Isobel Marion Dorothea Mackellar better know as Dorothea Mackellar was a famous Australian poet and fiction writer and was born on the 1st of July 1885 to father- physician and parliamentarian Sir Mackellar and mother- Marion Mackellar at Dunra‚ on Point Piper in Sydney. She grew up with two older brothers (Keith and Eric) and one brother (Malcolm) that was younger than her. Dorothea died at the age of sixty two after suffering an extended period of sickness. Dorothea’s poetry is regarded as bush
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Dorothea Lange An American Photographer Dorothea Lange‚ born May 26‚ 1895 and passed Oct 11‚ 1965 would best be described as an artistic and political intellectual‚ working systematically toward refining the emotional and political communicative power of her photography. She attended the New York Training School for Teachers from 1914 to 1917‚ and there decided to become a photographer‚ partly influenced by visits to the photographer Arnold
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The Life and Impact of Dorothea Dix: A 19th Century Revolutionary By Chandrawatie Khemraj Introduction In 2009‚ the staff writers of Nurseblogger‚ an Online resource for nurses‚ doctors‚ and medical enthusiasts‚ published a list titled the‚ “25 Most Famous Nurses in History”. Number 20 on their list was a woman by the name of Dorothea Dix. On a list featuring big nursing names like Florence Nightingale and Mary Mahoney‚ Dorothea Dix is a strange choice for a landmark woman of nursing
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It was during the Great Depression in the United States that a photographer for the Resettlement Administration‚ Dorothea Lange‚ stepped outside of the studio and focused her work on the suffering she was witnessing around her. The Resettlement Administration is a New Deal agency that focuses on helping poor families relocate. This job lead Lange to Nipomo‚ California where she found herself at a campsite crowded with out-of-work pea pickers. Lange approached a woman who had been suffering from the
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Biography of Dorothea Dix By Samuel L. Sexton #30 B.C. Dorothea Lynde Dix was born in 1802 and died in 1887. She was an author‚ teacher‚ and reformer. She worked with prisoners and the mentally ill people. Because of this she helped make dozens of new institutions in the United States and in Europe and also helped change peoples’ view of these people. Dorothea Dix was born in Hampden‚ Maine‚ in 1802. Her father’s name was Joseph who was an itinerant Methodist preacher. He was often away from home
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Introduction: "Photography takes an instant out of time‚ altering life by holding it still." -Dorothea Lange Dorothea Lange was a great photographer of the Great Depression. She focused on the small things in life‚ the little details of her time‚ and today once looked back upon: are great photographs of history. Biographical Sketch: Dorothea was born in New Jersey‚ May 26‚ 1895. As a seven year old‚ she contracted polio and was left with a weakened right side. After her sickness‚ her mother seemed
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MY COUNTRY: ANALYSIS Dorothea Mackellar’s ‘My Country’ is a poem expressing Mackellar’s deep passion and love for her country‚ Australia. The whole poem’s intention seems to evoke the sense of praising for the country and express Mackellar’s deep relationship and passion with her land. Mackellar attains this response from the audience by using numerous language techniques such as; Juxtaposition‚ personification‚ sound patterns including alliteration and assonance‚ imagery‚ and paradox. The use of
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Dorothea Dix: A Women Not Forgotten In History Dorothea Dix worked as an educator‚ a reformer for the treatment of mentally ill‚ and as an author in the mid nineteenth century. Dorothea Dix formed many schools at different times in her life and worked towards educating young minds. She began teaching when she was around 14 or 15 years of age. She worked to teach young girls during a time where doing such was controversial. Dix also focused her efforts towards writing educational books‚ such as Conversations
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Dorothea Dix Nov. 12th 2013 Life Chart Name of Biographee: Dorothea H. Dix Date of Birth: April 4‚ 1802 Date of Death: July 17‚ 1887 Place of Birth: Hampden‚ Maine Location where this individual spent her early life: Worcester/Boston‚ Massachusets Education: Tutored‚ homeschooled‚ self taught Spouse: N/A Children: N/A Significant Relatives: N/A Careers: Education‚ Author‚ Activist‚ War Nurse Most Significant Careers: Education‚ Activist Years of most significant effect on the history
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Dorothea Dix once said‚ "in a world where there is so much to be done‚ I felt strongly impressed that there must be something for me to do." In the 19th century‚ when Dorothea Dix was born and lived during‚ many changes were occurring in the United States. The War of 1812‚ then the Mexican-American War‚ and the Civil War all occurred during Dorothea Dix’s lifetime‚ which likely had a large impact on her outlook on the United States and her visions for her own future. Dorothea Dix was a powerful‚
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