“I‚ with a number of other girls‚ was in the dressing room on the eighth floor of the Asch Building‚ in Washington Place‚ at 4.40 o’clock on the afternoon of Saturday‚ March 25‚ when I heard somebody cry ‘Fire!’” Unlike those on the ninth and tenth floors (the other two floors that our factory‚ the Triangle Waist Company‚ occupied)‚ I did not climb out of exterior windows in desperation; I was kindly shown to a window in a crash door that I could fit through in order to climb downstairs. Instead
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EVOLUTION OF NURSING CURRICULUM (Global) Curriculum * Refers to a course of study at a school‚ university; the subjects making up a course * Derived from the Latin word currere which means to run FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE Institute of Protestant Deaconesses – Florence Nightingale trained to be a nurse. Two years later she was appointed resident lady superintendent of a hospital for invalid women in Harley Street‚ London. * 1860 - By the help of wealthy friends‚ Nightingale used the
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1. Chapter 32- a. immigration patterns b. Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 i. (P.L. 99-603‚ 100 Stat. 3359) amended the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 to better control unauthorized immigration. Many members of Congress felt immigration was "out of control" because legal and illegal immigration had come to account for approximately thirty to fifty percent of U.S. population growth. Congress determined the best way to control immigration was to take away the incentive to enter
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Jakob Grimm ● Born: January 4‚ 1785 ○ Hanau‚ Germany ● Died: September 20‚ 1863 ○ Berlin‚ Germany ● German scholar and author Jakob went to work as a royal librarian for Napoleon’s brother. Later as a municipal author. In 1816 he joined his brother in a library in Kassel. Where Wilhelm has obtained a position as a secretary. Wilhelm Grimm ● Born: February 24‚ 1786 ○ Hanau‚ Germany ● Died: December 16‚ 1859 ○ Berlin‚ Germany ● German scholar and author The brothers spent their
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troubles which we know nothing of; and that the poor‚ if they are but good‚ may be very happy‚ indeed…” (Doc E). Along with equality and goodness among others‚ the reforms of prisons and treatment of the mentally ill were also changing through Dorthea Dix. The benefits of these reforms where seen by “rescuing [the prisoners] from vice and rendering them valuable members of society‚ (Doc A). Another very important reform was the beginning of the women’s movement where they desired increased freedom “to
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even the most sane person into a deep darkness they would never have understood‚ and the majority of people during The Great Depression faced this dreadful truth. The artist‚ Bob Kramer‚ compiled this piece of fine art after being inspired by Dorothea Lange’s black and white photographs during the great depression. Mr. Kramer captures the essence of poverty in his artwork of a young girl sitting in a bleak room which is filled with nothing more than a bed‚ bench‚ and a few old books which
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Women in the Early 20th Century Women have struggled to obtain equality and freedom of every kind over the years‚ as they have traditionally been viewed as inferior to men. The old stereotype of men and women and their respective roles has come into question‚ specifically over the last century‚ which has been one of great change. A number of events and influential people led to these positive shifts in gender equality. Towards the end of the nineteenth century and the start of the 20th century
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of the corner of my eye I did see it I didn’t want to stop‚ and didn’t. I didn’t want to remember that I had seen it‚ so I drove on and ignored the summons. Then‚ accompanied by the rhythmic hum of the windshield wipers‚ arose an inner argument: Dorothea‚ how about that camp back there? What is the situation back there? Are you going back? Nobody could ask this of you‚ now could they? To turn back certainly is not necessary. Haven’t you plenty if negatives already on this subject? Isn’t this
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In 1930‚ California had 5.7 million residents‚ and the population shrank as 120‚000 Mexicans were banished. In the 1930s‚ farmers from the Midwestern Dust Bowl states‚ especially Oklahoma and Arkansas‚ began to move to California; 250‚000 arrived by 1940‚ including a third who moved into the San Joaquin Valley‚ which had a 1930 population of 540‚000. During the 1930s‚ some 2.5 million people left the Midwest states. The Modesto Bee on September 30‚ 2008 reviewed Dust Bowl migration to California
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AP U.S. History Summer Work Zinn Study Questions Zinn Chapter 1: pp.1-11 Columbus‚ The Indian‚ and Human Progress 1. Zinn’s main purpose for writing A People’s History of the United States is to show history from the viewpoint of others. 2. This is Zinn’s thesis for pages 1-11: These traits did not stand out in the Europe of the Renaissance‚ dominated as it was by religion of popes‚ the government of kings‚ and the frenzy for money that marked Western Civilization and its first messenger
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