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- 5761: Jane Addams
- ... the United States, and a training center for social workers. Jane Addams was active in Chicago in fighting civic vice and corruption. She campaigned for better working conditions, more protection for working women, for stricter child labor laws, for playgrounds, and for a juvenile court. She joined in the votes-for-women movement. After World War 1 broke out in1914 Miss Addams devoted much effort to obtaining peace. In 1915 she ...
- 5762: The Life of Adolf Hitler
- ... marriage, Alois Hitler, Jr. and Angela, attended the wedding and lived with them afterwards. Klara Pölzl eventually gave birth to two boys and a girl, all of whom died. On April 20, 1889, her fourth child, Adolf was born healthy and was baptized a Roman Catholic. Hitler's father was now 52 years old. Throughout his early days, young Adolf's mother feared losing him as well and lavished much care ...
- 5763: Johann Sebastian Bach
- ... produced, among other masterpieces, the Brandenburg Concerti. While at Cothen, Bach's wife, Maria Barbara, died. Bach remarried soon after - to Anna Magdalena - and forged ahead with his work. He also forged ahead in the child-rearing department, producing 13 children with his new wife - six of whom survived childhood - to add to the four children he had raised with Maria Barbara. Several of these children would become fine composers in ...
- 5764: The Beliefs of Martin Luther King Jr.
- ... He believed in agape, a love for all men. He believed people are basically good and will change from their evil ways once they are shown and taught the difference. MLK was courteous. As a child he would,” turn the other cheek”, showing even then a preference for non-violence. In all that he did, Martin Luther King, Jr. was not afraid. He did not fear physical harm or what men ...
- 5765: Jim Thorpe
- Jim Thorpe On May 28, 1888 Hiram P. Thorpe’s child Watho-huck or “Bright Path” was born inside a small one room cabin. To the world he would be known as Jim Thorpe. Jim was married to Charlotte at birth. Charlotte was Jim’s first ...
- 5766: Richard Henry Lee
- ... Lee wanted to preserve. This was his main reason for wanting a Bill of Rights. Richard Henry Lee’s proposal for a Bill of Rights was to prevent the federal government from being able to abuse states and the people of the United States. He knew that with the central government having so much power as granted to it in the Constitution, it was inevitable that the rights of the states ...
- 5767: Johannes Brahms
- ... His father, a double-bass player at the Hamburg Orchestra, was his first teacher, but the man who gave Brahms his first real appreciation for music was Eduard Marxsen. Brahms became very good as a child pianist, and played at a public concert in Hamburg at the age of 14. He also earned some money playing in the local taverns. While playing in the taverns, he met the Hungarian violinist Remenyi ...
- 5768: Comparing Hitler And Stalin In Their Rise To Power
- ... that they used was through photographs. These photographs promoted their "nice" personality. In these photos they would be depicted as being a hero, they would be helping the poor families, or be holding a small child. It was these photos that these men became appealing to the public. These photos give you the idea that they are caring, loving and just completely concerned for the well-being of the people. The ...
- 5769: Muhammad Ali: The Greatest
- ... breaking third time, Ali announced his retirement from boxing. When Muhammad retired from boxing, he continued to be great source of inspiration to the world. Muhammad Ali traveled across the globe on missions related to child hunger, peace and humanitarian goals. In spite of his diagnosis of Parkinson’s Syndrome, Muhammad Ali traveled to Iraq in 1991 to meet with Saddam Hussein, hoping to prevent a war with the United States ...
- 5770: Joan of Arc As A Leader
- ... in the Hundred Years War. And indirectly responsible for the period of peace and stability that immediately followed. Joan's spirituality gave her the personality that she needed to be a great leader. A pious child, Joan of Arc grew up as a Devout Catholic under the strong influence of her deeply religious mother. (Rolka,1994,22) Joan was more devout than the children she played with, she was so eager ...
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