1. Linda Nochlin is a feminist art historian. She received her undergraduate degree from Vassar College in Philosophy and also has a M.A. in English from Columbia University. She has a PHD from New York University’s Institute of Fine Arts on The Development and Nature of Realism in the Work of Courbet. She taught one of the first undergraduate art history courses about women “The Image of Women in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries” at Vassar then went on to teach at Yale. 2. “Why Have There
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1. In Linda Zagzebski’s book on epistemology‚ she argues that one must care about having true beliefs‚ especially in topics that we care about. It is important to think critically when acquiring knowledge and one must be able to tell a true belief from a false belief. When addressing true belief‚ it is imperative to acknowledge skepticism. “Skepticism is often interpreted as a threat to knowledge” insofar as that most of the time‚ it is almost impossible to fully guarantee whether or not we are
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Linda Orman has lived in the United States for nearly 8 decades. In her time‚ she’s seen major American and international events break over radio waves‚ in black and white‚ color‚ in print and on Twitter. War has been a major part of the media landscape over the past 80 years‚ and has helped form public opinion in support or against war. The role that media has played in major wars of the 20th century is vital‚ and has helped spur or stop conflicts. As technology has developed‚ so has the ways that
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Cesar Chavez “If you really want to make a friend‚ go to someone’s house and eat with them. The people who give you their food gives you their heart.” Cesar Chavez and his family moved to California he lived in a poor town called. Sal si puedes which means escape if you can .Then when Cesar Chavez was nineteen he joined the Navy in 1946. For two years ‚but he stopped and joined the CSO in 1952 while working he began to work for Latino civil rights. In 1965 the NWFA joined the AWOC in a strike against
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(Japan); Sardinia (Italy); Nicoya (Costa Rica); Icaria (Greece); and among the Seventh Day Adventists in Loma Linda‚ California‚ and talks about how and what they do‚ based on data and first hand observations‚ as to why these populations live healthier and longer lives. Examples of communities with centenarians that we read about include the Barbagia region of Sardinia‚ Okinawa‚ and Loma Linda‚ California. A long healthy life isn’t something that just happens or is definitely not some accident. It
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The Effects of Patience “Have patience. All things are difficult before they become easy.” (Saadi‚ 13th century Iran.) A Single Shard‚ by Linda Sue Park‚ is about Tree-ear (M.C.)‚ an orphaned child who lives in the seaside village of Ch’ulp’o‚ a place where potters reside because of the bountiful amount of clay‚ with a homeless person named Crane-man. Tree-ear’s number one dream is to become a potter like Min‚ the best potter in all of their town. Once he is hired as an assistant for Min‚ he goes
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Born in Yuma‚ Arizona 1927‚ Cesar Estrada Chavez was the second born of his six siblings. His family owned a ranch and was part of that business‚ but when the Great Depression hit the United States in the 1930s‚ his family was hit hard by the economic downturn‚ and ultimately lost their business. With their business in ruin‚ the Chavez family moved to California where they settled themselves as migrant farm workers (Cesar Chavez Biography). The family soon began facing the hardships of life as migrant
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in San Luis. Cesar Chavez was best known for finding the nation’s farm workers association. He grew up in Yuma‚ Arizona and his family lived in an adobe home built by his grandfather. Cesar Chavez is a hero because of his kindness‚ helpfulness‚ and he is brave. Cesar Chavez insisted that the union adhere to nonviolence. He envisioned a union for helping the workers’ problems. In 1970‚ Chavez led the UFW in a fight against lettuce growers and other agribusinesses. Cesar Chavez led protests to call
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Born on March 31‚ 1927 near Yuma‚ Arizona‚ Cesar Chavez grew up to be a renowned union leader and labor organizer. Chavez learned about injustice rather early in his life. In school‚ he was discriminated against for his Mexican heritage and his farm worker/migrant way of life. His experiences lead him to bring attention to the difficulty of farmworkers and the issue of civil rights. Chavez ran into many situations that he would dedicate his life to changing: harsh migrant camps‚ corrupt labor
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in California‚ Immigrants and low class Americans mostly worked in plant fields picking grapes and other foods. The wages of a field worker in the 1950’s dropped as low as $2 a day. One man named Cesar Chavez used his knowledge to raise the wages of every farm worker in California. Cesar Chavez was originally a farm worker whose job was to pick grapes along with many Immigrants such as Mexicans and Filipinos. In Delano‚ California Cesar started the National Farm Worker Association (NFWA). In December
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