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Susan B Anthony
656 Words - 3 Pages.... taught in home school set up by her father. A woman teacher, Mary Perkins, ran the school. Perkins offered a new image of womanhood to Susan and her sisters.
She was independent, educated, and held a position that had been traditionally been reserved to young men. Susan was sent to a boarding school in Philadelphia. She taught at a female academy boarding school, in up state New York when she was fifteen years old intill she was thirty. After she settled in her family home in Rochester, New York. It was here that she began her first public crusade on behalf of temperance.
This was one of the first expressions of feminism in the United States, and it delt with the a ....
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Peter The Great
854 Words - 4 Pages.... consisted of serfs, the merchants, nobles, and elite only populated five percent of Russia. The elite, like the serfs, were not very well educated at all. Timmerman, a knowledgeable man from Germany, taught and showed Peter all of the nautical instruments need to navigate a ship. Peter became very interested in nautical things. Peter soon left Russia and plundered Europe for knowledge, inventions, and great minds to bring back to Russia. His voyage ended in the rich and luxurious city of Amsterdam. Peter began to study Holland’s ships and navy, and hired ship builders to go home with him, and help him prepare a sea power. Peter, wanting to really learn how to build a sh ....
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Marcus Antonius
545 Words - 2 Pages.... defeat a rebel army led by Pompey the Great at the Battle of Pharsalus.
In 44 B.C., Caesar was assassinated. When he was assassinated on the Idles of March, Antony immediately took possession of Caesar's papers and residence including whatever assets he had held. Mark Antony gave his famous oration at Caesar's funeral in the forum and was instrumental in turning people against the Senators led by the assassin Brutus. Many people believed Mark Antony's action were not quite as good as the actions of Caesar.
In 43 B.C. Octavian, the true heir to Caesar's throne, challenged Antony's rule. When Octavian arrived in Rome, he was left in a difficult position. Antony was unwilling ....
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Charles M. Manson
1971 Words - 8 Pages.... William
Manson. He quickly abandoned the both of them. In 1939 Kathleen Maddox was
arrested for robbery and Charles was sent to live with his aunt and grandmother.
Charles remembered his aunt as a harsh disciplinarian and favored is uncle
because he gave him money for the movies and took him on frequent fishing trips.
Only when his uncle became ill did his unfit mother come and reclaim her
unwanted son and moved to Indianapolis.
When Mrs. Manson reclaimed her son she promised that she would take care
of him and provide for his every need. Unfortunately, all these promises were
soon shattered by liquor and men. She frequently neglected Charles by telling
him she wo ....
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Florence Nightingale
1995 Words - 8 Pages.... was soon caring for the servants in the household. Her family traveled all over the world and Nightingale took this opportunity to further educate herself. When she traveled she would secretly go out and visit hospitals. She kept extensive notes on all the hospitals. She took notes on management, hygiene, wards and doctors. She kept pursuing her desire to become a nurse even though her parents 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 nursin ....
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Abigail Adams
763 Words - 3 Pages.... visitors. When I say servants it means that they were
probably slaves but were called servants to avoid the dehumanizing effect
that the word 'slave' can mean. Their house was a sight of luxury in the
eyes of the common folk in the parish. Though they lived well, the Smiths
had no fortune. Abigail's father often worked with his own hands, planting
corn and potatoes, gathering hay, sowing barley, or making sure that his
sheep received proper care. Abigail, with the help of her family grew a
very religious bond between each other and a long lasting friendship.
Abigail never went to a real school because of poor health. So, she
learned at home. Her father's library ....
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Thomas Paine
950 Words - 4 Pages.... Paine everything he would need to
know about the job. Atkin gave Paine food, a shaving, clean clothes and
cleaned up his act. Paine, who had been a heavy drinker had stopped
drinking for a while, too.
The Battle at Lexington and Concorde soon came about and nobody was
too happy about it. The next day after they heard this news, a huge mob
assembled outside of the state house. Thomas Paine was one of the speakers
trying to calm down all of the eight-thousand people that were in front of
the building.
Paine soon went to a ball to represent the Pennsylvania Magazine in
which he represented. He had a lot of answers to questions people kept
asking him. Paine ....
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Biography On Mario Lemieux
393 Words - 2 Pages.... franchise, winning it's first, and only two back to back Stanley Cups. I talk in detail of each of his seasons; the goals, the awards, and the playoffs. I talk about how, strong willed, Mario continued to play hockey dispite having serious back problems and being diagnosed with Hodgkin's disease.
My third chapter is called "The Legacy". I talk about Mario's amazing talent and I describe some of his amazing moves. I talk about how Mario wanted to spend more time with family and watch his kids grow. I talk about what Mario did off the ice including meeting with celebrities and even the president. Also I mention Mario's last game and some of his feelings.
My fourth, longest a ....
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