Thursday, October 11, 2007

Isn't it inspiring

This web page is harder than I wanted it to be. However, the information I stumbled upon was very interesting. My project is on the Ideal Woman's club founded by Mary Lee DePugh in Winter Park Florida. It was inspiring to see how one woman was able to truly impact a community in such a positive way. It's surprising what she accomplished being a woman in the late 1930's, when women didn't even have the right to vote then. Also, she wasn't just a woman, but a black woman, and blacks back then were treated like second class citizens. Mary Lee DePugh wasn't born in the south she lived in Illinois most of her life. Since the beginning blacks in America were treated better as a whole in the North than in the South. That being said I can't help but wonder a few things. Would Mary Lee DePugh have created the Ideal Woman's club if she was born in the south or, would she have been too discouraged? Would she have created the club if she wasn't previously involved in the Dunbar club in Illinois? What would have happened to the blacks in Winter Park if she never left Illinois? I don't know. I bet people who are reading this blog have four questions. What is the Ideal Woman's club? How did Mary Lee DePugh make such a huge impact in a community? What community? What impact did she make? These are good questions, and they may be answered on later blogs. I make no promises. In the meantime, isn't it inspiring how such a positive impact on a community could be made by one person?

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