most historians would have laughed when asked for good historical material on those women. However‚ the Diary of Martha Maud Ballard gives us a detailed view of the time period in which those women lived‚ and how they played a part in it. Laurel Ulrich‚ a historian who painstakingly transcribed the diary‚ interpreted the lives of the people living around Martha Ballard‚ and Martha Ballard herself. Post-Revolutionary era frontier life was difficult on women. They could not make the same wages as men
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regarded at the time of its publication as a groundbreaking achievement in American social history‚ and it has stood the test of time‚ as it is still lauded and part of historical scholarship today. The work focuses on the extensive diary of Martha Ballard‚ a midwife who was born in Massachusetts in 1735 and experienced the rapidly changing environment that was eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century America. It is remarkable to generally consider the historical events and forces that occurred
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Introduction Ballard Power Systems is a global leader in proton exchange member (PEM) fuel for cell technology. This company provides clean energy fuel for various applications and has a multi market growth in fuel cell products (Ballard‚ 2013). The PEM fuel cell is simply the means to clean energy by producing electricity. Although fuel cells have varied applications‚ Ballard’s incentive was to provide their customers with a commercial advantage. And their customers chose Ballard as fuel cells
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historian Laurel Ulrich began her research into the lives of American Revolution-era women‚ she was hardly encouraged by her initial efforts. "You won’t find much‚" everyone seemed to say. And when she began making her way through the diary of midwife Martha Ballard‚ she was delving into a book that others had found next-to-useless--too full of trivial detail‚ or so they said. But the details were what she found interesting; and faced with so few sources‚ Ulrich realized her only option was to dig deeply
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interpreting and presenting historical information involves dealing with great levels of uncertainty. As there exists limited artifacts which have survived the test of time‚ piecing together an era involves making educated assumptions. In the case of Martha Ballard‚ her diary provides us with a limited account of her life from 1785 to 1812. In both the movie and the book‚ the producers and the author have invested great effort into providing an authentic representation of Martha’s time as per her diary entries
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by Laurel Ulrich chronicling the life of a woman named Martha Ballard‚ I thought the women in these times were just housewives and nothing else. I pictured them doing the cleaning and the cooking for their husbands and not being very smart because of the lack of education or them being unable to work. My view on the subject changed however when I watched this specific woman’s life and her work. To know that there was a woman such as Martha back in those days is very interesting to me because I
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Martha Graham Discuss the influence Martha Graham had on the development of Modern Dance. Make detailed reference to her technique‚ choreography‚ and performing. Modern Dance is a style of dance that originated in the early 1920s as a rejection of Classical Ballet; it can be used to show raw emotion‚ political/social issues‚ and freedom. Martha Graham (11th May 1894 – April 1st 1991) was an American dancer who had a large impact on Modern Dance. The development of Modern Dance was largely impacted
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Martha Washington Martha was born on June 2‚ 1731 on a plantation in New Kent County‚ Virginia‚ near Williamsburg. She was the oldest child of Frances and John Dandridge‚ wealthy landowners. She was a kind and curious person. Her father made sure she received an education. Her mother made sure she had the skills to run a household. She grew up knowing the ways of high society in eighteenth century Virginia. All of these skills helped her when she became the nation’s first
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Hello everyone‚ my name is Martha Washington. I was born in New Kent County‚ Virginia on June 2nd 1731. I have a father and a mother. I am also the eldest of my three brothers and five sisters. I am close to each and every one of them. My siblings and I were home-schooled together in our house at Chestnut Grove. Our servant‚ Thomas Leonard‚ was our teacher. Thomas taught me music‚ sewing‚ and household management. I then proceeded to learn about plantation management. My favorite subjects to learn
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other performances‚ together they produced a short two-color film called The Flute of Krishna‚ featuring Eastman students. Mamoulian left Eastman shortly thereafter and Graham chose to leave also‚ even though she was asked to stay on. In 1926‚ the Martha Graham Center of Contemporary Dance was established. On April 18 of the same year‚[4] at the 48th Street Theatre‚ Graham debuted with her first independent concert‚ consisting of eighteen short solos and trios that she had choreographed. She would
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