Daw Aung San Suu Kyi

By

Karina Casarez and Kaylee Marsh

Personal Life

• Born on June 19, 1945• Birthplace is Rangoon, Burma• Daughter of Burmese general Aung San• Father helped establish independence in Burma• Father was assassinated in July of 1947• She was left to Burma after her dad died• She lived and studied in India and the UK • Married January 1st, 1972 to Michael Aris• Has 2 children, Alexander and Kim

Independence in Burma

• National hero- inspired by Mohandas Gandhi and Martin Luther King Junior

• Won noble prize for peace in 1991

• She fights for democracy in her country

• Political leader of Burma's pro-democracy movement

Helping Others• Parades around country drawing crowds of

thousands eager to hear her speak• Went on hunger strike to try to protest to be

placed with fellow pro-democracy activists• Suffered hair loss, vision loss, and weakened

immune system• Spent 13 out of the last 19 years in house

arrest• Continues to be held in house arrest for

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Comparing to Others

Q- How do the actions of this person reflect what we learned about Sugihara and Tubman?

A- Tubman and Sugihara saved the lives of people by fighting for freedom. Aung San Suu Kyi is trying to save her country from a dictatorship. She is trying to lead her country into freedom.

PoemFree bird towards a free Burma(By Daw Aung San Suu Kyi)My home...where I was born and raisedused to be warm and lovelynow filled with darkness and horror.My family...whom I had grown withused to be cheerful and livelynow living with fear and terror.My friends...whom I shared my life withused to be pure and merrynow living with wounded heart.A free bird...which is just freedused to be cagednow flying with an olive branchfor the place it loves.

A free bird towards a Free Burma.

Another PoemWhy do I have to fight???(By Daw Aung San Suu Kyi)They killed my father a year ago,And they burnt my hut after thatI asked the city men "why me?" they ignored"I don't know, mind your business," the men said.One day from elementary school I came home,Saw my sister was lifeless, lying in blood.I looked around to ask what happened, if somebody'd known,Found no one but living room as a flood.Running away by myself on the village road,Not knowing where to go but heading for my teacherRealizing she's the only one who could help to clear my throat,But this time she gave up, telling me strange things in fear.Why, teacher, why.. why.. why?I have no dad nor a sister left.To teach me and to care for me you said, was that a lie?This time with tearful eyes she, again, said..."Be a grown one, young man,Can't you see we all are dying?And stop this with your might as soon as you can,For we all are suffering."

Bibliography

• http://who2.com/ask/aungsansuukki.html

• www.dassk.com/contents.php?id=135

• www.dassk.com/contents.php?id=2075

• http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/1991/kyi-bio.html

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