Hartford, Connecticut

Frederick Law Olmsted, born April 26, 1822 in Hartford, Connecticut, is deemed the father of landscape architecture in the United States. At age 18, he moved to New York, where he worked as a scientific farmer. After this failed venture, Olmsted became a merchant seaman and traveled all over the European continent. After returning to America, Olmsted worked as a newspaper columnist, founded The Nation magazine and authored numerous books before becoming a renowned landscape architect. Olmsted…

specializes in anesthesia would be described as an anesthesiologist. Anesthesiologists provides assistance to patients going through surgery to eliminate discomfort and pain (“What is an Anesthesiologist?”). At the end of his surgery internship in Connecticut he applied for anesthesiology residency at Mount Sinai Hospital in Chicago. He was accepted, but a problem arose when he went to the US Embassy to extend his visa. "The government was suspicious. They said 'you are just switching your…

The history of the deaf society constitutes not only a culture but a society intertwined with a unique way of communicating using facial movements and hand gestures to convey emotions, thoughts, and needs. Throughout history, the view of deaf people has been seen as gifts from God to the oppressed and shunned. Deafness consists for two reasons; conductive hearing loss and sensorineural hearing loss. Conductive hearing loss occurs when sounds cannot make it to the inner ear, sensorineural…

information helped while writing one of her most famous novels, Uncle Tom 's Cabin. Harriet Beecher Stowe was born in June of 1811, to two loving and caring parents, Lyman Beecher and Roxana Foote. Harriet 's early years were spent in Litchfield, Connecticut;…

Presidential campaigns always seem like that he or she whoever comes out as the sole winner will be the most powerful individual in the world. Candidates often make unrealistic promises such as ending corruptions, reviving the economy, ending poverty, and bring justice into America. It certainly matters whoever wins the election as the outcome often result in whoever holds the seat to presidency. During Obama first two years in office, He and the Democratic party had control of the white house.…

Is it true that this “popular public figure and one of America’s best and most beloved writers,” as Thomas V. Quirk, a Professor Emeritus of English at the University of Missouri in Columbia, described him in an Encyclopedia Britannica entry, appreciated diseases and epidemics and -- goodness! -- liked the prince of darkness? As it turned out, aside from writing, Mark Twain - the pen name of novelist, travel writer, and humorist Samuel L. Clemens (1835-1910), cherished cats. In fact, he once…

hearty trees sprinkled Sleeping Giant. The helicopter flew towards a long, thin, blue strip that snaked through the green, late-summer canopy. The pilot used the Connecticut River as a guide as they flew north towards the first of the stadium rallies. The helicopter flew several hundred feet above the Connecticut River as it approached Hartford. A line of traffic stretched as far William could see in both directions approaching the city along Interstate 91 North and South, and Interstate 84…

advertised as a companion to the eastward moving Innocents Abroad” (Railton, 2007). His Novel The Gilded Age is a satire on American manners, which provides an explanation of political corruption. This book coined the term the Gilded Age. His book A Connecticut Yankee In King Arthur’s Court(1889) is about an engineer named Hank Morgan, who receives a blow to the head, which magically transports him back in time to England during the reign of King Arthur. When Morgan realizes he is in the past,…

sixth through eighth grade alternative education teacher at Windsor Elementary School in Connecticut. Inspired by the tremendous compassion that she experienced with her own teacher, Mrs. Wilson’s objective is to be that person for other students. She…

Charlotte Perkins Gilman, born Charlotte Anna Perkins in Hartford, Connecticut on July 3, 1860 spent many years trying to form a relationship with her father, who had left her and her family shortly after her birth. Gilman only received an occasional letter from him with a list of books she should read. After being deserted, her mother returned to her hometown in Providence, Rhode Island where she financially supported Gilman and her sibling. Although she did financially support them, distraught…