delegate to the United Nations (UN) General Assembly (Maney 1). In 1946, she was elected chairman of the UN's Human Rights Commission, part of the Economic and Social Council (Maney 1). She helped draft the Universal Declaration of Human Rights; In 1961, she returned to the General Assembly (Maney 1). A few months later, President John F. Kennedy made her head of the Commission on the Status of Women (Maney 1). In conclusion, Eleanor was one of the most important women in United States history.…
on exports of gold and silver and all foreign-exchange transactions, the abandonment of the gold standard, the creation of a national emergency relief system and a federal system to enable farmers to remortgage their farms, Harold Ickes, Secretary of the Interior, said 'It's more than a New Deal. It's a new world (p.13, para. 3). This helped president Roosevelt start his idea of the Three R’s; Relief, Recovery, and Reform (Franklin D. Roosevelt, 2009). Now banks were to be closed until he…
10/12/2015 Professor Muller Skeletons Haida Gwaii The world has many views of mortuary belief systems and how a person should be taken care of or preserved after death. There are scientific views and tribal views and religious views from all over the world and no one of them is the right way. The Haida Gwaii people believe in burial and celebration much like a Catholic believer would view a funeral. The scientific perspective and the Haida’s perspective on human skeletal remains and artifacts…
Regulation was more of a concern for folks in the West because of the irrigation projects and access to public land. The cost and time spent by businesses led to calls for less government intervention. James Watt, a conservative westerner and Secretary of the Interior under Regan, argued that regulation would prevent the development of energy resources. He believed environmentalists were a small group of extremists that were single minded and did not really care about the environment. If they…
Veteran’s Administration needed examination in order to understand the reasoning for the veteran’s medical benefits and housing grant programs. Evaluating to determine what policies influence the military to implement these two resources. The United States military has existed for decades, therefore, there has been many battles where soldiers have been wounded and lost. Somewhere along the military’s journey to independence, the government considered the demand for services to aid military…
Edward A. Ross was widely regarded as one of the founders of sociology in the United States. Ross believed that sociology was a tool we could use to solve the problems of humanity. While he was studying sociology, Ross came to the conclusion that humans were social creatures and that through understanding human nature, we could create a peaceful and flourishing society. His work through sociology let him become established as a progressive figure. Furthermore, in his paper titled, American and…
the facility to the Red Cross and the Wilson Administration’s Interior Secretary, the conditions of the hospital improved greatly (“First Lady Biography: Eleanor Roosevelt” 1). After FDR was elected New York’s governor, Eleanor became more and more independent, traveling across the country, inspecting state facilities, and becoming politically active. Segregation between Caucasians and African Americans was an issue in the country and one of the many causes that Eleanor dedicated her time to…
Marilyn Mosby was born January 22, 1980. In the Boston area. She is 36 years old. She was raised by her grandparents. Her mother and father were both young during the time of her birth. Marilyn has 2 Children Aniyah, and Nylyn both girls. Her husband Nick J. Mosby, he is Baltimore city's council. On October 26, 2016 Nick announced that he is running mayor for Baltim Marilyn have been married since 2005. She attended Dover-Sherborn High School. She furthered her education by receiving a…
with many countries. Each border of Saudi Arabia represents a challenge and Security concern to the government. Saudi Arabia is bounded by Kuwait, Jordan and Iraq from the north. Saudi Arabia is bounded by the Arabian Gulf, Bahrain, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates from the East, on the West Red Sea bounded, is bounded by Yemen and Oman from the South. The southern boundary is a fiery line in Saudi Arabia, with Yemen…
enacted the “decade strategy”. Each Klans member recruited 10 people to vote for Klan candidates in elections. They succeeded in engineering government positions including the of mayor portland, Oregon and placed enough Klansman 's to effect the state governments of Colorado and Indiana. However not all was bad. The ballooning of the KKK’s power can also be contributed to the fact of the migration of…