Lizzie Borden

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    Lizzie Johnson was born in Missouri on May 9, 1840 she died at the age 84 in October 9, 1924 . Lizzie’s family was shocked it was not just that they had lost a beloved member of the family. They were also shocked and surprised to learn that Lizzie had amassed a fortune during her life she had 245,701.In 1844, the family moved to Texas, living in Huntsville, Lockhart and Webberville before settling on Bear Creek in Hays County. Lizzie´s real name is Elizabeth Ellen Johnson. She was the 2nd child…

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    Was it the mother, the brother, or an actual murderer that killed JonBenet Ramsey? JonBenet Ramsey was a six year old girl who was brutally murdered. Today, the murderer still hasn’t been found. Was it her own parents as an accident or even her brother from being angry? This cold case has different theories and is still incorporated into pop culture today. JonBenet was the daughter of John and Patsy Ramsey. She was also the sister of her big brother Burke. JonBenet was an innocent little…

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    Rachael Bicer Forensics Mrs. Mentzer 14 October 2016 Innocent or Guilty? How is it that to this day a killer has not been found in the murder of JonBenet Ramsey? Twenty years has past, and nothing conclusive has come about to bring peace the Ramsey’s. JonBenet was a six year old beauty queen from Boulder, Colorado. On December 25th, 1996 the little girl was found murdered in the basement of her family home. Her body was found just a mere eight hours after her mother reported her missing to the…

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    Andrew Borden Trial

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    Abby and Andrew Borden were brutally murdered in their own home. This incident became known as the Fall River Murders. It is one of the most mysterious murder cases in American History. Through all the investigations and proceedings, no one has been able to explain who had done it or why they did it. The assassinations, investigations, and trials have been thoroughly looked at for any missing evidence of the Fall River Murders. A few days before the murders, Abby and Andrew Borden were…

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    The Famous Murder Trial’s Killer Discovered Lizzie Borden’s trial was one of the mysterious and famous murder trials in 1900’s. This murder trial took place in the Borden’s house on 4th of August, 1892 in the city called Fall River, Massachusetts. The Borden’s house incorporated Andrew Borden and his second wife, Abby, his two daughters Lizzie and Emma, and a housemaid Bridget Sullivan. However, the main suspect was revealed to be Lizzie Borden in the trial; therefore, she was arrested for her…

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    let alone spend a semester there. Entering college at Wheaton (MA) two and a half years ago I dreamed of learning a romance language like Italian in hopes of traveling to Europe my junior year to have a picture-perfect semester. After watching the Lizzie McGuire movie a million times, anything seemed possible. If I learned Italian and went to Italy, maybe I could be riding around Rome on Moped with a cute pop star at the wheel because after all, this is what dream are made of, right? Wrong. Life…

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    throughout the day (Selznick 124, Sterngold N.P.). Sweeney helped spearhead original shows like Lizzie McGuire to accomplish this goal and further overcome the network’s dilemma regarding competition from other networks like Nickelodeon who had been successfully focusing on girls with programs like The Secret World of Alex Mack (1994-1998) and The Mystery Files of Shelby Woo (1996-1999) (Boorstein 112). Lizzie McGuire was focused on a family, but the series, a mix of live-action and animation to…

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    On July 28th, 1914 was when the First World War happened, which occurred in central Europe. WW1 and WW2 had a huge impact on women’s life and from the start made significant changes to women’s life. Women played a huge role in changing their contribution to Canadian society. Prior to the WW1 women had very few rights and were overruled by the men of the country. Although, as the years go by things began to change slowly but surely for women, changing for the better. As the women’s husbands were…

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    Forbidden Zone, she focuses on the denial of the cruelty and dehumanization effects of the Great War as a coping mechanism. Not only does she provide the perspectives of women, but also the different experiences of the infantry men and the officers. Borden presents two specific types of women throughout her poems. The women who sacrificed their lucidity to become nurses and the women who remained at home with a romanticized idea of war. In her poem, “The Square,” she notes, “Below my window in…

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    Canadian Northern Railway bonds in return for a mortgage and a significant share of common stock. The cabinet was delighted, and Arthur was asked to pilot the resulting bill through the commons. The bill later became law, and Arthur continued to impress Borden as a trouble…

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