Victoria Lockwood Research Paper

Everyday a different crime is committed; however, the reason or motive behind it is not always understood. Over the years, theories were developed to explain why certain crime occurs. For example, Andrea Yates was a mother of 5 who drowned her children due to a mental illness she endured, but there are many theories that play a vital role in explaining why she committed this crime. The theories that will be discussed throughout this paper are the Biosocial Trait Theory and the General Strain Theory.

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

In Delta, Louisiana Sarah Breedlove was born to parents Minerva and Owen Breedlove on December 23, 1867. Sarah was the first unrestricted child to her recently freed (from slavery) parents. Sarah’s parents worked on a cotton field, when Sarah was old enough she worked with them. Although Sarah had a lot of work she managed to have fun with other children. They went to fish fries where people sang and danced, in addition they went to church on Sundays with their families. When Sarah was about 5 years old her mother unexpectedly died and less than 2 years later her father died. Sarah went to live with her sister, Louvenia and her husband, who was very cruel to Sarah. In 1878 the 3 moved to Vicksburg, Mississippi because of the yellow fever outburst.

Being a licentious woman is something that society doesn’t like to speak on. It’s certainly not something that is discussed in high society such as in the political parties. In 1998, a sex scandal would rock the nation when Monica Lewinsky came forward about an affair with President Bill Clinton. This was a vast scandal, but was not the first scandal to happen in the politician world. Before, Monica Lewinsky there was Margaret Peggy Eaton. She would be part of a scandal that would later be known as the “Petticoat Affair”, that would cause conflict in the presidential party and with the wives.

This election saw the first female candidate for president, even though women had not yet achieved suffrage. Victoria Woodhull, a radical social campaigner and one of the first female stockbrokers, had announced her candidacy in 1870. She was officially nominated by the Equal Rights Party in May 1872, with abolitionist Frederick Douglass as her alleged running mate. However, it is not certain that he ever accepted the position. Woodhull was imprisoned the day before Election Day for “publishing an obscene newspaper.” Several suffragettes attempted to vote for her, including Susan B. Anthony, who was arrested. In the end, Woodhull received approximately zero electoral votes. (Hampson, Pressreader) The 1872 presidential election is the only election

Anna Howard Shaw was a revolutionary figure for women in history. She lived a life that for a woman, was almost impossible to live at the time, including having a great education. She wanted to let women know that they have a voice in the world, and that they could accomplish great things. Her main career was being a physician, and was one of the first female Methodist ministers in the United States of America. She fought for women’s rights, including women’s suffrage, and to be sure that women would be respected in America, and around the world. Her heart and dedication did pay off.

Abby sunderland at ,16 years old, attempted to beat her brothers record of being the youngest person to sail around the world solo. Many people believe that Abby would have never went but I disagree. Abby was more than ready to go on such a journey around the world.

26 year old Maggie Shawcross lived the life of an average housewife. She stayed at home every day taking care of her two children Janice and Erich Shawcross, while her husband Robert was busy away as a prestigious lawyer. Few would guess that this average example of an all American woman would be capable of murder.

“In the psychic town of Lily Dale, New York the veil between life and death is especially thin,” according to Greg Newkirk in Week In Weird article. Lily Dale formally known as Lily Dale Assembly, is a small town located on a lake in New York, about an hour south of Buffalo. The ghost town was founded in 1879 as the Cassadaga Lake Free Association. It took its current in in 1906, named for the lilies covering Cassadaga Lake. Just like any other town, Lily Dale has a post office, volunteer fire department, library, and a playground. There also is a coffee shop, two restaurants, a couple of gift shops, a handful of guesthouses and a beautiful museum. For a 133 years the town has been home to the Lily Dale Assembly, “ a religious organization

Can you imagine being attacked by a shark at the age of only 13? Well Bethany Hamilton who is now 25 did just that and survived a vicious shark attack. Beth was able to recover and overcome her obstacles to become one of the greatest surfers of all time. With great support and determination, Bethany never gave up.

Rose Lockridge, a young maiden of 18, was the middle child of the royal family, who ruled over the kingdom of Isleara and was now being married off to a prince. She didn’t object as she knew this was her expected role, part of the price to pay when born into privilege. Her older brother was set to inherit the crown and her younger sister to be married off to some wealthy suitor native to their homeland. Both her siblings were much louder, confident, and boisterous than she was. She always had a quiet, shy demeanor about her. For a while the public thought she was snobbish because her face was always so serious, but Rose knew that wasn’t the case. She just always happened to get lost in her thoughts and her reticence kept her silent. Her mother, when she was alive, made it a point to get Rose to smile in public and focus on the present so the public would not have such a harsh view of her. Her mother always told her that public opinion was important.

I went to the Mount Allison University Archives in the Ralph Pickard Bell Library to see some information about Grace Annie Lockhart. First, I found that there are not so many documents written or mentioned about her. I could see only one file included about Grace Anne Lockhart.

Victoria Woodhull fought for everything she believed in, and died thinking she got nothing out of it. When she died in 1927, many people didn’t like her or didn’t agree with what she was fighting for. They didn’t think a female could be strong enough to accomplish what she was doing. Woodhull was born, on September 23 of 1838 into a family with an illiterate mother and a criminal father; thus giving her almost no formal education. Her, being the eldest of her siblings, got a job in fortune telling at a young age to support her family. For a while she was seen as a nobody and even thought about herself as one too.

American actress Emma Stone once stated, “What sets you apart can sometimes feel like a burden and it’s not. And a lot of the time, it’s what makes you great.” Everyone must accept that they are different in order to release a burden and reach their full potential. One can achieve great things following this rule. Diane Arbus was an American photographer, she lived 1923 - 1971(“Diane Arbus”, 2010). Diane Arbus created acceptance for the “freaks” in the world by focusing on them in her photos, she innovated the field of photography by doing so, and illuminated the world and civilization’s views.

Imogen Hallowell was born and raised in the city of London, England. She is the youngest daughter of Pandora and Charles Hallowell. Growing up Imogen was always an energetic, fearless, smart, quirky tomeboy who never took life too seriously. While her older sisters enjoyed dressing up in their mothers clothes, having tea parties, and playing with their barbies. Imogen prefured roughing it out in the yard with the local boys, playing sports, pounding on drums, collecting bugs, and spending many hours infront of the television playing video games. This was something Imogen would never grow out of, her love of video games would stick with her always. She loved dressing up as the characters, her favorite being Link. Imogen spent her summers signed