Judith Wright is commonly regarded as Australia's greatest twentieth century female poet. She was born on her father's station property at Wallamumbi in New South Wales in 1915 and even attended the University of Sydney, where she graduated with a BA in 1936. Between then and the outbreak of the S...

Frank Lloyd Wright Frank Lloyd Wright was born on June 8, 1867, in Richland Center, Wisconsin. He spent a few semesters in the Engineering School at the University of Wisconsin before leaving for Chicago in 1887. At the age of twenty, he was hired as an apprentice in the office of J. Lyman Sil...

Judith Wright is a respected Australian poet is also known as a conservationist and protester. Her poetry has captured the most amazing imagery of Australian Culture. For Australian students to understand their own culture and history it is necessary to study the best poetry and Judith Wright's poet...

Considering the fall of Cold War communism and other notable events of the second half of the 20th century, C. Wright Mills' The Power Elite still seems to holds up on several points as read in the year 2002. Charles Mills died in 1962 at the age of 46 as a distinguished professor of sociology. He...

Man's dream of flying has been apparent almost as long as mankind himself. However, the concept of an aircraft has only been around for approximately two hundred years. Before this time, man tried to fulfill this dream by mimicking the birds. They first built machines called ornithopters to utilize...

Affirmation The song Affirmation is written and performed by Darren Hayes (lead and back up singer) and Daniel Jones (keyboard, synthesisers and drum and rhythm programming). They are better known to the world as the Australian pop group Savage Garden. Some of the poetic devices that are used th...

Although everyone has heard the catchy phrase, I think very few people know what the \"new world order\" stands for. Depending on who you talk to, definitions range from type of government structure to economic policy to leadership role in international affairs. It seems to me that the new world ord...

Fly GirlsIn the middle of World War I, women with flight experience were needed to fly in the military. All over the country young women postponed their weddings, put educations on hold, ad quit their jobs. For 1942 to 1944, more then 1000 women were trained to ferry aircraft, test planes, instruct ...

The Visible Man "Ralph Ellison" There have been many great writers who have had impact upon the world inwhich we live. Among the best of them, in my opinion, is Ralph Ellison. Ralph Waldo Ellison was born March 1, 1914, in Oklahoma City, OK to LewisAlfred (a co...

The Visible Man "Ralph Ellison" There have been many great writers who have had impact upon the world inwhich we live. Among the best of them, in my opinion, is Ralph Ellison. Ralph Waldo Ellison was born March 1, 1914, in Oklahoma City, OK to LewisAlfred (a co...

For women, wartime was considered "the best years of their lives" by some people and historians. Not only did women come to the country's aid in time of need, they also started the concept of women having a job. The idea of women at work during World War II was not utterly new. In the previous years...

Rigoberta Menchu: A cry for justice In recent years, a new voice has been added to the world stage. It is the voice of Latin American women. Long oppressed both by their culture and their governments, these voices have risen in protest against the inequalities and injustices that have plagued their ...