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    Sacagawea Biography

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    “Much of Sacagawea’s life is a mystery.” (“Sacagawea Biography”) Sacagawea, the daughter of the Shoshone chief, was an important member of the Shoshone tribe. “Sacagawea was a Shoshone interpreter best known for serving as a member of the Lewis and Clark expedition into the American West—and for being the only woman on the famous excursion.” (“Sacagawea Biography”) “The spelling of her name and the dates of her birth and death are subjects of dispute among historians.” (Perkins) Without history

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    Drake Biography

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    While these are only some of the many qualities and skills his fan base adores, Drake continues to go on with his career reinventing himself. What can everyone learn from Drake when it comes to making it in this tough industry? According to his Biography, when he lost his role in “Degrassi,” he also lost his only source of income. He was on the point of looking for a day job and he was “...was coming to terms with the fact that ... I might have to work at a restaurant or something just to keep things

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    1. For my biography, I choose Dorothy Day, who was a journalist and social activist born on November 8, 1897, in Brooklyn, NY. Dorothy Day was known for being a significant figure for her revolutionary vision and her passion for doing work for poor people and representing what she believes a Catholic worker should do as Catholic. 2. My reason for picking Dorothy Day is mainly because I loved the passion she had for wanting to help poor people and how much she wanted Catholic people to get out and

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    Ancestor Biography

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    Ancestor Biography In all families there are multiply stories of people do incredible things. Some of these stories are stretched or sometimes made up. That though, does not distract from the fact that these stories are interesting. In my family the most interesting stories I found were from my dad. He has had a very interesting life so far. These are the stories that have made my dad him. The first story I learned about my dad was that when he was in his twenties he and four of his brothers signed

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    Philanthropic Biography

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    Having completed the Philanthropic Biography, I can only describe the process as a deeply personal exercise that pulls the participant into the sacred yet often overlooked formative spaces of the past. All too often, the re exposure to early experiences as children elicits emotions, thoughts, and memories that may be pleasant or perhaps painful. For this reason, in order to prepare to administer the philanthropic autobiography to a larger group I would take into account the setting and context in

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    The Jungle Biography

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    Welcome to the Jungle Upton Sinclair Jr. was born in Baltimore, Maryland September 20th, 1878 (https://www.biography.com). Sinclair was an only child to an unsuccessful alcoholic salesman (Upton Beall Sinclair) and a very strong-willed stay -at home mother (Priscilla harden Sinclair) While Sinclair’s close family lived in poverty his grandparents that lived nearby was extremely wealthy, this caused Sinclair to see both versions: people living in poverty and ones living in wealth. The Sinclair family

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    MLK Biographies

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    Biographies of Five Authors Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. MLK was the most influential civil rights leader in the history of the United States. Born in Atlanta, Georgia, Martin Luther King, Jr. spent a large portion of his childhood in or around the Baptist church. Growing up in the extremely racist south, MLK quickly began to realize the injustice in the world around him. His first noteworthy action as a civil rights leader was organizing a boycott of the Montgomery public transportation system after

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    Frankenstein Biography

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    The Fictional Biography The novel Frankenstein is perhaps one of the most widely recognized books in European Literature. Frankenstein is a novel written by Mary W. Shelley that features the life of Victor Frankenstein who, through an obsession for knowledge and achievement, animates a monster and immediately is disgusted by him. Frankenstein by Mary Shelley is a very creative and emotional novel because it utilized symbolism, theme, and setting very effectively and it was written by an individual

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    Pericles Biography

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    Welcome to my biography of pericles all the places I got my information from will be on the last page somewhere.this sounds boring but there's a first time for everything.im writing this late but the first two things i thought when i heard about this assignment. I wrote this because it was an assignment and I was told to write it.That about sums up this really short paragraph,and pericles sounded like it would be a boring but it turned out to be interesting.well i found him interesting but you might

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    Beethoven Biography

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    He could then respond orally or in the book. Out of a total 400 conversation books, 264 books were altered to destroyed after Beethoven’s death by Anton Schindler (Beethoven’s biographer) , who wished only an idealized biography of the composer to survive. In 1807, Beethoven wrote his third symphony for Bonaparte. Bonaparte was seen as a liberator of people, which then opened the door of hope for all people. However, Beethoven became angry and when the First

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