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- 4411: Nathanial Hawthorne
- Nathanial Hawthorne Nathanial Hawthorne. Considered to be one of the greatest American writers of the 19th century. But did you know that he hated portraits, and it is now thought that he was a mild manic-depressive? Born in Salem, Massachusetts on July 4, 1804. A decendant ... the books : Lecture's on Withcraft and History of Witchcraft and Salem Village. The Maule name was derived from Thomas Maule, a Quaker merchant living in Salem at the time of the trials. In Nathanials American Notebooks he records that his great great grandfather Judge Hathorne, the judge in the witch trials, injured a neighbor named English once, who never forgave him. Yet English's daughter married Hathorne's son. In ...
- 4412: Franklin Delano Roosevelt
- ... of the United States by winning the election. It was sort of a platform for his campaign, as he said in Chicago Stadium, I pledge you, I pledge myself, to a new deal for the American people....This is more than a political campaign it is a call to arms. Give me your help, not to win votes alone, but to win in this crusade to restore America to its ... one of the chats Roosevelt said, When peace has been broken anywhere, the peace of all countries everywhere is in danger...This nation will remain a neutral nation, but I can not ask that every American remain neutral in thought. (Freedman, p.134) This showed that he could not help the way Americans felt about what was going on, but to ensure them he would not endanger them by interfering with ...
- 4413: Frederick Douglass
- ... a colleague of William Lloyd Garrison. He published his own newspaper called The North Star. Douglass also participated in the first women's rights convention at Seneca Falls, in 1848, and wrote three autobiographies: An American Slave, My Bondage and My Freedom , and Life and Times of Frederick Douglass. He was internationally recognized as an uncompromising abolitionist, indefatigable worker for justice and equal opportunity, and an unyielding defender of women's ... Lincoln during the Civil War and fought for the adoption of constitutional amendments that guaranteed voting rights and other civil liberties for blacks. Douglass provided a powerful voice for human rights during this period of American history. During the Civil War he helped recruit black soldiers for the Union army, afterwards supporting Reconstruction and campaigning for Republican Presidents. He was a leading figure in the abolitionist movement. Frederick Douglass created a ...
- 4414: Karen Louise Erdrich
- Karen Louise Erdrich In 1954, Karen Louise Erdrich was born to a Chippewa Indian mother and German-American father in Little Falls, Minnesota. She grew up in Wahpeton, North Dakota as a member of the Turtle Mountain Chippewa Tribe. Her family lived near the reservation where her parents worked as teachers for the ... them a nickel for each story they wrote. In 1972 she received a scholarship for Dartmouth College. This was the first year that women were admitted to Dartmouth and was the year that a Native American studies department was created. Headed up by anthropologist Michael Dorris, the class allowed Louise to research her own ancestry which later inspired her novels. Louise wanted to expand her knowledge of the real world, so ...
- 4415: Anne Bradstreet: The Heretical Poet
- ... Poet Greg Saxon The purpose of this research is to discuss heretical elements in the poetry of Anne Bradstreet (1612-1672). This is not to imply that Bradstreet was a heretic in the sense that American religious reformer Anne Hutchinson was. Hutchinson (1591-1643) emigrated to Boston in 1634 and preached a doctrine of salvation through intuitive apprehension of grace rather than by works, and attacked the rigid moral and legal ... S. Canby and R.M. Ludwig, Literarty History of the United States, 3rd. ed. New York: The MacMillan Company, 1963. Stanford, Ann. Anne Bradstreet: The Wordly Puritan. New York: Burt Franklin, 1974. Unger, Leonard ed. American Writers: Supplement I. Part I. NY: Charles Scribrer's Sons, 1979. 8 vols. White, Elizabeth Wade. Anne Bradstreet: "The Tenth Muse." New York: Oxford University Press, 1971.
- 4416: Thomas P. O'Neill
- ... he met was openly against the war because they felt it was unwinnable, but the all pledged publicly with Johnson. These CIA officers said all foreign officials were against the war as well as the American public. They pleaded for Tip to come out into the open to oppose the war. They told him to tell Speaker McCormack that the entire Central Intelligence Committee is opposed to the war. Tip could not because McCormack was a war hawk that would not oppose the president. In June of 1967, Tip went to Malta for vacation. By coincidence Malta was the place where American soldiers were brought from Vietnam for rest and relaxation between tours of duty. Tip was smoking a patented cigar in a bar when group of U.S. soldiers entered. Tip introduced himself to one of ...
- 4417: Shannon Lucid
- ... preacher, Joseph Oscar Wells and Myrtle Wells, a nurse. At 6 months of age she and her parents were sent to a prison camp by the Japanese. Only a year later were they safe in American arms after they were traded for Japanese POW's. After the war they went back to China, but in 1949 they were forced to leave when the communists took over. They then settled in Bethany ... through rigorous testing and they proved that it doesn't take a Y chromosome to have "The Right Stuff". Her greatest accomplishment to date is she has spent the most time in space of any American. She spent 188 days and 65,454,841 miles in space. She is truly a tribute to sheer will power. When she came back to earth the effects of space usually make the bones and ...
- 4418: Deng Xiaoping
- ... freedom to grow crops and more freedom in politics. Mao did not like this and began to feel paranoid. He believed everyone in the party was against him. As a result, he launched the Cultural Revolution that led to the downfall of several Chinese leaders including Deng Xiaoping. Deng Xiaoping eventually rose back to power (he had two more downfalls but regained power both times too). He never really opposed Mao ... Mao less "Godlike." To make Mao less "Godlike," he convinced the people that Mao did make mistakes while he was in power. Deng Xiaoping told the people that Mao's greatest mistakes were the Cultural Revolution and the Great Leap Forward Policy. After Mao was made less "godlike," it became easier to reform China. From the late 1950s to 1979, the economy of China was at a standstill. The living standard ...
- 4419: Ernesto Guevara
- ... of l965, Guevara disappeared from the public eye. Castro dropped his association with Guevara because of Che's criticism. Che's plan at that time was to bring about Marxism by starting a world-wide revolution. He went around the world with forces (120 Cubans). In Congo, they attempted to accomplish one of these revolutions. It fell short when Belgian aid arrived to help the current government. Che had little help from the rebels of Congo and eventually failed. His final days were spent in Bolivia where he used bad judgment by trying to start a revolution. His troops were crushed, and he was captured by the Bolivian Army. Che was shot the next day. Ernesto "Che" Guevara is known even today in Vollegrande, Bolivia as a hero to many citizens. He ...
- 4420: Ty Cobb
- ... hand, Cobb slapped him, chased him into the dugout and then tried to strangle the man's wife when she came to his aid (Ward and Burns 64). In 1926 retired pitcher Dutch Leonard told American League president Ban Johnson that near the end of the 1919 season, Leonard and Tiger teammate Cobb, along with two Cleveland Indians, had arranged to throw a game and bet on it. According to Leonard ... knew he was hated by most players around the league, and on October 9, 1910, he found out just how much. Cobb and Cleveland's Nap Lajoie were in a dead-heat tie for the American League batting title. Cobb sat out that day's doubleheader. His teammates were angry at him, knowing he was just trying to keep his average high by sitting out. Nearly all players in the league ...
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