1. How are these two passage related?
Amelia Earhart (1897-1937) A tomboy as a girl, Amelia Earhart found many ways to experience her love of adventure in her adult life. A famous pilot, Earhart was the first woman to fly across the Atlantic Ocean, and the first to fly solo across the Pacific Ocean. Elizabeth Blackwell (1821-1910) After moving with her family from England at age 11, Elizabeth Blackwell became the first woman in America to be awarded an M. D.—a medical doctor’s license. She was also active in anti-slavery and women’s rights movements.

A; Both passages describe women who were born and raised in America.

B; Both passages describe the first women to do something that people had once thought only men could do.

What is the meaning of each underlined word in these excerpts from "a modest proposal" by jonathan swift? i think it is agreed by all parties, that this prodigious number of children in the arms, or on the backs, or at the heels of their mothers, and frequently of their fathers, is in the present deplorable state of the kingdom, a very great additional grievance; and therefore whoever could find out a fair, cheap and easy method of making these children sound and useful members of the common-wealth, would deserve so well of the publick, as to have his statue set up for a preserver of the nation. some persons of a desponding spirit are in great concern about that vast number of poor people, who are aged, diseased, or maimed; and i have been desired to employ my thoughts what course may be taken, to ease the nation of so grievous an incumbrance. the word prodigious means . the word desponding means .

In 250 words, discuss the ways in which the novel relates to the historical context in which it was published.

What belief system was john brown following when he said it was "god's will" that he use violence to end slavery? pilgrim christian puritan quaker