Not many women in the Elizabethan era could be called proto-feminist, whereas that term is used frequently when discussing Amelia Lanyer or Isabella Whitney. These two empowering authors have used their voices to elevate the roles and opinions of females of their time. Whitney's disposition contributes to the manner of criticism against male discrepancy using a voice embedded in experience and knowledge to contradict the conflicting discussions encircling men's attitudes concerning women's roles and their lifestyles, while Lanyer uses her words and divine intuition to contest the hypocritical viewpoints of men concerning the purpose and responsibility of women, and to advocate for women's religious and social equality. Both Lanyer and Whitney defy the roles and placement that society places upon them as women through their writings. .
In Whitney's text "Last Wyll and Testament", which describes her possible compulsory choice to leave London, she depicts the city as a place that is filled with economic misfortunes and injustices surrounding women. She uses her "Wyll" as a preparation of death, like all other wills, differing in the aspect that many things that were left, were not left to specific persons, but instead to the situations or problems that Whitney felt mistreated women. Using her words, Whitney leaves the city of London and other various situations, something other that material riches being "very weak in purse" ("Wyll", E3), leaving her opinions of the city as a whole and the roles one places in it, in place of her materialist goods traditionally giving as inheritance. She attempts to instruct women in how to protect themselves from the pressures of the world outside the traditional home and services and yet also stay true to God. Her voice throughout the "Wyll" promotes feminine participation in social, sexual and economic relations, by making and acting upon one's own feelings and choices.
At a young age, Eli Whitney showed unusual mechanical ability. ... Catherine Greene employed Whitney to solve several mechanical problems (Foner, 1150). ... Eli Whitney's machine was the first to clean short-staple cotton. ... In 1794, Whitney obtained a patent for his cotton gin (Foner, 1150). One would think Eli Whitney would have made a fortune with the great inventions of the cotton gin, however Whitney did not benefit financially. ...
Whitney had one sister and two other brothers, who all lived in one house. Whitney's parents' names are Elizabeth and Eli Whitney. ... Then when Whitney was twelve years old he suffered a tragedy of his mother passing away. ... Then after years of studying Whitney graduated in 1792. ... Whitney from then on became famous almost overnight because what he had done was so significant. ...
Eli Whitney: Inventing a Revolution Eli Whitney was a pioneer for his time. ... During his youth, Whitney was a blacksmith. ... Whitney refused the position. ... Whitney watched how cotton was cleaned. ... Whitney wanted to change that. ...
"A typical article will have 40 to 140 sources cited, so organization is key," explains Whitney. ... "The goal in science is to use scientific techniques and experiments to "tell a story"," Whitney clarifies. ... Whitney's honors thesis, the piece of her writing I read, was about transposons. ... I asked Whitney, for all this, what kind of research did she have to do? ... It can be a long and arduous process but as Whitney Amyot said, "Organization is key." ...
Whitney worked as a teacher in a nearby town to earn money for school. ... While on the plantation, Whitney soon learned of the workers' plight. ... Whitney built a crude prototype after only ten days (Britton 13). ... Whitney might have been nave to trust so many people around him. ... With finances slowing down, Whitney's gin production was slowed as well. ...
By Catherine Whitney, page 7) abortion in the first trimester cannot be interfered by the government as long as it is performed by a licensed physician. ... After separated from the placenta, the "fetus" is sucked out through a vacuum, and into a bottle (Whitney, 94). ... However, the baby DOES feel it, their brains are already developed and they feel what's going on around them (Whitney, 94). ...
Near the beginning of the book, Rainsford and Whitney talk about this island. Whitney tells Rainsford that, "the place has a reputation---a bad one" (Connell, 10). Rainsford inquires if there are cannibals on the island, to which Whitney replies, "Hardly. ... ""Off there to the right---somewhere---is a large island," said Whitney. ...
Another example of the machine tool industry was the creation of standard parts used in the musket industry by Eli Whitney. Whitney discovered that hand made components used for guns were unreliable. ... Whitney discovered the machine tool industry that created interchangeable parts that could fit on any gun made to a certain specification. ...
