In Virginia Woolf’s novel A Room of One’s Own, she mentions constantly how she believes that in order for a woman to write, she needs at least five hundred pounds a year and a room of her own. The purpose of the Continue reading
To Virginia Woolf, 500 pounds and a room of one’s own are absolute necessities to any woman writer. Her thesis is recurring throughout her essay; through all of her evidence and the many examples she provides, she creates clear reasoning Continue reading
In the essay, “A Room of One’s Own,” Virginia Woolf highlights the factors which are needed to write well: a room with a lock on the door and 500 pounds of money a year. A room with a lock on Continue reading
The word “brassiere” made its first debut in the Spring issue of Vogue– the edition that manifests the epitome of top female fashion– in the year 1907, where the inception of the taxonomy of the modern bra occurred in a fashion Continue reading
Rowing has been around since the dawn of civilization because it was a way for transportation and warfare. Rowing is not an easy sport, it was actually used as a form of torture for prisoners during ancient times. However, rowing Continue reading
The past, the present, and the future; 1492, a year that marked the history of the New World in the Western Hemisphere. The island of Puerto Rico was first stepped by an Italian man coming from Iberia, sponsored by the Continue reading
A feat people deemed impossible for hundreds of years was accomplished by two spectacular men. Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norway were the first to ascend Mt. Everest’s near 30,000 ft summit. Sir Edmund Hillary grew up in New Zealand Continue reading
Baptism, known as a way to cleanse the soul of impurities and evil, was adopted into Christianity by John the Baptist. The ritual of baptism, which has evolved over the past years, was a long, strenuous journey. Early in the third Continue reading
“Always stay one step ahead of your enemies” has never been taken to a fuller extent than Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar. He and his Medellin Cartel grew to be the largest cocaine corporation in the world during the late 80s-90s, Continue reading
The word “apartheid” literally means separateness, this Afrikaans word served as the rigid framework for the enforcement of policies of racial segregation and white Supremacy in South Africa. The South African National Party, having gained political power in 1948, passed Continue reading
