Catherine (Cathy) Cesnik was born on November 17, 1942, in Lawrence County, Pennsylvania, to Joseph and Anna Omulac-Cesnik. Cathy was the oldest of four children, who all grew up Catholic and attended the All Saints School in Baltimore, Maryland. Growing up, her parents were very busy, her father with his job, and her mother with taking care of her younger siblings. This led Cathy to feel like an outsider, she often wanted to visit her grandparents. Cathy attended St. Mary’s School on 57th Street and St. Augustine High School, both in Lawrenceville, Pennsylvania.
Dorothy Allison’s book, “Context”, argues that she herself is not worthy to be standing beside her lover in consideration of the difference in economic standing of their two families. Dorothy Allison intensifies her insecurities with continuity of negative thoughts in fear that her lover would leave her after meeting her “working class” family, an ordinary family compared to her lover’s. Her insecurities display that in order for her to continue to be with her lover; she must hold a wealthy lifestyle suitable to her liking. From reading “Context”, you can infer that the audience would be those who do not like their own standing in the current society compared to
Brooke Rogers is a junior at Drake University studying Environmental Science and Anthropology/Sociology with a minor in History. Brooke is from Kankakee, Illinois and enjoys talking to new people and sharing stories. She is an active member of Drake Broadcasting System, where she has hosted her own radio show for the third consecutive year. Although, this is her first oral history course Brooke finds herself right at home asking people about their lives. Brooke has found the whole process to be rewarding as well as inspirational and hopes to continue collecting oral histories after the course completes.
Who is Jennifer Kirby? I graduated from Bowling Green State University of Ohio with a Bachelors of Science in Education. I began my teaching career in Lakewood, Washington initially teaching junior high math before the district converted our school to a middle school and I became one of the 6th grade Math and Science teachers. After two short military moves, I taught 6th grade Math and Social Studies in the Fort Bragg community.
How do you know where your place is when it comes to two different topics? In Behind the Scenes, Elizabeth Keckley tells the story of two topics, slavery, which are from her personal experiences. And Mrs. Lincoln, a good friend of hers. Elizabeth Keckely supports and develops her position on slavery by sharing her personal experiences on the cruelty, her position on Mrs. Lincoln is by defending, speaking highly and lowly about her throughout her memoir, Behind the Scenes. Elizabeth Keckley hates slavery and feels it’s a curse, but she doesn’t blame the slave owners.
The person that I interviewed was Autumn Tomas. She is the Director of Head start/Early Head Start. Her role/responsibility as the director is the day-to-day management and oversight of the Head Start/ Early Head Start Program for Episcopal Children Services. I interviewed her at her office on July 27th 2016 and our interview lasted about 45minutes.
Cindy was in a family of eight and the second youngest of the five siblings (four sisters one brother). She was born and raised in Des Moines, Iowa in Polk County. In 1981 Cindy entered high school and worked hard on becoming a writer for her future. In 1982 her sophomore year, Cindy took a majority of AP English and writing
The years following the American triumph over the British monarchy were characterized by patriotism, passion and political revolution. However, those years were also times of confusion, uncertainty and government unrest. In Affairs of Honor, Joanne Freeman takes the audience through the personal lives and papers of five founding fathers to reveals the complex culture of politics and the importance of honor in the earliest days of the republic. By investigating the link between politics and culture, Affairs of Honor thoroughly demonstrates the significance of rank, credit, fame, character, name, reputation and honor in the critical period(?) of the United States.
She was born and raised in the sunniest place on earth, Yuma, Arizona. She has two older siblings, a brother and a sister. Along with three dogs and a turtle. She grew up a San Diego Chargers fan, but only started watching football when she was in the seventh grade. Not only has she grown into the girl she is today, she has had memorable incidents and experiences.
Ellen McConnell was born in Scotland in 1791. The war had started when she was with her son David near their home near Birch Coulee. A little after the war had started, a couple Dakota broke into her house capturing her daughter and her daughter’s baby, and killing her other grandchild, Thomas Brooks, her son-in-law, and her son-in-law’s father. She even had to watch her own husband’s death, but she wasn’t bothered at all. To avoid the war’s danger, Ellen and her son, David, met up with another one of Ellen’s children, Joseph, after walking twelve miles to Fort Ridgely where they stayed till both battles there were over.
Kitty Hart-Moxon, born December 1, 1926, is a Polish-English Holocaust Survivor. She was sent to Auschwitz-Birkenau Concentration Camp in 1943 at the age of 16, where she survived two years with her mother, and was also imprisoned at other camps. This is her story. Kitty’s family went to the vicarage of Father Krasowski, where her father bribed some officials and obtained false documents for her and her mother.
In her early life, she was influenced by her father when it came to learning. As a young girl, she had many childhood events and a great education that impacted her life. Born in White Sulphur, WV, she was like a walking and talking robot. Her parents were a huge contribution to her success. Her father wanted her to have such a good education that he moved to a different school.
On November 21st, 1956, a young woman was born in Paris, TN. This child had a natural talent of acting and helping others in ways she can’t understand. This woman didn’t know it at the time, but she was going to change the world. Cherry Jones is now 59 years old and as brave and talented as ever. She’s one of the most talented women in the US, proved by her 8 awards and 14 total nominations at ceremonies such as Tony’s, Primetime Emmy’s, Drama Desk’s, and Satellite awards.
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For my Erik Erikson interview, I interviewed James Strobl. James is my grandfather, he is 79 years old and is retired in Lawrence, Ks and Yuma, Az. My grandfather is originally from Red Cloud, Nebraska and went to college at University of Nebraska-Omaha. James was a Sergeant in the US army from 1960-1962. He loves watching old John Wayne cowboy movies, eating chocolate chip cookies, and spending time with his family.
