Mary Ann A Failure Dressmaker's Enormous Past

Mary MacKillop was born in Fitzroy, Melbourne on January the 15th 1842. She was the first child to Alexander MacKillop and Flora MacDonald. Mary was one child out of 8 and spent most of her childhood years looking after and acting like a second mother to her siblings. The MacKillop family were quite poor so at the young age of 14, Mary got herself a job as a governess and as teacher at a Portland school. All the money Mary earned went towards her families everyday living. While working as a governess, Mary met Father Julian Tension Woods. By the time Mary had reached the age of 15 she had decided that she wanted to be a nun. She also wanted to devote her life to the poor and less fortunate. So upon meeting Father Julian Tension Woods she

“A woman is like a tea bag; you never know how strong it is until it is in hot water.” The imagery created by Eleanor Roosevelt emphasizes the emotional strength of a woman, which may often be overshadowed by her physical inferiority, as compared to her male counterpart. The hot water is a representation of the hostile or conflicting situation that women encounter on a daily basis. This would come in the form of emotional obstacles and mental tribulations, as they have to oppose many of society’s wishes before they can achieve their dreams. Although women may appear fragile, docile, and porous to the desires of men, their course of action as they overcome their adversity would prove their character to be strong, willful, and self-reliant. Authors Mary E. Wilkins Freeman, in “The England Nun,” and Nella Larsen, in “Sanctuary,” portray protagonists that exhibit characteristics of strong-will and independence that resist the social confinements of their time. In both cases, the protagonists have to overcome the obstacle that is classified as an internal conflict; therefore, their ultimate decision presents their strong mental

She was homeschooled until the age of eleven before she entered public schooling. By sixteen, Mary graduated from Baltimore Eastern Female High School. Soon after graduating, she ended up spending two years in New York. She found a job at a publishing house working as a clergy. Mary’s aunt became ill and died only one year after

Mary Hutchinson was by far the most glorious and loving person through-out the novel, caring, passionate, and loved by all that knew her. She was a young seamstress who lived a simple life making an honest living and was very close to her loving family. She had been pursued by her co-worker the young Jack Wilson who fall in love with her (or so she thought), but it was normal for people to be attracted to her beautiful nature. After years of courting they had finally gotten married and had children of their own although the second would not be born until the “father” I say vaguely had left the country. This once highly sought after woman would now be left to care for two young children while her husband moved countries to find work (not to mention flee

Like Joy, Mary went to university to help her family’s situation and had Tony and Wes at a young age. Her mother, Alma died when she was 16, shortly after Mary had Tony, due to her kidney failure transplant. Mary was married to Bernard, an alcoholic, and ended up leaving him. About eight months after they had Wes, Bernard was banging on their front door late at night. On page 24 it says, “Bernard continued to bang and scream. He stood the other side of the door in faded jeans and plain white T-shirt, his beard scruffy and his eyes bloodshot.” He was trying to see his son, but Mary just peered at him, disgusted. Finally, he left their front door, and it was the last time he tried to see his son. Mary was a hardworking, and independent mother who took care of two children by

Mary Hutchinson was by far the most glorious and loving person through-out the novel, and loved by all that knew her, “We all loved one another but somehow every one of us had a special work with Polly. She was so bright and cheery and brave” (Pg.7). She was a young seamstress who lived a simple life, making an honest living and was very close to her loving family. She had been pursued by her co-worker the young Jack Wilson, who fall in love with her (or so she thought), but it was normal for people to be attracted to her beautiful nature. After years of courting they had finally gotten married and had children of their own, although the second would not be born until the “father” I say vaguely had left the country. This once highly sought after woman would now be left to care for two young children while her husband moved countries to find work (not to mention flee embarrassment). This was the moment that would change her life for the worst, only she hadn’t known it yet.

Archibald, Mary’s father, died when she was two years old. Mary attended a small catholic school in Alexandria Virginia called The Academy for Young Ladies. The school left a great impact on Mary and she remained a devout catholic and southern sympathizer. At the age of seventeen, she married John Harrison Surratt; they settled on land John had inherited from his family in Neales, Maryland. They had a very unhealthy relationship from early on; they both had different religious views and John became an abusive alcoholic. Mary and John had three children, Elizabeth, Anna, and John Junior Surratt. Both Anna and John played very key roles throughout Mary’s trial and

At age 50, Mary started to step down from direct management of the business and focused more on social issues. Her last home was at Newtown, Sydney. She died in this house on May 30, 1855 soon after her 78th birthday.

She hated her stepfather so much that she was barely home and always got in arguments with her mother, yelling at her for marrying such a bad man. Mary and her mother did not get along after her mom remarried so Mary drank and began to live like a hobo. There was nothing for the men to do back than besides drink so she couldn't really blame her mother for picking a man like that because that is how they all were. They just drank and drove around wasted. Mary was one of six kids, sister Kathie, brother Robert, sister Barbara (who she got along the best with), sister Sandra and then an adopted little brother. The adopted brother was very spoiled. Mary's mother had to find a job to help support the kids and when she was gone at work nobody was left to take care of them so their grandparents took care of them. Her grandma was born Louise Flood and her grandpa was Brave Bird. Her grandpa was killed when the horses which were pulling his wagon were startled by a lighting storm. The horses freaked out and caused the wagon to tip. Brave Bird got thrown out of the wagon and got tangled in the reins. The horses dragged him through the bush, over rocks, and over barbed-wire fence. When people found him he was dead. Her grandma ended up remarrying a man named Noble Moore. Noble Moore had a son named Bill who ended up marrying Mary's mom. Mary's mom had grown up and no longer was married to the

Mary Anne lost who she was, and became a typical soldier like everyone else in the

During the Vietnam War, the most common problem that soldiers had was homesickness. For the most part, they all missed the American way of life. But for a few soldiers, that feeling of homesickness was relieved due to the arrival of Mary Anne Bell. She brought the feeling of home back to the few soldiers because she represented what the soldiers had left. Mary Anne’s personality was the reason why she was well liked, but unfortunately, that was about to change.

Mary Ellen Wilson was born in 1864 to Francis and Thomas Wilson of New York City. Soon thereafter, Thomas died, and his widow took a job. No longer able to stay at home and care for her infant daughter, Francis boarded Mary Ellen (a common practice at the time) with a woman named Mary Score. As Francis’s economic situation deteriorated, she slipped further into poverty, falling behind in payments for and missing visits with her daughter. As a result, Mary Score turned two-year-old Mary Ellen over to the city’s Department of Charities (National Network for Child Care.)

They had five kids together, but four died from gastric fever.The couple then moved to North East England. The couple had had three more children, who then “died”.Her husband then became a fireman. He later died of an intestinal disorder in January 1865. Mary then received insurance on her husband’s death from the British and Prudential Insurance office and Mary Ann collected a payout of £35 on his death. Soon after the death of her husband, Mary Ann moved to Seaham Harbour, County Durham, where she had a relationship with Joseph Nattrass. He was engaged to another woman and she left Seaham after his wedding. She then took a job as a nurse at an infirmary, where she met George Ward.They married and he then became sick with intestinal problems and died in October. A doctor became suspicious as he died suddenly. Once again, Mary Ann collected insurance money from her husband's

The History of Mary Prince was a seminal work of the nineteenth century, which today remains an important historical device. Mary Prince’s story is not unique, but the circumstances and context surrounding her novel are. Defying contemporary standards and beliefs, The History of Mary Prince demonstrates the atrocities of slavery, but also a distinctive and deliberate political message. The History of Mary Prince is not only important for its demonstration of human suffering and the legal history it documents, but it also offers insight into the British abolition movement. Twofold, it remains an important text through both its straightforward portrayal of facts and experience as well as its underlying careful manipulation of political and moral themes. The History of Mary Prince served as an influential abolitionist piece of writing, but furthermore can incite multiple layers of interpretation and analysis of the abolition movement.

           At sunrise on February 10, 1675, during King Philip's War, Lancaster came under attack by the Narragansett Indians. This is where Mary Rowlandson and her family and friends lived leading up to the attack, the Narragansett were burning all of the houses and structures, killing anyone and everyone except the select ones including Mary herself. Through all of the blazing gun fire and massacre going on outside of the house, there were bullets flying through the walls and striking Mary and her young child. They said “If I were willing to go along with them, they would not hurt me”(70), so she did as a Narragansett captive, but as they were leaving the place she once called home, all she saw were her fellow friends and relatives naked and lying in their own blood cast about the grounds amongst them. As