QUESTION 1: Where were the first Settlement houses, founded by whom and for what reason? How did they differ from Charity Organizations in their views of families, in their views of society’s responsibility to the poor and their views of social welfare as a helping mechanism? The first settlement houses were founded by Stanton Colt and Charles B. Stover, The neighborhood build of NewYork in 1887. The concept was to transport the priviledged and the unpriviledged to over thrown the effects of…
Ironically, the paths these characters ultimately take in their adult lives end up very similar. Both short stories have African American people as the main characters. There is a little boy named Henry Louis Gates, Jr. in “What’s in a Name?” who “could not have been more than five or six” (Gates 6). There is a little girl named “Marguerita Johnson” in her “tenth year” (Angelou 108) in “Finishing School”. Both characters experience a situation where names, other than given names are used,…
In her essay “Beauty: When the Other Dancer Is the Self,” Alice Walker wrote a narrative essay about her internal struggles of beauty and self-worth. She went into great details about childhood events, particularly a disfiguring accident, and how it forever changed her. Alice describes her emotional history in minute detail, allowing the reader to feel all the emotions that she had felt. Truly, we have all felt that if we could just make perfect all our imperfections, that we would be happier…
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 she…
Lethal Beauty Should A Suicide Barrier Be Put Around The Golden Gate Bridge To Save Lives? According to the San Francisco Gate newspaper article titled, “Golden Gate Bridge Suicide Barrier Project May Slow Traffic,” it says, “More than 1,400 people have jumped to their deaths since the bridge opened in 1937. Most jumpers suffer a grisly death, with massive internal injuries, broken bones and skull fractures. Some die from internal bleeding; others drown” (1). On one side of the debate are…
Eight albums in and we’ve gone from a quiet little bar in anytown USA, steeped in nostalgia and sweetness to something else entirely. It was building from the start and although that only comes through in hindsight and by looking at the trajectory of his career, it doesn’t seem completely shocking that Tom Waits would end up making an album like Swordfishtrombones when he did, in 1983. Rising out of the jazz, blues and pop standard traditions he explored in previous albums, this is a theatrical…
Eli, I hope your trip is going well. We have been and will continue to pray for safety and fruitfulness throughout your trip. I did not read your email until Sunday as I had class work I due on Saturday. The last few days, Jane and I have been praying and discussing your questions. We look forward to following up with you when you return. Stephen ________________________________________ Our Frustrations 1. Budget I know the number one area of frustration for us has been our budget. One…
1940, and dramatically collapsed into the Northwestern coast of Washington on November 7 of the same year. At the time of its construction, the bridge was the third-longest suspension bridge in the world in terms of main span length, behind the Golden Gate Bridge and the George Washington Bridge.Surprisingly there was only one fatality after the collapse. Construction on the bridge began in September 1938. The Tacoma Narrows Bridge is a pair of mile-long (1600 meter)…
Golden Gate Bridge Gwen Stilson, Mira Sands, John Del Rivo, Cosme Chavez Period 1, Science 8 March 9, 2015 Question 1: When and Why was the Bridge Built? - Mira The construction of the Golden Gate bridge commenced on January 5, 1933, and its purpose is to connect San Francisco to Marin County across the Golden Gate Strait, which links San Francisco Bay and the Pacific Ocean. At an amazing 8981 ft. (2737 m) long, it was the worlds largest suspension until 1964,…
Tristen- Gilbert George-Sans “Los Angeles, was just struck by a small earthquake, and scientists are predicting more in your area,” the TV blared. The day was hot, and our building was humid.lo “It’s a beautiful day outside. On days like this, People like us should be playing games,” exclaimed Sans. “Pfft, who cares.” I answered, “I’m gonna make myself a waffle.” All though my brother said that we aren’t your ordinary fresh-outta-highschool kind of guys. We own our “family business”, in…