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hammerfists to the face at UFC 193 in Melbourne, Australia. The beating came via current women’s bantamweight champion Holly Holm, who not only stripped Rousey of her belt but everything she had come to believe she was. Rousey, who appeared on the Ellen DeGeneres Show on Tuesday, bore her soul in an emotional interview with the talk show host. "Honestly, my thought in the medical room, I was in the corner and I was like, 'What am I anymore if I'm not this?'" Rousey said as tears began to well…

Ellen DeGeneres is very inspirational, she is always happy and always strong, and she never lets anything or anyone bring her down. Ellen DeGeneres was born in Metairie, Louisiana on January 26, 1958. (Watson 1) She graduated high school from Atlanta High School in 1976. She started college at the University of New Orleans. (Watson 1) Ellen only went to college for one semester, as she dropped out she was deciding what she should do with her life. She had many jobs like a clerk, house painter,…

Ellen DeGeneres "Just keep swimming. Just keep swimming. Just keep swimming, swimming, swimming." Said Dory, Ellen DeGeneres' famous animated character, with positivity to inspire many. Ellen DeGeneres is a powerful figure who benefits society by sharing positive humor and news on her talk show, being herself, which gives people courage, and rewarding ordinary people for being kind to others. To start, Ellen DeGeneres is a popular comedian who has positively impacted society. Ellen Lee…

When a couple decides, it is time to move forward with their relationship and have a child, the times that follow cannot be so great. Raising a child can be extremely stressful for the parents. This action causes parents to be overprotective and sometimes it causes the parents to put strict boundaries on the child. They put the unreasonable boundaries on the child because of pervious life experiences, losing family members or friends or even just the simple fear of the child getting hurt or lost…

Highsmith depicts the behaviors of Tom in detail as well as reveals Tom’s inner thoughts explicitly, portraying the figure of Tom Ripley as a tactful while talented liar, who associates with the grey areas of the society and struggles to live a higher-level life, vain and calculating. For example, just after Tom accepts Mr. Greenleaf’s offer to go to Italy, he plans to cheat a last…

would be a good thing to rent a house in a part of the city where many primitive and actual needs are found” (Addams, 48). Addams then went on to buy a 43,560 ft^2, later known as the Hull House, in a poor neighborhood of Chicago, with her friend Ellen Gates Starr. The Hull House remained her home until her death in 1935. These early experiences, all before the age of 30, helped mold Jane Addams into the reformer she became. Addams didn’t have any financial backing or investors behind her when…

Throughout the world multitudes of individuals from different races, cultures, and backgrounds, strive to reach America for a dream, the American Dream. When striving to reach the American Dream countless immigrants sacrifice their lives, homes, and family, leaving everything behind in hopes of a better life, never imagining that in America it would also be grueling. Laura Jane Addams as a young child was given the entitlement of having nice clothes, food, a shelter, but most importantly a…

Jane Addams took her talents and desire to help on a greater scale after a trip to Toynbee Hall in London with a friend, Ellen Gates Starr, the future co-founder of the Hull House. The inspiration they felt at this home for the poor was enough to be carried back with them and put to use. Her personal hardships were overcome, and for the greater good of the people, she pushed…

Among the men and women who tried to improve the living conditions of residents was a woman named Jane Addams. She co-founded the Hull House in 1889 with Ellen Starr. The location of it was a run-down mansion at the center of an inner-city ward thick with sweatshops, factories and crowded tenements. The settlement house was founded three years after Stanton Coit established the first on New York’s Lower East…

An early leader in social reform in the United States, Jane Addams was a remarkable woman who advanced the welfare of working class adults and children by providing practical opportunities and political advocacy. Born in Cedarville, Illinois, on September 6, 1860 Addams founded the world famous social settlement “Hull House”. She then lived and worked from the home in 1889 until her death in 1935. Adams was an encouraging women famous for writings, settlement work and international efforts for…