The Great Grimke Sisters! I am truly a fan of these sisters ( Angelina Grimke and Sarah Grimke ).They were amazing women and completed many tasks despite what others were doing to stop them.They conquered many problems and evils in their time.So here is their story.ENJOY!!!!!!! Angelina Grimke and her sister Sarah Grimke were legends in their own lifetimes. Together these
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Sarah Grimke was among many others who fought for the African Americans freedom in the United States. Sarah along with her sister Angelina both grew up in a home where their father owned slaves. Sarah was born on November 26‚ 1792 in Charleston‚ South Carolina. The sisters built an early dislike of slavery. In 1819 the sisters moved to Philadelphia where they joined the society of friends once known as the Friends of truth. Angelina had a letter against slavery published in 1835 by William Lloyd
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Thank You I appreciate everyone coming out‚ and the selection committee for honoring me with this prestigious accomplishment. When told I was making the hall of fame I had to think about my accomplishments at the high school during my career. I had to think about individual accolades‚ and personal accomplishments that I had achieved‚ but the only thing that really stuck out in my head was the CCS championship that our team won in 2005. I realized that football is the ultimate team game‚ and personal
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Pennsylvania General situation The state of Pennsylvania is located in the Northeastern of the USA‚ it has one of the largest European American populations and a strong African American population. This is the flag of Pennsylvania‚ it symbolize “virtue‚ liberty and independence”. The state coat is composed by a ship‚ olive branch and Indian corn; it is surrounded by houses on both sides and a bald eagle which represented Pennsylvania’s loyalty to the USA. Philadelphia was the temporary national
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One of the original 13 colonies‚ Pennsylvania was named and founded by William Penn as a place to go for his friends. Philadelphia combined the Greek words for love (phileo) and brother (adelphos)‚ engendering its nickname of “the city of brotherly love.” .Pennsylvania’s capital‚ Philadelphia‚ was the site of the first and second Continental Congresses in 1774 and 1775 .Now the largest city in Pennsylvania‚ Philadelphia served as the nation’s capital from 1790 until a permanent capital was established
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Angelina Jolie’s interest in humanitarian affairs was piqued in 2000 when she went to Cambodia to film the adventure movie‚ "Tomb Raider." Named a UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador in 2001 In 2003‚ she started the Maddox Jolie-Pitt Foundation project dedicated to conservation in Cambodia‚ which later expanded to agriculture‚ education‚ health care‚ vocational training‚ infrastructure In 2003‚ she was the first recipient of the Citizen of the World Award by the United Nations Correspondents Association
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to men during the early nineteenth century in the United States. Women questioned differences in rights and roles compared to men. Sarah Grimke was the daughter of a wealthy slave-owner in Charleston‚ South Carolina. She despised slavery and inequality of women and moved to Philadelphia. She became a Quaker and leader for abolition and women’s rights. Sarah Grimke published Letters on the Equality of the Sexes in 1838 that criticized inequality of women. However she believed achieving equality of the
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Central Similarities that Fuller‚ Garrison‚ Grimke‚ and Truth Share in the Way they Structure their Argument for Racial and Gender Quality The authors champion for racial and gender equality in their literature despite using different approaches. The authors’ first similarities suffice on their urge to inform the people on the relevance of treating each and every person equally. Garrison‚ for instance‚ being a strong Christian‚ she uses her influence to force the church to champion for the rights
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TIME Monday‚ May. 27‚ 2013 The Angelina Effect By Jeffrey Kluger; Alice Park There’s a chilly arithmetic to the way we all get sick. At the end of any year‚ a fixed and knowable number of us will have developed heart disease‚ and another number won’t have. There will be a different entry in the ledger for cancer‚ another for lung disease‚ another for Parkinson’s or dementia or HIV. The people who study those mortal metrics--the actuaries‚ the epidemiologists--don’t give too much thought to the
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Pennsylvania was a colony that was established by William Penn in 1861 after he received the charter for what he called “Holy Experiment” that would be based on religious Freedom and tolerance. Incidentally‚ Penn had included a bill that addresses human rights in the framework of the Pennsylvania government‚ but shockingly‚ the bill failed to address the issue of slavery. Due to the shortage of labor
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