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Melanie Paulino Mr. Cordeiro World Civilizations Civilizations 21 December, 2016 Betty Friedan Betty Friedan’s inspiring contributions to feminism are very important to understanding women’s history. Her view of the "The Problem With No Name" is from her book “The Feminine Mystique”. it is when a housewife feels empty, and asks herself “Is this all I have to look forward to?”. Friedan has experienced this herself, too. When she wrote her famous book, she wanted to show her research and…

there was political turmoil in Italy, Fascism’s ability to adapt and change allowed it to survive and eventually this led to the rise in power. Mussolini realised that the only this that would appeal the masses in Italy was their fear of socialism. In 1921 the Fascist movement really began to pick speed and swept through much of Northern Italy willing enormous support from the the public. This led to Mussolini’s ‘March on Rome’ and his eventually…

experience in the Land O’Lakes. Inc. Based on his work experience in the Land O’Lakes, Adam talked about the overall company and its operations. Land O’Lakes is an agricultural company based in the Minneapolis-St. Paul suburb of Arden Hills, Minnesota in 1921, with a particular focus on the dairy industry. It is especially best known for its butter and other high quality dairy products. In its existence of ninety-five years, the company has expanded to one of the largest agricultural food…

went on to become a world-famous "speaker" and author. She was a suffragette, a pacifist and a supporter of birth control. In 1915, she founded Helen Keller International, a non-profit organization for preventing blindness. Helen’s mother Kate died in 1921, from an unknown illness, and in that same year Anne fell ill. By 1922, Anne was unable to work with Helen on stage anymore, and Polly Thomson, a secretary for Helen and Anne since 1914, became Helen's assistant. Helen Keller traveled the…

Margaret Floy Washburn was a pioneering female psychologists who conducted extensive research into animal cognition and consciousness on motor development. She was born in New York City on July 25th, 1871. Following primary and secondary schooling, Washburn enrolled at Vassar College in 1886. At the beginning of her senior year, Washburn was required to take a psychology course; this was pivotal in her future endeavors as it introduced her to the applications of philosophy to scientific…

The region was first occupied 11,000 years ago by people entering from different regions, coastal dwellers came south from Alaska and north from southern Oregon. Groups followed the major rivers that flowed west into the Pacific. Ideally a village consisted of several separate houses, fish-drying racks, food, raw materials, and sweathouses. They inhabit the forest areas between the Great Bear and Great Slave lakes in the Northwest Territories. They lived in skin covered tents or sometimes in…

Sanger opened the country’s first birth control clinic. The clinic was shut down 9 days after opening, and Sanger was once again arrested. She took up writing again in the “Birth Control Review” in 1917 and founded the American Birth Control League in 1921. (Witherbee, 2017). As the fight for control over women’s bodies progressed, the laws progressed as well. In 1935, the case of United States v. One Package exempted doctors from the contraceptive aspects of the law allowing them to ship…

Between 1800 and 1875, immigration laws were regulated and enforced at the state level. However, in 1875, Congress began to regulate some aspects of national immigration law. Despite the country’s origin as a nation allegedly built by immigrants for immigrants in order to foster economic opportunities for all people, the elected politicians were very selective about the nationalities of the immigrants who were accepted, and about their social standing. The earlier laws made it possible for…

During her summer holiday in 1921 Stein read St. Teresa of Àvila’s biography. This reading prompted her to convert to Catholicism on January 1, 1922. Although she was eager to seek entry to the religious life she was dissuaded by her spiritual advisors, who instead encouraged her…

The mathematician that i pick was Albert Einstein March 14, 1879- April 18, 1955 . He was a very smart and intelligent man who had many great ideas that has had an impact on the world today. The reason i picked him is because although he had a slight disability, he was still very successful in life and was one of the most known people from the past. Not only was he wise in math, but he was also very wise in mathematics. Albert Einstein had a very different but unique personality and way of doing…