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The novel, Washington Square written by Henry James, takes place in Manhattan during the 1840s. “Washington Square” began for James with an anecdote told by the actress Fanny Kemble (Simpson). The main characters include Dr. Sloper who is a renown physician, his two sisters; Mrs. Penniman who is melodramatic and Mrs. Almond who is sympathetic, a coxcomb known as Morris Townsend, and Catherine who is the daughter of Dr. Sloper. These characters affect Catherine’s personality and have a great impact

Mary Wollstonecraft was born on April 27, 1759 in Spitalfields, London. She was the second born out of seven children. She was an Anglo-Irish feminist who was known as an English feminist writer. Mary was one of the founders of feminism, a champion of social justice and a mother of women’s suffrage. Feminism is the doctrine advocating social, political and all other rights of women equal to those of men. She had somewhat of a rough childhood, but that did not stop her from pursuing herself in a career

Augusta Ada Byron was born in London in the year 1815. Her mother, Annabelle, took Ada as an infant due to her husband’s treatment of her. Ada’s father, Lord Byron, an influential British poet, wanted a “glorious boy” and made no effort to have a relationship with his daughter. As a young girl, Ada was often sickly, but had highly developed skills in mathematics and technologies. She was close with her tutor, Mary Somerville, a respected scientist, and was introduced to Charles Babbage through

she wrote, she had to create an alias to avoid having the hymnals being dominated by her name. Fanny Crosby was able to serve the Lord by writing songs of praise to Him, all this in spite of her blindness Crosby became ill within 6 weeks of being born. At the time, their family doctor was away; which, forced the family to call upon another man – who pretended to be a licensed doctor – treated young Fanny. He treated her eye by prescribing her to put hot

Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin mainly known as Mary Shelley was born on August 30th, 1797 in London,England she was the daughter of political writer william godwin and feminist writer mary wollstonecraft she wrote the vindication of the rights of women (1792) and her father wrote an enquiry concerning political justice, and its influence on general virtue and happiness (1793).But sadly for shelley her mother died on September 10, 1797 shortly after her birth. Mary grew up to do something most women werent

Brandon Hill Period 6 2-25-15 Mr. Snell The Comparison Of Lives Between Mary Shelley and Mary Wollstonecraft Mary Shelley and Mary Wollstonecraft are women within the circle of huge literary figures

Ada Lovelace – born Augusta Ada King-Noel, Countess of Lovelace in 1815 – is widely considered to the world’s first programmer. Being the daughter of the famous poet Lord Byron and Lady Byron, Ada Lovelace was afforded the ability to study math and science from a young age. This was a rare affordance, even for women from aristocratic families. At 17, Ada met another famous figure of computer science, Charles Babbage, who helped shape the work she would do. Unfortunately, Ada spent much of her life

Mary Sears was a female oceanographer. She was born on July 18, 1905 in Wayland, MA. She was not only a oceanographer she was also a commander in the U.S. Naval Reserve. Mary Sears was also associated with the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute (WHOI). Sears was one of the most closely involved people with the development of WHOI. Mary Sears went to school and graduated from the winsor school in Boston Massachusetts. Then she went and attended Radcliffe college where she earned her bachelor's and

Frankenstein and the Oppression Frankenstein is a novel written by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, which sets the story on a scientist named Victor Frankenstein who pursues the goal of creating life. Frankenstein accomplishes the creation of a monster, but becomes disgusted by him and abandons him later on in the story. The monster goes on his own path to find the meaning of humankind, but gets his revenge because of the abandonment of Victor. He then kills Victor’s family and his future wife. Some

Thesis: Although Mary Shelley had a tragic childhood, she was able to overcome her personal tradies in order to become a well-known writer and poet. Introduction: Mary Shelley was a well-known poetry. She began to write at the age of sixteen when she married her first husband Percy Shelley. Mary Shelley had a tragic childhood growing up losing the only mother figure that she knew of name, Lousia the nanny. This convinced Mary to start writing about the relationship of the individuals to history