Gibbs Award (1921) Spouse Pierre Curie (1859–1906) Children Irène Joliot-Curie (1897–1956) Ève Curie (1904–2007) Signature Humble beginnings Marie Curie is remembered for her discovery of radium and polonium‚ and her huge contribution to the fight against cancer. Born Maria Sklodowska on November 7‚ 1867 in Warsaw‚ Poland‚ she was the youngest of five children of poor school teachers. After her mother died and her father could no longer support her she become a governess;
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Name: Romario McLeod Subject: Caribbean Studies Center #: 100088 Candidate #: Topic: The effect of dancehall music on teenagers in Tawes Meadows INTRODUCTION Jamaican dance hall originated in the 1950s‚ when young adults would gather at outdoor locations to dance to music. Over time‚ it went from being a small music form to rivaling the more popular reggae music. Dance hall culture involves women wearing little clothing‚ music with deep bass and even competitions to determine a dance hall
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Peasantry in the Caribbean • Peasantry refers to mix production where farming is done for family use and sale. • The struggle of the blacks for land was part of the struggle for freedom. Land meant ownership‚ moving out of a position of being owned into one of possessing property‚ of controlling and managing it for his own benefit. • The effort began long before he was set free. It began with the Maroons in the mountains of Jamaica ‚ Bush Negros in Suriname and Guyana • Early peasantry
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TABLE OF CONTENTS. SECTION PAGE 1-Introduction......................................................................................................... 2-Literature Review................................................................................................. 3-Data Collection Methods..................................................................................... 4-Presentation of Findings
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What is Feminist Thought or Feminist Theory? Feminism is a collection of movements aimed at defining‚ establishing and defending equal political‚ economic‚ and social rights and equal opportunities for women. Feminist theory emerged from these feminist movements and includes general theories and theories about the origins of inequality‚ and‚ in some cases‚ about the social construction of sex and gender‚ in a variety of disciplines. Waves of Feminism The period described as first-wave feminism refers
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CARIBBEAN EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL REPORT ON CANDIDATES’ WORK IN THE ADVANCED PROFICIENCY EXAMINATION MAY/JUNE 2010 CARIBBEAN STUDIES Copyright © 2010 Caribbean Examinations Council St Michael‚ Barbados All rights reserved. 2 GENERAL COMMENTS The Caribbean Studies examination comprised three papers — Paper 01 consisted of 15 compulsory short-response questions‚ Paper 02 consisted of eight essay questions of which candidates were required to answer four‚ and Paper 03 was the Internal Assessment
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collapse. The sugar industry was already in a poor state because of (1) shortage of labour and (2) sugar beet competition. To avoid total decline‚ planters tried to introduce immigration in the form of bringing in laborers from Europe‚ other Caribbean islands‚ Asia and other areas. They also tried to introduce technology in order to reduce the cost of sugar production. However‚ all of these efforts could not stop the changes from sugar monoculture (planting of one crop which was sugar cane) to agricultural
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journalist and political activist who was born in Belmont‚ Trinidad. Due to a perpetual state of poverty and economic unrest‚ Jones and her family moved to Harlem‚ New York City‚ during 1922-1924. Jones spent her life fighting against the oppression of African Americans‚ while in the United States‚ and West Indians‚ while in United Kingdom. She was also an advocate against women’s oppression and‚ of equality‚ which led to her imprisonment‚ and subsequent deportation in 1955. Jones was also a prominent member
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CARIBBEAN FEMINIST THOUGHT The issues concerning women in the Caribbean were seriously brought to the fore in the 1960’s -70’s. This came out of women’s movement in the USA where issues of racial and social equality were brought to the forefront of political policies and social concerns. Barbara Bush and Lucille Mathurin-Mair were early pioneers of women’s movements. They argued for women to have a place in history and more specifically in the slave society and resistance movement. Other historians
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CAPE CARIBBEAN STUDIES CARIBBEAN IDENTITY: Myth or Reality We realize that as with defining the Caribbean and the myriad problems it posed‚ thus‚ leading us to a definition consistent with that of the emerging concept of a "Wider Caribbean" - which serves a socio-economic and political agenda - we are also presented with a dilemma when we try to assert the existence of a Caribbean identity: whose identity is being overted and‚ consequentially‚ whose identity is being subverted in popular consciousness
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