Lourdes is a eighty-five year old Filipina woman who was born and raised in Iloilo, which is a province of the Phillipines. She is a former elementary school teacher who experienced firsthand the events of World War II at a young age. Lourdes has four kids, two boys and two girls, who are all in middle adulthood. She has been married to her husband Cesar for fifty-four years. Her family as a whole gets along relatively well despite unresolved problems between a few individuals. Lourdes came to the United States in 1995 to help raise her grandchildren and has lived in San Dimas for the majority of the time. Her main support system mainly consists of her husband Cesar, all four of her children, and her favorite grandson Jason. Lourdes remains physically active as she strives to live a full and healthy life. Her main concerns and problems are family specific. Her coping strategies often involve a variety of activities such as: watching movies on Netflix, taking care of her garden, and also playing Mahjong with her friends. I interviewed her, asked her questions, face to face as we sat in her living room for the entire interview. Physically, as a result of her old age she has many ailments. Her list of ailments include …show more content…
Her answer was that her last dream is for the members within her family, who are not on good terms, to reconcile with each other so that she may be at peace. Personally as a young adult, this shows me how important it is to have a strong support group around you. The second open question askes was “What do you enjoy most in your latter years”. Lourdes’s answer was that she genuinly enjoys just being around her family and that it is hard because everyone lives so far away from each other. Her answer brings into question how much time I spend away from the people I care about. I should actively set aside more time to spend personally with the people who matter to
Women’s Role During World War II During World War II, thousands of women in various nations were deeply involved in volunteer work alongside men. Before World War II, the women’s role was simply to be a wife to her husband, a mother to her children, and a caretaker to the house (Barrow). As World War II raged on, women made enormous sacrifices for their family, and also learnt new jobs and new skills. Women were needed to fill many “male jobs”, while men went off to fight in the war. Women served with
Only a few decades after the conclusion of the Crimean War, the Boer War began. Fought from October 11, 1899 to May 31, 1902, the Boer War is considered the first glimpse at the destruction that would be later seen in the First World War (“South African War”). Although strategy was important, such as the detrimental effects of the Boers using guerilla warfare, new weapons were crucial (“South African War”). The Maxim Machine gun was invented in 1885 by Hiram Maxim and quickly revealed its cataclysmic
to postpone decisions that would significantly affect their lives. Birthrates also dropped: pessimism shrouded Americans' expectations of a promising future for themselves and their children. After World War II ended, however, prospects seemed considerably brighter. Young Americans returned home from war in 1945 ready to reap the benefits of victory and a prospering economy. Accordingly, there were almost 2.3 million marriages in 1946, an increase of more than six hundred thousand over the previous
after World War II, by Professor Robyn Muncy, states, “The most important task is to dispel the notion that American women workers went home after World War II; American women did not go home after World War II”. Professor Muncy’s lecture is to examine the lives of working American women in the era after World War II and their labor market experiences through the late 20th century. Before World War II, the prevailing image of women’s role were that of “housewives” and “mother”. World War II led to
Jean Piaget was a major contributor to the world of psychology and sociology that we know today. His works and discoveries still help sociologist determine and figure out ways people in society interact and develop throughout time. Piaget was born on August 9, 1896 and was raised in Neuchâtel, Switzerland (Boeree n.d.). His family was very influential to his success. His father was a historian that authored many writings on the medieval times, and his mother was very intellectual and kind, however
The Golden Age of Comics was perhaps the greatest era in comic book history. Many people loved the comics during this time period because they were all stories about good triumphing over evil. Many of these stories reflected over historical events over the time period. “Pro-American characters were popular due to the time period occuring mostly during World War II.” (PBS) “The precise era of the Golden Age is disputed, though most agree that it was born with the launch of Superman in 1938.” (PBS)
Most believe that World War II benefited women in the workforce. But did it really? World War II created war-related jobs and caused a large amount of men and voluntary enlistees. During World War II women played a part in the workforce in a way that was unpredicted in the U.S. history. The two pre existing factors of moral rights and society’s stereotypes collided with one another as the traditional female gender roles were diminished from war opportunities. Two arguments arise from this upset
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look to improve weapons of war as being undefeatable was the goal. It wasn’t until World War II that the development of Nuclear weapons took effect. During World War II two atomic bombs fell on two Japanese cities. “Hiroshima, Japan was hit by the first atomic bomb by the name of “Little Boy” on Aug 6th and Nagasaki, Japan was hit by the second atomic bomb called “Fat Man” on Aug 9th, 1945.” The atomic bombs led to the surrender of Japan which in turn ended World War II. The “Little Boy” and “Fat
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attended boarding schools and began dancing at the age of 5. Audrey’s life began to change a year later when her father, Joseph Ruston, left the family in 1935. As a result of her father leaving, Audrey and her mother had
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December 2015 World War II Research Project A decade before World War II was the Great Depression. So, most of the people were out of jobs and desperate. I wonder what was life like in the United States during World War II and how did life change for Americans during World War II. During World War II the Americans experienced some unexpected lifestyle changes such as their eating habits,their clothing, and their living habits. America itself changed all their normal habits just for the war. America’s
World War II Poetry World War II was a gruesome time. Many people were captured and kept as prisoners of war just because they were soldiers on the enemy's side. The saddest part though is that innocent families, from children to elders, were kept in camps because of their race. The country feared they were still in conspiracy with their homeland which was the enemy. In extreme cases, like the Holocaust, the Germans were kept the Jews hostage and killed by the thousands all because they felt
constructed camps for young German Boys. They taught German boys from the age of ten to eighteen. A powerful speaker, Adolf Hitler showed the boys his ways of thinking at Hitler Youth. The camps made the boys obedient, hopeful, and disciplined. Hitler named the main where Hitler Youth and the other was called German Young People. Both camps were organised by Adolf Hitler himself. At Hitler Youth, the boys were trained how to complete various tasks that would prepare them for war. After the training