Susan Lee Johnson in her book, Roaring Camp: The Social World of the California Gold Rush, gives a collections of histories of the same event from multiple sources’ perspectives. She does not try to decipher which interpretation or version of events is the accurate one. Johnson believes that the multitude of versions is more telling of the actual themes that were bing played out in this area of the southern mines of California. Johnson tackles issues of labor in these mining camps throughout her book. She pays close attention to the Anglo-American migrants and their disgruntled claims against the system of peonage employed by Sonoran and other Latino patrons.
Mila Leonard was a nurse in the Civil war. She had been a nurse for 8 years! She was young only 27. Her husband Elijah Leonard, was fighting in the war. They had a child her name was Alyssa Leonard.
Clarissa Harlowe Barton, or Clara, was born on Dec.25, 1821, in Oxford Massachusetts. She is one of the most honored women in American history. She began teaching school at a time when most teachers were men and she was one of the first women to gain employment in the federal government. Barton risked her life to bring supplies and support to the men trying to keep their spirits up.
In the short story, “St. Lucy’s Home for Girls Raised by Wolves”, by Karen Russell the character Claudette struggles to follow the expectations from the Jesuit Handbook on Lycanthropic Culture Shock but she uses tancity to overcome her mistakes. Claudette is a confused girl trying to determine her purpose in life as she is taken from her home with her sisters and is forced to become civilized. Pressure from the nuns and her sisters causes Claudette to meet her goal, however, that same pressure also causes her to fail some the expectations from the handbook. As Claudette moves through each stage Russell provides the reader clues to understanding that Claudette is the type of person that seems normal and fine on the outside, but on the inside is struggling to understand who they really are.
According to Hall, (2015), “Appellants James S. Kirk, as heir at law, and Darlene Mullin, as executrix of the estate of Kathryn Stewart Morse, deceased, sued the City of Shawnee (City) for the police department’s failure to protect Morse from her estranged husband.” (p. 345). The appellants decided to appeal the court's decision because it was in favor of the City. Kathryn Stewart Morse and Roland James Morse were a married couple. Based on abusing behaviors of the husband, Katherine filed for a divorce in September 1997.
Daisy Bates was raised in Huttig, Arkansas, by adoptive
Florence Kelley was born September 12, 1859 in Philadelphia PA. Kelley was a political reformer, who fought for the rights of women and children. Florence Kelly has made great contributions to society, and paved the way for future social workers, yet providing information from her earlier discoveries that I may use to in my practice as a social worker. According to Drier., “Kelly was brought up in an activist family”.
Juliette Gordon Low born on October 31, 1860, to Eleanor Lytle Kinzie and William Washington Gordon II, she was the second of six children. Her parents named her after her mother’s mother, she was later nicknamed “Daisy” by her Uncle which she kept throughout her life (New Georgia). Juliette was born not long before the Civil War which divided her parents causing her to move from Savannah Georgia to Illinois, where her grandparents lived. Eleanor alone could not provide enough for all her children leaving the kids sick and hungry without their father who was fighting for the South. Daisy was not like most girls, she instead got in trouble for doing manly activities at her boarding schools.
The clear differences between the lives of Lucinda and Miniver serve as lessons for many
Fannie Lou Hamer, one of the co-founders of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, was a charismatic leader of the civil rights movement, executing determination every step of the way. Throughout her time, she went from picking cotton in the fields of the Mississippi Delta to speaking at the Democratic Convention. She was born on Saturday, October 6, 1917, coming from one of the most underdeveloped, rural communities in Montgomery County, Mississippi. Her parents, Jim and Lou Ella Townsend, were sharecroppers in Sunflower County, Mississippi which led Fannie Lou to begin working in the cotton fields of E.W. Brandon’s Ruleville plantation at the age of two. Sharecroppers worked on a distinct section of the plantation.
Time states that, “[The Little Rock Nine] became the highest-profile black students in the United States to integrate a formerly all-white school” (Little Rock, Mai). Mrs. Bates was a true hero for the efforts that she put in to become one of the first black females to be a leader of a branch of the NAACP, and for Daisy to give all of the help she had to the Little Rock Nine. Daisy was a true civil rights hero, and so was Myrlie Evers-Williams, who I will talk about
There are lots of astonishing, significant figures for mathematics and science when you look back in history. However, during my research, Mae Jemison stood out. Jemison is widely known throughout the world as the first African-American woman to go up into space. This was a major accomplishment, and it changed the course of history.
Daisy Bates- the Civil Rights Hero The integration of schools was a big part of the Civil Rights Movement. These children that dared to enter the all-white school were all threatened and risked their lives. As many obstacles got in their way, they kept on fighting. This event became so huge that President Eisenhower got involved.
Most of you might not know. who Magda Brown is but she is a Holocaust survivor. Some of you might not know what the Holocaust is but let me explain. it is the time between 1933 to 1945 when Adolf Hitler killed at least 6 million jews. Their were so many laws passed to make life harder for jews.
Leonie is not just the failed mother most make her out to be because her thoughts are in the right place, trying the best she can given her own circumstances, but her past and her own childhood haunts her too
