who believed in education for women. Scott’s father provided her with math tutors at the young age of seven years old. With the love and support of her family she won a scholarship to Hitchin College in 1876 at the age of 18. This unbelievable accomplishment gave Scott the courage to compete in the Tripos Exams that were offered at Cambridge University‚ four years later. Scott ranked eighth amongst all the men but was not able to attend the awards ceremony because she was a women. However‚ she did
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Brian Hoeg Civil War Group Projects American Wars 3/14/06 George Brinton McClellan When you hear the name George McClellan‚ courageous‚ brave‚ heroic‚ and decisive are probably not the first words that come to mind. That’s probably because none of those words describe him. George McClellan was an indecisive coward‚ unfit for his position as a general‚ partially because of his sympathy for his troops‚ but also because of his "conspiracy theories" which constantly screwed over the union troops
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How would you feel if you were judged only by your father’s accomplishments? This was once the case for Dale Earnhardt‚ Jr.‚ son of legendary stock car driver Dale Earnhardt. When Dale‚ Jr. had debuted in NASCAR as a third-generation driver‚ many people thought that he was getting special treatment because of his father. However‚ after the death of Dale Earnhardt‚ Sr.‚ Junior began to make a name for himself. He had been interested in racing since he was a child and would one day become a spiritual
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Growing up‚ Jaqueline Hiracheta was raised in the Mexican American fashion. Early on‚ she was taught that school was a top priority and education was everything. Being the youngest of eight‚ things have not always been the easiest for her. She is sometimes compared to everyone else‚ so more effort is needed since the bar is raised high. Some of her aspirations in and after high school are to manage a grade point average of a 3.0 or above while playing sports. Also‚ going to a community college and
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American Olympic gold medalist‚ Laurie Hernandez is on the cover of my Wheaties box. Though only being 17 years old‚ she has accomplished so much in her lifetime‚ such as placing in the Olympics and being the youngest contestant to win the television competition‚ “Dancing with the Stars.” Laurie has had to overcome injuries that would break other teens of her age‚ she is a hardworking‚ determined‚ and respectable athlete. She is continuing her Olympic career and will continue to be a fit role model
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Observing her home life‚ it is not difficult to believe that Rosalind Franklin excelled in her academic pursuits. For high school‚ she attended St Paul’s Girls’ School‚ a prestigious private school‚ beginning at 11 years old (Elkins). In an interview‚ her school friends characterized her by revealing‚ “She was best in science‚ best at maths‚ best in everything. She expected that if she undertook to do something‚ she would be in charge of it” (Bagley). By the age of 15‚ Franklin already knew she wanted
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artworks. Throughout her artworks‚ she was known as an artist who inputs Asian-American aspects in most of her artworks. Not only that she pours Asian-American aspects in her arts‚ but she has also put in realism in her artworks‚ which depicts her life that focused on her struggle to live in China and her adaptation to the learn arts in the United States‚ which includes pictures of prostitutes and migration themes in her artworks. Through her paintings‚ we can see how she was trying to convey her
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Dorothy Day was a social activist‚ Catholic convert‚ and an American journalist. Dorothy also demonstrated many of the Beatitudes throughout her life in all the works she did in her life. Dorothy is still very famous today throughout the world in the Catholic Church. Dorothy Day was born on November 8th‚ 1987 in Brooklyn Heights‚ New York. Dorothy was the third of five children. She raised in a Christian middle class family by her mother Grace Day and father John Day who both worked as journalists
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talking especially. Flo was never shy‚ rather reticent instead. She like regurgitating all the information her brain could consume. She especially liked Greek Mythology and Space Fiction. She was allured by the prospect of a universe‚ otherworldly life outside the atmosphere she had so closely referred to as home. As she grew older‚ her infatuation with the aforementioned topics only grew; but as her brain explored new things‚ she became enamoured with other cultures‚ especially that of her alleged
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enhanced at drawing cartoons‚ which reveals that the classes helped him later in his life‚ but Disney wanted to serve in the army and
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