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Florence Nightingale
Number of Words: 1995 / Number of Pages: 8
... opposed the idea. Nursing in the nineteenth century was not considered a reputable career. Nurses did not have any training and hospitals were unsanitary places where the poor went to die. Her parents finally gave in and Nightingale was allowed to go to Kaiserswerth, a nursing school in Germany.
During the Victorian era (1837-1901) true womanhood was greatly valued by society. “True womanhood was defined as being virtuous, pious, tender, dependent and understanding to the male authority”
(Aguirre, 1). Motherhood was the ultimate goal for every woman. Women were supposed to be ...
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Princess Diana
Number of Words: 639 / Number of Pages: 3
... In 1977 she left West Heath and went to finishing school at the Institute Alpin Videmanette in Rougemont, Switzerland. After the Easter term in 1978 she left the school when she moved to Coleherne. There she watched after a child for an American couple, while she began her job as a kindergarten teacher at the Young England school in Pimlice, London. Like most teachers she didn't have a lot of spare time on her hands, but when she got the chance for a break her and her three roommates would go skiing. A sport Diana loved very much and tried to enjoy as often as possible.
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Report On Roosevelt
Number of Words: 291 / Number of Pages: 2
... and that war was a test of superiority. He also believed that civilized nations had a right to interfere in the affairs of less advanced nations in order to improve the civilization of all.
Soon after the Spanish-American War broke out tin 1898, Roosevelt helped to organize the First United States Volunteer Cavalry Regiment better known as the Rough Riders. He took command of the regiment in Cuba, and on July first he led an asult on a hill outside Santiago. For hours he braved withering gunfire form the heights as he rode up and down the line urging his men on, who were on foot, to press t ...
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John Muir: His Achievements/Journeys
Number of Words: 1579 / Number of Pages: 6
... write about his observations in his journal.
John was weak from the trip and thought that he would need much more
energy to travel to South America. He decided to visit Yosemite Valley, where
he would regain his strength. He took up the job as a herder there and began to
explore the area. Then he got a job as guide to the Yosemite. Muir quickly
became an expert on Yosemite. John believed that glaciers had helped in the
formation of the valley. People began to pay attention to his ideas. Some
agreed and some didn't. John spent years studying glaciers and tracking
glaciers in the Sierra Nevada. ...
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Sergei Grinkov And Ekaterina Gordeeva
Number of Words: 1610 / Number of Pages: 6
... him with Ekaterina Gordeeva, who at the time was 10 years of age.
Ekaterina was born on March 20, 1972 to Alexander and Elena Gordeeva. Ekaterina's mother Elena was a computer specialist and a swimmer, and her father, Alexander was a member of the military- dance theater ensemble.
As a child Ekaterina showed the same interest in figure skating as Sergei had done. Since Ekaterina's father, Alexander, was a member of the dance ensemble, he often helped her with her dance positions and maneuvers. Ekaterina or Katya (nickname) was often called Tinker Bell by her coaches because she usually did many o ...
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Life Of William Shakespeare
Number of Words: 1642 / Number of Pages: 6
... Above this was the balcony level, which could be
used to represent anything from a city wall to a mountain. The next level
contained pulleys which could raise or lower anything from above. The top level
was used for creating sounds of rain or thunder, or dropping important objects
from the sky.
William Shakespeare married Anne Hathaway at age 18. In two years, they had
three children, a daughter named Susanna, and twins, Hamnet and Judith. He
didn't stay in Stratford long after this though. He left his family to pursue a
career as an actor in London.
Shakespeare wrote his first play in 1592. It ...
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Zora Neale Hurston
Number of Words: 3083 / Number of Pages: 12
... from school and sent to care for her brother's children. She became a member of a traveling theater at the age of sixteen, and then found herself working as a maid for a white woman. This woman saw a spark that was waiting for fuel, so she arranged for Hurston to attend high school in Baltimore. She also attended Morgan Academy, now called Morgan State University, from which she graduated in June of 1918. She then enrolled in the Howard Prep School followed by later enrollment in Howard University. In 1928 Hurston attended Barnard College where she studied anthropology under Franz Boas. After s ...
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Buffalo Bill
Number of Words: 1142 / Number of Pages: 5
... good friend.
In 1854 William, along with his anti-slavery family, moved near the city
of Leavenworth, Kansas. This was not an easy move for the Cody family seeing
how most of that part of Kansas was pro slavery. They were worried about this
because earlier in Iowa a dispute about slavery between Isacc and his brother
Elijah, led to Elijah stabbing Isacc. Luckily, he survived and nothing like
this happened in Kansas. While in Iowa, Bill had received no education. After
moving to Kansas he attended several sessions of country school organized by his
father. In the two and a half months he attend ...
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Alan Dean Foster
Number of Words: 670 / Number of Pages: 3
... excursions into hard science fiction, fantasy, contemporary horror, detective, and western fiction. He has also written numerous non-fiction articles on film, science, and scuba diving, as well as having produced the novel versions of many films, including such well- known productions as Star Wars, the three Alien films, and Alien Nation. Other works include scripts for talking records, radio, and the treatment for the first Star Trek movie. In addition to publication in English, his work has appeared throughout the world. His novel Cyber Way won the Southwest Book Award for Fiction in 1990, the ...
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Cicero: Is Law Possible Without Virtue?
Number of Words: 830 / Number of Pages: 4
... became the deciding people. Cicero addressed the pragmatical problems faced by the universal community, by giving it armies, judges and powers; literally giving the community of mankind the powers it lacked through Rome.
"It is, indeed, my judgement, opinion, and conviction that of all forms of government there is none which for organising, distribution of power, and respect for authority is to be compared with that constitution which our fathers received from their ancestors and have bequeathed to us... The roman commonwealth will be the model; and to it shall apply, if I can, all that I must s ...
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