In 2012 the American Red Cross sent out almost 7 million relief items to people in the United States‚ and in 2015 committed 1 million dollars to the earthquake relief project in Nepal. Clara Barton‚ the founder of the American Red Cross‚ knew about disasters‚ as she was a nurse in the civil war. She also knew about adversity‚ being born in the early 1800’s meant she would have to push hard to make a change in the world. Clara Barton’s life was a testament to the belief that all people should be treated
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Mary Barton Chapter 3 close reading Elizabeth Gaskell ‚ in her first novel Mary Barton aims to show her opinion on the hardships of the working class in the 19th century through the protagonist Mary Barton. The opinions Mary states in chapter 3 about the working class allude to Gaskells reasons for writing the novel which is shown in the preface. In this passage Mary speaks from a working man ’s point of view and contrasts the life of workers to millowners who‚ to the workers‚ never seems
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Every Society has some sort of order‚ whether it can be classified by occupation or income range‚ there is a system. In the excerpt from Mary Barton‚ by Elizabeth Gaskell‚ a tiered social order is depicted. The lords and ladies at the top‚ to the workers‚ and servants; the distinct classes are distinguished through dialogue and detail. The top tier‚ lords and ladies‚ have a few distinctive characteristics that set them apart from the other two classes. Wealth‚ the first and most important of
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Clara Barton was an amazing woman and a true humanitarian according to Burton (1995). Born on Christmas day in 1821 to a middle class family in Oxford‚ Massachusetts‚ Barton would someday be famous and honored for her contributions to society and for laying the foundation of the American Red Cross. Barton began her career at a young age; she began teaching school in her late teens. She taught school for 14-years in New Jersey before quitting after the school hired a male principle at almost
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Study: Officer Robert Barton Will E. James CJA/474 August 3‚ 2012 George Williams Case Study- Officer Robert Barton Officer Robert Barton has high standards and values as a police officer‚ but he is finding it extremely difficult to continue with that mindset. After obtaining a new position within the gang task force‚ Officer Barton realizes that there is a subculture of loyalty‚ secrecy‚ and conformity. Seeking approval from his new unit‚ Officer Barton soon abandons his personal
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Reading Response Barton The overview point of Barton’s integrated approach to literacy is to help understand the different perspectives about reading and writing while coming up with new views of literacy. The impact of literacy in everyday life is the first discussion. Barton gives several examples in which literacy impact our lives starting from the morning radio to the mail‚ which broadens the readers perspective that literacy is not defined only to reading and writing. Like culture‚ literacy
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The Effects of the New Deal Historian Barton J. Bernstein claimed that the New Deal "did not transform the American System… It failed to raise the impoverished‚ it failed to redistribute income‚ it failed to extend equality and generally countenanced racial discrimination… It failed generally to make business more responsible to the social welfare or to threaten business ’ pre-eminent political power." Although he makes valid points in his argument‚ I personally have to disagree with him. First
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The novel Mary Barton‚ explains a tale of Manchester lifer written by Elizabeth Gaskell. The book was published in 1848. Over the years‚ there was the disparity in Britain that leads to conflicts between the haves and the have-nots that saw the poor population suffered regarding food and other basic human needs. The author tries to bring a balance between the rich and the poor‚ by advocating for Utilitarian Christian values. It is widely known and read in books in Britain‚ and it gives insight
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Elizabeth Gaskell. Mary Barton. Ed. Edgar Wright. Oxford: Oxford University Press‚ 1998. Questia. 9 Mar. 2006. In her novel‚ Mary Barton‚ Elizabeth Gaskell delivers a powerful and descriptive account of the living conditions during the Industrial Revolution in Manchester‚ England. Gaskell is able to deliver such a story through her aggressive approach in detail. The novel portrays life in Manchester as brutal and depressing. As the reader you don’t just review topics discussed in class but
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Running Head: American Red Cross American Red Cross Melissa Chaney Public and Community Health HCS/457 Professor Nancy Donegan August 2‚ 2010 American Red Cross The American Red Cross was founded in 1881 by Clara Barton in Washington D.C. The American Red Cross states that their mission is “The American Red Cross‚ a humanitarian organization led by volunteers‚ guided by its Congressional Charter and the Fundamental Principles of the International Red Cross Movement‚ will provide
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