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    Who Is Leslie Harradine?

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    Arthur Leslie Harradine (1887-1965) It is a challenge to comprehend when numerous books on ceramics and their makers abound that the life and work of Leslie Harradine, a much vaunted Doulton figure modeller, has been overlooked. Harradine’s grandparents, Thomas Harradine (1779-nd) of Deptford, and Mary Harradine (1813-nd) of Greenwich. In 1871, their abode is recorded the district of St George, Hanover Square, London. Their children were Sophia M Harradine (1850-nd) and Charles Percy Harradine (1856-1943)

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    Photo Documentation in the 1930’s Can a photo really change the way you view things from the past? During the 1920’s life was great for many people. Everyone had a great life. They had money, went to parties, and had many luxuries. All that changed in 1929 when the stock market crashed, People lost everything. The sold everything the own. People stole food, lived in tents, and struggled to stay alive. People lost their jobs. There was no work for anyone. That was the start of the great depression

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    Enlightenment period is characterized by an increased focus on reason and science which gave rise to the idea of trying to treat and possibly cure the mentally ill. Starting in the 18th century, local insane asylums began to appear around the country. Dorothea Dix is one of those responsible for persuading state legislatures to set up mental hospitals, and almost all states had at

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    Introduction Modern Psychiatry is the result of gradual progressions in understanding and activism. Some researchers discern four revolutions in the continuing development of Psychiatry, the third of which is explained in the 2nd Chapter of Kristi Kanal's A guide to crisis intervention (Kanel, 2012). Erich Lindermann and Gerald Caplan certainly deserve a prominent place, not only in the context of those four revolutions but also in spearheading the formal crisis intervention that is an integral

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    attorney. In 1776 and 1784 he became the first and the sixth governor of Virginia. He was married twice, the first was in 1754 to Sarah Shelton, who later passed away in 1775 to what was believed to be postpartum psychosis. He was then married to Dorothea Dandridge in 1777 until he died on June 6, 1799. The speech was given at the Second Virginia Convention, which was held at which is now known as St. John's Episcopal Church in Richmond Virginia, on March 20, 1775. The purpose of the speech was to

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    The degree of success for reforms in 1800 to 1860 varied in urban and rural areas. Reforms that called for institutional changes were, for the most part, successful in reaching their goals however; reforms that dealt with only institutional changes were less significant and successful than reforms that called for institutional and individual changes. While institutional reforms were mostly successful and accepted woman’s rights reforms failed. With industrialization growing in New England many of

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    In the 1930s, there was a period of time known as the Dirty Thirties, or in other words the Dust Bowl. This period of time consisted of severe dust storms that significantly damaged the economy and agriculture of the U.S and Canadian prairies. The many causes of this crisis is one that has been discussed and debated for many years. However, the main cause of this entire debacle is indeed due to the horrendous drought that destroyed everything in sight. In addition, the other causes included overproduction

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    American Labor Movement. New York: NYU Press, 1995. Roosevelt, Franklin D. Inaugural Address. Washington DC, 1933 Elliot, George P. Dorothea Lange. New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1966. Secondary Sources: Kennedy, David M. "What the New Deal Did." Political Science Quarterly 124, no. 2 (June 2009): 251-68. Jstor. http://www.jstor.org/stable/25655654. Gordon, Linda. “Dorothea Lange’s Oregon Photography: Assumptions Challenged.” Oregon Historical Quarterly 110, no.4 (2009): 570-97. http://www.jstor.org/stable/20616013

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    independence but men did not want to give it to them and they were looked at as foolish. Besides the fact that the majority refused to give women their rights, women were not selfish and fought for things that would benefit both genders. Women like Dorothea Dix fought for prison reforms and also special care for those who are mentally ill (Doc D). This goes to show that women had as much of an impact on society as it did on them. Women have had many important contributions to this life so it was only

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    Do you know exactly what the Great Depression was or how many people were affected by it? Well, depression is defined as a severe and long recession,but the Great Depression was slightly different because it was the worst economic downturn in the industrial economy and part of the market economy that lasted from about October 29, 1929 to 1939. During the Great Depression, millions of investors were wiped out which in turn lead to about 13 million people losing their jobs as well as houses for many

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