Struggle Biographies Samples For Students

Biography: Aung San Suu Kyi

Aung San Suu Kyi, known today as referred to as daw Aung San Suu Kyi was born on June 19, 1945, in Rangoon - now known as Yangon, Myanmar. A politician and opposition leader of Myanmar, Suu Kyi is the daughter of Aung San, a martyred national hero of freed Burma, and Khin Kyi, a distinguished diplomat from Myanmar. She won the Nobel Prize for Peace in 1991 and is renowned in the international community in addition to being revered by the people of Myanmar for her selfless and peaceful struggle against a tyrannical military rule in her country . Her struggle has ...

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Having not always been a Christian, it was a struggle to come to the light and find solace and comfort in Jesus Christ’s life and teachings. There was no guarantee that I would arrive at the peace and happiness that I found once I received Christ into my mind, heart, and spirit. Having been raised in a family that was spiritual, but not religious, I had no guidance to point me in the direction of the faith that would ultimately change my life for the better. It was not until I underwent crucial transformation and metamorphosis of mind ...

1.) Alice Paul, was a feminist and political strategist who dedicated her entire life towards the protection and observation of the rights and freedoms of women (Alicepaul.org, par. 1). She was one of the women who initiated significant political changes regarding the treatment of women in the twentieth century. As a matter of fact, her life depicts the struggle for justice not just for women but also for the people around the world.
2.) Her argument was that men and women were equal, and should be accorded equal rights and opportunities without discrimination. She was involved in founding the ...

Introduction

Martin Luther King was a Ph.D. in theology who had led the civil rights movement in the South since 1955. He referred to the founding documents and principles of the United States that promised liberty and equality for all, and noted that the country had failed to fulfill these in practice, especially because blacks had suffered centuries of slavery and segregation. His main concern was to secure basic citizenship and voting rights for blacks, and his speaking style was far more like that of a preacher and prophet. A century after slavery was abolished, blacks still faced segregation, discrimination and lack ...

We Must Tell Our Own Story

Introduction

There exists in the world of sociology some controversy between two theories of thought. The debate is usually over a question like this “Which has more control over an individual’s life agency or structure?”
One side argues that people are confined behind the boundaries of social structures. How a person behaves within the structure is controlled by the boundaries or his perception of the boundaries. How a person acts depends on how the social structure (or hierarchy of social structures) “allows” him to act. There is free will only as it fits into the power structure of social systems. ...