High (epithet) intelligence, remarkable (epithet) talent in medicine, and unshakable (epithet) firmness of character have repeatedly helped Lavinia Dock make the right decisions that led to success. Her life’s destiny was the most necessary and challenging; she was a woman who faced the most critical task — the fight for equality and democracy. Who else could find words that would express several generations’ dreams, protests, and aspirations at once? (rhetorical question) Throughout her life, the famous suffragette showed bravery, courage, and uncompromising. Over the years, they only intensified, and Lavinia became one of the few who always fought for the right.
Lavinia Dock’s primary political demand was to grant women the right to vote. She was the most progressive and the most active fighter for equal political rights. In addition to the opportunity to participate in elections, she demanded equality in property issues, the chance to get a higher education, obtain a profession, and work outside the home. Lavinia Dock can rightly be called the voice of the era, the voice of the beautiful half of humanity (metonymy). The struggle, of which she became (inversion) one of the founders, is still going on. Periodically, even women of developed countries have to fight relatively dense stereotypes, which still exist since the era of suffragettes. Then the story of Lavinia Dock continues to inspire women, forcing them to stop being silent (periphrasis).
Lavinia Dock was a representative of the demanding (epithet) profession of a nurse; she had to save lives. Lavinia knew how to heal not only the body but also_the soul (ellipsis). She was able to listen to people, calm them down, instill hope, and confidence, and faith (polysyndeton). Like a caring mother (simile), she sat for a long time at the beds of the sick and led healing (epithet) conversations with them. Lavinia Dock’s life and work were based on the Christian principles of love and compassion for all surrounding people. She treated her patients differently from ordinary doctors, better, more affectionate, and always with a superior outcome. Her ministry as a nurse was a ministry of love and compassion (repetition).
Her mercy and love for all human beings (periphrasis) was so great that it even extended towards everyone: starting from inmates and ending with children (antithesis). The improvement of medicine and conditions of detention for them would have been impossible without her charity (hyperbole). She spent her life fighting for the rights of ordinary prisoners whose torments she felt for herself. Lavinia Dock has been behind bars (euphemism) more than once, but this not only did not break her. On the contrary, it made her fight even more fiercely for the fate of other people.
Thus, Lavinia showed true heroism in the war for democracy, worked beyond her professional medical duties. On the one hand, it was dictated by the cruel necessity of time (metaphor). On the other hand, the problematic situation aggravated human qualities, and the feat became a manifestation of the strength of the human spirit. The memory of her exploits will undoubtedly help modern and future generations of doctors to preserve the moral core that makes up the spiritual essence of their profession. Not everyone can fight so selflessly for the rights of other people; every day Lavinia performed heroic deeds: as a doctor and as a suffragette. She saved both souls and bodies of people (zeugma), often risking her own life at the same time; and isn’t this an incredible feat? (rhetorical question)
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Ware, S. (Ed.) (2020). American women’s suffrage: Voices from the long struggle for the vote (1776-1965). Library of America.