Dorothea Lange: A Photographer of the Past “I realize more and more what it takes to be a really good photographer. You go in over your head‚ not just up to your neck.” This was said by Dorothea Lange‚ and what a smart lady she was! Dorothea Lange was a well-known documentary photographer and photojournalist during The Great Depression. The picture she is famous for is “Migrant Mother” and others showing the troubling times during the Depression-era (Partridge). One of two events that had an
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American history because it solidified the role of the government in creating the New Deal and its programs to provide relief‚ recovery‚ and reform to the citizens. This historical era has been documented due to the works of renowned photographer Dorothea Lange. It is through her work that we see how “the depression created a moment of idealism‚ imagination‚ and unity in Americans’ hopes for their country.” In the following narratives authors Linda Gordon‚ Milton Meltzer‚ and William E. Leuchtenburg
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Dorothea Dix: A Mental Institution Reformer Every day is the same to you; you wake up‚ read the paper‚ and drink your coffee. You work at the East Cambridge Prison‚ where you keep the inmates in order by whipping them‚ chaining them up‚ and by not giving them food. You know that the conditions are wrong and inhumane‚ but it’s a well-paying job. You don’t speak out because you’re worried about your family and three kids at home who need to be fed. Stories like these occurred in prisons and mental
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NUR513Theoretical Foundations of Nursing Adult Obesity: Application of Orem‚ King‚ and Pender’s Conceptual Models Adult obesity is one of the United States most serious health problems. Approximately 127 million adult Americans in the U.S. are overweight (American Obesity Association‚ n. d.). "Each year‚ obesity causes at least 300‚000 excess deaths in the U.S.‚ and healthcare costs of American adults with obesity amount to approximately $100 billion" (American Obesity Association‚ n. d.).
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HISTORY OF FISCAL ADMINISTRATION AND THE THEORY AND PURPOSE OF TAXATION Introduction Fiscal Administration is not difficult to define. In simple terms‚ fiscal administration is the branch of economics that deals with the revenues and expenditures and their impact on the economy. It is the manner of collecting something from the constituents and spending it also for the constituents. And the exact definition according to http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-fiscal-administration.htm‚ fiscal administration
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My Country – Dorothea Mackellar My Country is an iconic nationalistic poem about Australia written by Dorothea Mackellar in 1908. Dorothea Mackellar was born in Sydney in 1885. Her education was comprised of private home tutoring until she attended University of Sydney. She travelled broadly with her parents and also become fluent in Spanish‚ French‚ German and Italian. She highly educated and lived an adventurous life. Though raised in a professional urban family‚ Mackellar’s poetry is usually
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A destitute mother glances to the side as her two children cling to her shoulders. The photograph taken by Dorothea Lange of the Migrant Mother exists as one of the most iconic images from the years of the Great Depression. But it raises the question of what makes the photo remarkably famous. Without planning for it at the time‚ Lange successfully presented to the world the hardships of the Great Depression and the immense impact it created on people and their lives’. Perhaps it holds noticeable
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The pioneers of nursing are those people like the Alexian Brothers‚ Walt Whitman‚ and Dorothea Lynde Dix. A true nurse is a person who has compassion and a sense of responsibility for caring for people in need both physically and psychologically through hard times. They‚ in my point of view‚ were just as important in the development of nursing through time as Florence Nigthingale‚ Elizabeth Neil‚ Henrietta Edwards‚ and Alice Magaw. They all shared the most important nursing quality: passion to help
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“The Purpose Of Life Is A Life Of Purpose” In each one of us‚ there burns a soul destined for greatness. In every generation‚ a few are chosen to proven… and sometimes‚ it happened while others are in the bathroom. Life: No one knows where it will take us. Is it our own decisions that guide us or does fate play a big role in dictating the road that we travel? Which course we will be steering? What twists we must endure? One thing is for certain; there is no certainty. No wait too long and everything
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The purpose of life is a life of purpose Throughout my life‚ I have persevered through much pain and misfortune; however‚ instead of using my experiences as reasons for a life of retribution and reparations‚ I used these tragedies as motivation to making other people’s lives better. Growing up I witnessed my grandmother assist anybody she saw struggling or needed help. During the 17 years she was a part of my life‚ I watched her nurse back to health approximately 300 foster children‚ because
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