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    “Well-Behaved Women Seldom Make History,” by Laurel Thatcher Ulrich, she points out several famous women in history that fit the mold of extraordinary. Through discussing Mae West, Rosa Parks, and Martha Ballard, Ulrich makes the claim that women rarely make history unless they have broken away from the norms of their society. By explaining the individual historical cases and her own opinion, accompanied by visual representations of her view, Ulrich argues how history dictates who gets a spot in history

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    setting of Lars Von Trier's film of the same name, is everywhere and nowhere. Dogville is everywhere because of the ambiguity of the town, overhead shots and generic names of characters and streets blend this town perfectly with any other mid depression era town in the US; this town could be anywhere, which makes this town everywhere. Dogville is nowhere because Dogville is nowhere to be seen. Von trier makes the deliberate choice of replacing most of the set with chalk outlines and miming. Lars Von Trier

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    Teutonic Knights: The Significance of the Battle of Tannenberg/Grunwald 1410 The history of the Teutonic Knights is well known throughout history as a military and religious order that flew a white cross flag. According to Taylor, the flag that represented the Order was from the Knights of Saint John, depicting a white cross with a black background (p. 340). The Order began their legacy approximately in 1190 during the 3rd Crusade where their mission was to safeguard the Hospital of St. Mary of

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    Colonial America show the crossing of women’s significance and monetary impact. Women partaken in the role of survival. Their place in the community affected understandings and the everyday lives. Carol Berkin, Helen Rountree, and Laurel Thatcher Ulrich explored women’s responsibilities, valued in the community, labor, property and the segregated work by sex. Women were the reliable source of the household but also participated in labor during the Colonial American era. Many can argue that women

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    Well-Behaved Women Seldom Make History “Well-behaved women seldom make history.” These words were penned by Laurel Thatcher Ulrich, author of half a dozen books and professor of history at Harvard University. She uses her ability to write to help give a voice to those who are overlooked and underappreciated. Ulrich stumbled upon accidental fame when her phrase, “well-behaved women seldom make history” was discovered by Jill Portugal, a student from Oregon. Portugal asked to use Thatcher’s phrase

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    The Interlopers and The Machine That Won the War are two short stories that have many differences, but have a few similarities as well. The Interlopers is a short tale depicting a feud between two young men, Ulrich von Gradwitz and Georg Znaeym. Georg believes that the land currently under Ulrich’s name actually belongs to him, therefore steals game from Ulrich’s land just to spite him (Saki 82-83). After confronting each other, it is made clear that they both wish to take the other’s life (83).

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    struggle to overcome the limitations placed on him due to his race. Laurel Thatcher Ulrich, author of “Well Behaved Women Seldom Make History”, recorded instances of women retaliating against these beliefs. Both Malcolm X and Ulrich propagate a message of self-reliance through their individual implementations of connotative diction, details, and anecdotes. Immediately, connotative diction is used by both Malcolm X and Ulrich to incite pathos. For example, a majority of Malcolm X’s work was focused on detailing

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    Howard’s daughter, was caught with the rash and by the 23rd of June, 1787 she was dead. Hygiene in the Colonial Era was not deemed important be most. When Martha mentioned bathing, it often related to the girls crossing the river as explained by Ulrich on page 219 of A Midwife’s Tale: The Life of Martha Ballard as stated in this quote from her book. “In her universe, ‘Girls washt’ was an important statement, something on the order of ‘got across the river safely.” CONTINUE FROM HERE On the 27th

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    Mamie Odessa Hale Garland: The Midwife Chancia Brown Albany Technical College Abstract Hale served as midwife consultant for the Arkansas Department of Health from 1945 to 1950. She is credited with training the state’s elderly and illiterate. They were known as granny midwives. She ensured that they knew the proper techniques to manage the medical aspects of labor and delivery, pregnancy, and could complete birth certificates. Her contributions led to an improved maternal and

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    albums. Most diehard Metallica fans will argue that their first four albums are true Metallica and after that they went mainstream to try and branch out to other audiences. Metallica was formed in Los Angeles, in late 1981 when Danish-born drummer Lars Ulrich placed an advertisement in a Los Angeles newspaper The Recycler, which read, "Drummer looking for other metal musicians to jam with. Guitarists James Hetfield

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