Sister Gray Research Paper

Del Kathryn Barton (born 11 December 1972) is an Australian artist, who won the 2008 and 2013 Archibald Prizes. Barton studied at the College of Fine Arts of the University of New South Wales. She then graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in 1993. Later on in her life she employed for a college and became a lecturer. But before she won the Archibald Prize she became famous for painting, Barton was well known for erotic charged ink and watercolour pieces.

Born Mary Jane Mcleod on July 10, 1875, in Mayesville, South Carolina, Mary Mcleod Bethune was a leading educator and civil rights activist. She grew up in poverty, as one of 17 children born to former slaves. Traveling miles each way, she walked to school each day and did her best to share her newfound knowledge with her family. Bethune later received a scholarship to the Scotia Seminary, a school for girls in Concord, North Carolina. After graduating from the seminary in 1893, she went to the Dwight Moody's Institute for Home and Foreign Missions in Chicago. Bethune complete her studies there two years later. Returning to the South, she began her career as a teacher. She married fellow teacher Albertus Bethune in 1898. The couple had one

Alice Brown Davis- lived all of her life serving the Seminole Nation, in the early nineteenth century. She mostly taught, but she ran a trading post called Arbeka. She also built a ranch, was in charge of other local Native American currency, and was the superintendent of the Seminole girls' school. Not to mention she was a law interpreter, and even traveled to Palm beach, Florida to act as an interpreter a murder trial involving a Seminole man. In 1922 she became chief by President Warren G. Harding. Here, she became the first women to lead the Seminole Nation. Though, she was elected by the president, not by her tribe. Her tribe found her to be “well thought of and well respected and the people were happy with having her as Chief. “

was born on April 17, 1929 in Yazoo City, Mississippi to Charlie and Juanita Miller. She was oldest of five children (Henry, George, Charlie Mae, Sadie)born to the union. She accepted Christ at an early age and joined the New Tabernacle Baptist Church under the leadership of Pastor Carter of Yazoo City, Mississippi. Annie attended school at the Yazoo City School System. She moved to Detroit, Michigan in 1946 where she worked in housekeeping and the dry cleaning business. She met and married Pruitt Carpenter to this union three sons were born Larry, Michael and Curtis. Later she met a special friend Leroy Tart, to this relationship one daughter was born, Vanessa Tart. Annie joined the Christian Faith Missionary Baptist Church where she was a

1956 in Decatur , Alabama . Now in day she is 59 years old . She was the first ever African-American women to fly into outer space . From a young age Mae always enjoyed reading books but especially the ones on astronomy . In 1973 , Mae graduated as an honor student from high school at the age of 17 . After going to Cornell University Medical School , she uptained her M.D. . Four years after uptaining her M.D. she gained the courage to apply for NASA's astronaut training program . There was an issue that occurred that ddelayed the process which means she had to reapply a year later and was fourtunatly chosen . Mae was the first ever African-American women to be accepted to the

Ellen Mary Pleasant was a legendary woman with a great influence. In fact, she has her own memorial park to honor her for her contribution to the world. The memorial park is located in 1501-1699 Octavia St, San Francisco, CA 94109. The memorial park is the smallest park in San Francisco. Ellen Mary Pleasant was born on August 19,1814 and has sadly died on January 4th, 1904 at the age of 90.

Joy Brown is an internationally known artist. She was born in the United States but grew up in Japan with her medical missionary parents. Then she came back to America for college, graduated from Florida’s Eckerd College and later returned to Japan to learn the ways of pottery. She did an apprenticeship in traditional Japanese wood fire ceramics. Brown has worked with clay and wood firing for over 40 years. And for 18 years she has worked with bronze. She has exhibited in galleries and museums in the United States, Europe, and Asia. In 1998, she co-funded Still-Mountain Center; it’s a nonprofit arts organization that fosters East-West artistic exchange.

Dakota Brown is on her way to a new foster home at Starlight Rescue in Nice, Illinois. She just wants to be with her mom, dad, and brother, not another foster family. Dakota is a runaway not a run-to She has run away seven times but never to anything. Her saying for herself is wherever I'm going I'm not staying'. She doesn't want to do anything to do with the farm. She doesn't want to live where cows and chickens live. Will Dakota stop in her tracks and not run away? Dakota's social worker dropped her off at Starlight Rescue. She sees two boys arguing about chores and a girl screaming at them to do their chores. It was Wes, Hank, and Kat. Dakota doesn't want to listen to the screaming and arguing so she tells Popeye, her foster father, that she has a headache. So Popeye tells them to stop

Sophia Thompson is a eleven year old student at Martha Brown Middle School. Some of her interests are anime, chibi and drawing. Sophia was born on August twentieth, two thousand five.

Her name is Mary Todd Lincoln. In the 1800's they had to ride horse's or they would have to use boats if they needed to get places. Another thing is most girls often spent their time milking cows or goats. Mary had a very had a good education. It was hard to get a really good education but she got through it. In this paper you will learn about Mary and how it was easy and hard in her life. Also you'll learn about her life, and her marriage. Another thing is what she did for a living.

Beth Brown is an African American woman who studied astrophysics. Astrophysics is an area of science which applies physical laws discovered on Earth to phenomena throughout the cosmos. Cosmos is the world or universe regarded as an orderly, harmonious system (Dictionary.com). Beth is a very appreciated and inspiring astronomer. An astronomer is an expert in or student of astronomy. She was an inspiration to women and minorities in encouraging them to pursue their careers in astronomy/physics. Beth Brown died at the age of 39 due to a pulmonary embolism. When she died, the astronomical community lost one of its most buoyant and caring individuals (Bregman 1).

One thing you should never do is give up.Always stay true to yourself is another thing you should do.You could learn this from Betty Marie.She never gave up on herself while also staying true to herself.While she did that her career was getting better.

Lydia Mason is 57 years old and lives in Baltimore, Maryland. She took a Women’s Studies class in 1979 at Colby College in Waterville, Maine. At the time, Women’s Studies was the most interesting class out there. It was very popular amongst young people. “Everybody took it,” she said “girls and boys. Everyone wanted to know more about it.” This positive attitude towards the history of women’s suffrage continued until around fifteen years later. Then, the term feminist started to become something with which people did not want to associate themselves. “In the late eighties I would start to hear people say ‘You know, I’m not a feminist, but…’ and then follow it up with something that I personally believed to be a feminist thought. And I still hear that today.”

In this essay I will be talking bout my three favorite stories from this semester. The first story is called Onomatopoeia by William Safire, this story is about how we use these different words in our life. The second story is called Coyote v. Acme by Ian Frazier, this story is almost describing how we are in today's society we sue people over stupid and there is no point in doing that. An the last story is One Day, Now Broken In Two by Anna Quindlen, this last story is about what happened 16 years ago on September 11, 2001. It was probably one of the most tragic days in history.

Max Weber’s The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism is a comprehensive treatise on the cultural origins of modern capitalism. Through observations of occupational statistics by country, Weber uncovers a surprising phenomenon: individuals from a higher socioeconomic status, namely owners of capital, are largely Protestant (Weber [1905] 2011: p. 67). Consequently, his intent is to establish a relationship between religion and the modern economy, which is centered on work and material success. In this book, Weber traces the ethos of capitalism to ascetic Protestantism. Defined by Kalberg (2011a), the “spirit of capitalism” is a reference to the “methodical orientation toward profit and competition, work ‘as an absolute end in itself,’