Mary McLeod Bethune A World Class Educator By: Tabias Wimby Submitted to Dr. Nancy L. Milledge For Full Credit for First Semester B.E.S.T. Academy December 18‚ 2009 Research Method for English/Language Arts Dr. Nancy Milledge‚ Instructor/Facilitator Outline I. Introduction: briefly describe who the person was and what notable thing they did. II. Personal Information 1. Birthdates
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MARY BOYKIN CHESNUT In every regard‚ Mary Boykin Chesnut was a remarkable woman. She penned the best known diary that detailed the Civil War from a southerner’s point of view. Despite her being a staunch defender of the Confederate cause‚ Mary also spoke openly about her opposition to slavery. She was raised in a family that depended on slavery for their very existence‚ but she still felt deeply that somehow it was morally wrong. Mary Boykin Miller was born on March 31‚ 1823. She
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Mary Wollstonecraft was a fighter for women and their rights in society‚ she has left a legacy for women to follow. She was believed to create the idea of feminism. Her childhood and early life play a big role in why she was a such a strong woman later on in her life. She was raised in Spitalfields‚ London‚ she was born in 1759. Her father was not the male figure anyone wants in their life. He‚ John Edward. acted very poorly with the small amount of money they had and created a drinking habit himself
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Mary Whiton Calkins What does it take to be number one? As we know everyone loves a winner. Most people if they were asked who the fastest man in the world was? They would correctly answer with the name Usain Bolt. Nobody remembers number two right? However‚ let us imagine Mr. Bolt being told that he could compete in track and field but he could not officially win any medal because he was Jamaican. Sounds far-fetched today and against our values and everything we stand for in the 21st
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NAME - URSULA DAS CLASS- 9 A ROLL- 40 MARY KOM Mangte Chungneijang Mary Kom better known as M.C Mary Kom was just another story on the sports page. But with an Olympic medal in hand ‚ she has become India’s latest sports star. She is the first boxer who has made women’s boxing popular in India. Like any other Olympic athlete ‚ Mary Kom’s story is inspiring but it is more so considering the background she comes from . Mary Kom was born on 1 March ‚ 1983 in the north-eastern state of Manipur
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MARY E. WALKER By: Rebecca Tippie MA-327 Leadership Dr. Robyn M. King March 2‚ 2013 I chose Mary Edwards Walker as my leader for this final project. I have always enjoyed reading a little bit of military history and I always look for stories about people who have gone above and beyond the call of duty or went against the grain. In my opinion‚ she really set the bar high for other women to follow‚ and I find her to be an exemplary leader and role model for other women in the business
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The Queen Mary is a ship that was used for 1936 through 1967. The ship is reported to be haunted and their have been many different types of paranormal activity on the ship. The Queen Mary was built to be a cruise ship but during the ships timeline she was also a troop ship‚ and “Bride and Baby Voyage”. The ship was built in Scotland from the start in 1930 and finally finished on 1936. The construction on the ship was stopped between the years 1931 through 1934 because of the great depression
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The Faith of Mary Rowlandson In her writing titled “A Narrative of the Captivity and Restauration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson”‚ Mary lies out for the reader her experience of being held in captivity by Indians during the King Philip’s War. Perhaps one of the most significant aspects of this writing is the glimpse that the reader gets into Rowlandson’s faith and religion. Faith was a major aspect of life in the Colonial Period. It was of widespread belief that God was to be feared‚ and that he was
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Elective history essay Expert knowledge has been very useful in the study of the Mary Rose and her crew in the processes of raising the ship‚ examining the human remains on board and investigating what the physical appearances of the crew would have been. Experts in various fields of archaeology‚ anatomy and forensics have played a crucial role in uncovering some of the mysteries surrounding the famous flagship of Henry VIII and her crew. Expert knowledge has been useful in physically raising the
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Mary Stewart‚ better known as Mary Queen of Scots‚ represented in many books as a strong‚ independent ruler‚ (change to period) however‚ in many other books she is portrayed as an unintelligent whore. Some people (individuals) agree‚ even in our gender equal society of today ( even in our present gender equal society some individuals still agree ) ‚ with the latter‚ and that she failed as a ruler mainly because of her femininity. However‚ this is untrue‚ Mary Queen of Scots reign was influenced
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