Henry Ford Samuel Clemens John Fitzgerald Kennedy George S. Patton Lyndon Banes Johnson H. L. Mencken Edward R. Murrow Jeanne Kirkpatrick Brigham Young Pearl S. Buck Charles Augustus Lindbergh Barbara Tuchman Amelia Earhart
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Cited: “Amileh Earhart.” Encyclopedia Britannica 1994-2009. http://www.history.com/topics/amelia-earhart Woolf‚ Virginia. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia_Woolf http://www.moxiemag.com/moxie/articles/perspectives/angelhouse.html Roosevelt‚ Eleanor. National Coordinating Committee. August 5‚ 1998. http://www
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for my comprehansive study i need few samples of research papers. i think tis may be helpful to study more about In what ways do video games affect children and teenagers‚How do submarines work? Do lie detector tests accurately determine truthful statements? How did Cold War tension affect the US and the world? What happened to the lost settlers at Roanoke? How does a hybrid car save energy? What ingredients can be found inside of a hotdog? How did Julius Caesar affect Rome? What are some
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In 1920 the 19th amendment is approved and women are since then given the right to vote. It was ratified on August 18 and this amendment prohibited any kind of denial to a US citizen depending on their sex. It was one of the most important and meaningful event to happen in the US since it determined the way of development of the country and made it what it is today. In 1921 Margaret Sanger formed the American Birth Control League which became known as “Planned Parenthood Federation of America” in
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The modern age is an age of electricity. People are so used to electric lights‚ radio‚ televisions‚ and telephones that it is hard to imagine what life would be like without them. When there is a power failure‚ people grope about in flickering candlelight. Cars hesitate in the streets because there are no traffic lights to guide them‚ and food spoils in silent refrigerators. Yet‚ people began to understand how electricity works only a little more than two centuries ago. Nature has apparently
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A Timeline for the “Roaring Twenties” (1920-1929) Often called the Roaring Twenties‚ the postwar decade sometimes appears as one long flamboyant party‚ where the urban rich danced the Charleston and the foxtrot until 2 a.m. In fact‚ one might just as convincingly describe it as a period of individual possibility and lofty aspirations to serve the greater good. In his 1931 essay "Echoes of the Jazz Age‚" Fitzgerald wrote‚ "It was an age of miracles‚ it was an age of art‚ it was an age of excess
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Interpretive Speech – Topic: Dreams As we lay our heads on our pillows at night fast asleep – are we dreaming? As we sit in daylight with a blank stare gazing out the window - are we dreaming? And if so what are we dreaming about. Good Morning‚ my name is Shelton Redden and like many of you‚ other people feel that it is these dreams that give us life; and without dreams our waken state is tantamount to death. Langston Hughes in a poem entitled “Dreams” portrays this very point; [he writes:]
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pilots. On May 15‚ 1923 Amelia was issued her pilots license and became the 16th women to ever obtain their license. On June 1‚ 1928‚ Amelia flew from Newfoundland to Wales as a passenger. Pilot Wilmer Stultz flew the plane with co-pilot Louis Gordon. Due to the popularity‚ Amelia became a star with book deals and product endorsements‚ she even became an icon for women’s fashion. Amelia’s book 20 Hrs. 40 Min documents her trip across the Atlantic‚ which was published in1928. Amelia was the first women
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The Roaring 20s The United States during the 1920s was a time of great financial prosperity and cultural and gender advancements. During the 1920s‚ America saw four different presidents: Woodrow Wilson‚ Warren G. Harding‚ Calvin Coolidge‚ and Herbert Hoover. The radio became wildly popular and helped connect one side of the country to the other through the sharing of ideas‚ fashion‚ and language. The 1920s‚ also known as the Roaring 20s‚ is my favorite era of American history because of the great
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Essay on Jacqueline Cochran Jacqueline Cochran was born May 11‚ 1906‚ in Defuniak Springs‚ Florida. In her early teens she was hired by a beauty shop to sweep the floors. After a few years later she was cutting hair for a living‚ however not satisfied with working in a small beauty shop Cochran so enter in a nursing school and later worked in a doctor’s office. After a few month she began to miss her beauty shop and decide to return. Soon after returning she traveled to New York she advanced her
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