1911

In 1911 Anna Pavlova took a major step in her career by forming her own ballet company. Anna was able to retain complete creative control over performances and even she choreograph her own roles. Anna put her husband Victor Dandre in charge of organizing her…

chore, raising children and agriculture. The late 1800’s and progressive era broadened women’s involvement in various social reform activities. Women greatest influence came through their membership in Women’s Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) which by 1911 was the largest women organization in American history. Women involvement in organization such as WCTU and anti-saloon league helped pushed for social reform such as temperance movement which advocated for limiting production, sale and…

against the foreign establishment of colonies without implementing westernized policies to industrialize the nation. It was not until China realized the need for centralized power that modernization had become possible, but not yet attainable as the 1911 revolution would unite part of the country and leave the rest divided. We see two key figures emerge from the revolution; Yun Shikai the military leader and Sun Yat Sun the founder of the republic, the Kuomintang. The authoritative power in…

World. Machu Picchu is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, both cultural and natural. Machu Picchu is located high in the Peruvian Andes. It is situated at 2,430 m above sea-level, in the middle of a tropical mountain forest. The City was discovered in 1911 by Hiram Bingham, the American Yale professor. Bingham arrived in Peru with a small team of explorers hoping to find Vilcabamba, the last Inca stronghold to fall to the Spanish. His team started their expedition in Cuzsco, where they heard about…

The United States has welcomed immigrants during times of both expansion and positivism, however, during times of both economic stagnation and uncertainty, the anti-immigration sentiment does seem to rise accordingly. The 1850’s gave rise to a movement of political opposition to immigration in the United States called Nativism (Oakes 2013). Although immigration has always been a controversial and disputed issue in the country, the rise in the number of immigrants presented an opportunity for the…

became the highest-paid writer in the United States, his earnings never matched his expenditures, and he was never freed of the urgency of writing for money. He sailed a ketch to the South Pacific, telling of his adventures in The Cruise of the Snark (1911). In 1910 he settled on a ranch near Glen Ellen, California, where he built his grandiose Wolf House. He maintained his socialist beliefs almost to the end of his…

fluff up his tail till it looked like a bottlebrush” (Kipling 143). From the Encyclopedia Britannica it describes “the mongoose erects its long stiff hair, and it must be very difficult for a snake to drive its fangs through this and the thick skin” (1911 Encyclopædia Britannica/Ichneumon 1). This may explain the book’s description when it say’s that his tail looked like a bottlebrush when…

The Lincoln Memorial was built and dedicated to the 16th president of the USA, and is now one of the busies and most commonly visited sites in the National Mall. Opened to the public in 1922, it has stood at the west end of the National Mall for 94 years. With its 44 ft. columns and 19 ft. tall statue of Abraham Lincoln, it is not a site to miss! This essay will be introducing information about the historical background, the physical description, and the significance of the Lincoln Memorial…

selecting the Statue of Liberty as the site of their protest. (pg 9) Strike and unionization had been something that allowed the radicals to show free expression and has been done for many of years an example is the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire in 1911 (pg 10). In conclusion, America has been through great triumphs and failures. There have been countless amounts of times when people have felt as though they were subjected to abuse and misconduct regarding their rights causing uproar.…

The Effects of Climate Change in Alaska Climate change, is it real or is it a hoax? If you live in Alaska maybe you’ve noticed environmental changes such as glaciers gradually melting, or maybe you’ve visited the village of Kaktovik and saw the polar bears that are new to the area (Goode, 2016). Perhaps you’ve recently moved to a new city because your last home was to inconvenient for you to make it to work on time. Well for the people of Shishmaref, they recently decided to move from their home…