Augusta

lying chiefly in the narrow sphere of home was an outrageous slander on the part of her tyrant, man" (417). Much like Eulalie, the narrator of "A Castaway," Miss Wisk wants to be allowed to find respectable satisfaction outside the home. However, Augusta Webster treats her protagonist with respect, while Dickens finds the issue comedic and treats his character as such. Esther is his ideal woman who finds satisfaction and enjoyment out of staying in the home. Mr. Jarndyce offers Esther to Mr.…

Americans man and woman whom creations had a rare diverse and meaningful expression. Artists such as Aaron Douglass, Sargent Johnson, and Palmer Hayden just to name a few were some of the males visual artists, and Meta Fuller, Samella Lewis, and Augusta Savage was the Africana American ladies that exemplified the visual artists and art era during the Harlem Renaissance. Visual art displayed a variety of black aesthetic these visual arts originated their art from Africa (Belton1). Artist’s…

Roosevelt selected Mary McLeod Bethune, a prominent black educator, as a special adviser on minority affairs. Bethune and a number of other blacks targeted national attention to the injustices of lynching, segregation, and disenfranchisement. The decade witnessed a historic shift in black voting patterns. She was deeply grounded in family, religion, and committed to racial advancement. Her biggest aspiration was for all African-Americans to reach “the promised land of liberty.” Bethune acclaimed…

Augusta Ada Byron, Countess of Lovelace is best known as Ada Lovelace, a mathematician and the world’s first computer programmer. She was born on December 10, 1815 in Middlesex, England to wealthy, educated parents. Her father was the famous poet Lord George Gordon Byron and her mother was Anne Isabella Milbanke, who was well-educated and enjoyed mathematics and science. Ada was the only legitimate child of Lord Byron. However, she is said to have been abandoned her father and unfortunately, she…

Henrietta Dugdale was a radical and innovative advocate of women's rights (suffragette) . She initiated the first female suffrage society in Australia. She was devoted to the feminist cause, and fought tirelessly for women to achieve equal social, legal and political privileges with men. She thought that progress of Australia as a democratic country was only achievable through reason and the co-operation and equality of both genders, and partly due to her relentless campaigning, lived to see…

Pax, following the Final War of the Roman Republic, which was followed by an era know as Pax Romana, or the Roman Peace. Augustus constructed the personification as a messianic figure, personally and rationally instigated a "golden age", or the Pax Augusta and served as patron, priest and protégé to a variety of solar deities. The association presented the Roman Empire with aligned leadership, the gods and the…

Great enemies. Because of King George’s Great War feats, his ruthless leadership, and his interesting personality, he is one of the most commonly researched war generals and kings. King George grew up in a town in England to his mother, Princess Augusta and father, Frederick Prince of Whales in 1738. His dad was an alcoholic and a smoker, which lead to his death in 1751 from lung failure. King George later married Lady Sarah Lennox, and had 10 kids. He lived with his sister, Caroline Matilda…

of herself in the world. When she meets Oliver, Susan never would have thought her life would go in such a way. She experiences the Doppler Effect whilst heading on her many adventures with Oliver. She writes of her experiences to her best friend Augusta back in New York. For example: “It is a life without much stimulation or excitement...I have no right to belittle this place [where] we shall spend our lives until Oliver gives up being a field engineer. ” (pg 375). Susan’s remark signifies what…

American: A native or a citizen of the United States. I am not a first, second or third generation American, I am simply an American. I was born here in the United States in Augusta, Georgia. Growing up, I knew a little about my heritage from both of my parents. My father and mother are both Caucasian with some Native American heritage. My mother is part Cherokee and my father is part Cherokee and Blackfoot Indian. I know more about my father's heritage than my mother's. I learned about my…

much that they were “proto-Romans” but that they were new age Greeks, and were a heavy part of the Greek influences in the Roman culture. One can see the similarities of the architecture in a few key examples. The first of which is the Porta Augusta. This gateway could mistake for Roman due to its design but is actual Etruscan. Now the reason people would mistake it for Roman is the fact that it is commonly though of that the Romans invented the archway. The…