IDA SCUDDER Imagine being blind because of a disease. You go to everyone for help‚ but they can not do anything about it. You hear about what some doctor has done for people‚ and you wonder if she can help. You and your other blind friends come with you. The doctor examines your friend’s eyes‚ and she can not help. She gets to you and is able to help you. You can see again because of this doctor! This doctor is Ida Scudder. She lived in India‚ later moved to America‚ and she came back to become
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Artist Andy Warhol was a pioneer of the pop art movement in the 1960’s. He helped to liberate society and crush boundaries in American culture. Warhol’s work paved the way for people to embrace and explore themselves as individuals and break the social norms. Prior to the 1960’s people in America were very conservative on their views on society and what was socially acceptable. People were divided into categories based on class‚ gender and race. Warhol broke the mold of modern conformity and challenged
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Jefferson‚ George Washington‚ and Abraham Lincoln all have left their respective unique marks on the United States of America‚ leaving imprints that still have effects in present day society. Although‚ one man sticks out the most. Abraham Lincoln has done the most for and has had the largest impact on our country to this day. From handling a civil war‚ that could have easily ended this country once and for all‚ to his Emanicpation Proclamation‚ Lincoln has had the most lasting impact and is in fact the stronger
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people who have impacted the world and changed the way we live. Many have created new technology that has made our lives easier‚ and others have advanced medical technology to make our lives last longer and make us healthier. One person who impacted society in a positive way is named Fred Smith. Though his idea was thought to be impractical by his professor at Yale‚ Fred Smith was determined to see his idea of overnight shipping a success and he never gave up on his idea. Even though he would face hardships
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Andrew Carnegie moved from Scotland to America‚ when he was thirteen‚ with his parents. The Carnegies lived in Pittsburg‚ which Carnegie described as very unpleasant. Carnegie is on record saying the smoke in the air from the nearby industrial buildings was unbearable. This was the beginning of one of the conflicts Carnegie faced throughout his whole life. Carnegie is disgusted with how the industrialized society affects the world he lives in‚ but he builds a legacy from the same means that he has
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Mr. Barker Renaissance Writing Assignment There have been many eras in time for music to evolve and the arts to blossom. One of these set of ages were the Middle ages. An era of dark times and new ideas. It was a time where many people suffered from death due to plague and where the poor class were treated unfairly. Even though all this the arts and music were able to live on and expand to something even greater. During the middle ages there was a progression of art. New styles arose such as
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Did Genghis Khan have more of a positive or negative impact upon the people with which he came into contact with? Although Genghis Khan may have made some beneficial contributions to society‚ which made a long lasting impressions ours‚ such as improving the wellbeing of his nation‚ and conquering other territories. Genghis Khan had more of a negative impact upon the people with which he came into contact with because he believed he was the chosen one‚ and acted as a merciless emperor. Genghis Khan
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Cultural and Traditional Bars “I feel terrible for the women in the trivial Indian society”‚ a foreigner may exclaim‚ visiting India when she sees a woman being hit by her husband in public. “They don’t seem to have an option but just accept the circumstances of their sad situation and get accustomed to it”‚ might state another foreigner as she observes and critically analyses the situation of the women in the society while going around the small dilapidated villages where the women are working
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women in society A project report Present scenario of the status of women in Indian society According to India’s constitution‚ women are legal citizens of the country and have equal rights with men (Indian Parliament). Because of lack of acceptance from the male dominant society‚ Indian women suffer immensely. Women are responsible for bearing children‚ yet they are malnourished and in poor health. Women are also overworked in the fields and complete all of the domestic work. Most Indian women
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Introduction The Industrial Revolution has been seen as one of the greatest events to occur in the history of modern society. The innovation of many new items that helped people perform certain duties more quickly‚ aimed the world to be able to create many more goods in a much shorter time period. Industrial Revolution impact on the world was that it launched the world economy into an uncontrollable situation‚ in which individuals had access to a much wider variety of goods and services given to
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