Jane Addams was a pioneering social worker, activist, and reformer in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. She co-founded Hull House in Chicago in , one of the first Settlement Houses in the United States.
: History of the Thaddeus Stevens Trade School: History of the first 50 years of Thaddeus Stevens Trade School (nka College of Technology) from its founding in Documents facilities, vocational training, leadership, and student life.
The Greene Town Center (also known as The Greene) is a mixed-use development located in Beavercreek, Ohio (an eastern suburb of Dayton in Greene County). The complex is an established mixed-use, office, retail, luxury living, dining and entertainment center and serves as the third major shopping mall in the Dayton region.
The Walter Brattain papers contain correspondence between Brattain and his collaborators, Bell Laboratories, Nobel Prize-related correspondence, and letters to other Whitman College alumni. Brattain’s writings include his autobiography, speeches, and scientific publications.
In November, Tom Horn was hanged in Cheyenne using a water-powered gallows system known as the "Julian" gallows, a contraption designed with a lever that pulled the plug out of a water barrel, causing a counterweight to rise, which opened the trap.
Eliyahu Goldratt's The Goal is unusual among business management The Goal is centered on a production manager named Alex Rogo who has three months to turn around a deficient, unprofitable manufacturing plant. The Goal explains.
Master Chief Petty Officer (Submarine Warfare/Surface Warfare/Fleet Marine Force) Richard Bolton is a native of California. He enlisted in the Navy in April and attended basic training at Recruit Training Center in Great Lakes, Illinois.
In this firsthand account, he describes his role in shaping our recent history, from the aftermath of Princess Diana's death to the War on Terror. He explores the challenges of leadership, and the ramifications of standing up, clearly and forcefully, for what one believes in.
The Last Love Song: A Biography of Joan Didion by Tracy Daugherty. reviewed by Maia Silber. On an August afternoon in , Joan Didion brought her seven-year-old daughter, Quintana, to the Chicago Institute of Art. Quintana stood in front of O’Keeffe’s “Sky Above Clouds” and said, “I need to talk to her.”.
Sheikha Alanoud is a member of the House of is a great-grandniece of Sheikh Jassim bin Mohammed Al Thani, the founder of Qatar. [1] [2]She attended the London School of Economics, University of Oxford, and HEC Paris, and has an executive education degree from the Qatar Leadership Centre Rising Leaders Program.