Dorothea Dix She was born in Hampden Maine, April 4, 1802. She was the eldest of three children and her father was a religious fanatic and distributor of religious tracts who made Dorothea stitch and paste the tracts together, a chore she hated. When she was 12 she went to live with her grandmother in Boston, then she went to live with her aunt in Worcester, Massachusetts. She came back and started teaching at age 14. In 1819 she went back to boston and funded the dix mansion, a school for girls, along with a charity for poor girls so they could go to school for free and they got just as much education than the richer girls did, she believed that no one should have more education than one another.…
1. Adams-Oñis Treaty: In 1812 nationalist president and former State Secretary James Monroe became America’s new president. With what he felt was a well established team consisting of Adams, Calhoun, and Crawford Pres. Monroe wanted to improve America as a continent implementing them in national affairs. One of his biggest unsettled issues was the undecided border in the South.…
1- Why did the author include the Hopi stories in this chapter? 1- In this chapter, the author tries to demonstrate why justice is so integral to sustainability, and investigates important connections of ethics, justice, and the maintenance of critical Earth systems and cycles. So, the author included the Hopi stories because they indicate that moral and ethical failures lead to critical social failures.…
Dorothea Lynde Dix: A Defender And Protector Dorothea Dix advanced the world of assisting the mentally ill in giant leaps and strides. Some may feud over how important Dorothea is, but those who know her story know the truth. Not only did she nurture the mentally ill, she also felt responsible for the blind and deaf, and she cared for those who could not care for themselves. Dorothea was born on April 4, 1802 in Hampden, Maine. Her father was a puritan pastor, and her mother stayed home and cared for the family.…
Her life was dedicated to her work. When the Civil War broke out, she felt an immediate need to help. Later she went on to help identify more than 13,000 unnamed wounded or deceased soldiers. She cared for wounded soldiers in the north by, getting supplies for them, and giving them medical assistance. Not only did she help…
While working as a teacher, she began to fight for a change in America because working conditions were poor. Her fighting led to her being one of the most influential women of the Civil Rights Era, because she fought for working conditions and equal rights on transportation, she created the anti-lynching campaign, spoke about rapes, and encouraged blacks to…
The Industrial Revolution was a time of modification for the United States of America. The old ways of life were scrapped, melted down, and reformed into a powerful machine of industry. But as the economy and boomed, society rotted and decayed. Poverty was rampant everywhere and death infested the cities.…
Her main efforts were concentrated in areas of “citizenship, education and interracial cooperation”(We Seek to Know, pg 95). Her efforts were acknowledged by leaders such as Martin Luther King Jr. who noted “she understood that if we could break through the illiteracy, we could break into mainstream…
She was a revolutionary; she risked her life numerous times in order to help other people escape. She wanted freedom and that’s what she achieved, she took her life into her own hands challenging the system of slavery. Due to her contributions during the era of slavery,…
America, the land of opportunities and freedom, well, as long as you were born here. Unfortunately, society has developed a suppressive culture that smoothers the traditions and lifestyles of any person that crosses our border. The Book of Unknown Americans, by Cristina Henríquez, follows the lives of various Hispanic people as they divulge their stories of how they entered the land of the free. Each character provides a new perspective to a subject that is considered extremely controversial. Through characters eyes, Henríquez illuminates a cancerous issue that is quickly overcoming our nation.…
Whether you think Hillary Clinton is the next best hope for president or evil personified, there is much to be said for this look into the life of a Secretary of State. Much could be said, but mostly already been said so make this short and non political. Amazed at how many balls each USA Secretary must keep in the air at one time. So much knowledge is needed, such as a fine line to walk. Clinton did a great job of explaining some of the decisions to be made, unload some misinformation, explain the relationship with various countries and social issues that must be addressed.…
Olympia de gorges lived from (1748) – (1793). She was a play writer and very involved in politics. two years before she would be the third woman executed during France’s Reign of Terror. The only woman executed for her political writings during the French Revolution. She refused to follow the freche’s revolutionary party. When her husband died after a brief unhappy marriage, she moved to Paris, where she got the support of a wealthy admirer.…
Conflict can really affect others and bring them down. Anne Frank, Malala, Louise from Dear Miss Breed all went through conflict but positive thinking helped them from letting themselves down. These three girls all did something that kept them happy and made them think positive. Positive thinking is one of the best ways to respond to conflict.…
Essentially, she deals with the poor and provided them dignity in a country where no ones care for sick people and children.…
First and foremost, I would like to thank everybody for coming today. I appreciate that some of you have travelled a long way and I know mum would be very pleased. We are gathered here in the memory of our wife, sister, mother, grandmother and aunty (Liz), so that together, we may acknowledge and share both the joy in the gift that her life gave to us and the grief that her passing brings. Mum was born on the 15 January 1955 in Manly Vale to Peter and Patricia Bradstreet.…
