The College of William & Mary

David Livingstone explored Africa as a Scottish medical missionary for the London Missionary Society. His extreme fame stemmed from his working-class background, his dedicated missionary exploration, and his fierce support of ending slavery. His anti-slavery sentiments drove his desire to discover the source of the Nile River to earn enough fame and respect to call for the end of the slave trade. Youth and Education Dr. David Livingstone was born on March 19, 1813, and grew up in a single…

would take credit for all calculations women would work hard on. Generally, making the women work double hard to prove themselves over and over to show they were capable of doing a great job. This is also seen in a contemporary study shown by Joan C. Williams, who wrote the article “The 5 Biases Pushing Women Out of STEM” pointing out “two-thirds of the women interviewed, and two-thirds of the women survey, reported having to prove themselves over and over again- their successes discounted,…

The Crucible written by Arthur Miller demonstrates the similarities of Abigail Williams and Senator Joseph McCarthy, false accusations, people starved for power, and lack of evidence against the accused. One of the most noticeable connections is the similarities between Abigail Williams in The Crucible…

Dr. William Edward Burghardt DuBois was born February, 23. He was the only child to Mary and Alfred DuBois. They were residents of Great Barrington, MA, which is about three hours from Milton. As a young boy it was obvious to everyone that came in contact with him he was a special kid. He was the only black student to graduate from Great Barrington High School in 1884. From there he furthered his education at Fisk University an historically black university in Nashville, Tennessee where he…

Should Students be Able to Select Their Own Schedules? 1. Peter was driving to school groggy one morning and crashed into a tree. He was paralyzed from the waist down and would never walk again due to being up until eleven o'clock the night before and not getting enough sleep. a. By selecting their own schedules, students could pick an appropriate wake up time to prevent a situation like this from happening again. b. Students would be able to use summers to work, not be stressed, and get more…

In 1989 Kimberle Williams Crenshaw’s coined the term intersectionality (Cole, 2009). Sanchez-Hucles & Davis (2010) describe intersectionality as a systematic means for learning, understanding, and responding to how gender interconnects with other identities and how these…

The members of the Committee of Five were John Adams, Roger Sherman, Benjamin Franklin, Robert Livingston, and Thomas Jefferson. John Adams was a lawyer, statesman, writer, diplomat, and second president of the United States. He was an advocator of republicanism and a strong central government. Roger Sherman was born in 1721 is Massachusetts. He studied law and became a judge. He proposed the Great Compromise, which needed a two part legislature, one of which was represented based off of…

sickness and "left for the heavenly above". I had the love for Debate and speech which made my interest in politics expand. I was interested in local and national Issues, so I got into politics in 1832 at the age of 23. I married Mary Todd and we had four boys, William, Robert, Edward, and Tad. Event #1: On August 4th,1834 My next…

Diving into William Wordsworth’s Life Love for nature, strong emotions about life, and a wild imagination are all traits of the Romantic era. The people in the Romantic era enjoyed writing poetry about the things listed. The greatest poet of the Romanticism era is not Emily Dickinson or Walter Scott, even though they are great too, but it is William Wordsworth. Wordsworth is known as the Father of the Romanticism period. He has many famous literary works such as The Prelude, “I Wander Lonely…

a mini fireplace with a chimney. A Few settlers who were financially richer managed to take more than just their basic necessities; they carried also their furniture. As the community was important for the colonists, they started America’s first college in North America Harvard as a religious school in 1636. The colonists brought books with them and continued to import printed materials directly from London, including works of history, classical literature, science, and theology. Puritans also…