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    Mary White was born c. 1637 in Somersetshire‚ England. The family left England sometime before 1650‚ settled at Salem in the Massachusetts Bay Colony and moved in 1653 to Lancaster‚ on the Massachusetts frontier. There‚ she married Reverend Joseph Rowlandson‚ the son of Thomas Rowlandson of Ipswich‚ Massachusetts‚ in 1656. Four children were born to the couple between 1658 and 1669‚ with their first daughter dying young.[3] Site of Rowlandson’s capture (Lancaster‚ Massachusetts) At sunrise

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    Mary Magdalene‚ From aPraefica of Nenia to a Messenger of Carmentis In recent years‚ the character‚ Mary Magdalene gains considerable attention in literature and media. From identifying her as an important disciple to finding her as the wife of Jesus‚ recent media and literature made her name in headlines quite frequently. In the midst of these recent hypes a question still lingers about Mary Magdalene: why does she take precedence in the last few chapters of the Gospels? Why is she portrayed with

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    Anne Bradstreet and Mary Rowlandson. Anne Bradstreet and Mary Rowlandson were two puritan women whose writing portrayed them to have had strong religious beliefs. Both Mary Rowlandson and Anne Bradstreet religious puritan values allowed them to survive the harsh struggles that they endured in their live Mary Rowlandson main struggle was her captivity when the Indians tried to regain the lands that belonged to their tribe. On the other hand Bradstreet struggled with childhood diseases

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    Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman was a prominent 19th century American writer who took full advantage of the American Realism period through her literature. Mary E. Wilkins was born on October 31‚ 1852 in Randolph‚ Massachusetts to Warren and Eleanor Wilkins. Randolph was a stereotypical New England town for the period; it consisted of an agricultural community centered on the Calvinist church‚ which in turn had a profound influence on Mary in her adolescence. In 1873 Mary fell in love with Hanson

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    as a model author in the male-dominated world of letters.” (“ Mary Wollstonecraft” world of sociology). “I have been long recognized ad one of the most influential feminist theorists in history.” (“Mary Wollstonecraft” Encyclopedia of philosophy). Later on in my life I became an English writer. I was not the first women to enter the male-dominated domain of political discourse but I was the most visible and least diffident. (“Mary Wollstonecraft” world of sociology). My most famous work was A

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    Mary Wollstonecraft‚ a well-known 18th century philosopher‚ scholar‚ women’s rights activist‚ educator‚ and journalist was born on April 27‚ 1759 in London‚ England. The beginning of her life was influenced immensely by her abusive father who spent the family’s fortune on unsuccessful ventures in farming as well as the sudden death of her mother in 1780. From this‚ Mary was determined to make a living on her own‚ and set off for with her sister and best friend to establish a school in Newington Green

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    Mary Surratt was innocent!! Mary Surratt should not have been executed. I will now tell you why I think that. She only knew about the kidnap plot‚ but she didn’t know about the murder plot. Based on what I read it says that‚ it is possible that she knew about the kidnap plot‚ but that would have determined a less harsh punishment than death. This proves that‚ she knew about the kidnap plot‚ which means she was guilty‚ but she wasn’t guilty by death.( Article 2) According to the text it says that

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    Mary Claire King The individual I have chosen for my “Scientist of the Year” report‚ is Mary Claire King. She was born February 27th‚ 1946 in Evanston‚ Illinois. Mary Claire King interests me because she spent her time discovering and researching the gene that causes breast and ovarian cancer. This is an important topic to me because my grandma had breast cancer when she was younger. Mary Claire King grew up in Evanston‚ Illinois‚ a suburb of Chicago. Her family consisted of her and her brother

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    Anass Elwawi ENGL 2290 Dr.Shawn Casey September 16‚ 2016 Mary Rowlandson Response Paper Mary Rowlandson‚ the daughter of a wealthy land holder in the Massachusetts Bay colony‚ was a victim of the King Philip war. She got married to Joseph Rowlandson at the age of 18‚ they had four children‚ one in which died in infancy. Shortly before the King Philip war ended a group of American Indians attacked the city of Lancaster and captured Mrs. Rowlandson along with her 3 children and a group of settlers

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    Lainey Slusher February 4‚ 2013 S121 Person Speech Outline Topic: Description of Mary Breckinridge Purpose: To Inform Sources: Breckinridge‚ M. A. (1952). Wide neighborhoods‚ a story of the frontier nursing service. Lexington‚ KY: University of Kentucky Press. Castlenovo‚ G. (2003). Mrs. mary breckinridge. Retrieved from http://www.truthaboutnursing.org/press/pioneers/breckinridge.html Newsgroups. (n.d.). Internet

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