Hannah Long Research Paper

Kate Kimball is an award-winning fiction author who has worked hard to be in the position she is in now. Despite currently struggling with her health, she has continued to peruse her English PhD in Creative Writing here at Florida State University. Born in beautiful Salt Lake City, Utah Kimball is surprised to find herself over 2,000 miles away now studying in the sunshine state. FSU offers one of the top creative writing programs that currently is ranked top 5 in the nation according to The Atlantic Monthly. Kimball was excited to be accepted into the accredited program after earning her bachelor’s from the University of Utah and masters at Virginia Tech. Kimball has always loved writing and says, “Creative writing allows you to write about

Was Jane long really the mother of Texas?I think not . It all started on july 23 1798 , when Jane Herbert wilkinson was born. When Jane was born the doctors thought that she was dead and then proceeded to shoved her in a night stand drawer while they saved her mother's life.When the doctors opened the nightstand drawer they discovered Jane Herbert Wilkinson alive and well. Jane was the tenth child in her family.Sadly,Jane’s father died when jane was only one years old .Jane later became an orphan at the age of fourteen. After jane's mom died she moved in with her aunt .Jane’s family was very wealthy, so wealthy that Jane got her own slave named Kian , they were really good friends and when Jane was sixteen she was on her way to school and Kian told her about a very handsome man that was a doctor and persuaded her to skip school and meet him ,she then proceeded to introduced her to James long ,her future husband. Jane later got married to James long in may of 1815 and had her first child when she was only eighteen years old .In September of 1821 jane was expecting her second child and stayed behind at a post while james,her husband left ,she vowed to not leave till he returned but , he never did. She had her child in a very harsh winter,on the Bolivar peninsula in december of 1821. Jane and her slave,Kian fought starvation for over two weeks.She claimed to be the first english-speaking woman to give birth in Texas but, we know now that she wasn't.Soon after she found out that she was a widow in 1822 at the age of twenty four .

Laura S. Haviland risked her own life trying to make a difference for the lives of others. She was not very concerned about what would happen to her, she just wanted to make sure others were getting what she thought they deserved. She was an abolitionist and a writer. Throughout her life she was devoted to helping people in many different ways, spending much of her life doing different activities that involved helping people, most importantly slaves and their families. These were things she never had to do, but chose to do. She took it upon herself to spend her life doing this. One of the biggest things she devoted her life to was the underground railroad. She also helped to make big improvements for African Americans. This almost cost her, her life, but she kept going and helping. Without Laura Haviland's demanding work and dedication Michigan would not have made such drastic improvements as they did during this time. Laura worked her whole life to selflessly help so many different people in their current situations. Laura was a teacher,

Lena Wilkes was born in the small secluded community known as Comnor Valley. She was raised in a polygamous family, with four mothers and forty-seven siblings, all members of the First Consecration Order (FCO). When she was sixteen years old, after years of abuse, including being impregnated by her own father and being forced to marry her first cousin, Alma Wayment, she fled her family and faith. After many years as a vagabond in Middle and Southwest America, Lena eventually finds acceptance and sanctuary in the small Navajo town of Powell, just 50 miles east of her former hometown. While she tries to keep contact and connection with other former FCO members and runaways in the surrounding region, she chooses to center her focus on building herself a new life away from her past. She's thrust into

Who is Laura Harring? Laura Harring is a Mexican-American actress. She is best known for her role as Rita in David Lynch's Oscar-nominated film Mulholland Drive (2001). In 1885, she became the first Latina woman crowned Miss USA.

Hannah Senesh was born in Budapest, Hungary, on July 17, 1921. She had a younger brother and her parents were an author and a journalist. She was always very talented in writing. Throughout her life, she kept a diary and wrote many poems. She was Jewish, and in 1939, she moved to Israel with her brother because of anti-semitism in Hungary. In Israel, she attended an agricultural school, and later settled at the Kibbutz Sdot Yam. Hannah Senesh was brave, and stood her ground for what she thought was right. She did what she knew what good for other people, even if it hurt her.

“I just got attacked by a shark!” pg 6 Bethany Hamilton is a girl who loved to surf. One day she was laying there mesmerizing, and all of a sudden the flashing of her watch or something attracted the 15ft tiger shark. When the shark seen the flashing, it then came up from the depth of the sea and bit her arm off, and left her surf board with the imprint of the sharks bite. While the shark was attacking she called out for help and her dad showed up tied her up and pulled her to the beach to safety. There she and her dad waited to the ambulance got there. Despite the devastating attack, Bethany Hamilton showed great resilience in achieving her dream for surfing.

A shark attacks Three out of fifteen people every year… Bethany Hamilton, a championship surfer, was one of those unfortunate victims. Bethany was only thirteen when it happened; it was just a normal October morning at the beach, until tragedy struck. A fifteen-foot long tiger shark tore Bethany’s arm off, she was later brought to the local hospital. Bethany lost half of her blood, but she survived. But, there was a long road of recovery for Bethany, but no matter what happened she wanted to get back to the water. Bethany worked hard and showed great resilience during recovery in order to achieve her dreams of getting back to the water, and start surfing again.

Bethany Hamilton was one of Hawaii’s young surfers. She first stared surfing at five years old. She also won many major surf contests. She had the talent to be a great surfer and surf any wave. Sadly, she had a bad tragedy, she had gone surfing with some friends and her arm got bit off by a shark .Even thought she had her arm bit off by a shark that wasn’t going to stop her from surfing.

Porter was listed on the tapes. When they acquired the information about what they done they couldn't believe what they done some say it was all fake and refused to take responsibility to what they done and some even fell into a gloomy state and was never the same. But that was not the end of it, there was information about others in that tape that could destroy lives and such. Even though there were many to blame for Hannah's death, in reality, it was everyone. Hannah says “Not once did I give in to the reputation you'd all set out for me. Not once. Even though sometimes it was hard. Even though, sometimes, I found myself attracted to someone who only wanted to get with me because of what they'd heard. But I always said no to those people. Always! Until Bryce. So congratulations, Bryce. You're the one. I let my reputation catch up with me-I let my reputation become me-with you”. (Page 264/265, Thirteen Reasons Why, Jay Asher). Although hannah seemed to be the person many envisioned her as that wasn't the case, she only let it happen because of the events that led up to Bryce. Once Hannah gave up who she envisioned herself as, there was no point in living her life anymore, because in a way, she was living a

Maria Hupfield is a contemporary American Indian artist from Ontario, Canada and is a member of the Wasauksing First Nation. She is now based in Brooklyn New York and has had some of her works displayed in the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian. She has made various artworks such as the swirl dress, jingle dress, jingle shoes and gloves with ribbons across, amongst other things. Her artwork is very closely related to her heritage as a descendant of an American Indian tribe.

Compassionate, caring and innovative. Mary R Hardwick touched the lives of everyone she met with her nurturing personality and bright ideas. While a big heart can be a blessing and a curse as I’m sure Dr. Hardwick knew all to well. I’ve made the absolute most of it. Ever since I was a small child I felt that I had an overwhelming debt to repay to the shear beauty of the living treasures around me. Growing up in Pennsylvania has defiantly played a major role in my appreciation for nature and instilled my drive to be the best person I can possibly be.

Hello! My name is Hannah Swarr. I am part of a big family that includes six brothers and one sister. My youngest brother, Andrew, has Down Syndrome and is my biggest inspiration. I work at DoubleTree Hotel as a lifeguard and a recreation helper. My favorite place I have ever been to is South Korea. I love to indulge in new cultures and see how other people around the world live.

Hannah has produced quality work on a wide range of projects including professional brochures for Lifetime Insurance, investment statements, real estate listings for Bellamy’s, technical writing, blogging, and web content.

Alyssa Hougham sits at a laptop at the island in her kitchen looking up music scores on a website on the internet. Her calculus homework is spread out around her, long forgotten. Light brown hair pulled back into a messy ponytail, strands of hair falling down to frame her face, she hums a song under her breath. This is how she typically spends her her free-time on the weekend, looking up new music or practicing the old pieces she has learned for her school band. Learning and playing music is one her biggest passions, and it has helped her immensely.