McCubbins 1/23/12 Per.4 Amelia Dyer Amelia Dyer was born the youngest of five children‚ in the small village of Pyle Marsh. She was the daughter of a master shoe maker Samuel Hobley and Sarah Hobley. She learned to read and write but although she lived somewhat of a privileged life it was tainted by the mental illness of her mother‚ caused by typhus. Amelia witnessed her mother’s violent fits and cared for her until she died in 1848. As the years progressed Amelia became estranged from her family
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A boy named Billy Coleman that lived in the Ozarks of Oklahoma. He wanted something every boy in the Ozarks wanted‚ two redbone hounds. He between 12 and 13‚ he helped his papa around the farm and things like that. Everyday he thought and dreamed about coon dogs. He begged his mama and papa to get him some‚ but they cost money and they didn’t have any for that. One day beside the river he found an ad coon dogs for sale. Over the next two years Billy worked every job he could and saved every penny
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Amelia Martin‚ is like many other young people who have angry parents. She wishes they would talk‚ laugh‚ and share good times together as they did in the past. In Amelia’s mind‚ her family’s tension and disagreement between the northern and southern states the abolitionists and the slave-holders. In many ways‚ the slavery issue is the cause of her family’s problems. Amelia’s father had been a ship’s captain. As an abolitionist‚ he harbored the leader of a slave rebellion. When the rebel slave was
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Amelia Bloomer Historical importance: Amelia Bloomer was a very important historic figure. When Amelia bloomer got married in 1840 she started her own newspaper in Homer‚ New York‚ and called it the Lily. Amelia started publishing articles on defending women’s comfort of clothing. Everybody thought this idea was insane but eventually Amelia got her wish. Named after her‚ the bloomers were created. This made a big difference in Women’s rights because the women did not have to wear their ridiculous
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Amelia (2009) The movie‚ Amelia‚ is historically accurate in depicting what the life of Amelia Earheart‚ a woman who represented change in traditional female roles through the Roaring Twenties and early thirties‚ would have been like. The movie elaborated on the many inventions that were new or more popular at the time such as the radio‚ airplane‚ and the automobile. The movie also had a great visual feel of the late twenties and early thirties through costume design. Another item the movie used
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Psychiatric Survivors Challenges to Psychiatry by Gabriella Coleman In this article‚ Gabriella Coleman will go over cases in which survivors have challenged psychiatric facilities and practices. The consumer‚ survivors‚ and ex-patient movement also known as c/s/x was where these consumers‚ survivors‚ and ex-patients got together to practice their right to self help/advocacy from psychiatry. During this movement‚ c/s/x wanted everyone to hear about their survival from these psychiatric facilities
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Coleman vs The Trenches During WWI‚ one of the deadliest conflicts in world history‚ the use of new weaponry and trench warfare claimed the lives of 16 million soldiers‚ and mutilated the faces of over 37‚000 more (Broken Gargoyles). Anna Coleman Ladd‚ an American sculptor from Boston‚ brought in her artistic skills to help aid these victims. She was classically trained in Paris and Rome‚ and had many well-known art pieces. In 1917‚ she opened up her own studio to put her skills to work in making
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success‚ selling more than 10 million copies turning Bessie Smith into the most successful blues singer of the era. She performed and sang her way out of poverty at a young age. In today’s world her career may seem short at just a decade‚ but the influence she had on music and the blues will last forever. Her music was about mistreatment from lovers‚ straight talk about drinking‚ mischief‚ sex and dealt with the black experience in America. Bessie Smith was an exceptional unforgettable blues singer
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Maternity Case 5: Amelia Sung (Core) Documentation Assignment 1. Document Amelia Sung’s admission to the labor unit‚ including the plan of care and appropriate referrals. 36-year-old Asian lady G2P1 (L1)‚ Amelia Sung‚ was hospitalized six hours earlier in a state of active labor. She was 100% effaced‚ -1 station‚ 4 cm dilated‚ and fetus in vertex position‚ when she was admitted. At 0230‚ epidural anesthesia was started. At 03:30‚ her membranes ruptured. A step stool was in the room because of her
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Being the first to a crime scene is tough‚ but stopping the flow of traffic and consequently having your boss get mad is another thing. Amelia Sachs is about to be transferred out of patrol duty when she gets called down to a possible homicide scene. She discovers the Bone Collector’s first victim. A hand that has been stripped of flesh with a diamond ring on one of the fingers is sticking up out of the ground. Mildly panicked‚ she begins to dig up the body. Lincoln Rhyme has been paralyzed for
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