superintendent of the Female Nursing Establishment of the English General Hospitals in Turkey. She took a revolutionary step by being the first women to ever hold that position‚ and she was very proud and happy. Nightingale had such a dramatic influence on nursing when the Crimean War started. “For 18 months during an otherwise forgettable war‚ Nightingale supervised a group of nurses in a British military hospital.” (Hobbs). Soon her excitement of holding that new position was replaced by her determination
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1901‚ in Hermosa‚ Chicago‚ Illinois‚ Disney began his artistic career at a young age beginning to draw‚ paint‚ and sell pictures to neighbors and family friends in Missouri‚ his childhood home. His father was Elias Disney‚ Irish-Canadian‚ and his mother‚ Flora Call Disney‚ who was German-American. He was one of five children; four boys and a girl. Disney attended McKinley High School in Chicago‚ where he took drawing and photography classes and was a cartoonist for the school paper. He also took
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Queen Victoria’s Life and Reign You may have heard of the Victorian Era‚ which was most definitely a Magnificent Era. It signifies the beginning of Modern Times‚ inventions that forever changed our lives‚ political‚ religious‚ and social movements that I can’t even begin to describe. Queen Victoria has impacted our life’s and the life’s of our ancestors in one way or another. Alexandria Victoria born on a lovely spring morning on May 24th 1819 in Kensington Palace‚ London‚ England. Her parents
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bankers and a new method of transferring currency by the usage of paper money also started in the aftermath of the depopulation of Europe. The success of these international bankers‚ contributed to them augmenting both political and social influence. Technology progressed due to the rise of capitalism‚ and because of the contact between Arabs‚ Chinese‚ and the Europeans‚ all new innovations were forming a new lifestyle for many people. “Sea transport‚ warfare‚ book production‚ the measurement
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Populist People Influencing Latin America (Argentina‚ Venezuela‚ and Peru) Latin American Politics POLS 335 Nathan Bacon Latin America is at a crucial turning point when talking about political influences and movements in some of regions countries. There have been many leaders that have influenced countries like Venezuela‚ Argentina‚ and Peru. There are not only important figures that are apart of or have influenced important populist and revolutionary movements but there
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Velazquez another one of his influences. Even with Picasso and Miro both influencing him he still had his own unique style of art. Most of Dali’s work was original since he had his own style‚ but still Picasso did influence some of his painting like Dali’s “experimentation with impressionism and cubism before joining the surrealist movement in 1929”. Dali admired Picasso more than Miro mainly because they had met so Miro didn’t influence some of his painting like Picasso did. His parent at first pushed
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Nevis‚ Alexander was made to be a historical figure of importance. He had shown signs of great intelligence starting after a hurricane hit his hometown‚ and he wrote essays non-stop. He was one of the hardest working founding fathers of America‚ who did a lot for our country. Without him‚ the U.S. Constitution might not be‚ since alongside John Jay and James Madison‚ they wrote eighty-five essays amongst themselves‚ defending it. He contributed the other fifty-one essays to what
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World. In this case‚ the major goal was to profit from undiscovered and untapped resources‚ enriching the nation-states and improving their standing in the European theatre. Another factor that played a major part in the expansion of European influence to the American Continent‚ was the improved commerce that came about following the ‘Black Plague’. There had been improvements in shipbuilding‚ and increased demand in foreign trade from the growing population of prosperous merchants. Monarchs
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on Hiroshima and Nagasaki which resulted in Japan’s surrender on September 2‚ 1945. Because of their surrender‚ nationalists felt that they have lost everything‚ and Japan has been stripped of its power in the world. Japan lost its sovereignty and did not reclaim it until 1952. Today‚ Japan is one of the most technologically and developed countries in the world. In 2012‚ the current prime minister‚ Shinzo Abe‚ was elected and is a nationalist with revisionist ideas. A revisionist is someone who wants
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earliest one‚ he became the king of the Macedonian Empire at the age of 20‚ a year later he started the expedition to the Persian Empire‚ he conquered the Persia‚ Egypt‚ and northern India before 33 years old‚ and then dead on the way back .His influence on Europe is very large‚ affecting many of the great men later. Alexander’s father is the king of Macedonia Philip. Philip created an elite professional force‚ improved the organization of the infantry squares‚ making Macedonia a strong power of
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