They were able to ignore those challenges and still continue to do their job as they pleased. This is example of how the present is. Women face many difficulties in the work force because of their gender. The ladies at the Brooklyn Yard was the foundation of changes that occurred in that time and has made it much easier for women today to have jobs that most would not consider for a lady. Even though women face the same challenges as in the past, society has shown a growth in changes that will especially be able to be seen in the future. This story of many told at the Brooklyn Navy Yard has stuck with me the most because it shows that gender should not be the cause of why a job may not be offered to you. Even with society constantly telling you no because you are a woman, remembering this story will help myself and others persevere in achieving one's goal in life regardless of its challenges. .
Another story told during the tour that represents the past, present and future is about communication and how it has changed. In 1857, the Brooklyn Navy Yard built the USS Niagara, which sailed to England to lay a cable between Europe and North America. A year later the cable broke and the Niagra and British's ships tried to do it again. Queen Victoria was able to send a message to President Buchanan and three weeks later the cable broke again. Later ships during the war used pigeons to send their messages to other ships until wireless telegraphy was created. At the Brooklyn Navy Yard, it had host two towers that served the third Naval District. Lee De Forest created a phonograph horn that he later discovered worked when having a soprano sing into it. He called his invention the "radio. " This represents the past, present and the future because we see the many different ways ships in the past tried to communicate with each other and how it all led up to what we have today in the present.
