Mrs. Mercy Otis Warren Mrs. Mercy Otis Warren was an American poet and writer who promoted the revolutionary cause. She was born on September 25, 1728 is Barnstable, Massachusetts and died on October 19, 1814 in Plymouth, Massachusetts. She was the sister of James Otis, a political activist, and married James Warren, a merchant and farmer who served in the Massachusetts state legislature, in 1754. Mercy Otis Warren was a good friend of John and Abigail Adams.
When she was 15 she moved to Carlisle, Pennsylvania to become a servant. Mary was the young servant to the family of Dr. William Irvine. She
Her hard work shows that anything can be done. Mary was a girl scout leader so that means she had direct contact to the upcoming youth. Mary's work ethic not only influence the youth that she worked with it also affected her very own kids and people in her neighborhood. Mary's big heart was felt by anyone and everyone she was around or encountered Mary caring for other is a trait that was pass down to her children. Mary Jackson's compassion for other and the dedication she had to her work will forever be remembered.
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.
With this scholarship Young Mary left her hometown and moved to Concord, North Carolina to Attend Scotia Seminary. Young Mary attended this school for seven years. She had two roommates Janie Shankle, Then later Abbie Greeley. Mary was apart of the chorus and debate team. She was Known as the “Bell ringer of Scotia” because of her punctuality ringing the schools bell.
Mary Walker was an advocate for women 's rights and the first woman awarded the Medal of Honor. At the outbreak of the Civil War Mary Walker volunteered in Washington to join the Union effort, and she worked as a nurse in a temporary hospital set up in the capital. In 1862 she was sent to Virginia to provide medical care to wounded soldiers. In 1863 she was briefly appointed as a surgeon in an Ohio Regiment. The stories that surround this time of her life are undocumented, but in 1864, she was a prisoner of war exchanged for a Confederate soldier.
Mary not only had grown as an intellectual, but so had her independent stance in the world. Soon after she had graduated from medical school, she married the man in whom she loved and opened her own private practice. Mary still aspired to have a larger role among the community. After offering her business to the government, she applied for a role in the U.S. Army, however, she was denied and instead offered the
Baker, a historian and professor of history at Goucher College and who was also featured in the Alexander Street American History video on The First Ladies: North and South, provides insight into the life of Mary Todd Lincoln during the Civil War. In her book Mary Todd Lincoln: A Biography, Jean Baker describes how Mary Lincoln showed her bravery and loyalty to her husband during the terrors of the Civil War. When Washington and the White House was under threat of an attack from the Confederates, she refused to flee for safety and leave her husband’s side. Furthermore, she would accompany Lincoln in reviewing the troops and regularly visit the Washington hospitals. During her visits, she would attempt to cheer and comfort the wounded soldiers as well as compose letters to the families of those who were unable to write for themselves.
Clara Barton was a true inspiration and she reflects, on all the Red Cross member now
Clara remained actively involved in relief work until her death at age 91 in Glen Echo, Maryland” (Foner). Her commitment to saving lives has made her name well known in today's
She leaves her house and heads out for a thrill seeking journey where she encounters new friends, finds love, and explores how the real world works. Reading this story, I could understand exactly how she was feeling because she was basically writing in a journal. Since she was the “author” she would directly characterize what she was doing or how she felt. An example of a direct characterization would be Mary’s main line “I am Mary Iris Malone and I am not okay.”
The Melting Point: How Global Warming is Changing the World Forever By:Santiago Reyes Medina In the novel The Marrow Thieves, the author of the story used many ideas and problems that we face in our modern society. The author gives a horrifically good depiction of what our earth could look like in a couple years or so. By doing this, the book gave the readers more of an idea of what's to come in our near future and the consequences of our actions. When people, most notably directors and book writers, give a taste of the real world in their work, it gives their work more of a feel and sensation than those of non-fiction works.
Mary Reibey’s Parents died at a young age and she was brought up by her grandmother. She was deprived from love and grew up imprisoned and shipped onto a foreign place. Mary did not only experience the death of her parents but of her grandmother at the age of 13 and this would have negatively impacting her self-identity. She became a reckless teenager and ran away from her orphanage disguising herself as a boy. With no parental control she was jailed for horse stealing and in her time was a capital offence making her sentence to Sydney for 7 years.
Her mother died shortly after her birth leaving her father to care for her and her half-sister, Fanny Imlay. The dynamic of her family soon changed when her father remarried. Mary was treated poorly by her new stepmother, and her quality of life was less than satisfactory. Her step-siblings were allowed to receive an education while Mary stayed at home. She found comfort in reading, and created stories in her father’s library.
The house where she grew up was her grandmother’s house, and her family stayed there with her grandmother. She completed school up through high school, and worked as a lab technician and later as a nurse. She met my father, Jack, in Somer’s Point, NJ, and they were married on May 19, 1962. She went on to give birth to three children, Eileen in 1963, John in 1964, and Mary (me) in 1969. They have been married for 53 years, and have three grandchildren,
