Lilly's Story

http://www.makers.com/lilly-ledbetter

Gender in Mad Men

Modern-day explanation of women being discriminated against in the workplace.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBBsh8VwmkI

Demi Lovato: biography

"No matter what you're going through, there's a light at the end of the tunnel and it may seem hard to get to it but you can do it and just keep working towards it and you'll find the positive side of things." - Demi Lovato 

While her success came easy, Lovato was fighting an inner struggle that she didn't know how to fix. She had so many issues that were underneath, that needed to be taken care of. It literally drove her insane she recalls. "I was not eating, and purging, and self-harming. It was really difficult to be able to stop." Demi's parents split up when she was a little kid and how, even at the age of 7, she felt depressed. It was around that time she began to struggle with depression and eating disorders. While in treatment, in addition to self-harm like cutting and eating disorders, the singer found out she was bipolar, but it took her awhile to come to terms with her problems. While she could have kept her demons and struggles to herself, she wanted to air her secrets in a documentary. She thought making the documentary it could really help other teenagers who were struggling, to help them realize that there is hope.Demi is using her past as a chance to speak out about her problems and potentially help other teens dealing with the same issues. Depicted in the picture to the right Demi's hands state "love is louder than the pressure of being perfect." Demi's using her past as a chance to speak out about her problems and potentially help other teens dealing with the same issues. 

" Where I am today… I still have my ups and downs, but I take it one day at a time and I just hope that I can be the best that I can possibly be, not only for myself, but also young people that are out there toady that need someone to look up to." - Demi Lovato 



http://www.biography.com/people/demi-lovato-481444

biography: Michelle Obama

Michelle Obama: 
"I want to leave something behind that we can say, 'Because of this time that this person spent here, this thing has changed.' And my hope is that that's going to be in the area of childhood obesity."-Michelle Obama.

The photo above shows Obama with the Miami Heat Basketball team after there win eating apples to send a positive message to kids about eating heathy and being better athletes. Growing up on the South Side of Chicago, Obama attended Princeton University and Harvard Law School before returning to Chicago to work at the law firm Sidley Austin, where she met her future husband. Subsequently, she worked as part of the staff of Chicago mayor Richard M. Daley, and for the University of Chicago Medical Center. Obesity is a prevalent social problem in today's society, with rates steadily increasing. According to the Weight Control Information Network, since the early 1960s, the prevalence of obesity among adults more than doubled, increasing from 13.4 to 35.7 percent in U.S. adults age 20 and older. In addition, today two in three adults are considered overweight or obese, and one in six children aged 6–19 are considered obese. Michelle Obama extended efforts of former first women toward healthy eating by planting the White House Kitchen Garden, an organic garden, the first White House vegetable garden since Eleanor Roosevelt served as First Lady, and installing bee hives, on the South Lawn of the White House. She has also started up the program titled 'Lets Move!'. This program is about putting children on the path to a healthy future during their earliest months and years. Giving parents helpful information and fostering environments that support healthy choices. Providing healthier foods in our schools. Ensuring that every family has access to healthy, affordable food. And, helping children become more physically active.


"In the end, as First Lady, this isn’t just a policy issue for me. This is a passion. This is my mission. I am determined to work with folks across this country to change the way a generation of kids thinks about food and nutrition." 


 "White House Task Force on Childhood Obesity Report to the President | Let's Move!". Letsmove.gov. Retrieved December 15, 2012

 "White House Photo Blog: Wednesday, June 17, 2009: First Garden".Time. June 17, 2009. Retrieved April 7, 2010.

 Stolberg, Sheryl Gay (January 14, 2010). "After a Year of Learning, the First Lady Seeks Out a Legacy". The New York Times. p. A20. Retrieved April 6, 2010.

Biography

Renee Walters was not convinced by the American dream. She had so much going against her. After raising three children as a single mother, she focused on her job at the bank. She worked long hours, seven days a week, because as she was told, hard work and dedication could get you a well paying job, and everyone had an equal shot at being successful. This wasn’t the case for Renee though. She had been at this job for twenty years, barely taking maternity leave when she had her children. After decades of endless shifts at the bank, she was still at the bottom of the corporate ladder, making less than her male counterparts. The males at the bank were being promoted faster than her, despite the fact that she knew more than them, had been there longer, and was a more efficient employee.  She was an American citizen, yet everyday she found herself wondering why she wasn’t entitled to the same rights as her fellow Americans. She had heard about discrimination against women in the workplace was a problem, but it took her some time to step back and realize it was happening right in front of her, in her workplace, affecting her life. The American dream was being overshadowed by this issue of discrimination, and she had just come to the realization of it. She saw the young, unskilled men rapidly moving above her at the bank, the way people looked down at her and spoke to her when she was working. She decided it was time. Time for her to learn more about combating this issue, when she wasn’t at the bank she was at the town library, learning about a movement she discovered called feminism. It was time for a new start for not only her, but also for any other women who were affected by discrimination. She decided to use feminism as her tool to combat the injustice she had been experiencing throughout her life.

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