University of Wisconsin–Oshkosh

The pop art movement beginning in the mid-1950s was one of the biggest modern art movements ever. Pop art is often associated with comics and different vibrant colors. Roy lichtenstein and Andy Warhol, when it comes to both of these artists everyone instantly thinks of Pop Art, it’s the work of this pair that immediately jumps to mind. Both artists are in separate art worlds in their own interesting ways. Pop art is an art movement that emerged in Britain and the United States during the mid to…

While child labor movements got the ball rolling, the continuance of the battle to abolish child labor would continue through national organizations. Shortly after the issue of child labor became public national organizations started to form. The first of such national organizations formed was the National Child Labor Committee (NCLC), which was founded in 1904 by Edgar Gardner Murphy. When Murphy created the NCLC he was working closely with a Felix Adler, who was a member of the New York Child…

go into mental health. I did not yet know how, but I was positive it was the road I was going to take. I knew I had the ability to be a strong student and I wanted to further my education at a university. The option of social work seemed perfect to me and learning the University of Stevens Point-Wisconsin offered the program, was even more convincing. After I…

Introduction: Growing up is not easy and sometimes young-adults feel alienated from their peers. Many authors empathize with youngsters by writing books that help them face their pressures and embrace their differences. Young-adult author Judy Blume, tries to connect with her audiences real life struggles in the book Blubber however, some critics thought her use of profanity might set bad examples for her readers. • Childhood: Judy Sussman (Blume) was born on February 12th,1938 in Elizabeth, New…

During the early decades of the twentieth century, the number of child laborers in the United States boomed. As the industrialization period occurred, which moved workers from farms and home workshops, into urban areas and factory work, children were often preferred. The owners of factories viewed them to be more convenient, cheaper, and less likely to strike. Therefore inciting the era of child labor in the United States. A man by the name of Lewis W. Hine began taking photographs of children…