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In conclusion, in the book Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson the use of the symbol trees is very common and important. The trees represent her art project that Mr.Freeman assigned her and her struggles for her freshman year. The symbol of the trees represent Melinda's artwork, her innocent childhood, and her growth as a

Liza Lou was born in 1969 in New York City but was raised in the city of Los Angeles. She is a contemporary artists who does a lot of sculpture for her art work in the past years. Her plan in her creation of the art work is to recruit many unemployed artisans to help her with her art with laying down all the beadwork that is needed in most of her pieces. In 2002, Lou had won a $500,000 genius grant from the MacArthur Foundation which has been used to create many of her bead works. This is how she has been able to create all her crazy creations and has a lot more ideas to show to the public.

President William Taft did not favor women 's suffrage and that it’s clear for everyone. Taft’s speech upsets everyone based on what he said, “That women in general had to be denied the right to vote because of the possibility that the less desirable among them might actually vote while the more intelligent among them choose not to vote.” (Lunardi 34). Alice’s rally took place in Independence Square, where it had been dedicated to the founding fathers. The Independence rally attracted two thousand people more than ever hearing about woman suffrage in Philadelphia. Alice went back home, but Christabel persuades her to stay, but she denied the invitation.

Walker’s mural Gone, An Historical Romance of a Civil War as It Occurred Between the Dusky Thighs of One Young Negress and Her Heart gained her attention from the art world in 1994. It was instantly popular, it used cut out silhouettes to depict a world full of slavery. She received John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation’s “genius” grant at the age of 27 making her the second youngest to ever

The life of the woman who accomplished what seemed to be impossible back during her lifetime, Winifred Merrill, begins in the year of 1862 on September 24 in the lovely city of Ripon, Wisconsin. Who her parents were and if she had any other family members or siblings is unknown. Throughout her youth, Merrill had the utmost pleasure of being educated privately which took her into her first years of college, the first college she attended was all the way in Massachusetts which was Wellesley College. After a couple years until 1883, she received her bachelor 's degree and bounced from Wellesley to Harvard University for about a year then bounced again to Columbia University where she remained and worked to get her PHD. Although Merrill was also

Cooper earned her MFA in Ceramic Sculpture from the Rhode Island School of Design. With that Cooper continues her work throughout North America and Europe (Jess Riva Cooper - Bio). Cooper currently teaches at Sheridan College in the Bachelor of Craft and Design Program in Oakville. Not only attending Rhode Island Cooper 's resume shows the amount of experience she has, for example she earned her teacher certificate from Brown University in 2009. The list continues, as so does her experience.

Jennifer Lawrence and Darren Aronofsky split rumors have been circulating lately and it seems to be magnified after the near-miss plane crash that the former has encountered on Saturday. The relationship of the "Passengers" actress and the Hollywood director has been pretty low-key, but the paparazzi has successfully uncovered and followed their romance. Their relationship has been met with mixed reactions, with some fans of the "Joy" actress voicing out their concern over the big age gap with Darren Aronofsky. Some believe that J-Law is better off with Nicholas Hoult, which might be the reason why the 27-year old actor 's name has been dragged into the breakup rumors. It is quite intriguing for Nicholas Hoult to be linked in the "Winter 's Bone" actress and

Mary Leakey began to review and attended university lectures in archaeology, prehistory, and geology, at a University and Museum of London. Even though she never had a full formal education, she worked as a scientific illustrator. Her drawings for The Desert Fayoum, a book by a friend and anthropologist, made her encounter Louis Leakey in 1933 at Cambridge. Mary accepted Louis 's request in wanting her to do, the drawings for his book, Adam 's Ancestors. After that she started an affair with him, despite the fact, that Louis had a child and a wife who was pregnant.

I knew of very few black artists especially females but I wanted to be one. Realizing that a fine artists was not a permeate job, I decided to study commercial art. I had to make a hard decision, I really liked my high school art teacher but I didn’t feel the traditional art classes in my high school could prepare me for a commercial art career. I entered the Commercial Art class as the Union County Vocational School share-time program with for high school students. This program transported me from high school to the vocational school for my junior and senior years.

We have failed you, utterly.”. This shows Roxanne Gay’s disappointment in our culture and society that has treated women so poorly through all these decades of time. She uses the terms “We have failed you” to show her disappointment and frustration that our society has caused her. Gay shows her credibility by linking the police report that was taken when Chris Brown beat his then-girlfriend Robyn Rihanna Fenty. She uses other men in the starlight fame of Hollywood for examples, other than Chris Brown.

When life seems so dark and there is nothing left to live for, hope walks into your life when you least expect it. Erin Gruwell, is a twenty-three year old woman that went to law school in search of a prosperous law career. However, she quickly found herself changing her major from not only a law degree to an education degree, but a wealthy, privileged life for a mediocre life. Her father influenced her, as he was part of the Civil Rights Movement. This encouraged Erin to want to teach and be a part of the real fight in the classroom.

She worked tirelessly to provide opportunities for growth and an environment that fostered learning. 21 years later, I am proud to be the first member of my family to attend college. The experiences I have gained along my transition from a curious youth in Stockton, California to an undergraduate preparing for graduate school have afforded me a unique outlook on life. My hopes are to contribute my perspective to the diversifying researcher community. Looking back, my motivation to pursue research truly began in Stockton while volunteering with demented elderly individuals at a nursing home.