In high school Katherine joined Terpsichorean club. Their she began to learn the free movement style that modern dance had to offer. Her parents wished for her to have a job teaching like her brother Albert Dunham Jr. Katherine went to the University of Chicago where she became one of the first African American woman to attend the school and get a bachelor‚ masters and
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Katherine "Flossie" Bailey‚ was a Hoosier leader for justice and equality. She was a Marion resident‚ Civil Rights leader and President of the Marion branch of the Indiana NAACP. She worked tirelessly - but unfortunately unsuccessfully - with the Indiana Attorney General in an attempt to bring the racist perpetrators of the heinous 1930 Marion Indiana lynchings of Thomas Shipp (age 17) and Abram Smith (age 18) and the attempted lynching of Dr. James Cameron (age 16) to justice. However‚ her work
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In 1953 Katherine Watson moves to Inglaterra at the prestige campus at the College of Wellesley an instructor of Art History class. Ms. Watson waits for the students the best and the brightest in the country take advantage of the opportunities that came before them to emancipate themselves. But Ms. Watson discovers that the prestigious institution is in a tradition and conformity. Ms. Watson dislikes this situation and tries to help them. Ms. Watson arrived in College of Wellesley prepared
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1.iPrécis Katherine Bourzac‚ in her article “A Smarter Prosthetic for the Eye” (2012)‚ explains to readers that new prosthetics for the eye could reverse vision loss in some people with a simple implant. She supports this claim by explaining the technology and how it “combines infrared video-projection goggles with a small‚ wire-free chip implanted inside the retina” then by stating “[the implants] might restore more vision than other retinal prosthetics being worked on” (1). Bourzac’s purpose is
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In the novel “Lyddie” by Katherine Paterson‚ thirteen year old Lyddie Worthen was a farm girl from Vermont in the 1840s. Since her father left‚ she has been working hard to support her family. Her family consists of siblings Agnes‚ Charlie‚ and Rachel. She has to take care of them‚ and her mother‚ due to the fact that her mother had “...gone somewhat queer in the head after their [Lyddie’s father] had left.” [5] Lyddie’s mother had decided to go to her sister Clarissa and Clarissa’s husband Judah
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Easter Island. The Easter Island heads‚ man made or created by something out of this world? Don’t know? Well I’m here to tell you. In this paper I’m going to talk about 3 things‚ Origins of Easter Island‚ The Mysteries of Easter Island‚ and The Stone Statues. Easter Island is located 2‚300 miles off the coast of Chile‚ it’s approximately 64 square miles. It is currently a territory of Chile‚ it is located in South America. The Island was discovered by a Dutch Admiral named‚ Jacob Roggeveen on
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“Trifles” Formalist Analysis Most people tend to presume when they really don’t have any evidence of something being true. It is that “for sure” feeling that people get that allows them to make presumptions. False presumptions can create certainty where it should not be. It is that image or symbolism that reveals the truth; therefore‚ truth is in the eye of the beholder. Throughout the play‚ “Trifles”‚ the accused murderer is on trial by a jury of her peers. In the play “Trifles”‚ by Susan Glaspell
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silverware I washed… Anything that could be counted‚ I did.” (Katherine Johnson) Katherine Johnson was an amazing‚ African-American mathematician who contributed significantly to NASA and has received many awards on account of her contributions. To begin‚ Katherine Johnson was born in White Sulfur Springs‚ West Virginia‚ on August 26‚ 1918‚ to Joylette and Joshua Coleman. Katherine was the youngest of four children. As a child‚ Katherine was determined to excel in her education. For example‚ in the
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individual personalities. Katherine and Juliet‚ the two leading ladies‚ present a shopping cart full of similarities and differences. One can see that‚ while only Katherine is independent‚ both Katherine and Juliet are passionate and dramatic. Deepening the understanding of the characters‚ only proves Katherine is independent and Juliet is reliant. The women of this time period were expected to rely on their fathers or husbands. They were expected to only speak when spoken to. Katherine‚ however‚ did not
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“Bliss” “Miss Brill” Katherine Mansfield‚ born in the country of New Zealand was said to be ‘the best short story writer of her time’.(1) The types of short stories that Katherine Mansfield wrote were mostly a ‘slice of life’‚ where she used real life experiences to express her themes and ideas. If you were to read one of her stories once through‚ in a way that you would read a whole book‚ you would surely miss out on the way Katherine Mansfield conveys meaning in her stories
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