Women in Combat

This article “Sisters in Arms" is about the U.S. military is lifting the long standing ban on the women in combat. “Of the 2.5 million Americans who have served in both wars since 2001, about 12 percent have been women. Like men, some of these women have come home bearing the mental and physical of war." This quote states that just are stronger than females doesn't mean that women don’t walk out of wars with scars to tell what went down. "Since2001, the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have drastically changed the military's needs. Today, women make up almost 15 percent of the 1.4 million active-duty U.S military. About 18,000 women are currently deployed to Afghanistan, according to the pentagon. This quotes states that since 2001 there been a change. A lot of women have been deployed and that more and more women will. I believe this article was very interesting and i happy to see that women are finally getting a chance to be able to work in the male field. What will happen next? Will it still be the same?

 

Little Rock Nine

This article” The Little Rock Nine “is about nine teenagers that try to desegregate Central High School and succeeded. “ On September 4, nine black students- selected by the school board from a pool of more than 100 volunteers-tried to enter Central High for the time.” This quote states the process that the teenagers had to go through. “Gloria Ray, 15, reported that white students called her names, spat at her, vandalized her locker, and pushed her down her a flight of stair.” This quote states that Gloria was put through a lot. She was treated like an animal. It also states what kind of abuse the nine students had went through and it’s sad to hear that Gloria was pushed. I think this topic is very important because to hear that nine African American students desegregated a school in 1957 is an accomplish.  Before I read this article I thought  it was about nine little rocks , but I realize it’s about nine african american teenager trying to go to an all white high school in 1957. I wonder if they were nine caucasian teenagers going to an all afrcian american high school. Would they have did anything differently. Would they have tormented they white kids. In my opinion i think they would have let the teenagers in with out a problem.