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    valuable player. Sharon Robinson‚ Jackie and Rachel’s second child is born. David Robinson‚ Jackie and Rachel’s third child is born. The Brooklyn dodgers win their first and only World Series finally beating the New York Yankees.an African American seamstress named Rosa parks refuses to give up her seat on a bus to a white person in Montgomery Alabama sparking the Montgomery bus boycott a landmark event in the civil-rights movement. October 24‚ 1972 Jackie Robinson has a heart attack at his home in Stamford

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    Rosa Parks was a black seamstress in Montgomery‚ Alabama. She was arrested for being courageous in 1955. While fed up with white racism; she did not give up her bus seat to a white man. This preceded to the Montgomery bus boycott against the city’s bus system which Martin Luther King Jr. led. Ida B. Wells was the first African American to file a suit against discrimination after she was denied a seat on a railroad car for being black. She also founded the NAACP (National Association for the Advancement

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    What conducted Jane to Mr Rochester’s room? The smell of the fire. Where is Mr Rochester’s study situated in the manor? On the third story. Who is Grace Poole ? She is the seamstress of Mr Rochester‚ with whom she is having an affair. How did Jane feel towards her master when she left him on the night she saved his life? She doesn’t feel like he owes her anything and she leaves with peace. How did Jane feel on the next morning after their fight? She both wished and feared to see him. What is extremely

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    fantasies‚ Sci-fi and so on‚ Michelle ’s Fancy Dress Costumes caters for the higher-end market where customers are hiring the costumes for more traditional fancy dress parties‚ balls or events. Having 20 years of experience as working backstage as a Seamstress in the theatre and movie Industries Michelle also offers a unique service‚ based on Michelle ’s extensive skills‚ she customises and alters costumes for a better and look. Although Michelle has used the Internet for many years for both business

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    Britain. In 1777 stars were introduced to represent a Constellation. Stars were then added to the flag as states were added into the Union. The origin of the flag is vague‚ however‚ it has been suggested that George Washington enlisted Betsy Ross‚ a seamstress from Philadelphia‚ to sew the flag. Yet‚ there is no official documentation to prove that she had indeed made the flag. The American Flag has been changed over twenty times from 1777 to 1960. The Pledge of Allegiance to the flag was written in 1892

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    The most recognizable story as Washington showed Betsy the design for the new flag‚ had a layout of a six-pointed star. She was an excellent seamstress so a six-point star was nothing; in one cut she cuts a perfect star. Amazed Washington gives her the power to sew the first flag to represent the American colonies and their freedom (USHistory). The beginning of the new American sign was on its

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    was a well-known African American Activist. He had a violent approach to the way minorities were treated in the south. He wanted to create an “All Black community”. Rosa parks were also a prominent African American of that time. She was a local seamstress who refused to give up he sit on a bus for a white person. Martin Luther King Jr. was also an important civil rights activist because he had a non-violent approach to the way minorities were treated in the south. Civil Rights activist had a great

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    Dylan Marlais Thomas was born in Swansea‚ Wales‚ in 1914. He was the son of Florence Hannah‚ a seamstress‚ and David John Thomas‚ a teacher. He was the youngest child in his family and he has a sister Nancy‚ who was eight years his elder. The red-brick semi-detached house at 5 Cwmdonkin Drive‚ in which Thomas was born and lived until he was 19‚ had been bought by his parents in the respectable area of the Uplands a few months before his birth. His childhood was spent in Swansea‚ and he knew the western

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    Prynne inverts all the odds against here due to her courage‚ pride and effort. Hester went beyond the letter of the law and did everything asked of here in order to prove that she is "able." Hester became quite a popular seamstress‚ admired all over the town of Boston for her work. Hester is modest in everything that she does. Hester herself wears only poor clothing while she embroiders marvelous works for the rest of Boston. The only piece of clothing forbidden

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    This is a summary response to Well-Behaved Women Seldom Make History. Laurel Ulrich has written several books about women’s rights. Laurel made a statement in in of her books that became hugely popular in California. Well-behaved women seldom make history. This simple statement changed hundreds of lives and Laurel didn’t even realize it. A women in Oregon asked permission to use this statement to be printed on shirts. Laurel was shocked and only agreed to allow her to use this if she was sent a

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