Legion of Honor during her work in WWI. She also won the Pulitzer prize on her 12th book The Age of Innocence. During Wharton’s work in World War I she served in as an American war correspondent and refugee aid worker. “Wharton’s World War I articles have been published together in a book called Fighting France: From Dunkerque to Belfort.” (Mead pg.51) Her war work has also earned her a French Legion of Honor medal in 1916. That means although she may look like one of the Gilded Age society matrons
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academic career, particularly the last few years, have been intensely focused on that goal. I immersed myself in high school, taking part in academic team, debate, Key Club, French Club, and National Honor Society, where I held an officer position for two years. I filled my schedule up with multiple AP, honors, and dual enrollment classes in spite of their rigor. The summer before my senior year, I also held a part-time job. More than those achievements, I held fast to my dreams above all else.
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Bhushan, India's 3rd highest civilian award, on January 26, 2009. Naik was also the recipient of the 'Economic Times Awards-Business Leader of the Year' award, for the year 2008.[2] Contents [hide] * 1 Early life and Career * 2 Awards and Honors * 3 References * 4 External links ------------------------------------------------- Early life and Career[edit] Naik comes from Endhal, a village in South Gujarat, and belongs to a family of teachers. He graduated with a bachelor’s degree
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effective. He focused his camera on a tripod, opened the shutter when ready, and fired a flashbulb. He enjoyed photographing the interesting characters that came out at night and the nighttime scenes, but he also photographed scenes of the city’s high society. These included intellectuals, ballet, and grand operas. Brassai also took pictures of many of his artist friends, including Pablo Picasso, Salvador Dalí, Henri Matisse, Alberto Giacometti, plus many famous writers of the time. His photographs brought
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Theodore Roosevelt played a very important role in society in which he achieved many goals and helped our country become a better nation for the rights of the people. For a young man that started out quite sickly due to asthma and an extremely weak heart, he was such a determined individual that didn’t allow his weaknesses to interfere with reaching his goals and acquiring such great achievements for one man. Although Theodore Roosevelt grew up in a wealthy environment, he was able to associate
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People often believe that “Feminism” is just a thing of the past and now unnecessary because the patriarchal system is no longer subsisting. Women already procured the rights, opportunities, breaks, shots and chances, but they still tussle many struggles. As it is maliciously misconstrued as a way to dominate men, it just shows how little people understand the term. In clarification, it is no synonym to female preeminence or domination, instead, it peacefully advocates women’s rights. Feminism is
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school-sanctioned events, community service, or after school extracurricular activities, I always want to make each and every event that occurs in my community the very best it can possibly be. For example, I am a proud member of student council, National Honor Society, and also involved in sixteen other organizations at my school. This shows that I am one of the schools most inspirational students. My teachers, counselors, and other members of my community believe that I am a great example of what all
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Native American Representation: Culture and Society People all across the globe treasure their heritage, hoping that it will be passed brown for generations, and that the world will honor that history really . In America today, Native Americans and their descendants are pleading with the world to give them positive representation that has been taken from them throughout the ages. The majority of America is content with pushing Native Americans to the side. In retaliation, the Native American community
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Christopher Columbus is known as being a hero for discovering America. There is one problem he did not discover it, the Africans made it to the Americas well before Columbus. There is also another thing Columbus did that he does not take credit for, the slaughter of the Native American people. As soon as Columbus set foot on the land and saw the Native Americans he wanted to slaughter them, he eventually did so for filling his urge. As more and more settlers arrived they stole the land and continued
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In my journey to impact my community, I served as an ambassador for the National Society of High School Scholars (NSHSS) and coached for the community track and field team, which helped me see the truth in my grandmother’s aphorism. I was selected by NSHSS to represent the society in my high school, to be a role model among my peers, and to inspired them to get involved in community activities. It has been an amazing honor to be a member and leader of an outstanding, prestigious organization. My
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