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Luis V. Gutierrez: Biography & Democratic Representative

HistoryBy William Anderson (Schoolworkhelper Editorial Team)July 12, 2011Leave a comment

The Fourth District of Chicago is rather new to the Chicago land made up largely of Hispanics and Latinos. This District like many others face major problems of crime, health care and education. Democratic representative Luis V. Gutierrez represents the answer to these and other problems. Who is Luis Gutierrez? Is this man making a…

Richard Milhous Nixon: Biography & 37th Presidency

HistoryBy William Anderson (Schoolworkhelper Editorial Team)July 12, 20111 Comment

Richard Milhous Nixon came from a family with a strong heritage. His father’s side of the family were Methodists originally from Scotland. Then, in the early 1600s, they migrated to Ireland, and to America in the 1730s. His grandfather, George Nixon, died in the Battle of Gettysburg during the Civil war. Richard’s father, Frank Nixon,…

Woodrow Wilson: Biography & Presidency

HistoryBy William Anderson (Schoolworkhelper Editorial Team)July 12, 2011Leave a comment

From the beginning of the 1912 election, the people could sense the new ideas of Woodrow Wilson would move them in the right direction. Wilson’s idea of New Freedom would almost guarantee his presidential victory in 1912. In contrast to Wilson’s New Freedom, Roosevelt’s New Nationalism called for the continued consolidation of trusts and labor…

St. Stanislaus Kostka: Biography

HistoryBy William Anderson (Schoolworkhelper Editorial Team)July 7, 2011Leave a comment

Born at Rostkovo near Prasnysz, Poland, about October 28, 1550; died at Rome during the night of 14-15 August, 1568. He entered the Society of Jesus at Rome, October 28, 1567, and is said to have foretold his death a few days before it occurred. His father, John Kostka, was a senator of the Kingdom…

Saint Augustine (Hippo): Bishop & Biography

HistoryBy William Anderson (Schoolworkhelper Editorial Team)July 7, 2011Leave a comment

Saint Augustine was born on 354 CE in Tagaste, Africa. His given name was Aurelius Augustinus. His father was Patricius, a pagan who was baptized Christian before he died, and his mother was Monica, a baptized Christian with an influential role in the life of her son. Augustine is regarded as one of the most…

Saint Bernadette Soubirous: Biography

HistoryBy William Anderson (Schoolworkhelper Editorial Team)July 7, 2011Leave a comment

The Soubirous family lived in the far north of the little town of Lourdes, in the Lapaca district. A large stream flowed there, and on this stream there were seven mills; one of them known as the Boly Mill, and this had been the residence of the Soubirous. Francois Soubirous leased the mill from relatives…

Oscar Arnulfo Romero: Biography & Archbishop

HistoryBy William Anderson (Schoolworkhelper Editorial Team)July 7, 2011Leave a comment

Oscar Romero was born in 1917 and taken away in 1980. He was appointed Archbishop in 1977. Before he served his term, the Church in Central America was being protested by two political ideals. One was those priests who wanted non-confrontation with the Church and the state. And those who thought the Church should have…

Mother Teresa: Saint & Biography

HistoryBy William Anderson (Schoolworkhelper Editorial Team)July 7, 2011Leave a comment

Mother Teresa was a powerful woman with her missions and countless acts of mercy. Powerful leaders in our world today should learn from Mother Teresa and her countless acts of mercy, which she performed. Often men and women in powerful positions misuse their strengths simply for their own personal benefit. Mother Teresa is a perfect…

Saint Joseph: Biography & Faith

Sociology & PhilosophyBy William Anderson (Schoolworkhelper Editorial Team)July 7, 2011Leave a comment

Joseph was born in the royal line of King David, but in his time the descendents of David no longer held power or wealth. He left his ancestral home of Bethlehem in Judea to become a builder and carpenter in the town of Nazareth in Galilee. There he met Mary and became engaged to her.…

Cardinal Joseph Bernardin: Biography & Catholicism

HistoryBy William Anderson (Schoolworkhelper Editorial Team)July 6, 2011Leave a comment

Cardinal Joseph Bernardin was born on April 2,1928, in Columbia, South Carolina. He was son of Mrs. Marie M. Simon Bernardin, and the late Joseph Bernardin. Cardinal Bernardin attended Catholic and public schools and the University of South Carolina in Columbia. He was later accepted as a candidate for the priesthood by Most Rev. John…

Rafael Trujillo: Biography & Presidency

HistoryBy William Anderson (Schoolworkhelper Editorial Team)July 6, 2011Leave a comment

Rafael Leonidas Trujillo came from a humble family in the Dominican Republic.  At the age of 18 he enlisted in the National Army where he quickly rose through the military ranks.  In 1930, Trujillo ran for the presidency of the Dominican Republic. His political agenda at the time was to reform education, health care and…

George Wallace: Biography & Governor

HistoryBy William Anderson (Schoolworkhelper Editorial Team)July 4, 2011Leave a comment

George Wallace Former Gov. George C. Wallace of Alabama, who built his political career on segregation and spent a tormented retirement arguing that he was not a racist in his heart, died Sunday night at Jackson Hospital in Montgomery. He was 79 and lived in Montgomery, Ala.  Wallace died of respiratory and cardiac arrest at…

Wilfred Owen: Biography & War Poet

EnglishBy William Anderson (Schoolworkhelper Editorial Team)July 2, 2011Leave a comment

Wilfred Owen is considered by many to be perhaps the best war poet in English, if not world, literature. Yet, at the time of his death on November 4, 1918, only five of his poems had been published. Thus, due to his premature death, it is clear that Wilfred Owen was not responsible for the…

Walt Whitman: Biography & Poet

EnglishBy William Anderson (Schoolworkhelper Editorial Team)July 2, 2011Leave a comment

Walt Whitman, a famous American poet, was born on May 31, 1819 in the West Hills of Long Island, New York. His mother’s name was Loisia Van Velsor, of Dutch descent., and amazingly could not read very well, if at all. His dad was an English carpenter who probably could not read his son’s poetry.…

Lewis Sinclair: Biography & Author

HistoryBy William Anderson (Schoolworkhelper Editorial Team)June 23, 2011Leave a comment

Lewis, (Harry) Sinclair (1885-1951), American novelist, whose naturalistic style and choice of subject matter was much imitated by later writers. He replaced the traditionally romantic and complacent conception of American life with one that was realistic and even bitter. Lewis was born in Sauk Center, Minnesota, on February 7, 1885, and was educated at Yale…

Robert Francis (“Bobby”) Kennedy: Biography & Senator

HistoryBy William Anderson (Schoolworkhelper Editorial Team)June 21, 2011Leave a comment

Robert F. Kennedy was born in 1925 in Brookline Massachusetts, and was raised with traditional family values. He was a true patriot, with a strong sense of nationalism. While Attending Harvard University, he saw that his country needed his help, so he put his undergraduate studies on hold to serve his country’s Navy in World…

Robert Browning: Biography & Poet

EnglishBy William Anderson (Schoolworkhelper Editorial Team)June 21, 2011Leave a comment

Robert Browning was born on May 7, 1812, in Camberwell, which is now a part of London. He had no real formal education so he was largely self educated. His father was a smart man with an extensive library. His mother was kindly, religious minded woman, who loved music and her brilliant son. He lived…

Rasputin: Mystic & Biography

HistoryBy William Anderson (Schoolworkhelper Editorial Team)June 20, 2011Leave a comment

The way a person lives his life and his religious beliefs can greatly affect history and the well being of a nation. A life of stealing and lying can kill you and destroy a nation, while leading a Godly life will keep you and everyone around you protected. Rasputin, in both his distorted religious beliefs…

Pompey: Biography & Roman General

HistoryBy William Anderson (Schoolworkhelper Editorial Team)June 20, 2011Leave a comment

Pompey was a Roman general and political leader. He was a member of the first Triumvirate with Julius Caesar and Marcus Crassus, but later became Caesar’s enemy. Pompey was born September 30, 106 B.C. His first important military experiences were in the Social war during which his father Pompeius Strabo, taught Pompey his military skills.…

Felix Markham’s Napoleon: Biography & Analysis

EnglishBy William Anderson (Schoolworkhelper Editorial Team)June 18, 2011Leave a comment

The book, Napoleon by Felix Markham, is a biography about Napoleon Bonaparte, one of the greatest historical figures and legends of all time. He was born on August 15, 1769 at Ajaccio in Corsica, which is an island in the Mediterranean Sea. In 1779, when Napoleon was nine years old, he began his schooling in…

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