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Once in awhile, I stumble across an unusually refreshing actor with whom I was not familiar hertetofore, but I know instantly that there is something exceptional about him or her. In the case of Tracey Birdsall, indeed nothing could be truer than that. Tracey took a few minutes from her hectic schedule recently to chat with me about her career with a dominant emphasis on her most current work, Rogue Warrior: Robot Fighter. Likewise, she eloquently shared her unique outlook on the industry today.…

During a time when Mexico was ruled by a dictator. On July 6, 1907, Frida Kahlo was born. Her birth name was Magdalena Carmen Frieda Kahlo. There were many injustices in Mexico for over decades, three years after Frida was born that was the start of the Mexican Revolution. . Frida use to tell people know that she was born in 1910. The beginning of the Mexican revolution. Frida was her father’s favorite because he felt she was the brainiest and like him. She was the third child, out of…

Not many people can say that they have truly affected the lives of all Americans; however, Henry Ford is a notable innovator who had an immense impact on virtually every American citizen. Modern day accessibility to transportation has shaped the lifestyle of the average human being by providing greater access to surrounding life, and this routine is only possible because of the many achievements of Henry Ford. Ford revolutionized American life in the twentieth-century by creating more accessible…

such as Amelia Dryer and the couple Fred and Rose West . Amelia Dyer never had an easy life, her mother was a raving lunatic and once her mother died she lived with her aunt. During the times she lived as her aunt 's charge, Amelia trained as a corset maker. In 1861 Amelia moved into lodging where she met her future husband George Thomas (Lesley). Dyer then continued on to train as a midwife before she settled as a baby farmer(Amelia Dyer ‘The Reading Baby Farmer’).…

The period between 1920 and 1929 was known as the Jazz Age, a term coined by F. Scott Fitzgerald. This was a period of great change for the world as a whole but specifically for Women, Blacks and The Arts. Women, in general, were disenfranchised with the old Victorian ways and the roaring twenties were a liberating period for them. However, this liberation did not extend to all branches of ‘woman-kind’, specifically Black women. Black people faced a great deal of challenging circumstances; most…

Educator Marshall McLuhan once stated that “All media exist to invest our lives with artificial perceptions and arbitrary values.” A superficial media portrays women who are absolutely beautiful, and this is what young girls grow up viewing. The questions that arise from this relationship of media to viewer are how does the mass media influence body image, and is there a direct correlation between a negative body image and eating disorders? This paper will examine scholarly journals that look at…

involuntary movement and hypotonia, after rheumatic fever (Dillon, 2009). He spent most of his adult life looking for a cure. On June 3, 1968, he was shot in the abdomen by Valerie Solanas in front of ‘the Factory’ (Dillon, 2009). This led him to wear a corset for the rest of his life to support his abdomen as his muscles were starting to fail (Dillon, 2009). Besides these complications, he was overall healthy. He kept a vigilant watch over his health as he was slightly paranoid of being ill…

professional careers. With this growth of movement within the communities, women also began to need less restrictive clothing. Therefore, 1920s fashion reflected society 's rapid movement. Generally, fabrics were very thin and airy for women. From corsets to hoop skirts, even bloomers were not popularized until the 1800s. By the 1920s however, women sported short haircuts, short skirts, and loosely fitted dresses, all of which were considered to be connected to libertine behavior. Multiple state…

INTRODUCTION This paper is about Marie Antoinette being au courant. Marie Antoinette, a former princess of Austria who was transformed into an extravagant French queen. Her destiny was to marry Louis-Auguste at the age of fourteen after which she ruled France and learned to fashion herself; thus, spending too much. However, she never troubled to ask or wonder who was paying for the luxuries she took for granted. She was a scapegoat. People blamed her for being extravagant, and yes she was. This…

Work on the New York subway started in 1900. The world’s first vacuum cleaner was invented in 1901. The vacuum was invented by Hubert Cecil Booth. The triple AAA (American Automobile Association) was started in 1902. The international morse code signal for SOS (...---...) became the worldwide standard. Thomas Edison was alive during this time. He created the light bulb. Babe Ruth was only a rookie at this time. Theodore Roosevelt became president during this decade. Mark Twain was alive…