Toledo

Spanish town, on 28 March, 1515. She lived in 16th century, a time of turmoil and reform. Before her birth, Protestant Reformation had been made by Martin Luther, and she died almost 20 years after the Council of Trent. She was the daughter of a Toledo merchant (Don Alonso Sanchez de Cepeda) and his second wife (Dona Beatriz Davila y Ahumada), both of them were pious Catholic. They inspired their daughter to take a life of a prayer. When St. Teresa was just a little girl, she already had a…

OB GYNs are physicians who provide medical care related to pregnancy/ childbirth. They provide treatment and preventions methods of diseases and disorders that affect women. OBGYN’s have multiple roles such as collecting, recording and maintaining patients informations. These roles involve analyzing patients medical histories, report and examine results. They are also in charge of caring and treating women during prenatal, natal and postnatal periods. Not only do the care and treat patients but…

Gloria Steinem is a feminist and political activist who was born in Toledo, Ohio in 1934. After a difficult childhood, Steinem attended college and began a career as a writer. After experiences that introduced her to social justice and the plight of women, experiences of sexism in her professional life, and pride in her grandmother’s participation in the Ohio’s Suffrage’s movement, Steinem embarked on her career path of feminism and child advocacy. Alice Walker is a womanist who was born in…

Marriage is the legal or formal recognized union of a man and a woman as partners in a relationship, Arranged marriage is a marriage planned and agreed to by the families of the bride and groom, who have little say in the matter of who they will be marrying . The views on these types of marriages and how they affect people describes one of the ways that our culture has changed over time. Over the last about one hundred years, there has been a decline in the amount of people that get married or…

Pit bulls and their different jaws-Pit bulls do have locking jaws – pit bull owner myth exposed is an article that is saying pit-bull have and lock jaw. Which the author states that pit bulls do hold and shake that is the only that I found out that is true about the article that I have read in this article. He then proceeds on saying “Unless a crow bar or break stick is used to pry open a pit bull’s jaws, shooting the dog may be the only way to get the animal to release. Though the pit bulls…

and is in reality a mostly hilly highland area divided by the Cordillera Central (mountains). Now the climate Unless you're in Andalusia, the year starts cold in Spain. Hardest hit are the high altitude central cities like Salamanca, Madrid and Toledo. In Spain winter is a bad thing because they lose all their tourist and make no money. Christmas in Spain usually starts on December 22nd and ends January 7th. One of the traditions in Spain is called Easter week it starts the end of March or the…

art I found myself overwhelmed at the sheer number of paintings and styles. I thought to myself that I wouldn’t be able to select just one piece to focus on. I held that thought as I passed by the self portrait of Vincent van Gogh and the Elenor of Toledo and countless more. With nothing really speaking to me in the way I would have hoped, I began to think I would have to settle. Rounding a corner found myself in the American landscape gallery. Immediately I was awestruck by not only the size of…

Academic Audience Bang, the weight of tears dripping down a mothers face, a community in silence, a son or daughter lost. Guns have become the main character in a story that seems to be seen everyday. Mass school shootings has become the new norm for America people. President Obama once said after a shooting in an Oregon Community College in early October 2015, "Somehow this has become routine. The reporting is routine. My response here at this podium ends up being routine, the conversation…

Despite the of allowing controversy of allowing people of color into the MLB, who were the major people who possibly made the Negro Leagues known as well as who made it a major topic. We all know that a guy named Jackie Robinson was the first African-American player to play in the MLB with other so called races mainly white. You not only have the first black player in the MLB, you also have the first black manager. His name was “John Jordan O’Neill aka Frank Robinson, who had became the first…

During Spring Break, a group of seven Northwood students traveled to Spain to experience the culture. They started in Madrid and worked their way through the towns of Cordova, Toledo, Seville, Malago and Costa del Sol. One of the students on the trip, junior Joseph Lorbacher particularly enjoyed Madrid. “It was like New York City, but I think it was better. It was a lot cleaner and just more fun. It was nicer there too,” he said. While the group was in Madrid, they spent one evening…