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- 771: Simone De Beauvoir
- ... Although progress for gender impartiality has been made, it can still be said that societal maxims enforce the incorrect notion that women are inferior to men. In matters of economics, women are offered far fewer employment opportunities, and I believe that this can be validated by the fact that many women have been conditioned to "marry well and let him take care of you". Unfortunately, this is often times a tempting ...
- 772: Gwendolyn Brooks
- ... image. A careful inspection of each of these poems also reveals that no words are used that do not contribute to the meaning of the poem. We Real Cool acquires a powerful meaning through the employment of only thirty-two words. Corners on the curving sky also is quite brief, but still very powerful, and it only contains fourteen lines. It is important to not that the direction of Brookss ...
- 773: Gailileo
- ... studied medicine at the university of Pisa, but his real interests were always in mathematics and natural philosophy. He is chiefly remembered for his work on free fall, his use of the telescope and his employment of experimentation. After a spell teaching mathematics, first privately in Florence and then at the university of Pisa, in 1592 Galileo was appointed professor of mathematics at the university of Padua (the university of the ...
- 774: Polygamy
- ... Press, 1992, p. 390) 262 1885 to 1890 was marked by intensive "polyg hunts" for "cohabs." The Mormon community in the West was terrorized by harsh enforcement of these laws. "Hunting cohabs" became a lucrative employment. Men and women were paid to ferret out offenders of the act. Some assumed the role of peddlers or of tramps and wandered among the Mormons digging up information. Children going to or returning from ...
- 775: Maria Mitchell
- ... celebrity many people came to see her, famous artists came from New York to paint her portrait, and people recognized her achievements. Marias status as a respected astronomer also gave her new opportunities for employment. In 1865 Mitchell was appointed professor of astronomy at the newly opened Vassar College (one of the first colleges for women) in Poughkeepsie, New York, and director of the observatory there. In 1873 she helped ...
- 776: Margaret Thatcher
- ... professional politics mainly to successful businessmen, lawyers, and the rich. At the same time, science seemed to be the coming thing; research was booming, and a science degree appeared to provide a passport to assured employment. Margaret chose science specifically, chemistry. At the age of seventeen, a year younger than most candidates, she took the examinations one had to pass to gain admittance to Oxford's Sommerville College. She did well ...
- 777: Charlie Chaplin
- ... him and hurled their money onto the stage. By the age of ten, Charles was a skilled singer, acrobat, juggler, pantomime, and comic improvisor. From the ages of twelve to fourteen, Charlie's places of employment included a barbershop, stationary store, doctor's office, glass factory and printing plant. Many average boys his age didn't even have a job. Charlie's big escape from poverty was through theatre, whereby the ...
- 778: Who Am I This Time
- ... to do and ultimately, how to act. Helene takes orders at work like what to say and where to live much like the machines she works with. Harry also takes orders at his place of employment. He has been a clerk for a long time and has never shown the desire to take on more responsibility. He would rather be submissive and do what he is told to than have to ...
- 779: To Kill A Mocking Bird 3
- ... employers lost a substantial amount of money and therefore could hardly afford to hire staff. Many resorted to buying slaves; it was cheap and required little responsibility on their part. This event led to the employment of Negroes. The Industrial revolution did not occur in South America since it was only logical to simply buy slaves rather than expensive machinery. The civil war soon followed, and declared that Negroes were no ...
- 780: The Chrysanthemums 2
- ... presence whose eyes are dark and full of brooding. Elisa is fascinated by his spontaneous way of life. When she tries to get him to discuss his travels, he steers back to the possibility of employment. When it is apparent that she has no work to give him, he cleverly praises her flowers. Elisa is desperately eager to share in the one thing she is actually proud of, and carefully gathers ...
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