International Women's Day is tomorrow 8th March and, a couple of weeks ago, my elder son and I were asked at the official language school (French C1.2) to search for an African woman who had done something really important in life. It had to be among the French-speaking countries.
At the beginning it was really hard to find any woman, but all of a sudden I came across this great woman: Aoua Kéita, from Mali. We found little information about her, but it was really amazing what she was able to do under her circumstances.
It is said that behind every great man there has been a great woman. In this case, behind this great woman there was also a man, his father, who made the effort to send her to school against the opinions of many people, included Aoua's mother herself!!! As you can see, education played a paramount role in the development of Aoua Kéita as a person of such great significance for her country and Africa.
Here's a link to our presentation AouaKeïta, symbole de l’engagement des femmes en Afrique! (in French, obviously) and if you wan to listen to it, you can do it using these two QR codes (the programme we used to record our presentations was Vocaroo). You can do the same: write a comment about a famous woman and once you've done it, record it and send me the QR code!
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Our students and their superwomen...
Raquel Peinado (1º Bach A)
One of the people that I love the most is my elder sister. Her name is Lucía and she is 23 years old. She is a really cool person, she is very kind and very sympathetic with all the people. Also, she is a really good sister, we get on with each other very well. And she always does whatever she can to make me happy, and helps me. I’m very grateful to have her as a sister.
I admire her a lot, because she started a degree but she didn’t like it so she started working to earn money to be able to go to another city and study what she wants and make her dreams come true. Some years later, she is working in a hospital, she is also working as an administrator in a singing school, and from time to time she goes to restaurants to sing.
I always remember when we were children she was singing all the time, and she always dreamed to be a singer. Now, when I see her singing in restaurants, weddings, etc, I feel very happy. She hopes that in the future, the same will happen with my dreams.
All in all, I’m so proud of her because everything that she proposes, she achieves it. For that reason, I would like to be like her in the future.
Abel Martínez Padilla (3º ESO B)
José Adrián González (1º Bach A)
I am going to talk about the most important woman in my life and I think that If she wasn’t here, my life would be very difficult.
In her free time she usually goes to flamenco's class, where she spends a good time with her friends.
Now she is working with my mother, who is another important person in my life, but she would like to work as a hotel receptionist because she was for 4 years in Granada, where she studied a university degree.
So, when she was 18 years old, She was able to get the car licence.
She is very important to me because we have always been together in the bad moments.
When we were little we always fought over anything but now we get on very well.
One of the things that I admire about her is that she has a stable job and in the last months she has just bought a house.
Her personality is difficult but she has a good heart that is the important thing.
When I am older I’ll try to follow her pieces of advice.
Alba Arellano (1º Bach A)
Amelia Mary Earhart, was known as Amelia Earhart, she was the first
ResponderEliminaraviator who crossed the Atlantic Ocean alone. Born in Kansas on July 24
of 1897, the young pilot disappeared in the Pacific on July 2, 1937, when he
was en route to Howland Island.
Abel Martinez Padilla
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ResponderEliminarI am going to talk about the most important woman in my life and I think that If she wasn't here, my life would be very difficult.
ResponderEliminarShe is my sister, whose name is Lucía, and she is 23 years old. She is a person who loves to dance.
In her free time she usually goes to flamenco's class, where she spends a good time with her friends.
Now she is working with my mother, who is another important person in my life, but she would like to work as a hotel receptionist because she was for 4 years in Granada, where she studied a university degree.
So, When she was 18 years old, She was able to get the car license.
She is very important to me because we have always been together in the bad moments.
When we were little always fought over anything but now we get on very well.
One of the things that I admire about her is that she has a stable job and in the last months she bought a house.
Her personality is difficult but she has a good heart that is the important thing.
When I am older I’ll try to follow her advices.
JOSÉ ADRIÁN GONZÁLEZ
One of the people that I love the most is my elder sister. Her name is Lucía and she is 23 years old. She is a really cool person, she is very kind and very sympathetic with all the people. Also, she is a really good sister, we get on with each other very well. And she always does whatever she can to make me happy, and helps me. I’m very grateful to have her as a sister.
ResponderEliminarI admire her a lot, because she started a degree but she didn’t like it so she started working to earn money to be able to go to another city and study what she wants and make her dreams come true. Some years later, she is working in a hospital, she is also working as an administrator in a singing school, and from time to time she goes to restaurants to sing.
I always remember when we were children she was singing all the time, and she always dreamed to be a singer. Now, when I see her singing in restaurants, weddings, etc, I feel very happy. She hopes that in the future, the same will happen with my dreams.
All in all, I’m so proud of her because everything that she proposes, she achieves it. For that reason, I would like to be like her in the future.
RAQUEL PEINADO TORRES 1ºBACH A
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ResponderEliminarRosalind Franklin was born on July 25, 1920, in London. He studied in different prestigious schools, until he was 18 he was studying in France. He subsequently passed the examination for chemical study at Newnham College, Cambridge. Her father did not support her decision, but an aunt of hers was the one who supported her and paid for her studies, although it did not take long for her father to accept the decision and take charge of her studies. He continued studying in different prestigious schools in different cities and ended up working in the laboratory of King's College in London.
ResponderEliminarThanks to Franklin we now know the secondary structure of DNA through X-ray diffraction. Also known as the forgotten scientist behind the discovery of the structure of DNA, one of the most important for modern medicine, she died without knowing until what point Crick and Watson's work had depended on their research.
This experiment was developed in the book "The Double Helix" by Watson, where he said about Franklin that "the best place for a feminist was the laboratory of another". A few years later Crick wrote that at King's College London, where Franklin works, there were some very irritating restrictions, where there was a lot of machismo. But although in both books they talk about Franklin, in neither do they recognize his work.
Although this structure was discovered by a woman, Watson and Crick received the spotlight because how could a woman be given such a fascinating job? Her long hours of work, even with a serious illness, were not valued in life, but it was necessary to wait until her death for the work of this woman to be known.
Nuria Diaz Ruiz 2 BACH
Marco Van Basten, of Dutch nationality, is the striker for Milan, he had to leave his career at the age of 28, due to an injury to his right ankle. Marco Van Basten of the most important titles of his career as a footballer, he won a champion and a European Championship. After leaving his career, he was coach of Ajax and the Dutch national team.
ResponderEliminarOliver Lozano 3ºA
The day 8th March is very important to women, because is the international women's day.
ResponderEliminarI'm going to talk about my mother, her name is Mariella and she is very important for me.
She is a person very worker. In her free time, she likes go to walks near the sea. She really loves the beach.
One day, she told me about her past and all she had to do, I admire her, because she is a intelligent woman and she could obtain that she wanted being alone.
She is a difficult person, but she is not bad. I'm very grateful to have her as a mother. I hope to be like she in the future.
LARA QUESADA 1 BACH
Aoua Keïta was a Malian politic, writer, activist and feminist. She was born in Bamako (Malí) on July 12, 1912. She was a important figure of the battle for the independence, the sindicalism and the rights of the womens in her country, being very recognized for her national awards and recognitions.
ResponderEliminarShe founded together with a friend "the Working women's committee" in Bamako what years later was called "Working women's intertrade union", his objective was defend the working women's interests and participante in the anti-colonial battle.
With her autobiography "Femme d'Afrique: La vie d'Aoua Kéita racontée par elle-même" won the Black African's Grand prize literary in 1976 being the first women to win the prize. Finally, she was died on May 7, 1980 in Bamako. Was created a vocacional training in her honour and May 30, 2011 a street of Angers (France) it was called "rue Aoua Keita" in her name.
Adrián García Guardia 3°A
Hedwig Eva Maria Kiesler, known as Hedy Lamarr, was an Austrian film actress and inventor whose great contribution to society was related to wireless communications.
ResponderEliminarShe was an actress, considered "the most beautiful woman in Europe" by the director Max Reinhardt, the first to simulate an orgasm in the cinema (Ecstasy, 1933) and co-author of the technology on which modern Wi-Fi is based. Lamarr always wanted to be independent and she ended escaping from her first husband, to live the life she wanted. She flied to Paris, from there to London, and finally to the United States. She lived there until her death and she developed her career as an actress and as an inventor.
To sum up, we can see how apart from being an actress, she was able to develop various projects. With this, we must break the stereotypes that women who are considered beautiful by society cannot be intelligent and develop a scientific career.
Since the beggining of times, women have been considered less important than men. There´s no reason for that, maybe stregth or maybe just luck. Fortunately, this is changing, so let´s talk about one of those women who helped to change this: Margarita Salas.
ResponderEliminarMargarita was an important Spanish Scientist. She was the most important scientist of the 20th century, due to the discovery of a DNA virus. She was born in Madrid, November 30th 1938. During his time as a student, she studied at the Chemistry school of Madrid, where she was the pupil of another great scientist, Severo Ochoa, which gave her the love for science. Unfortunately, she died on 2019, with one of the greatest careers of all women in science.
Nowadays, she is a great example or reference for those girls who didn´t know what they wanted to be, who thought science wasn´t for girls or who didn´t have anyone to look up to. During her life, she was really kind on this problem, and she gave many talks to incentivate young women to study science careers.
To conclude, we can say that fortunately, with the rise of women like these ones in science, who ask for their rights and for equality, more and more women are showing interest in science. However, there are still some male chauvanist behaviour which we have to exterminate. We have to continue fighting for equality, fighting for all women!
David Bacas 2º Bach
Aoua Kéita was born in Bamako. In 1923, her father sent Aoua to the first girl school in Bamako. In 1928, she graduated, three years later, she completed her studies at the École de Médecine from Dakar. She went to work for the colonial government and was sent to Gao for 12 years. She became the first woman in African countries to be elected as the National Legislative Assembly in her country. She moved to Bamako in 1979, where she died the following year, in her life she was a writer and politician and is a example to reference.
ResponderEliminarAday Rivera Montes 1ºESO B
Aoua Keita is a popular celebrity. Her birthday is on 12 july,1912. She is African she was born in bomako( Mali). Aoua keita is famous for many reasens. She is a excellent writer. In the politc she defends the rights of Africans.
ResponderEliminarAoua Keita is very beaytifull. She is medim height ,she is brunnete skin . her eyes are black , and Aoua Keita is very goodloking.Personalityis also espacial she is hard working and nice person.
Juan Diego Alonso Gonzalez 1ºESO A
Aoua Keita was a midwife, activist and politician. She was born on 12th July, 1912 ans died on 7 May, 1980. She was from Bamako(Malí). She was a figure of the fight for independence, the trade unionism and the fight for women's rights in Malí.
ResponderEliminarWhat does she look like?
She is tall, her skin colur is dark brown, she has got a round face, her nose is wide, her mouth and ears are small, her eyes are dark, she has got dark brown hair and she has got wide eyebrows.
What is se like?
She is clever, brave, activist and she is hard-working.
He was born in 1912 in Bamako, Mali. He died on May 7, 1980 in Bamako. Daughter of a soldier originally from Kouroussa (Guinea). In 1923, they began their primary studies at the Bamako girls' school. Later he continued studying at the Dakar School of Medicine.
ResponderEliminarHe has received the following decorations: Gold Medal of the Independence of Mali, Order of Perfection of the R.A.U., Merit of the Red Cross of the Empire of Ethiopia, Grand Officer of the National Order of Senegal, Grand Commander of the Order of the Star of Africa of Liberia and Officer of the National Order of Dahomey.
She had a wide nose, brown eyes, small ears. She is clever, brave, activist and she is hard-working