Josephine Hopper

In the following essay, I will attempt to highlight the phenomenon in cinema known as the “counterculture youth-pic.” This trend in production started in the late 1960’s as a result of the economic and cultural influences on the film industry of that time. The following essay looks at how those influences helped to shape a new genre in the film industry, sighting Easy Rider as a main example, and suggests some possible reasons for the relatively short popularity of the genre.      “The

Josephine Baker's Monologue I’m Freda Josephine Baker born to Carrie McDonald and Eddie Carson on June 3rd, 1906, in St. Louis, Missouri, but most of you may know me as Josephine Baker. At the age of 12 I dropped out of school to become an entertainer, yes yes, I remember it like it was yesterday, I was young and ready to become a star. I grew up cleaning houses and babysitting for white families, and they always reminded me “be sure not to kiss the baby”. When I was 13, I got a waitressing

great starlet of the 1920s was and they will all say the beautiful and talented Josephine Baker. Josephine was known by many names, Freda Josephine McDonald her birth name, Josephine Baker her stage name, as well as “Black Venus”, “Black Pearl” and Creole Goddess (Louck "The Official Josephine Baker Website"). No matter whom Josephine was known as this does not distinguish the amount of work succeeded by Baker. Josephine Baker was an African American who broke free from racial offense by playing an

Mud is a slimy sticky mixture of solid material with a liquid, the most common is soft wet earth. Mud is also known as an abusive and malicious remark or accusation; frequently in the political game, contestants will sling “mud” at each other to damage their opponent’s reputation and gain the favor of supporters. These political contestants may go as far to say “One’s name is mud”, which is used to express a strong dislike for a person implying their reputation is no better than the slimy sticky

Josephine Tey’s Daughter of Time is a story that gives the reader a role in being a detective, filling in Sherlock Holmes 's shoes but with a twist. Within the first few chapters we meet Alan Grant, a famous inspector from England 's Scotland Yard. He is confined in a hospital after sustaining an injury, leaving him immensely bored during his recovery there. Where he would trace and map out ceiling cracks for hours; after awhile he became acquainted with the nurses that would come in and out of his

Grace Hopper New York City is the place where Grace Hopper was born. Hopper was born in 1906. During the time period of World War II, Grace Hopper joined the U.S. Navy. To program the Mark I computer was assigned to Hopper. After the war, Grace Hopper keeps working on computer science, she was the leader of the team which created the compiler of the first computer language, gave birth to the COBOL, a popular language. At the age of 60, Hopper went back to the active naval service. Before Hopper retired

Rockwell, to Don Sawyer, to John Baeder. Perhaps one of the most recognizable diner paintings today, and purportedly one of the most icon images in American art, is Edward Hopper’s Nighthawks. (Brooks). Painted in 1942 by American realist painter Edward Hopper, Nighthawks depicts a nighttime scene, showing a row of customers sitting at the counter of an all-night diner. The composition of the piece is deliberate; simple shapes, triangles, and hard diagonals are thoughtfully constructed. The viewpoint from

that Jose Rizal I has a mature personality and retraction is not Jose Rizal’s thing. After my research, I clearly know what side am I on. I believe that Dr. Jose Rizal did not retract. Jose Rizal wanted to retract is because he wanted to marry Josephine Bracken but there are no proof, no certificates and witnesses. Dona Trining cleared out that Jose Rizal did not marry Bracken and Jose Rizal had never spoken about marriage to his

Grace Murray Hopper was a twentieth century U.S. Navy rear admiral and computer science pioneer whose advancements in programming languages and computer testing standards have provided the foundations for today’s information age. Furthermore, Admiral Hopper’s accomplishments continue to inspire young women to explore skills and professions in current and emerging technologies. Grace Hopper was born December 9, 1906 in New York, New York. As a child, she found interest in taking various items apart

Grace Murray Hopper, one of the most astonishing women in the field of Computer Science to date. She has shaped the way we interpret computer programming and was a front runner for the field of Computer Science today. Grace Murray Brewster (maiden name) was born on December 9th, 1906 in New York City, New York. She completed her undergraduate studies at Vassar College where she studied mathematics and physics. Upon completed her undergraduate work, she proceeded to Yale University where she received