Cultural Component Essay Example

United Bahamian Party defeating the Progressive Liberal Party in the election, evident of the amount of women that supported their movement.

The whole event was interesting but what truly caught my interest was the International Woman of Courage Award presented to Mrs. Mable Walker by John Dingleman of the U. S. Embassy. To me it signified how important the achievement Ms. Walker and her team are and that it was recognize and acknowledge worldwide. That right amount the minuscule islands of the Bahamas we have such great national heroes.

Through this countless information I acquired like that Miss Doris Johnson was the first women in Bahamian history to run for a seat in the House of Assembly, though she did not win it was still quite the feat considering women just a while ago were not even able to vote and that she was even giving the privilege to be invited by the Voice of Women a Canadian Organization to travel to 13 European capitals on a peace mission.

During my observation of such brave and bold women its undeniable that woman of today ave become complacent, materialistic and quiet, where they are scared to stand up against the wrongs done against them and are okay without putting up a fighting for the a greater cause as long as they are receiving the little valuable trinkets of today. The time invested in lending my ears to each speaker was not wasted; I took with me valuable lessons and now carry a little bit more of that Bahamian pride and the sense that just like men throughout our history, women also have accomplish

some memorable victories.