Birth: 28 July 1899, Mungy Station, Queensland Death: 15 October 1977, Sydney. She was bludgeoned to death with a large piece of timber in her Paddington studio, her fingers found broken, and her body battered. The murder was never solved, but there has been some speculation that she was a victim of the serial killer, John Wayne Glover. Florence Broadhurst, known for her exquisite wallpaper and fabric designs which are world renowned today, was an Australian designer who grew up on a cattle farm
Roberta Bondar Dr. Roberta Bondar is one of the great Canadians renowned to almost everyone in the country. She is famous for her milestone accomplishments as the first Canadian woman astronaut and the first neurologist in space. She was the second Canadian (after Marc Garneau) onboard a space shuttle (Bissett). Prior to being selected to the Canadian Space Program in December 1983, Dr. Bondar was already a highly proficient physician and researcher studying the nervous system (ACH). Dr. Bondar
In April and May of 1963, Birmingham, Alabama was a focal point for the civil rights movement. Birmingham was home to one of the most violent cells of the KKK and violence against black people was so commonplace (especially in the form of explosives) that it was referred to as “Bombingham.” It was these conditions that lead Martin Luther King to arrive and organize a series of non-violent protests in the city. These protests were relatively low key and weren’t very well attended. This was due
For summer reading, I chose a book called Dallas 1963 which provides an in depth look into the complex city of Dallas leading up to John F. Kennedy’s merciless murder. The book starts in 1960 and vividly describes the city and what was happening, along with the key players in Dallas throughout the years, up until that fateful November 22nd, 1963. Mr. Norman- you should adopt Dallas 1963 into the AP Language and Composition class curriculum because of the clear imagery by Minutaglio and Davis which
An Analysis of the Design and Deployment of Milgram’s 1963 Obedience Study as it Relates to the National Association of Social Work Code of Ethics and the Author’s Personal Values In reviewing Stanley Milgram’s research on obedience, published in 1963, I am dissecting the ethics behind his research through the lens of social work and its adherence to the National Association of Social Work (NASW) Code of Ethics. I will explore the paper through the ethics of “social workers’ primary responsibility…to
Michael Jordan once said, “I've missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I have lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I have been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I have failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed” (BrainyQuote). To be successful means to complete a goal or task at hand. Many people want success but do not know how to achieve it. In his book Outliers: The Story of Success, Malcolm Gladwell writes “To become a chess grandmaster also seems
1963: The Hope That Stemmed From the Fight for Equality There is a desire in every person's inner being to strive for equality. The fight for equalization has existed throughout time. Jews, Negroes, women, and homosexuals are examples of those who have been inspired to fight for equal rights, for justice, and for freedom. The struggle for black equality was the event that turned the United States of America upside down. For over two centuries, Negroes have struggled to work their way up the ladder
“women’s” world. The Equal Pay Act of 1963 is an important act the needs to be enforced so the employer will not discriminate based on gender. The Equal Pay Act of 1963 “prohibits sex-based wage discrimination between men a... ... middle of paper ... ...ary 22, 2011, from http://employment.findlaw.com/employment/employment-employee-discrimination-harassment/equal-pay-act-1963.html http://www.answers.com/topic/equhttp://www.answers.com/topic/equal-pay-act-of-1963, 2011. (n.d.). http://www.answers
Despite the Equal Pay Act of 1963, the pay gap between men and women in the United States of America is still wide. This is evident from the fact that male employees receive higher salaries and better working terms as compared to female ones doing the same job. The effort to eliminate the persistent pay issue in the US has stalled for more than 50 years since the Equal Pay Act was enacted. Signed by President John Kennedy in 1963, the anti-discrimination law was meant to eradicate
The March on Washington - August 28, 1963 One hundred years after the Emancipation Proclamation was written, African Americans were still fighting for equal rights in every day life. The first real success of this movement did not come until the Brown vs. Board of Education decision in 1954 which was followed by many boycotts and protests. The largest of these protests, the March on Washington, was held on August 28, 1963 “for jobs and freedom” (March on Washington 11). An incredible amount of
to light the discrimination they suffered in the labor force.4 American women were segregated into lower paying jobs with no room for advancement or working the same jobs as men, however getting lower pay. In Betty Frieden’s The Feminine Mystique of 1963, she made the case for American women to participate more fully in the workplace and not to shy away from it, so they could realize their own individual potential.4 As an advocate for women’s rights in the United States Frieden believed there needed
was mandated on June 10, 1963 by President John F. Kennedy to ensure that men and women were paid equally for doing equal work. President Kennedy wanted to put an end to gender – based disparity. However, equal pay has not been officially accomplished through many companies, which is why many employees and Human Resource managers are fighting still for this equality fifty three years later. Throughout the following paper details about what exactly the Equal Pay Act of 1963 is, what progress has been
Equality Is Coming Until the Equal Pay Act (EPA) of 1963, many women were paid less for doing the same work as men. This division of wages often caused hardships and bitterness forcing women to work more hours on a weekly basis in order to make the same amount of money as their male counterparts. In order to understand the impact of the Equal Pay Act, you must first understand its purpose, the benefits, and also consider the negative effects. The act caused most of the women to get paid the
reader’s day brighten. The book, “The Watsons Go to Birmingham-1963,” written by Christopher Paul Curtis, is an inspirational book meant for young readers. The genres of this book are juvenile fiction and historical fiction. “The Watsons Go to Birmingham-1963” was published by Yearling Books in 1995. This book is about a boy named Kenny who learns the true meaning of family through a trip to Birmingham. “The Watsons Go to Birmingham-1963” starts off in Flint, Michigan in the winter of 1962, but most
Over 200,000 demonstrators participated in the March on Washington in the nation’s capital on August 28, 1963. The purpose of the march was to gain civil rights for African Americans. There was a wide diversity in those who participated, with a quarter of all the demonstrators being white (Ross). Even southern people came to contribute which caused them to be harassed and threatened for coming to the march. The March on Washington became a very successful event for the rights of African Americans
The first poem that I chose was by the poet Julia Alvarez titled “Queens, 1963” this told the story of a family that has moved into in Queens, NY. The writer and narrator of this story is from the Dominican Republic. One year has passed for the family to finally settle into the neighborhood. This time an African American family has moved right across the street. The young girl notices how her neighbors have not treated this family with kindness and respect. More police have been seen patrolling through
After years of campaigning for women to have the right to vote, the 19th Amendment was ratified on August 26, 1920; the United States became the twenty-seventh nation to give women the right to vote. The amendment simply states that “the right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex” (History.com, 2009). The amendment helped women advocate for themselves even further by pushing for more job opportunities and equal
institutions and left untreated. President John F. Kennedy saw a need for change regarding mental health institutions and in 1963, he signed the Mental Retardation Facilities and Community Mental Health Centers Construction Act of 1963. This particular act was supposed to signal changes in the treatment of mental disorders (Murphy & Rigg, 2014). The Community Mental Health Act of 1963
On August, 28th, 1963 Martin Luther King Jr, of Atlanta Georgia, Recited His Famously known speech “I have A Dream”. on The steps of the Lincoln Memorial. King, shared his view and aspirations, on what he dreamed America would look like one day, but the real question is, Would America React the Same? If MLK had lived in the 1800s, or 2016, and recited his speech to America, would we react the same way America did on August 28th, 1963, while facing a crowd of nearly 250,000 people? The American Crowd
In Robert Wise’s 1963 film adaptation, “The Haunting,” Wise uses architectural nuances in tandem with certain angular choices to convey the protagonist’s journey of self-discovery, as well as her simultaneous descent into madness. In keeping with the gothic genre, Wise demonstrates not only the coexistence of the diurnal and nocturnal worlds, but also their point of collision as the protagonist pieces together her sense self out of shards of her own repression. As the nocturnal world progressively