Bryn Mawr College Essays

  • A New Model for Education and Architectural Expression in Women’s Colleges

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    The 1885 opening of Bryn Mawr College, represented the beginning of the end for traditional pedagogy and campus design for women’s colleges. Although its original scheme drew on Smith College’s design principles, the boundaries imposed in Northampton were cast off in the development of the new college. Molded by a woman experienced with Cornell, Johns Hopkins, and German universities, Bryn Mawr provided its students with a distinctive blend of university and women’s college. In this way, it separated

  • Coeducation at Haverford

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    Haverford College did not begin as the institution that it is today. A group of concerned Quakers constructed the secondary school on the premise that it would provide a fine education for Quaker young men. On its founding day in 1833, the Haverford School's notion of a "liberal and guarded education for Quaker boys" became a reality. Jumping forward in time to 1870, a decisive change was on the horizon: the faculty and students had voted to go coed. However, the Board of Managers did not concede

  • Why I Chose An All Womens College

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    Rasheedah Phillips Why Bryn Mawr? As a young woman growing up in an urbanized setting and attending public schools all of my life, when the time came to start planning and searching for colleges, I searched for schools that I felt fit my persona, that I would be comfortable attending for some of the most integral years of my life. My search included schools such as Temple University, and Pennsylvania State University, higher education institutions that allowed me to challenge myself, but at the

  • Women in the Math World

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    Women in the Math World Works Cited Not Included Math is commonly known as the man’s major. Many college math professors are men and the same goes for their students. "One study revealed that women accounted for 15% of students in computer science, 16% in electrical engineering,. . . Gender splits in the faculty were similar" (Cukier). There are few women that have made an impact on the math society compared with the number of men. A person can ramble off names such as Isaac Newton

  • Anna Pell Wheeler Biography

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    The extension of Galois theory to linear differential equations, which earned her a masters degree in 1904. One year later she earned a second graduate degree from Radcliffe College. At Radcliffe College she took courses from Maxime Bocher and William Fogg Osgood. She won an Alice Freeman Palmer Fellowship from Wellesley College in 1905. This granted her one year at the University of Gottingen. There she studied under David Hilbert, Felix Klein, Hermann Minkowski, and Karl Schwarzschild. Her relationship

  • Amalie Emmy Noether

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    By the time Amalie Emmy Noether’s life ended, she had become one of the greatest mathematicians of her time. She was born on March 23rd 1882, in Erlangen, Germany and died on April 14, 1935, at the age of 53, in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania. She was the oldest out of the four kids that her mother, Ida Kaufmann, had. Amalie, known as Emmy, to most everybody she knew, was the only female child out of the bunch. Her dad Max Noether was also a famous mathematician. She had an unproblematic time in her

  • The Effects of Acupuncture

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    Acupuncture is a very ancient Chinese method of healing that consists of the use of very fine needles and other devices to stimulate and balance the flow of energy through channels or meridians in the body. This method is very old in the Asian countries but new one in western countries. Acupuncture is the easiest medical method to heal in the world, and the negative side effects of this method are lower than other accepted medical procedures. In my term paper I will speak about the price of acupuncture

  • A Peacemaker: Emily Greene Balch

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    Catherine Ireland’s School in Boston, and in 1889 was part of the first graduating class at Bryn Mawr College with a Bachelor of Arts degree. Balch came to contact with sociology during her undergraduate years in Bryn Mawr where she studied it with Frank Giddings. She spent a year in independent study about sociology. She also received social work training from Jacob Riis in New York City. In 1889, Balch was awarded Bryn Mawr’s highest honour, the European Fellowship, which she used to study economics at

  • Katharine Hepburn

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    involving family ties; she was the member of an extraordinary family that she was very close with. Her family life was not wealthy, but as a successful surgeon, her father provided a financially secure life for his family, sending Katharine to Bryn Mawr College—a good background for her many roles she would later play as rich young socialites with a strong family presence. "The family with us was strong and remains strong…. We're sort of a group, going through the world together….I feel cared for and

  • Katherine Hepburn Autobiography

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    Katherine Hepburn was an independent, forward thinking individual, whose ideas were nurtured by her very large family. She was born on May 12, 1907 in Hartford, Connecticut. Her parents were liberal and activists. Her mother, Katherine Houghton was college educated and studying medicine when she met Dr. Thomas Hepburn. They were soon engaged and she gave up the study of medicine. After awhile of being just a wife and mother to Katherine and her older brother, Tom, Mrs. Hepburn soon grew restless and

  • Is My Team Plowing by A.E. Housman

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    Housman had lost his mom to cancer, which caused his dad to become an alcoholic. When it seemed that Housman had nothing to live for he earned himself a scholarship to St. John’s College, in Oxford where he studied Latin and Greek. Housman was a homosexual and fell in love with a student who also attended St. John’s College, Moses Jackson. This individual seemed to have a major impact on his life, especially academically, considering he failed all of his final exams. He only published two volumes

  • Essay On Euthyphro And Socrates

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    In the book the Republic, by Plato, revised by G.M.A. Grube, an argument is made over what Justice is. How is justice defined? Can it be defined? What incentivizes one to be a just person? The group, specifically Socrates and Thrasymachus have concluded that Justice must be defined and proven worthwhile. The argument lies within this task as Thrasymachus hastily makes the bold claim that what society knows as “just” is simply not desirable. He states that Justice is actually the advantage of the

  • Marianne Moore's Life

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    then to Carlisle, Pennsylvania. Moore attended Metzger Institute through high school and then enrolled at Bryn Mawr College in 1905. At Bryn Mawr Moore she published poems in two of the school’s literary magazines: Tipyn O’Bob and the Lantern. She majored in history, law, and politics, and graduated in 1909. After graduating Moore took secretarial courses at Carlisle Commercial College and then taught bookkeeping, stenography, typing, commercial English, and law. [i] In 1915 Moore began to

  • Analysis Of Marianne Moore

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    Moore 552) Marianne Moore a well know modern American poet of her time created remarkable poems with greater meanings behind the scenes. Marianne Moore uses symbolism and structure to bring out the flaws in society. Marianne Moore's life childhood, college encounters, career experiences and achievements made her the remarkable person that she became. Marianne Craig Moore's childhood life began on November 15, 1887 in Kirkwood, Missouri. Kirkwood is a suburb of St. Louis. Just before Marianne's birth

  • Marianne Craig Moore

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    Marianne Moore graduated from Metzger Institute in 1905. She then went to Bryn Mawr College. She majored in history, law, and political science. Since she loved laboratory courses in biology and histology, she wanted to become a physician. She graduated in 1909 with a B.A degree but did not become a physician, lawyer, or a painter like she wanted. Instead, Moore enrolled into a one-year course at Carlisle Commercial College. After graduating, she started working at the U.S. Industrial Indian School

  • Rhetorical Analysis Of Dove's Campaign For Real Beauty

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    When asked what beauty is, most women will point to a magazine cover at a size two model — a small waist, long legs, and flawless skin. Dove has attempted to change this perspective with their “Campaign for Real Beauty”. Launched in 2004, this campaign is comprised by a series of advertisements such as commercials, short-films, billboards, and many more. Dove appeals to women’s pathos in order to market to women of all ages. The company’s strong ethos allows women to feel comfortable and believe

  • The Proofs Of Athena's Role In Harry Potter

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    In Greek mythology, Athena whom Roman equivalent names Minerva is goddess of wisdom, war, courage, civilization, law and justice, handicrafts, and the arts. Because of her plentiful abilities, Greek people extremely worship her without doubt. In addition, her remarkable ability that influences to the modern life is wisdom. It is clearly shown in the education. There are many proofs of education that is forced by Athena. The first proof is the name of university. Athena University is located

  • Catherine Hepburn Research Paper

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    (Wikipedia 2017). She was a tomboy growing up and she was very close to her brother Thomas. The death of her brother made it hard for her to stay in school, so she dropped out and got private tutoring. She finally went back to school and attended Bryn Mawr College and her acting career took off.

  • The Chicago Transit Authority

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    provoked the suburban commuters and this resulted in 40 percent ridership overall. Some riders in suburbs had shifted to CTA rapid transit and express bus routes to manage their budget of a result increased fares. (Schwieterman and Mammoser 107) Bryn Mawr is a red line CTA train station at Chicago, Illinois.

  • Procrastination Essay

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    Is procrastination natural? In other words, is procrastination genetically or biologically inherited? There are two definitions or ways people define procrastination that includes “the practice of carrying out less urgent tasks in preference to more urgent ones, or doing more pleasurable things in place of less pleasurable ones, and thus putting off impending tasks to a later time. In order for a behavior to be classified as procrastination: it must be counterproductive, needless, and delaying” (Schraw