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1904 – The first public match of the women's sport camogie was played in Meath, Ireland. Camogie was developed as a women's variation of the men's sport hurling, with similar rules and equipment. [42] 1904 - Women's boxing first appeared in the Olympic Games as a demonstration sport in 1904, in St. Louis. [43]
A pulpit orator is a Christian author, often a clergyman, renowned for their ability to write or deliver (from the pulpit in church, hence the word) rhetorically skilled religious sermons. In some universities , the title 'Orator' is given to the official whose task it is to give speeches on ceremonial occasions, such as the presentation of ...
She also said to have taught other women how to carry themselves and speak to groups of people intelligently. Aspasia was a great rhetor and was said to have written the famous speech given at Pericles' funeral. Aspasia's rhetoric and social contributions were seen through a gendered lens. [1] Plato's Menexenus
Salem in the 1840s was a center of anti-slavery activity, and the whole family was committed to the rising abolitionist movement in the United States.The Remonds' home was a haven for black and white abolitionists, and they hosted many of the movement's leaders, including William Lloyd Garrison and Wendell Phillips, and more than one fugitive slave fleeing north to freedom.
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Speech written by Cato arguing that religious works should be publicly available and not held in private collections. Cato the Elder Uncertain date [86] [87] Speech by Gaius Calpurnius Piso against Domitius Afer Piso attacked Domitius Afer's character. Gaius Calpurnius Piso: Uncertain date [88] Speeches by Gaius Septimius Severus Aper against poets
Women may not always get the historical credit their male counterparts do, but as these women show, they were always there doing the work. With their fierce determination and refusal to back down, all of these 12 women were not just ahead of their own times, but responsible for shaping ours.
Stanton went on to write many important documents and speeches of the women's rights movement. Declaration of Sentiments (1848) The Solitude of Self (1892) Maria W. Stewart (1803–1879) African American public speaker, abolitionist, and feminist. Her speeches addressed the plight of Northern black people and drew arguments from the Scriptures.