allowed equal rights for the blind‚ deaf and women‚ which lead to women being able to vote. Helen Keller contributed her life to educating other that had her condition making life easier for them through teaching sign language‚ giving speeches‚ and she did not discriminate. For instance‚ in Helen Keller early years‚ around 1887; Helen had already developed her own language for the blind and deaf that people could use with their hands to spell out words. For example‚ Helen writes about the first time she
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likely to perform better increasing multiple ideas and efficiency towards a shared objective. For example‚ when Mahatma Gandhi returned to India after living in South Africa for eight years; he wanted to attend a meeting to a political party to report how bad the Indians were discriminated in South Africa‚ therefore he looked for help with his mentor Gopal Krishna Gokhale a senior social and political leader of the Indian National Congress a political party in the country that was a venue where Indians
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Elizabeth Blackwell: Major Discoveries or Contributions to Science Elizabeth Blackwell made many amazing contributions to science. The one she is most well known for is becoming the first woman to earn a medical degree from an American medical school. Elizabeth Blackwell had many accomplishments‚ but with those accomplishments she was also faced with many challenges. Getting admitted to a medical school was one of her first and probably one of her greatest challenges. The education she had from
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equality or pluralism. The title of the book Acts of Faith means acts that assess the strength of a person’s beliefs. The subtitle‚ The Story of an American Muslim‚ the Struggle for the Soul of a Generation‚ describes the fight for the spirituality and individuality of the generation. Eboo is talking about the lack of soul and spirit of the generation‚ and how that is a struggle for him. I think throughout the book Eboo is successful in convincing his generation to come together (pluralism) and find their
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The first way the she did that was by knighting a explorer from Devonshire England after he had been sent away to explore South America by Queen Elizabeth‚ he had also helped her defeat Spanish Armada. Another explorer that Queen Elizabeth had influenced was a man named Martin
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for optics and this invention proved the idea of color and light. He proved that light was the composite of all other colors and that light is made up of particles. A little bit later a scientists named Robert Hooke came into play. Him and Newton did not like each other very much because they talked about the same stuff‚ but both of
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destroyed‚ thousands of people have had nowhere to live‚ and around 250 people have died. While going through this great depression‚ we had near no food‚ plantations flooded‚ farms ruined‚ we couldn’t eat a lot‚ nor even live. More than 200‚000 African Americans have been displaced from their homes along the Lower Mississippi River‚ and have had to live in camps. The flood began with heavy rain in the central basin of Mississippi. Bad damages due to flooding reached approximately one billion dollars‚ already
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“I have deeply regretted that i did not proceed far enough at least to understand something of the great leading principles of mathematics; for men thus endowed seem to have an extra sense.” Charles Darwin lived a very interesting life‚ even though he didn’t like math very much‚ he still came to be a contributor to mathematics. Charles Robert Darwin was born on February 12‚ 1809 and he died April 19‚ 1882. Darwin was best known for his contributions to the evolutionary theory‚ it has been said
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Florence Nightingale was the founder of modern nursing‚ a statistician‚ and a social reformer. She was mostly famous for caring for soldiers during the Crimean War. She is now still known as the most famous nurse in the world because of her hard work in establishing nursing education. Nightingale was born on the 12th of May 1820 in Florence‚ Italy. She grew up in a wealthy family with her father‚ William‚ her mother‚ Frances‚ and her older sister Frances Parthenope. William was a big influence in
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National Association of Business Economists; and director of the National Economists Club. He received the Thomas Jefferson Award for the greatest public service performed by an elected or appointed official (1976); He was elected a fellow of the American Statistical Association (1989); He was decorated Legion of Honor (Commander) France (2000); He was made honorary Knight Commander of the British Empire (2002); and He was the first recipient of the Gerald R. Ford Medal for Distinguished Public Service
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