My Mother is My Greatest Influencer in My Life

The person who influences me the most is my mother. My mother is the type of person who has thoughtful discussions about the importance of having a lovable family. My mother is the type of person who always has the time to listen when I really needed to express my feelings. I consider my mother a security blanket because she always listens to me at anytime of the day or night no matter if she is sleeping, sick or busy. She is always helping my sister and me when we are in the time of need. She always lends a helping hand to others as well. Growing up with such a strong role model, I developed many of her characteristics and interests. Even before my first tear hit the ground my mother is there to wipe it away. When I am feeling down she is always there when I need her the most.

She is the kind of mom who would always stick out for my sister and me. Even when times got rough she would never let her hardships in her life distress her children. My mother has always been a very strong role model to me growing up with someone like her to look up to has changed my life in many different ways. As a child she taught me everything from feeding myself and dressing myself, and also how to be respectful to adults. She has helped me to grow physically and intellectually. She would always call me to wake me up for school and after every phone call she would say I love you and have a good day at school. That would mean a lot to me because that showed me that she really cares and loves me. Mt mother is my motivator it was many times that I did not want to go to school and she pushed me to finish school. My mother was always the cool mom to my friends. She would always bring us where ever we needed to go no matter how far it was. My mother is a wonderful influence and I truly think the only flaw that she has is that she tries to prevent me from making not so good decision but I guess that is every mother.

My little sister is 25 years old she is also my mentor. She is always helping me with my problems. I love to go to her for some advice about certain situations. She is also a strong woman. We are three years apart but it seems like she is much older than me. I think she is very mature for her age. Shegraduated from college with high honor, so I go to her for help with my homework if I do not understand it. She also motivatesme to want to do well in school. I can go to her for anything and I know I can depend on her for anything I would never hesitate to help her if and when she needs help.

I have never really considered any women influences from the public world, but if I have to choose someone it would be Michelle Obama. She is a beautiful African American womanthat had goals in life and achieved those goals Michelle Obama was raised by both her mother and father. They were a close family. That reminded me of myself when I learned that she was close to her family. That is when I started to become interested in Michelle Obama. When I stared to look her up more information about her four years ago I then began to look up to her. She is a strong woman who has strong beliefs about things and follows through with them. I like the fact that she supports working women and she shows them how they can balance their careers and family life. The health initiative Lets Move was created by Michelle Obama that initiative was created to help childhood obesity. The way that this influenced me was now I look at all types of food that I feed my children. I am more aware of the consequences of feeding my children unhealthy foods and that is because of Michelle Obama Let’s Move website. I also use the website to look up healthy recipes. This is a way for me to make sure what I am serving my family is a healthy meal.

The woman that influences me is very similar in many different ways to the women in the 1800s and the 1900s because the women that I chose wanted to do better for themselves they wanted to get a higher education as well as the women in the 1800s and 1900s. It stated in the book that the first generation of female college student enrolled around 1870. A decade later 40,000 women were in college nearly a third of all the students were women. The idea of women getting a higher education became more acceptable by the 1890 (Collins).

Also the women that I chose and the women of the 1800s and the 1900s love dressing nice and wearing makeup. Michelle Obama as well as my mother and sister love to dress nice and wear makeup. The women that I chose are very different as well to the women in the 1800s and 1900s women did not have a voice they could not work or have a social life. The women that influence me the most theses women had to work to help support their families. In 2014 you need two people in the house hold to work and help to pay the bills in the house. Both women lived in different times so they are not going to be that much similar maybe more different, women in 1800s and the 1900s did not have a voice but now women do.

I think women now are much stronger than ever. I think it is very important to know and understand Women’s History because women came a long way to be independent and also to be respected as a person. I am glad that women stood up for themselves during that time because I would not know where I will be right now. Also women need to know that women during that time had it very hard. I think women would appreciate life more if they knew what the Women of History has done for women. The people that influence me the most are kind of like me in a way because earlier in the semester I created a “Myself Image Collage” ad we share certain characteristics. The women went to college and I am in college. We are very strong black women. We also like to wear stilettos heels and we also like wearing make- up.

In conclusion I chose Phyllis Wheatley for my biography visual and paper because she was a very strong African American woman who was very intelligent. She expressed her feelings through poems that helped her become famous. After reading American Women 400 Years of Dolls, Drudges, Helpmates and Heroine’s I learned a lot about Women’s History. I did not know that women had it so very hard women were really mistreated. I really can not understand why it was so hard to be able to have control over there own bodies. I am glad that women took a stand for what they believed in. I would not know what I will be doing right now.

Work Cited Page

Collins, Gail. American’s Women: Four Hundreds Years of Dolls, Drudges, Helpmates, and Heroines, New York: William Morrow, 2003

www.biography.com/people/michelle-obama

www.letsmove.go