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    considered pioneer women, these monographs focus predominately on the social and cultural interactions of women in the West. Riley’s publications contrast with others as she discusses more thematic and comparative areas of women’s frontier history: discussing the oversight in Frederick Jackson Turner’s frontier thesis towards women. Joanna L. Stratton, Mattie Lloyd Wooten and Lillian Schissel, have all contributed to the gender history literature regarding the Frontier and idea of Pioneer…

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    the role of dance as therapy is supported by the fact that dance connects the individual to the community on a larger scale while also enabling the individual to express their inner thoughts and feelings within the group. Marian Chace, an early pioneer of DMT began as a dancer herself in the Company of Ruth St. Denis and Ted Shawn in the early 1930s. After moving on to teaching and owning her own studio, Chace realized that students didn’t just take dance class to become professional but because…

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    When it comes to the topic of sportscasters, most of us willingly agree that one needs to be knowledgeable and personable about the sport. Where this agreement ends, however, is on the question of female sportscasters. Whereas some are convinced that sports casting is primarily a man's job, others maintain that females serve a large role. Nationally known, Lesley Visser, has paved the way for female sportscasters in today’s society. Visser began her love of sport communication as a focused fan…

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    the largest business pioneers of the Industrial Era. William “Boss” Tweed was a “political machine”, controlling the activities of the mayor and the government for over 20 years. The government should regulate the business practices of these men because many of their actions were unethical and unfair, and the power that they held made it so that their unethical choices had a great effect. John D. Rockefeller, Andrew Carnegie, and Cornelius Vanderbilt are known as business pioneers, in charge of…

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    Entertaining the Troops by Melissa Wlostoski We have President Franklin D. Rooservallt to thanks for this organization. Just before the start of World War 2 in 1941, He wanted to unite many organizations into one “ to lift the morale of our military and nourish support on the home front.Those organzations were “ the Salvation Army, Young Men’s Christian Association, Young Women’s Christian Association, National Catholic Community Services, National Travelers Aid Association and the National…

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    Each individual has a few fantasies and objectives for his/her advancement, change or effective future. In any case, tragically just having dreams and objectives is not adequate. We have to make down to earth strides and activities to improve way, and these strides and activities request distinctive sort of learning, abilities and ability to end up fruitful. Today's focused worldwide business environment requests organisations to be more adaptable with a specific end goal to conform as per…

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    After looking at the positive and negative things America did after the Civil War and during the Reconstruction period, we agree that America did not exactly meet all the ideals set forth in the Declaration of Independence. It is evident that America had many goals and ideals it wanted to reach when writing the Declaration of Independence. However, both America’s citizens and government did not come through correctly with the laws they put forth. Especially when faced with the Native Americans,…

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    Ree Drummond Ree Drummond is a chef that is more famously known as “Pioneer Woman” and more famously known for her southern cooking. She goes by that nickname because she lives on a ranch in Oklahoma, raising cattle and children using a lot of ingredients that they find or make on the ranch. Her children include 2 daughters named Alex and Paige, she also has 2 sons named Tod and Bryce. She is married to a cowboy named Ladd, who is the main reason why she is living on the ranch. Ree also has…

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    civilization in the wild. Charles Christian Nahl was a German-born artist who relocated to California in the mid 19th century. Inherited the great artistic ability from his family artists, Nahl was known to capture the realism of the California pioneers. Considered great historic treasures of California, his artworks recorded down the lives and nature of the Western settlers. Unlike most artists, Nahl was able to make a…

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    English Colonization and the Road to Revolution Introduction The peak of mercantilism, coupled with a population explosion of poor English people in the sixteenth century pushed England to seek an expansion of their natural settlements through colony acquisitions, in order to expand their markets, get more raw materials and precious minerals especially gold, seek an outlet for their blossoming population that was facing an economic recession already, and find new sea routes to the Indies…

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