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Maria Izquierdo, Mexican Painter

children (Farris 149). However, maintaining home and hearth did not provide sufficient stimulus for a passionate woman like Maria...

Nora Helmer in A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen'

more of a servant to her husband than a partner. Policies, both domestic and economic, were set by the husband, and the wife acte...

State of Texas is More Western Than Southern

simply because it was one of the nations most important cattle producing states. This was not a state that caused people to thi...

Contemporary American City Development

and the turn of the nineteenth century, there would not be any significant economic policies, although it helps to remember that t...

Nineteenth Century and Greek Revival Architecture

"National Style" got its start - and finally ended during the latter part of the 19th century - in Philadelphia (Pollock, 2002)....

Boston's and New York's Orphan Trains

well, but the number of children from these other cities were minuscule when compared to those that shipped out of New York. It in...

A US Post Civil War History

In this paper of six pages several important historical events such as the growth due to the Industrial Revolution, the twentieth ...

Women Doctors

and early 1900s found it a particularly difficult career to pursue because of the prejudice against a woman doctor. She seems som...

Roberto Clemente

of his own family. Clementes natural athletic gifts were apparent at an early age, and by 17, "Momen," as he was called by family...

Horror Cinematic Genre

horror film, according to director Elias Merhige, "The horror film transforms itself, adapting to our fears, to the things that we...

19th and 20th Century Development of Russia

the wealthy. Many were secretly considering an end to Tsarist rule. A small attempt at revolution by the Decemberists sought to de...

Comparative Analysis of 2 Texts on Women's Issues

Tanenbaum points out, "Even today a common way to damage a womans credibility is to call her a slut" (2000, p. 2). In many ways, ...

Immigrant Experiences and Angel Island

Before actually describing the art and poetry that came out of detainees from Angel Island, a look at the locations history would ...

Film Noir Techniques in the Film, Gilda

what the audience is viewing with his own subjective observations. In his consideration of film noir, Jon Tuska (1984) noted that...

Four Issues Regarding the History of Australia

also occurred in numerous nations in the mid- to late-1950s through the 1970s (Spooner, 2002). The focus of this wave included: "e...

Concept of Management and Manager's Job Evolution

different levels of management (Makamson, Rise, 2002). The factors in the late 1800s and early 1900s were completely different th...

'True Story of Ah Q' by Lu Xun

In twelve pages this paper discusses Lu Xun's texts and the issues resulting in the early twentieth century Chinese society collap...

Feminism in The Bible

family book with which to base the family on. The bible, divided into books that theoretically answer every question one could eve...

Pre Industrial Europe and Childhood Conditions

been those social theorists of the past several decades that have suggested that the importance given to educating adolescents is ...

Davis' Celluloid Mirrors

This book review of a work by Ronald Davis is the subject of focus. Celluloid Mirrors examines Hollywood during the twentieth cent...

The 1990s and the Issue of Ageism

In this paper consisting of four pages the practices implied by the term, the ways in which it is currently being dealt with and w...

Turn of the Century Feminism as Seen in Chopin and Woolf

This paper compares and contrasts two short stories by Kate Chopin and Virginia Woolf, written around the turn of the Twentieth Ce...

Russian Immigrants in Brooklyn

themselves. Finally, the new immigrants seem to be more Russian than Jewish (Barker A01). It is interesting to note that the ear...

Swimsuit Evolution

with a basic contrasting solid red or white color. Primary colors and geometric shapes were all the rage, with accessorized bathi...

Literature and Analysis of Character, Theme, Symbols, and Setting

indescribable evil. Symbols always present another layer to a story, as well as another realm for questioning. Hawthornes repea...

Foreign Policy Changes Since the Late 20th Century

there were two blocs, there were also nations which were left out, and these would be seen as the third world and so, nothing was ...

Literary Religious Themes, Symbolism, and Imagery

rejected this kind of philosophical process. In Chapter 27, Forster wrote: The chief point was that God lives inside the sun,...

World History Effects of Three Forms of Nationalism

represents often empowers citizens into believing their nations and peoples are the best and brightest in the world. It is believ...

20th Century Development and Industrialized Countries' Impact

Part of the "umbrella of protection" that has been extended to lesser developed countries by the more industrialized countries of ...

Weapon Technology Advances and American Popular Culture 1920 through 1960

to make advances toward the enemy, and the advent of the machine gun in WW I replaced warfare which was fought as cavalry. The o...