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    a doctor and a suffragette. Her parents always encouraged her to be different and to exercise her body and mind to the fullest. Hepburn cultivated a tomboy personality as a young girl because she always spent her free time with her brother, Tom. In 1921, Hepburn felt devastated when she found out that her brother had died because he had hanged himself while trying to perform a hanging trick. Hepburn took a major setback when she lost her brother because she became socially awkward as she was…

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    James Chadwick, 82, of Bollington, England, passed away on July 24 while living in Cambridge, England. He died in his sleep of an unknown cause. Chadwick was a very important figure in history, having discovered the neutron in 1932. Chadwick was the son of John Joseph Chadwick, a railway storekeeper, and Anne Mary Knowles, a domestic servant. At a young age of 11, Chadwick won an entry to grammar school. He had two brothers, Hubert and Harry Knowles, along with two twin daughters whom he left…

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    Converse, believed to be the most iconic, American made brand of shoe in the world, is over 100 years old and still going strong. In 1917 Converse released the well-known “All-Stars”, made specifically for professional basketball players. It wasn’t until 1921 that the Converse All-Stars adopted their widely used nickname “Chuck Taylor’s”. Today, everyone, ranging from TEACHERS to famous musicians to people with their OWN shoe lines, wear…

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    dangerous product. The Eclipse Toaster was very flammable which caused many small fires in homes. This did pave the way for a revised version of the toaster much later in time. This version of the toaster was electric and was made by Charles Strite in 1921. This toaster was made with nichrome which is…

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    1919-1930 Analysis

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    reflected on the athleticism that the Indian youth brought with them to the games. When the team started to playing home football games it was an exciting time, at halftime they would perform ritual dances such as a snake dance across the field. By 1921 Haskell extended their grades through twelfth and even of teacher training when included a two-year normal schooling. In the 1926 season there was a night game played at Haskell. During the game Haskell added seating their stadium to make a…

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    unblended intense colors, dis gured- yet proportionate- beings conceived the rst cubist painting, Les Demoiselles d’Avignon (1907). The Fruit Dish (1909) followed displaying a very two dimensional view with analogous colors and choppy shading. In 1921, Picasso reached the peak of his style with the Three Musicians. It breathes pure, classic cubism with its simplicity, rich pigments, and…

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    In Minnesota on 1891, Alelard Cunin was born. He didnt get along with his father very well. At the age of 19, Alelard Cunin ran away were he switched his name to george Moran. Eventually Moran became active in gangs, which led to his first arrest in 1921 at the age of 21. He later spent several other times in jail for crimes of larceny and burglary (Taylor). Moran made friends easily at…

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    According to our text, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is defined as; Interventions that directly or indirectly change clients’ cognitions that are maintaining their problem behavior. (Frew & Spiegler 2013). CBT includes several types of therapies that focus on the impact of an individual’s thinking as it relates to spoken behaviors. Some of those particular treatments are behavior therapy, cognitive therapy, mindfulness- based therapy, rational emotive therapy and rational behavior therapy just to…

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    1882 in New York to prominent family, making his education easily acquired and more prestigious than most. One important figure in his life was his distant cousin Eleanor Roosevelt; whom he married in 1905 (Freidel). Additionally, at the age of 39, in 1921, Roosevelt was diagnosed with polio, which paralyzed him from the waist down. However, this did not prevent him from pursuing any government positions, he worked his way up and became president in 1932 when he defeated Hoover (Shmoop Editorial…

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    Constance Baker Motley

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    Constance Baker Motley was born on September 14, 1921 in New Haven, Connecticut. She was the ninth child in a family of 12 children. Her parents were emigrants from the island of Nevis in the West Indies. Motley attended New Haven’s integrated public schools and soon became a keen reader. She was inspired by books concerning civil rights heroes and at the age of 15 she decided to become a lawyer. Due to her family's economic situation, she could not afford to attend college immediately after…

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