they did, but we at least understand that their efforts were used to make us stronger, smarter, and better people. With that being said, I would like to thank my mom, grandmother, and women of all race and religion for persevering during the most difficult of times.
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