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2005-2006 Essay Contest
The Goodlark Educational Foundation would like to congratulate the winners of our 2005-2006 Essay Contest. The task which essay contributors took on was to take a well-known figure from history with verifiable views on an event of his or her time. The essays were to contrast those views with the way history unfolded, and to predict the reactions of the historical figure to those events. Essays were judged on historical accuracy, original thought, content and creativity. Winning essays had to display a thorough grasp of the principles attributed to the historical figure of choice, as well as a thoughtful analysis of subsequent events. Brittany Brake’s winning essay was entitled Engraved Audacity: Susan B. Anthony. Brittany described Anthony’s struggles to bring about fair treatment of women, and then traced the role of women from Anthony’s time through World War II to the present. She predicted Anthony’s satisfaction with the advancements that women have made, keeping in mind Anthony’s view that “independence is happiness.” The prize for her winning essay was a $1,000 scholarship. Taylor Blackwell's second place essay explored the topic John F. Kennedy - What Would He Think Today? Taylor believes that Kennedy would have preferred to negotiate a solution to the problem of terrorism, rather than taking a military approach. She did acknowledge that he governed before the cynicism brought about by such events as Watergate and the Vietnam War and that his views might have been changed by those happenings; however, she noted that that he would have continued to hold the freedom of America and of all people as a priority. Third place went to Tamara Allison for her essay about Benjamin Franklin called A Man With Freedom In Mind. Tamara predicted that Franklin would be glad to see that the Constitution has endured (he had his doubts at its inception), but that he would be disapproving of some of the constitution's proposed amendments. He would be glad to see women and blacks gaining equality, but would criticize many current citizens for not living up to their potential. Tamara further predicted that Franklin would be interested in the current-day relationship between the U.S. and Great Britain, and would be inclined to help third-world nations attain freedom and equal rights. Many thanks for all the great essays that were submitted!
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