Viola Desmond: The Star of the Show Born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, to a family well-known, Viola Irene Desmond, was an elegant gemstone. A trained beautician, who enticed all with her care, always wore a smile with burgeoning business affairs. On her way to Sydney, her car ran into trouble, she stopped in new Glasgow with her vehicle in the rubble.…
Thomas Johnson Jackson, also known short as Stonewall Jackson was a senior general under Robert E. Lee. He was the general of the Confederate Army during the Civil War and died on May 2, 1863 after he was shot by his own troops in battle. The Confederate Army were fighting against the Union Troops. The text titled, “The death of Jackson” was based on primary source evidence, while the other text titled, “Mystery of how Confederate General ‘Stonewall’ Jackson was mistakenly killed by his own troops is solved...and it was all down to the Moon” was based on research. It was when night fell that Jackson was shot by mistake.…
In the story it said that Blalock QUICKLY REALIZED that Thomas was EXTRAORDINARILY GIFTED. The other doctors that were better than other doctors even watched him. They even were in a room with him and watch him give surgery on a BABEY. He was a gifted man. I would feel proud if I was him…
Nathan Thomas a 21-year-old white male is a resident of Houston, Texas. He was born in a very strict and religious Baptist home, whose parents lived by strong religious values. His family was very popular among the community. His father a well-known politician and his mother a well-known doctor, were considered the elite in Texas. Thus, when his father became mayor of Houston, he kept secrets from his family in regards to his sexual orientation to uphold his family’s name.…
Thomas Moore Thomas Moore was born on January 7, 1915. Thomas was from Kansas City Missouri. He was a murder, he killed his second wife, while she was asleep in bed. Before he got with and married her he was married before. The first wife he married when he was forty years of age.…
T. Thomas Fortune was born in Marianna, Florida, on October 3, 1856. Fortune and his parents, Emanuel and Sara Fortune, were all born into slavery. After the Emancipation Proclamation, his family was freed and able to acquire a last name. His father believed that his father was an Irishmen, therefore he acquired the surname of Thomas. Initially a carpenter by trade, Fortune 's father became active in the Reconstruction period of the United States, winning the election to the Florida House of Representatives in 1868.…
Vivien Thomas was a laboratory technician who developed the procedure to treat the Blue Baby Syndrome with a man named Alfred Blalock. Blue Baby Syndrome was a very deadly disease during the 1940s that killed many babies. Thomas worked with Blalock for many years, and both of them mane many discoveries and helped each other. When Vivien finished putting the final touches on the procedure, Blalock was called to perform the surgery on a baby, and the surgery was a success. Thomas did the majority of the research for the procedure and only received credit from his colleagues.…
Judith was born on February 24th 1959. She is known as Judith Anne Collins. She’s the minister of Corrections and Police. She entered parliament on August 15th 2002. Judith was born on February 24th 1959.…
For my civics paper on one good Canadian citizen, I chose Viola Desmond. She is quite a remarkable individual, she continues to inspire thousands across Canada. She is a civil rights activist and businesswoman. Also, the first Canadian women to appear on a banknote when she graced the front of the $10-dollar bill in 2018. Desmond, who launched Nova Scotia’s civil rights movement in the 1940s after refusing to leave a whites-only section in a movie theatre, was chosen from more than 460 eligible candidates by the federal government and Bank of Canada.…
Zander Bates is currently 12 years old and attending Martha Brown Middle School. Zander loves adventure, action books, and movies so he wrote about King Arthur but named him King Anchor as a joke. It was based on a book called The Sword and the Stone, or The Excalibur. It’s also based on the movie King Arthur. Zander has a sister named Lyla who is eight years old, two cats, and one dog.…
In 2003, Andre Thomas viciously attacked and killed his ex-wife and her two children, and was sentenced to death row. His defense argued that he was not eligible for death row because of his mental state. The court ignored the argument and passed it off, saying that they were using his illness as an excuse to “get out of” maximum punishment. As demonstrated in this case, mental illness is not given the attention it deserves when determining a sentence. Cases such as these have aroused concern how fair the criminal court is towards the mentally ill.…
Marsha Thomas – Intelligence enhancer “Lastly don’t forget to wipe off with alcohol pads!” announced Marsha to her class. Marsha Thomas is a CNA instructor at Odessa College (Marsha Thomas). Over the years Marsha has gained experience in the nursing field. Marsha is dedicated to her students needs when in the classroom, making her a hero as a detailed intelligence enhancer by showing focus, wisdom, and fair-mindedness.…
A second instance where dialogue was brilliantly portrayed was on page 392, where the paragraph began with “Victor knew… Thomas would remain the crazy storyteller who talked to dogs and cars.” What was poignant here was the untouched friendship Victor and Thomas left years ago. Thomas’ desire to go and bury half of his Father’s ashes shows his care and concern for his Father and his knowledge of what is best for his friend. True friendships can pick up wherever they left off and true friends never stop showing compassion for former friends, which is exactly what Thomas demonstrated in this passage.…
John Hunter was the man who made a turning point in medical history. Unlike his older brother, William who was also a surgeon, John wasn’t keen to taking the known surgical route. After he had assisted William in several dissections at the school in London his brother was studying at; the Scottish national set about to establish him too in the London society. He began treating Great Britain’s royalty, where Queen Charlotte became interested in his work. She provided specimen to him for experiments to further his research.…
The type of facility I chose to write about is the Johns Hopkins Hospital. The Johns Hopkins Hospital is a teaching hospital and biomedical research facility of Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, located in Baltimore, Maryland, United States. It was founded using money from an inheritance by philanthropist Johns Hopkins. The Johns Hopkins Hospital and the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine are the founding institutions of modern American medicine and the birthplace of numerous traditions including rounds, residents and house staff (Henderson & Marek, 2001). Many medical specialties were formed at the Johns Hopkins Hospital, including neurosurgery, by Harvey Cushing (Toledo-Pereyra, 2002); cardiac surgery by Alfred Blalock (Toledo-Pereyra, 2005;…