I'm writing a paper and want to compare Princess Diana to someone else who did great work to help humanity.?

Question

Ideally, I would like someone who did great work with charity, and that came from a less priviledged lifestyle. Thanks!

Answer 1

You could take the less priviledged lifestyle, but it's hard to be more priviledged than English royalty.

I think a good comparitive choice would be Eleanor Roosevelt.

Although Mother Theresa certainly was a lovely giving person, she is not very comparative. She had a very narrow focus in her life, and I think you would be contrasting the two and never comparing them.

I like Roosevelt because comparatively, she was in a similiar role to the Princess. However, contrastly, she was not a very attractive woman, she was far more educated than the Princess, and she lived in a different era.

Both worked for similar causes, such as children's health and welfare and care of the indigent. Both were beloved by their nations peoples and the world. BELOVED.

I think you could write a very nice piece discussing their similarities and differences very tightly.

Answer 2

Diana only really started her 'charity work' after she and Charles split up. She wanted to foster the 'Saint Diana' image and used all the resources she could to manipulate the press and try to embarrass the Royal Family. Although she did, on the surface, do many things to help various charities she always ensured that the press were tipped off as to where she would be at any given time to get her picture in the papers or be on TV. Princess Anne, on the other hand has attended and inspired far more charitable functions than Diana ever did but does this relatively anonymously. Look, for example how much she did to help starving children in Africa and fight illness there, Far more than Diana ever did and all without the blare of publicity that Diana loved. Don't get me wrong, I didn't wish her dead but if you want a role model try Princess Anne.

Answer 3

"Dr. Julie Gerberding, the head of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control, is on the front lines of bioterrorism prevention, but her scientists are also working to stop everyday killer diseases and fight such scourges as obesity. Jordan's Queen Rania has won acclaim for her advocacy on behalf of oppressed women in her country, setting an example throughout the Middle East. And both Susan Berresford of the Ford Foundation and Melinda Gates of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation are funding major initiatives across the globe to combat health problems and poverty." (1)

Clara Barton, Civil War nurse and founder of the American Red Cross.

Elizabeth Fry was an English prison reformer, social reformer and philanthropist.

Answer 4

Coretta Scott King
Oprah Winfrey
Maya Angelou
Camille Cosby

Answer 5

Hello,

A great deal of fuss is made about celebreties like her and the work they do; in her case, the land mines. Why not write a great paper on those few dozen poor soldiers or techs in the engineering corps who get killed or badly maimed every year digging those damn things out of foot paths in tropical forests to the school yards in Bosnia? They are just the less privileged types you might be looking for. You would certainly do them proud since their faces and names do not make the headlines, cocktail or jet set circuit. Is their work not great also?

Regards,

Michael Kelly

Answer 6

I agree with the suggestion of Mother Teresa being the best comparison. The two admired each other and wanted to meet, which they did.
You may want to point out how they were able to transcend what made them different. They belonged to two different generations, had a different religion, spoke different languages, came from different parts of the world. They had a common bond: their humanity, their kindness, their concern for those who suffer and who are in need.
You may also want to look up the photographs of their encounter. They are very touching.

Answer 7

Harriet Beecher Stowe
Amelia Earheart

Answer 8

Eleanor Roosevelt

Answer 9

Princess Diana and Mother Theresa were great friends, and the comparison would be interesting because the nature of their efforts was similar, yet they come from such different backgrounds. Just look at any famous world inspirational leaders, like Ghandi (and his daughter)......

Answer 10

Audrey Hepburn; While she had a privledged lifestyle, she had a tough upbringing in WW II Europe. I believe she even helped the resistance movement in Amsterdam in her youth. In her later years she did a great deal of work with UNICEF.