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talking about the radical American Revolution. Thomas Paine was born in 1737. Thomas was raised in an English market town his parents owned a small grocery store. His parents were able to send him off to school before his father introduced him to corset making. A few interesting things I learned about Paine was that he used to be a preacher, a seaman, a teacher, and a tax collector. November 30 1774, Thomas Paine arrived in Philadelphia on a ship from London. He had failed at so many things…

The Roaring Twenties Many wonder what put the “roar” in the Roaring 20’s. Women voting, Klan’s starting, secret hangouts being created and the start of the jazz age are just a few things that put the roar in the 1920’s. Cars were being bought, spectator sports were becoming popular, women were gaining rights, alcohol was banned, speakeasies were created, dance and music grew and markets reached an all-time high, only to come crashing down to conclude this historical decade. Bringing a…

On July 16, 1918, in Yekaterinburg, Russia, Tsar Nicholas II, his wife and his five children, along with his loyal servants, descended downstairs and gathered together for a family photo shoot. However, the family photoshoot turned out to be a deceptive trick created by a communist leader, Vladimir Lenin and the Bolshevik troops to lure the royal Russian family, the Romanovs, out of hiding and to end Russia’s monarchical rule. Once the Romanovs and their servants made themselves known…

In both stories of Alice in Wonderland (1865) (2010) by Lewis Carroll and Tim Burton, Alice relies on imaginary characters as archetypes guides and helpmates to help better herself throughout her adventure in Wonderland. From beginning to end, Alice Kingsley fought her own battles, whether they were against herself, or against an external force. If it weren’t for the imaginative characters created by Carroll, found throughout Alice’s adventure, or the adventure itself, she would have been unable…

family. Additionally, a famous drawing of a perfectly proportioned woman during the late 19th century dubbed the Gibson Girl was seen as “every woman’s ideal” and her partner, the Gibson Man made them the “perfect couple.” The Gibson girl wore a “corset, stiff waist shirt, and a long flowy skirt that bustled.” Her hair was curled and put into a chignon, and her appearance exuded femininity and delicacy. Her eyes are droopy and face is placid revealing no clues about herself or her inner feelings…

Sports have always been changing in terms of rules, equipment and determining who can play. In addition the perception of gender of women also changes. The question to ask is how society uses sports to develop different perceptions of women’s gender over time and the impact on their lives. Sports such as biking, baseball and hockey demonstrate how sports determine what gender is for women. In the 1880’s bicycle racing was very popular in large Canadian cities. However women were not allowed…

Introduction “A girl should be two things: classy and fabulous.” Iconic fashion designer Coco Chanel once said. Chanel, one of the most influential designers in the world, redefined what it meant to be a woman. Women’s fashion before the 1900’s was all corsets and bustles and almost no freedom to move. Then Coco Chanel changed that. She designed new fashions that defied the social norm and gave women in Europe and America more freedoms. But with her new idea came conflicts. Young girls were…

Prohibition in the nineteen twenties was the beginning of a huge domino effect that no one could have ever predicted its outcome, let alone the back lash that would come from it. Anything and everything the pro-prohibitionists thought was going to happen, the exact opposite was the result. As republican congressman Fiorello La Guardia of New York stated his opinion of prohibition as being "a disaster. It had created contempt and disregard for the law all over the country."(A Nation of…

Adrienne Rich, born in 1929 in Baltimore, Maryland, died in 2012, was an influential poet and essayist, as well as feminist and political activist. Rich was the eldest of two daughters, and was largely influenced by her parents. Her father, Arnold Rice Rich was the Chairman of Pathology at Johns Hopkins, and always encouraged Adrienne to read and write her own poetry as much as possible. Her early influences include Arnold, Blake, Keats, and Tennyson. Her mother was a concert pianist and…

The Woman In Black is a famous ghost story written by Susan Hill, adapted for the stage by Stephen Mallatratt and directed by Robin Herford. It was performed at the Royal and Derngate Northampton theatre on the 13th of November 2014. I had read the novel before seeing the theatre production of the tale, and therefore I already knew about the story. However, I had heard that the theatre production made use of only two actors, and as there are significantly more characters in the story than just…