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    Out of the 316 million people in the United States of America, nine million of them relate as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or questioning collectively known as LGBTQ. This makes up about four percent of the population and while this may seem like a small number, the LGBTQ equal rights movement is as big as ever. While there are many fronts to fight in the war for equal rights, the major points I will be discussing are the history of LGBTQ fight for equal rights, marriage rights and equality

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    in Switzerland, Budapest and Berlin. In 1930 he immigrated to the United States to teach at Princeton University. Neumann contributions were his development of the game theory as a new branch in mathematics. He is also known for his contributions to the theory and design of electronic computers. Alan Turing – (1912-1954) A British mathematician educated at Cambridge and Princeton universities. He introduced the concept of a theoretical computing device when his published the paper named "On Computable

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    “Sophie Germain” Sophie was born in Paris on April 1, 1776, when the American Revolution began. Later the French Revolution would force her childhood indoors from all of the dangers outside. She was born to Ambroise- Francois and Marie Germain. She was born into a middle class family that later had money and her father became a director of a bank. As soon as she started to become recognized as a female mathematician she passed away. She died on June 27, 1831 from breast cancer. While she was sick

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    J. Robert Oppenheimer was an excellent physicist and recognized as the” Father of the Atomic Bomb.” A charismatic leader of defects that were trivial and unusual great qualities, Oppenheimer introduced a unique sensibility to authority’s science, and study, education. He opposed the concept of stockpiling weapons and was considered a security threat. Oppenheimer’s politics collided in the 1940 and existence shows the struggle between warfare, scientific discipline. His case became a reason "celebre"

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    Women’s suffrage in Germany 1918, sexism throughout the world, the Holocaust, and several challenges plagued a woman throughout her entire life. Edith Stein faced never ending difficulties due to her gender and religious affiliations. Analyzing her theologies through the course of her life and how they changed along with sexism and anti-Semitism pressures aid in giving Stein all the respect she has earned. It can be rather surprising when individuals learn what Edith Stein’s religious upbringing

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    physicist who left his mark on world and especially world history, Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer studied under Max Born in Germany. One of the major universities in Germany that has a long list Nobel laureates in the same era was University of Göttingen. Many influential physicist who migrated to the United States during or after the war hailed from this university. A few examples to emphasize the importance that Europe and Germany played in the world of science before the war were Enrico Fermi, Werner Heisenberg

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    By the early 1800s the Germany we know today was constructed of 39 independent states the largest of which was Prussia. These states shared similar culture and industry which in turn brought them closer together. Though this caused a problem in Europe since they thought unified Germany would be too powerful. At the time there was one main leader for German unification, Otto von Bismarck. He followed a philosophy known as realpolitik, a system of politics principles based on practical rather than

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    Sophie Germain was born April 1st, 1776 in Paris, France. Sophie’s family was rich and counted as upper Classmen. Sophie was the middle child out of 2 others, Marie-Madeline Germain and Angelique-Ambroise Germain. She was brought into the world around times when it was frowned upon for women to be educated, not to mention that it was also a revolution year too. Sophie spent most of her time in the house reading in her Father’s collection of books. “Their eldest and youngest daughters, Marie-Madeleine

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    continued his work on atomic research through World War II. Werner Heisenberg was born in Würzburg, Germany, 1901. During school he studied physics and mathematics in college. He finished college during 1923. He completed his Habilitation in 1924, at Göttingen. In 1937 Heisenberg married Elisabeth Schumacher. They have seven children, and live in Munich. In 1927, Heisenberg was appointed ordentlicher Professor of theoretical physics and head of the department of physics. During the same year he published

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    banking industry so it was safe to say that he was born with a silver spoon in his mouth. With Morgan's family resources, he was able to attend the best education money could buy. Morgan attended education in Boston and then attended the University of Gottingen in Germany (USHistory.org, 2018). After college Morgan's first business wanders were in keeping money. Because he knew how important it was to invest his money he wanted multiple sources of income. By 1860, he had officially settled his own

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