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believed in hard work and did not believe in spending very much time with his wife and children. In 1905, when White was five years old, his parents divorced and their father gained custody. White's father uprooted the family and moved them to Kansas City, Missouri in order to take a more significant office job with the Denver and Rio Grande railroad company. Alvin White became dissatisfied with working indoors all the time and made the decision in 1906, to move the family once again, this time…

For example, an active feminist and active member of La Raza Unida Party in Crystal City, TX, Martha Cotera aided students who participated in the blowouts. Cotera, who lived in Austin, TX at the time, recruited tutors, moved to Crystal City for several weeks and provided free tutoring services to students active in the walkout. Chicana feminists did not simply promote educational reform for the betterment of themselves…

Leader nearly 25% of Americans don’t recycle, so why does it make a difference if one person recycles or doesn’t recycle? "Recycling is what it is, but it 's not saving the earth," says Samantha MacBride, an assistant professor at Baruch College in New York City, and the author of "Recycling Reconsidered." Quoted in Sara Dover’s article “Is recycling worth it?” In MacBride’s book, it’s explained that the clear majority of solid wastes are still burned or buried, generating the illusion of…

may have different plots and scenery yet through series of formal elements, directors are able to capture the essence of their theme. The public may identify a different implicit meaning since it is subjective. In Film Studies Honors 101, Santa Barbara City College students viewed and analyzed the film named “Le Fabuleux…

In the period after WWII, the world had major recovering to accomplish. Our environment needed tremendous work. After WWII, major regions of Europe and Asia lay in ruin. Cities throughout the world burned, and we had to deal with the after effects of an atomic bomb, something that had never been used before, so no one was sure of the aftermath that it would cause. These rallies, which are still continuing today, were both philosophical and social movements. Groups across the United States,…

never returned to Afghanistan due to the Saur Revolution and they sought political asylum in America. Hosseini graduated from Independent High School in San Jose, California. He attended Santa Clara University and got his bachelor’s degree in medicine, after that he attended University of California, Santa Barbara to complete his medical education. In 2003 Hosseini released his first novel, The Kite Runner. In 2007, A Thousand Splendid Suns was released and in 2013 And the Mountains Echoed was…

Jack the Ripper. 2014. “The ‘Dear Boss’ Letter.” In Voices of Victorian England: Contemporary Accounts of Daily Life, edited by John A. Wagner, 244-245. Santa Barbara: Greenwood: An Imprint of ABC-CLIO. This source is extremely useful because the Jack the Ripper murders are one of the most infamous crimes of the whole era, and this supposedly was the first letter that he sent to the newspapers about his murders. This letter is extremely useful in the paper because it provides an example…

Migration to the Golden State Whether it be to escape crucial living situations or the pursuit of new opportunities, California has attracted many hopeful migrants from all across the globe. They all share one thing in common and that is to comment a new chapter in their life. California, in general, has always been publicized as the Golden State: home of the intelligent, famous and the wealthy. Many immigrants are deluded into thinking the vast population typically fall under that…

Ever since I was a little girl, my dad instilled in me the importance of good music. We used to listen to Guns N’ Roses, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Nirvana, and many more. This music impacted my life and influenced me to be open-minded, care-free, and creative. This anecdote sparks some curiosity; am I the only one affected by music and art? A larger question would be whether or not music and art have affected society as a whole throughout history. Many studies have been conducted by…

of craftsmen. A long-lasting inhabitant of San Francisco, he likewise made intermittent visits to the Hawaiian Islands. Conceived in London in 1831, he learned at the Somerset House School of Design in London, and worked in a lithography shop in the city. The California Gold Rush pulled in George's two siblings, Charles and Edward, and in 1850, he and his more seasoned sibling, William, went along with them there. In any case, he and William soon turned from mining to running a gem store in…