St. Louis

“A league of their own” is a film which follows the story of a women’s league baseball team. The film was set in 1943, a period when baseball was predominately a male sport. The sudden arise of a women only team was met with ridicule. This essay analyzes the social structure of the women’s baseball team with a focus on the concept of status inconsistency. We examine the negative view of the females as baseball players and how the females developed to overcome that problem. The film is set…

Getting out our disposable cameras all three of us got pictures of the arch. I remember seeing other cool landmarks of the United States like the largest tire in Michigan, the largest Travel America truck stop, and of course the Saint Louis Arch. I admit, seeing the country was really cool, but under the circumstances of moving cross country were less than ideal. The second day came to a close, and the three-day road trip was almost over, but not without stopping at a KOA campground…

Moving to St. Louis, MO St. Louis, MO, is an inland port located on the bank of the Mississippi River. With over 315,000 residents, this city is an exciting one and has many things to offer its residents. It has a rich French history and many beautiful things to see within the city, including the famous Gateway Arch. For those looking to move to St. Louis, MO, learning more about the city can help you determine if it is the city for you. Here is some information for you to consider. Economy St.…

becoming increasingly popular in St. Louis and became the alcohol of choice at the bars and pubs as it was popular among all groups and not just Germans. Over the span of six months "from March 1st to September 1st, 1854, over eighteen million glasses were consumed in the city--an amount requiring the expenditure of nearly a million dollars" (Rodabough 55). The suppliers of all this beer were the thirty six breweries St. Louis housed (“Anheuser”) In 1859 the Germans…

Protests Resume After 80 arrests in St. Louis Unrest The protesting has been going on for a while so there isn’t a distinct date. This event is happening in St. Louis. It is a result of an officer that killed a black suspect. The people are mad because the former officer was said to be not guilty. They think that the white man is guilty and it is making them upset. In 2011 Jason Stockley killed Anthony Lamar Smith during a high speed chase. The officers were trying to arrest him because of a…

The Cause and Effects of Gang Violence in Saint Louis, Missouri Up until the last two decades, Saint Louis, Missouri has been a rather safe and quiet city. But in 2015, the city experienced more homicides than any year in the past two decades and landed itself among the most dangerous cities in America (Murphy “2015 Was St.”). In fact, just this year the city was named the most violent city in America (“St. Louis Named”). A large reason for the violence is gang affiliation. Another cause for…

Amy Lowell “St. Louis” Amy Lowell describes two places that are of significance to her. The poem sets up a contrast between two places: St. Louis (first stanza) and the speaker’s home. The striking difference, our attention turn to, is in the landscape. She sets up the contrast between flat and a hilly terrain. St. Louis is not her home, and she says so in the second stanza, “But it is not mine”. St. Louis is flat. By repeating flat and calling it a long sight we can tell that it was a…

the Renaissance is most realistic compared to any other art. During my trip to the St. Louis Art Museum I look through hundreds of paintings from the Renaissance and Baroque period. My favorite painting I looked at from this period at the museum was Peasants Dancing in a Tavern by Adriacn van Ostade. The Renaissance and Baroque art section stood out the most to me at the museum. When I first arrived to the St. Louis Art Museum I went down to the first level where most of the art was from…

a way that had never been done before (Westphal baseball). These people could all talk about the game as if they had been there themselves, feeling as if they were there while listening “to these fabulous sounds from the Old Sportsman’s park in St. Louis, or sometimes from… Shibe Park or Wrigley Field in the afternoons, or the Polo Grounds” (Morris Baseball). Baseball became so popular on the radio that it became “part of the background music of America” (McDowell Baseball). Baseball games…

In 1904, the organizers of the St. Louis World’s Fair created a zoo-like Filipino exhibit that would never be forgotten. Over 100 years later, Asian Americans still face racism and treatment rivaling that of zoo animals. Since the beginning of the United States, the country has always tried to present itself as “The Melting Pot,” with Lady Liberty continuing to be our beacon of this image. Though America still holds this image close to its heart, U.S. Census data tells a different story. In the…