… a little girl I wanted to be a police officer. Little did I know then that there was such a problem with becoming a policewoman. Like me, there are a lot of girls that want to grow up and be in law enforcement for the simple reason that they want…

… Douglass, An American Slave by Douglass. Frederick Douglass was born a slave on a plantation in Tuckahoe, about 12 miles from Easton, in Talbot County, Maryland. He did not know who was his real father. He heard some people said that his first…

… arguments about existence and the questioning of why we are here. Rene Descartes’ Meditations on First Philosophy is no different. The first two meditations deal specifically with these issues, as Descartes examines several examples where these…

… as any other day-to-day worker. However, more than likely, society generally thinks of them negatively. For example, there are commentaries that recommend being careful when riding cabs, especially at night, because cabbies can easily seize the belonging…

… Illinois, to his father Elias Disney, and mother Flora Call Disney. Walt was one of five children, four boys and a girl. After Walt's birth, the Disney family moved to Marceline Missouri, Walt lived most of his childhood here. Walt had very early…

… 11, 1835 to John Marshall and Jane Langhorne Clemons. His family included his two brothers, one sister and one family owned slave. His sister Jenny influenced Samuel the most. Very often she would read stories to him. In 1839 his family moved to Hannibal…

… white cloud and scientists say that this beautiful place was created millions of years ago by a huge, nearly unimaginable earthquake caused by the movement of large plates of the Earth’s crust. The Maoris, who represent the original inhabitants, in…

… Alexander Graham Bell invented his telephone. Bell might easily have been content with the success of his invention. His many laboratory notebooks demonstrate, however, that he was driven by a genuine and rare intellectual curiosity that kept him…

… to. I never held a job let alone apply for one. I went out on weekends and never listened to my parents. I would go with my friends to clubs and party until the sun came up. I slept all day and never did chores around the house. If there was…

… Blythe IV on August 19, 1946 in Hope, Arkansas, named after his father who had died three months prior to his birth in a traffic accident. His mother was Virginia Cassidy. When he was four years old his mother wed Roger Clinton of Hot Springs, Arkansas.…