Mount Holyoke

Following her father 's refusal to assist her or pay for her schooling, Lucy was employed as a teacher and domestic worker, at women 's wages, and attended Mount Holyoke Seminary (1839) and later Oberlin Collegiate Institute, a coeducational institution in Ohio (1843-1847). While at Oberlin, Stone was influenced by the advocacy of sisters Angelina (1805-1879) and Sarah Grimké (1792-1873) and became friends with…

Her father served as a lawyer, a state representative, and a state senator, all at different parts of his life. Dickinson never married and remained close with her parents through her life. Nevertheless, she attended Amherst Academy as well as Mount Holyoke Female Seminary. She didn’t complete the latter’s course of study, but seemed to be particularly vehement about not conforming to others’ expectations and general conventions. Dickinson…

Korean War World War II was the biggest war in history. Most countries such as Britain, Germany, and Japan were damaged and a lot of people died in the war. Albert Einstein contended “I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones” (Goodread). After World War II, United States, the Capitalism country, and the Soviet Union, communist country, were in the Cold War which means “Ideological, political, and economic conflict in which…

Folk humour and satire were the replies due to the domination of the Catholic church of 19th-century French Canadian culture. A light comedy that ridiculed local traditions was typical of 19th-century theatre in Quebec. By the early 20th century, the sardonic practice was well developed in English Canada as demonstrated in the writings of Stephen Leacock. In his work Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town which was published in 1912, made Leacock legendary for his satirical wit, he used tragic irony…

The topic of the book varies within each chapter, but in all, every chapter is about the founding fathers. From the duel between Aaron Burr and Alexander Hamilton, to the friendship of John Adams and Thomas Jefferson. The author, Joseph J. Ellis, a father of three sons, was born in Washington D.C. He is perceived as one of the nation’s leading American history scholars. Ellis attended Yale University and College of William and Mary. He has written nine books, and has been awarded the Pulitzer…

Joseph John Ellis was born July 18th, 1943. He is a writer, professor, and historian.He has taught at multiple colleges including West Point and Mount Holyoke College. He currently lives in Amherst, Massachusetts. He is married and has three sons. He also has three dogs. He has won a Pulitzer Prize for the book Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation. He has written other books as well. He was a captain in the Army. He received his Bachelor’s Degree at the College of William and Mary.…

Standardized testing such as the SAT and the ACT is a type of test that is meant to determine how well you understand several academic subjects in order to be admitted into college. These types of test include questions in a form of an essay, short answers, multiple choices, or a combination of these together. This practice has been used for so long that it has become a part of the American culture. Every year, high school juniors and seniors take the SAT or the ACT in the hope that they score…

Samuel Butler once said, “Death must be so beautiful. To lie in the soft brown earth, with the grasses waving above one’s head, and listen to silence. To have no yesterday, and no tomorrow. To forget time, to forget life, to be at peace.” This was similar to how Emily Dickinson viewed death, it was not something to be feared, but something to be embraced. Many of Emily Dickinson’s poems focus on this theme of death. Emily Dickinson’s early life and encounters with death led to the themes of…

A woman who got a spot in history and had life changing accomplishments was Lucy Stone. She was considered the first woman to take many different actions. Her father, Francis Stone, along with her mother, Hannah Matthews Stone, believed that the male should be dominant over the female. Growing up in the 1800’s that’s what everyone believed was right. It was the “age-old norm”. Her father told her that belief was written in the Bible but she was determined to find out if it was true. “Soon,…

The writers of the Romanticism Period mainly focused on emotion, individualism, and the different aspects of nature in their works. The movement emphasized different kinds of emotions, such as awe, horror, terror, sadness, and much more. It experimented with different subjects and broke through the expectations of the structure of poetry. This had a huge impact on many of the poets of this literary period, including Emily Dickinson. Emily Dickinson was a widely famous poet of the Romanticism…