In the fairly small town of Sherwood, OR, there is a very controversial mayor. The mayor is Krisanna Clark. The controversial mayor has done numerous things to help Sherwood become a better, safer, and happier place to live for all ages. Recently, Krissana has done things many people do not agree with, such as taking away one of the best places for kids and working out, the YMCA. Countless people have gotten very angry with her for that idea and it has caused backlash from a great deal of families.…
Jane Long was the “Mother of Texas” because the birth of her child on Bolivar Peninsula. Jane long also was one of the first Anglo American’s in Texas. If you want to find out some more stuff about her just keep reading. Jane Long was born on July 23, 1798 in Charles County, Maryland. When she was born, she was one of ten children.…
Biography of Caroline Harrison By: Jennica Valencia Caroline Harrison is known as one of America's first ladies of the United States. She was known as the position after she had married a man by the name of Benjamin Harrison in 1853. She was known as a humorous, fun loving women who became quite fond of reading and painting. But before we go into to detail about her adulthood let's begin from when it all started in early October.…
Shelitha Jones is Admissions Rep II, she has worked for Texas Health Huguley since June of this year. She also serves as the Creation Health Representative for the Admissions dept. Shelitha is a graduate of Tarrant County College receiving her associates of Arts degree in May of this year, with an emphasis in communication. This wife and mother of ten was born in Marrero, La. Relocating to Texas shortly after Hurricane Katrina.…
St. Margaret Clitherow Middleton is the patron saint of businesswomen. Being a patron saint means they hold a special protection over a group of people. She was raised as a protestant and converted to Roman Catholicism a few years after marriage. The moments leading up to her conversion were because she did not find truth or comfort in the doctrine of the new church. Her husband owned a successful butcher shop in which she helped run.…
“In 1929, Appalachian State University became a full program four year college, then grew into a university in 1967 after a particular vigorous post- war expansion” . (www. appalachian.stateuniversity.com). Katie Sexton was apart of the teaching program at Appalachian. In order to become a teacher in a public school in the state of NC, you have to have a degree from a four year university.…
Mrs. Jessica Allan is a Special Education teacher, and a School Associate at West Delaware High School. The reason she is a hero in my point of view is because she helps out with people with disabilities. “I work with people with disabilities,” Jessica says. She knows how to work with kids, “I grew up with two other siblings. One was even a twin!”…
It is hard to imagine a world where women had no power over their own lives, but being powerless was the reality for Jane Austen and her characters Catherine and Eleanor. Northanger Abbey is a novel by Jane Austen, about a young girl named Catherine who longs to be a gothic heroine in the 1700s. Austen has to reinforce gender norms of male dominance and marriage for purely financial stability over her female characters, Catherine, Eleanor, and Isabella because of social norms that caused an inability for females to be heroines. Catherine is unable to overcome the gender norm of male dominance over females in her interaction with John Thorpe. While Catherine is in a carriage with John Thorpe, he judges all the women they see, and Catherine…
Catherine Opie is an American fine-art photographer. Best known as a portraitist, she also photographs landscapes, cityscapes, architecture, and lifestyles. At the center of her investigations are many questions about relationships to community, which she explores on in all her bodies of work. She has investigated the aspects of many different communities, while creating portraits of the people from them. Opie takes interest in how identities are shaped by our surroundings.…
2. Katherine Dunham was an extraordinary artist, an anthropologist, author, activist movie star, producer, manager, an educator as well as a motivating wife and mother. She was born on June 22, 1909 in the state of Chicago. Her father is African American and her mother is French Canadian. Even as a child Katherine Mary Dunham was always a rule breaker.…
Grace Biskie - Home A place for anyone who would like to know more about God's words and miracles. Words of God are always important in our daily lives. It's either we have to read, listen or watch it in our bedrooms, living rooms or even on our garage doors in Wichita with our family or even when we are alone. We have to know that it is very important to always start our days with scriptures so we can be positive throughout the day. It's a shame actually that most people doesn't take these words seriously and won't even pay any attention.…
Woman who challenged gender roles in both of these novels seemed to gain some sort of independence and not get ashamed for it, men who challenged gender roles had to face humiliation and were considered weak and incapable. Men such as Duke Orsino and Sir. Andrew Aguecheek didn 't necessarily fit the part of a “manly man”. “O, when mine eyes did see Olivia first, methought she purged the air of pestilence. That instant was I turned into a heart, and my desires, like fell and cruel hounds, E 'er since pursue me.…
Finally, Bronte’s use of syntax also adds to the feminine qualities of compassion and emotion in the novel. Bronte uses the character of Nellie Dean as an opportunity to infuse the novel with feminine qualities.…
Bronte makes the answer clear, he is. Heathcliff is the source of the conflict in the book and continually takes from the other characters, especially his supposed love, Catherine Earnshaw. As a young child, she becomes injured because of Heathcliff, and heals when she is separated from him for five weeks. It is also pointed out that her temperament improved with their separation. Later she claims that she is Heathcliff, that she is so in love with him that he has become part of her.…
Queen Elizabeth II was born on April 21, 1926 in London, United Kingdom. She was born to George VI, which later died in 1952. Elizabeth then immediately ascended the throne in 1952, which starts her reign of the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. She married the Duke of Edinburgh in 1947, and had Prince Charles, heir to the throne, in 1948. She is known for her longest serving monarchy in the history of Great Britain and for her service in World War II.…