Nurses VAD: Voluntary Aid Detachment FANY: First Aid Nursing Yeomanry Both of these nursing organizations played a critical role in WW1 nursing. The VADs were unpaid volunteers (and therefore usually from a higher social class where money was not an issue) who were given basic medical training. These women‚ while they could not typically give injections‚ could comfort and provide basic medical treatment to wounded soldiers. The role of a FANY nurse was less glamorous. Their jobs
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The first Battle of Bull Run was the first major battle of the Civil War. Even though the first shots fired took place at Fort Sumter. The battle took place just 30 miles from Washington‚ D.C. The First Battle of Bull Run took place in Virginia on July twenty first‚ eighteen sixty one. When thirty-five thousand Federals led by General McDowell‚ marched to strike twenty-thousand Confederates that were led by General Johnston. The Federals had attacked the Confederates along a river known as Bull
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The First Lady Affects our Nations Fashion Trends There are many aspects to fashion but many only focus on the misconceptions such as: fashion is forced onto consumers‚ fashion only influences women‚ and fashion is mysterious and unpredictable. What influences fashion are lifestyles‚ group acceptance‚ social forces‚ weather‚ economy‚ or depression. Many people today look to others for their fashion styles and ideas. Most innovators in fashion come from entertainers‚ celebrities‚ and musicians. We
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Portfolio A Small Free Kiss In The Dark. What was your first impression of the book? My first impression of the novel titled “a small free kiss in the dark”was ‚that it would be a bit weird. Because the title made absolutely no sense to me‚ and it still doesn’t make sense to me in chapter 11. Aside from that after reading the prologue I knew that there were going to be some people named Billy and Max. The narrator was still unknown. As we begun reading I understood well what was going on‚ and I
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An Analysis of Symbolism In Kiss of the Spiderwoman And No One Writes to the Colonel Lara Blacklock English AI Colegio Internacional de Caracas “It’s a sin to take the food out of our mouths to give it to a rooster” (Garcia Marquez 31). This essay portrays the different types of symbolism throughout the novels Kiss of the Spiderwoman by Manuel Puig and No One Writes to the Colonel by Gabriel Garcia Marquez. The fighting cock is the dominant symbol in the former‚ representing both
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The First Amendment and the Bill of Rights: The first amendment‚ established on December 15‚1791 by James Madison is one out of the ten amendments in the bill of rights. This was First Amendment to the U.S constitution but some call it “Amendment 1”. The first amendment gives the right to freedom of religion. This prevents the government from establishing one religion for the whole country‚ allowing anyone to choose their own religion. It also gives us something called freedom of speech and
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today’s society‚ the first amendment is taken advantage of in many ways. Many people express that they can say whatever they please because they have the Freedom of Speech. They might burn the USA flag‚ make a racist remark‚ or some other kind of action‚ but what they do not realize is that this may hurt people. The First Amendment should be limited so that individuals can speak their mind so long as it does not hurt other people‚ or violates their rights. An example of a First Amendment issue is
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the freedom of speech‚ or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble. And to petition the government for a redress of grievances" (U.S. Cost). Should celebrities be allowed to say whatever they want? Should the rights of the First Amendment be applied differently to celebrities? Celebrities‚ like all of us should be able to voice their political opinions‚ but unlike the majority of us‚ celebrities have an enormous platform and with this platform‚ celebrities can bring a greater
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Does the first Amendment affect your livelihood? Hmmm...I’m not sure...Is water wet? Is the grass green? Do skittles come in different colors? Do we even really need to ask? Of course it does....The first Amendment is important for a lot of reasons‚ one being that it allows us to show our individuality and uniqueness. If we weren’t allowed to express ourselves‚ be it in writing dancing‚ comedy‚ and many other ways‚ then our individuality and uniqueness would never be seen. We might as well be mindless
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