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An influential nurse I have chosen to research is Clara Barton. Clara Barton is one of many influential nurses of the past that has shown great bravery and sacrifice in hard times. I am sure we as working professionals can only hope to make such an impact the way she has. I’d like to discuss who Clara Barton was prior to her start in nursing, her many accomplishments, and what she had become known for. Clara Barton was born Clarissa Harlowe Barton in Oxford, Massachusetts in 1821. The youngest…

Do you know what the Roanoke colony was? The Roanoke colony is referred to as the “lost colony”,because nobody knows what happened to them.In late 1500’s the English tried to make their first settlement in the New world off the coast of North Carolina.The first settlers soon returned to England because of a shortage of food and Indian attacks.In 1587 a seconded colony went back to the same place where a man named John White became their leader.John White returned to England to get more supplies…

The Disappearance of the Roanoke Settlers In the year of 1585, 107 settlers landed on Roanoke land. They were planning to establish a colony with John White as the leader and governor Ralph Lane.As they began exploring the country, their abundance of food and supplies slowly diminished and John white saw that he had to go back to the homeland, England.He told his men that if anything went wrong, they were to carve signals on a tree indicating what they were going to do. When John White came…

The Lost Colony of Roanoke is one of America's oldest unsolved mysteries. It goes back the whole way to August 1587 when about one hundred and fifteen or so English settlers first set foot on the Island of Roanoke. Several years later they all disappeared with very few clues as to what happened to them. John White, the governor, was baffled when he returned to find the colonists, and family he left behind had mysteriously disappeared. Background In 1584, Philip Amadas and Arthur Barlowe…

What happened to the Roanoke Island? English settlers went to visit Roanoke Island and the only thing that was left was “Croatoan” carved in a tree. Roanoke Island is known as “The Lost Colony.” John White arrived in 1587 and Roanoke disappeared in 1590 (Basu, 2017, August 3). So, what was the Roanoke Island? How did the people mysteriously disappear? Did the English settlers die out? Did the island relocate somewhere? Researchers still don't know what exactly happened to the island. Although…

endless She once complained to a friend i cannot tell you how many times I have moved with my whole family (the Army) of a thousand or fifteen hundred and with a half hour’s notice in the night. Her efforts however were much appreciated at battle sites especially Antietam and Fredericksburg. At war’s end she set up an office to sort out the difficult business of locating and identifying prisoners missing men and the dead buried in unmarked graves. But the strain of her work took its toll and she…

Gifford Pinchot’s Stand for Natural Conservation Natural resources play an integral role in a country’s success. Natural resources are in high demand because everyone needs them. Therefore, it would be beneficial for a country to have natural resources. Sometimes, countries even fight for control of natural resources. By controlling natural resources a country will have an immense amount of power (eSchooltoday). As a result, humans need to conserve the natural resources they have. Humans need…

most of them. Quite a clever little fella, huh? A letter was left at the site detailing what happened, it is unknown whether it is real or fake. The letter was inscribed on a piece of stone and left at the site for one of the people gone on the supply mission to find. The letter that told what happened was inscribed in stone but none of John white and his suppliers found it. It was only later discovered by excavators of the site. “Before two years were over, more had died from sickness”…

The Roanoke Island Colony; Lost and found? (The New York Times)Centuries ago many English men and women were hoping to settle a successful colony in the new land. When the leader of the colonists John White left them on the island to go get more supplies the colonist mysteriously disappeared with in the time White was gone.(A,E) No one knows what happened to the colonists, in fact the only clue that was left behind was the word Croatoan carved into a tree. (A,B,J & E)So, for now the remains…

Carl Sandburg once said, “The people is a myth, an abstraction” (“Carl Sandburg”). Sandburg was an individual that questioned views on life and the people in society. Carl Sandburg is a very well known poet that has influenced thousands of individuals during and after his lifetime. Sandburg wrote The People, Yes in 1936. This collection of poems has defined and depicted many aspects of daily life for the American people during the 1930s. He gave the public his knowledge, wisdom, and hope while…