Ely Samuel Parker was born in 1828 and died on August 31‚ 1895. Born in Hasanoanda‚ later known as Donehogawa. Eventually Ely became a Seneca attorney‚ an engineer‚ and a tribal diplomat. Ely got commissioned as a lieutenant colonel during the American Civil War‚ when he served as an auxiliary to General Ulysses S. Grant. Ely wrote the terminal preliminary form of the Confederate surrender terms at Appomattox. Later in his career‚ Parker rose to the rank of Brevet Brigadier General. He was one
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In From Father‚ with Love by Doris Kearns Goodwin the carefree bond between a father and a daughter is made through the game of baseball‚ which accompanies her throughout the entire cycle of life. Goodwin states‚ “the game of baseball has always been linked in my mind with mystic texture of childhood…”As a child she acquires that “mystical link” to her father when she accompanies him for the very first time at the Ebbets Field in Brooklyn where he shares cherished memories about his favorite team
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Katherine Mansfield’s "Life of Ma Parker": Women’s Plight Katherine Mansfield’s "Life of Ma Parker" presents the plight of Ma Parker as a working-class woman at the turn of the century‚ in terms of her position in the sphere of the family and in the sphere of society. "Life of Ma Parker" is a story of a widowed charwoman. Like Miss Brill‚ Ma Parker is a very lonely woman‚ but their equally painful story is told quite differently‚ mainly because Mansfield supplies no
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“Katrina Gilbert is 1 of 42 million American women living near or below the poverty line”. Gilbert is representative of women all over the nation who face similar trials daily. The documentary‚ Paycheck to Paycheck‚ shows us a portrayal of women’s lives that’s less about work/life balance and more about work/life survival. Like Katrina‚ earning $9.49 an hour (in some cases even less) many women face the struggles of poverty and living paycheck to paycheck. In Katrina’s situation‚ as a single woman
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Cole and Parker Case While there are many risks that are involved with any product launch of a company‚ there are also many opportunities to seize. Cole and Parker’s business idea is a solid foundation to market to their target market. The biggest opportunity that would need to be identified as their trademark is “Cole and Parker: Socks that Start Businesses” since there isn’t another sock company that would aid entrepreneurs to start their own business. This is the key driver in selling their
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Ma Parker is a strong woman who has suffered throughout her life. She is a woman who has a good nature. Ma Parker realises the sorrows of her life and tries to find a place to cry. That would be the very first time she was going to cry once she believed she only would be a strong woman if she had never cried. The Life of Ma Parker’s protagonist cannot stand all the pain she is feeling. As she cries‚ she leaves all her strength behind. It represents the moment she realises she must permit the overflow
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PARKER PEN COMPANY Background George Safford Parker founded Parker Pen Company in 1892 in Janesville‚ Wisconsin. It began with the production of his first fountain pen. Afterwards in 1894‚ Parker had its first major innovation; “the lucky curve” which consisted on reducing the leak caused in fountain pens. Parker’s first marketing approach was to produce high quality pens and make them become status symbols; Parker pens were signer’s favorite‚ giving the company the first or second position
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1109 Jo Baer is an American artist born in Seattle‚ Washington on August 7‚ 1929 to her mother‚ Hortense Kalisher Kleinberg‚ a commercial artist and her father‚ Lester Kleingberg‚ a successful commodities broker in hay and grain. When she was a child she studied art at the Cornish College of the Arts‚ but since this is not what her mother wanted‚ Jo went to the University of Washington to major in biology. She stayed there from 1946-1949 and dropped out her junior year to marry. In 1953‚ Jo married
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Today‚ poverty is prevalent throughout the world with 80% of humanity living on less than $10 a day. However‚ this isn’t the first time poverty is seen so frequently in society. During the Renaissance‚ approximately 50% of Europe’s population lived at a subsistence level with 80% of Europeans facing possible starvation in times of peril. In the midst of this time period‚ as poverty ran rampant it led to differing attitudes towards helping the poor as well as the concept of poverty. Poverty was viewed
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The relationship between the opulence and grandeur of the Fair and the poverty and degradation that surrounded it is expressed in many ways. The Fair was created in the midst of the downfall of the economy‚ just before the great depression. The creation of the Fair and the Fair itself created thousands of jobs for the unemployed‚ allowing those without hope to rekindle their fire. But yet outside of the Fair‚ there were still thousands of homeless and unemployed people begging for food and hoping
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