Maria Agnesi was born on May 16‚ 1718 in Milan‚ Italy. Agnesi was the oldest of 21 children; her father was a wealthy silk merchant who had been married three times. Agnesi was a smart girl even from a young age. Her father paid for Agnesi to be tutored. She was also a devout Catholic with a very kind heart. Agnesi was ahead of her time‚ because women were not necessarily treated equally as men during the 16th century; she was exposed to some great tutors and even worked at the University of Bologna
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Lydia Maria Child makes a strong point when she speaks of how men objectify women in literature and base women’s value on how much the women’s beauty appeals to men. The objectification of women that Child speaks out against is quite apparent within the selected paragraph from James Fenimore Cooper’s work The Pioneers. Within just the description of Elizabeth that Cooper narrates from the viewpoint of Remarkable Pettibone‚ a reader will note the issues that Child mentions. Cooper’s paragraph is
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Maria Sklodowska‚ also known as Marie Curie‚ was a Polish scientist who had a passion for success. Marie was raised in Poland and traveled to get the best education that was available to her.1 She soon became a very successful physicist and chemist. Marie Curie’s research and discoveries did not die along with her. It is all still here‚ helping many people. Marie Curie was born on November 7‚ 1867.1 She was raised in Poland by a family of prominent educators. Marie was the youngest of five children
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It was in February of 1903 that a young literary hopeful by the name of Franz Xaver Kappus reached out to not-yet-esteemed poet Rainer Maria Rilke in search of criticism and career advice. In what seems like an effort to cast him aside‚ Rilke refused to give Kappus criticism and advised him to instead search internally in order to truly reach poetic esteem. Whether or not Rilke initially wanted to take Kappus under his wing‚ he had acquired a new pen pal. That letter was the first of many to deliver
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transformation of Maria Teresa The novel‚ In the Time of the Butterflies‚ retells the story of 4 sisters who fought in a revolution against the dreaded regime of Trujillo in the Dominican Republic. The Mirabal sisters‚ Maria Teresa‚ Dedé‚ Minerva and Patria all have different insights and perspectives on what they think freedom actually is. The novel is written in first and third person and Maria Teresa’s contributions to the novel are written in the first person; entries taken from her diary. Maria Teresa’s
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distinctions and relations among individuals and groups based upon their cultural characteristics. Whereas race refers to peoples assumed‚ understood and‚ socially constructed significant grouping of people. I had the pleasure of reading Maria Campbell’s memoir‚ Half-Breed. Maria Campbell is a Metis woman who talks about the struggles and hardships she endured by society. This was an interesting read that helped me understand and grasp the lifestyle First Nations lived after being invaded and forced to restructure
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St. Maria Goretti was born October 16‚ 1890‚ in Corinaldo‚ Italy. Her father‚ who worked on a farm‚ moved the family to Ferriere di Conca. When Maria’s father died of malaria‚ her mother took charge of the household. Even through tough times‚ Maria always loved God and served him. On July 5‚ 1902‚ Maria’s 18-year-old neighbor‚ Alessandro‚ advanced her with impure intentions. He became angered and stabbed Maria fourteen times because she continually resisted. Maria’s family found her on the floor
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inspired by her trying childhood‚ especially the short story “Simple Maria.” In “Simple Maria‚” a story in which the main character that is a prostitute becomes mentally disabled after being hit by a locomotive‚ many ties can be drawn from the story to Allende’s childhood. Isabel Allende used this short story as an allegory to her own life and the struggles that she had to endure during her childhood. The first part of “Simple Maria” that serves as allegory to Allende’s life
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‘Now who can that be at this time of day’? Mother lightly pecked my cheek before hurrying down to welcomes none other than Dr. Maria ‘great here we go... She walks in taking large steps; her body so bony she could collapse at any moment. Her greasy brown hair just about covers those pointy elf ears and brushes the tips of her arched shoulders - She glanced around like a predator
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the examination of insects… I set aside my social life and devoted all my time to these observations and improving my abilities in the art of painting so that I could both draw individual specimens and paint them in lively colors.” -Maria Sibylla Merian (Maggs) Maria Sibylla Merian had a strong sense of adventure and curiosity. She explored and observed new things. She studied and illustrated plants‚ insects‚ and reptiles. She was taught to paint from her stepfather. As a result‚ she caused other
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