Next, the cases of Rebecca Nurse and Martha Corey served as a stark juxtaposition to those prior. Nurse and Corey were not outsiders in society like the others; instead, they were considered upstanding elder women. Moreover, Nurse and Corey strongly opposed the girls’ “antics” and they challenged the investigation, to no avail. In these cases, we see some of the girls’ finest work in producing spectral evidence. Ann Putnam stated, I saw the Apperishtion of gooddy Nurs: and she did immediatly afflect me but I did not know what hir name was then: tho I knew whare she used to sitt in our Meeting house: but sence that she hath greviously afflected me by biting pinching and pricking me: urging me to writ in hir book and also on the 24'th of march being the day of hir examination I was greviously tortored by
DESCRIPTION OF THE FAMILY Rebecca was born in Halifax, NS. Her father’s family was from PEI, so she spent almost every summer on PEI as a child. Rebecca reports her parent’s relationship as poor. She said her father was an alcoholic and would tell her nasty things about her mother.
The book is partly shaped around foster kids and kids that no one wants. Karen Kingsbury adopted three boy from Haiti. Karen Kingsbury moved around a lot as a kid because of he fathers job. During college she met her husband. On their first date he brought a Bible.
The main character of the book, Allison Mackenzie, came from a middle-class family that owned a home off Chestnut Street. Her mother, Constance, owned a shop in town called the Thrifty Corner Apparel Shoppe. Allison was born out of wedlock and her father was out of the picture. Constance was ashamed of this fact and hide her secret past from society. The situation surrounding Allison was an example of the time period’s denial of family dysfunction.
Theresa Dodaro, author of Young Adult and Women’s Historical Fiction October 20, 1958, was not just any old day in Baldwin, NY. It was the day, Theresa Dodaro was born and the city became the place where she published her first novel. History and the “Once upon a time” story that it tells has significant interest for the author of the Tin Box Secret trilogy who spends time researching her family’s history as far back as the 1600s. Not only does she enjoy discovering her family’s heritage, she’s also traced her husband’s family lineage and has helped others discover their family roots.
There was a robbery that happened a the Bordens and the elders said that Lizzie had done it. Lizzie was known for being a good person but her actions were off and something completely
The night before their planned departure, Charity went out onto the front porch to smoke her grandmother‘s pipe, which she had grown quite accustomed to. She sat out there with Mrs. Finley and had a long conversation, going so far as to invite her to travel with them, but Mrs. Finley said that her place was there, where her life
They tried to get the court to believe that Abigail and the other girls were lying because they did not want to get in trouble. John also tried to stick up for his friends and their wives. John defended Rebecca Nurse, claiming that she’s always been with god’s and would never do something like bewitching Goody Putnam’s babies. John
Quincy and Biddy, two 18 year old Special Education students who have just graduated from High School, and are relocated to an elderly woman’s house who they call Miss Lizzie and Lizbeth. While they live there they both have jobs, Biddy is Miss Lizzie 's house keeper and Quincy is an employee at a grocery store down the street. Biddy’s mental disabilities came from not having enough oxygen in the womb, she was abandoned by her mother to be raised by her cruel grandmother who didn 't think well of Biddy. When Quincy was 6 years old she received a head trauma wound from her mother 's abusive boyfriend, and since then she bounced around the foster care system ever since then.
Dolores Huerta was born in the early 30’s to her compassionate mother, Alicia, who helped low-wage workers by accommodating them at her hotel for free. Alicia, a role model to her daughter, inspired Dolores to help others as well. Despite excelling in school and extracurricular activities, Dolores faced racism in her Californian school, and was once even accused of plagiarism by a teacher who believed Dolores was incapable because she was Hispanic. As stated by the writers of the Dolores Huerta Foundation, she began a career as a teacher which was soon cut short because she could not bear seeing children in terrible economic conditions on a daily basis. Angered, she began a life of activism. ("Dolores Huerta.")
After the family moves to New York Maureen is being characterized as a child who needs most protection of all of the children. Her characterization is set apart from rest of the children because she can’t remember them living outside Welch. She is always asking questions about California and about dessert because she can’t remember them herself. All she can recall is lack of adventure and excitement by living in Welch. This kind of sets her apart from her siblings.
As a child Ashley was not raised in a great environment, her mother didn’t really pay attention to Ashley’s safety. Ashley is now adopted by the Courter’s, where she is looked after and cared for. Another one of Ashley’s obstacles she had to overcome was being taken away from her family at the age of 3. She didn’t let her past rule over everything, to escape her past she put her thoughts and feelings into her school work. Finally, Ashley was put into an abusive foster care home, but now she uses her experience in that horrible home to help speak out about children's wellness in the foster care system.
The protagonist of this novel, Lily Owens, has always had a troublesome life. Both her parents, Terrence Owens, also known as T. Ray, and Deborah Fontanel are ridden with illness, sadly caused from each other. Lily also meets a new family in this novel after running away from her cruel father who abuses her. This family is also dealing with mental illness. August Boatwright is a member of this family and has been surrounded by this sickness for more than half of her life.
Many unfortunate events take place in the novel as a result of the governess’ mad mindset and conduct. The kids in Bly are become separated, and governess is left behind with the dead body of an innocent young boy. Above all, the governess is insane throughout the whole story because she possesses all the symptoms of a paranoid schizophrenic, has an overly-obsessive personality, and is the only one who claims the sight of Peter Quint and Miss
Key Selection Criteria – Rebecca Damm 1. Qualifications (tertiary degree) in Project Management, Natural Resource Management, Water, and/ or another related discipline and at least three years demonstrated relevant experience or at least seven years demonstrated relevant experience. I have over 13 years’ experience in Project Management including Natural Resource Management and Land and Water Management such as river restoration. My qualifications include Training in Project Management, Bachelor of Applied Science [Parks, Recreation and Heritage], a Graduate Certificate in River Health Management, Media Training – How to write Media Releases, Community Engagement Training, IAP2 Training and other relevant training.
