Two Prominent American Women

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Compares and contrasts the lives of Jacqueline Bouvier and Maya Angelou. Describes cultural background of both. Bouvier's early life of privilege and Angelou's of poverty and racism. Achievements of both women. Angelou as a renowned author, poet and civil rights activist. Bouvier as the prominent wife of two wealthy, powerful men.

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"This is a comparison of the stories of two very different women, both born in the late 1920s, who came to prominence in American life. One, Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis, was white and born to wealth and ease. She became First Lady of the Camelot administration, setting trends with the style and taste that she learned as a child of privilege. The other, Maya Angelou, was black and born into the prejudice of the racist South. She grew up to be a world-renowned poet, author, and civil rights activist. Both fought the challenges of being raised in a sexist society, both benefitted from and also were challenged by their childhoods, and both were strongly influenced by their individual cultural backgrounds.

Jacqueline Bouvier was born in Southampton, NY, on July 28, 1929, three months before the stock market crash that wiped out many ..."

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