hired as a police woman. Alice Stebbins Wells was born in Manhattan Kansas on June 13‚ 1873. Mrs. Well’s was the first American born female to be hired as a police woman with arrest powers. Before being hired by the LAPD as the first women officer Alice was a social worker. It was in 1909 when she petitioned Mayor George Alexander and city council‚ requesting that an ordinance providing for Los Angeles police women be adopted. It was passed an on September 12‚ 1910 Alice Stebbins Well’s was appointed
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treated differently. The movie‚ Alice Through the Looking Glass is based on the book written by Lewis Carroll in 1871‚ and takes place in male dominated England. This story follows a young woman‚ Alice‚ who wants to be a strong captain like her father before her. Unfortunately‚ her society attempts to force her into the image they have for women: pretty and complacent. This is not the image for a captain. In order to escape the oppression of the real world‚ Alice enters a fantasy world in which she
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The book Go Ask Alice‚ originally written by an anonymous person‚ but then later discovered to be Beatrice Sparks‚ is a commonly challenged book that educates young adults about the effects of drug abuse. Go Ask Alice follows the life of a common teenage girl and her struggle with addiction and mental diseases. Therefore‚ it is a very educational book for teens for teens to learn the reality of drugs. Because Go Ask Alice does involve drugs‚ alcohol‚ and sexual content‚ it should be banned for specific
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were born to stand out? Alice Walker’s poem Be Nobody’s Darling instills that in the head of her readers. The poem is saying to be yourself‚ to be happy with and within yourself. To love your flaws and embrace mistakes because that is what will shape you into who you truly meant to be. A line in the poem that really stood out to me was “Be pleased to walk alone (Uncool).” This line of the poem means be confident enough to stand out. Be happy to be different. In the poem Alice Walker uses the phrases
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Kelly Johnson English 82 (8002) Professor Jones 18 April 2012 Critical Analysis Final Draft Essay Alice Walker an African American novelist was born February 9‚ 1944 in Eatonton‚ Georgia as an eighth child. In 1961 Ms.Walker attended Spellman College‚ where she became active in civil rights. She then attended Sarah Lawrence College where she received her B.A degree. Walkers writing career began in 1969 at Jackson State College
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"In Search of our Mother’s Garden" is a non-fiction piece of prose that reveals how Alice Walker feels about family heritage. Thus‚ in "Everyday Use"‚ Walker’s harsh treatment of Dee is justified. "In Search of our Mother’s Garden" written by Alice Walker discusses and celebrates African American mothers and grandmothers as artists whose talents were repressed because of the history of our country. Because black women of this era were often not given the opportunities to nurture or develop their
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Alice Walker’s essay Am I Blue?‚ is on the surface‚ a statement about how humans treat animals and the right’s of animals. However‚ on a deeper level‚ Walker is making a very powerful argument about how human animals treat each other much the same way they treat non human animals. All though history‚ horses have been symbols of power and grace. Gigantic herds of mustangs were once seen galloping on the American frontier. Alice Walker brings you to her reality‚ with the story of a beautiful horse
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Currency Alice wants to buy the Alpaca socks which Bob has for sale. In return‚ she must provide something of equal value to Bob. The most efficient way to do this is by using a medium of exchange that Bob accepts which would be classified as currency. Currency makes trade easier by eliminating the need for coincidence of wants required in other systems of trade such as barter. Currency adoption and acceptance can be global‚ national‚ or in some cases local or community-based. Banks Alice need not
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BOYS AND GIRLS ONLINE ESSAY In the short story “Boys and Girls”‚ Alice Munro portrays the difficulties of the narrator and her brother. Throughout the story‚ the narrator faces inequality of being a different sex compared to her brother Laird and the effect this has on her as she is growing up. The narrator goes through many experiences that she has to understand herself as she is growing up. Alice Munro shows how gender labeling‚ different relationships within the family and the narrator’s innocence
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of the unknown. Alice Elliott Dark ’s collection of ten short stories titled "In the Gloaming: Stories" chronicles ""the distraction of human love" in its many guises. These stories especially focus on the complexity of the relationship between parents and their adult children. The need to connect with others seems threatened at times by how little understanding we truly have of one another" (Miksanek). This is consistent to the theme of "In the Gloaming." In this short story‚ Alice Elliott Dark portrays
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