was the child of Rupert and Gladys Bath. Rupert was the first black motorman for the New York City subway system, and Gladys Bath was a housewife and domestic worker who used her salary solely to save money for her children's education. They named their child Patricia Era Bath. Bath was highly encouraged by her family to do well in school and to advance her academic career. Her father was an occasional newspaper columnist and a former Merchant Marine who taught Bath about the wonders of travel and the
Patricia Bath is a very honorable and talented African American who helped bring the gift of eyesight to those who are blind. Her most famous accomplishments include the invention of the Laserphaco Probe, a device used for removing cataracts and her creation of the “Community Ophthalmology”, a new field of study.Thanks to Dr. Bath, there is still hope that people who who are blind can still see. Dr. Patricia Era Bath was born on November 4, 1942 in Harlem, New York to Rupert and Gladys Bath. Rupert
Dr. Patricia Era Bath, a doctor, inventor, humanitarian, and educator, is a woman of passionate charity. She committed her life to the health sciences with the will to help cure individuals by giving them the basic human sense of sight. In doing this act, she composed the Laserphaco Probe which made the surgery for cataracts easier to operate. She was able to completely patent the device for cataract surgery in 1988 after many difficulties. Her commitment also led her to being a key leader and co-founder
one of the best ophthalmologists. She has helped make our country’s ophthalmologic care become so advanced. She is a very gifted inventor, scientist, and ophthalmologist. On November 4, 1942 in Harlem, New York, Patricia Era Bath was born to parents Rupert and Gladys Bath. In her early years, Patricia was raised in Harlem, New York. Harlem was not the safest, place yet Pat called it home. In her hometown lots of reasons for worry were present, not only because of the challenges for blacks, but because
The Powerful Wife of Bath In Geoffrey Chacer's The Canterbury Tales we are introduced to 29 people who are going on a pilgrimage to St. Thomas a Becket in Canterbury. Each person is represented to fit a unique type of behavior as shown by people during the medieval ages. My attention was drawn to the Wife of Bath through which Chaucer notes the gender inequalities. Predominantly, women could either choose to marry and become a childbearing wife or go into a religious
Data Envelopment Analysis in University Rankings 1.0 Introduction Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) is a means of producing a performance measure where sets of organisational decision making units (DMUs) have multiple inputs and outputs. (Dyson, 2000, OR Insight Vol13 Issue 4). DEA considers each unit in turn through linear programming and selects the most favourable weights for it. In this investigation the DMUs are universities, and the outputs are the different categories, ie
What are bath salts? Unlike the lavender bath salts found at Bath & Body Works, the designer drugs (bath salts) are not meant to be used for aromatherapeutic purposes. The drug is typically a white crystalline powder that can be injected, eaten, smoked or snorted .Bath salts, made their significant entrance to the United States from England in the year 2010. In the UK the drugs were used as a cheap alternative to ecstasy at clubs. Science, statistics, law and history help us understand why these
Dominance and Control in Chaucer's The Wife of Bath's Tale The Wife of Bath, the main character in Geoffrey Chaucer's "The Wife of Bath's Tale" recognizes dominance over her husband as the main purpose of her life and her story. The Wife of Bath is a controlling and headstrong woman. She craves dominance over her husbands. She believes that, in order to be her husband, the man must be subservient and that she is the head of the household. Even thought she has been married five times
time, Geoffrey Chaucer wrote The Canterbury Tales and taught us about one extraordinary woman whose name is Dame Alisoun. Alisoun is called The Wife of Bath, and she defines what women desired most in fourteenth-century England. She believes that women wish for power over their husbands, and I personally agree with her opinion. The Wife of Bath, a cloth maker, gets rich after her husbands die and leave her their fortunes. Even though medieval women were still far from being powerful, and had
Quality Improvement: Bath Basins as possible reservoirs for nosocomial infections Kelly L. Mustillo University of Central Florida Professional Nursing Professor Martin 10 April 2017 For decades, the incidence of hospital acquired infections has continued to rise. “Each year, an estimated 1.75 to 3.5 million patients in the United States, 5% to 10% of all patients admitted to US hospitals annually, contract nosocomial infections. Health care–associated infection (HAI) is linked to nearly 90000 deaths
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The Wife of Bath Depicted in the General Prologue At the first reading of the "General Prologue" to the Canterbury Tales, the Wife of Bath seems to be a fairly straightforward character. However, the second time through, the ironies and insinuations surface and show the Wife's bold personality. For example, she is rather opinionated. The second line in the passage, "But she was somdel deef, and that was scathe," seems only to indicate that she is a little hard of hearing. However, coupled
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Sexual Relations in Wife of Bath Sexual relations between men and woman have created issues of life and death from the beginning of time. In most classic Western beliefs it began when Eve with the help of the Devil seduced Adam thus leading the downfall of humanity into an abyss of sin and hopelessness. This issue arises in all literature from Genesis, Chaucer and into modern day. Authors, clerks and writers of all types have aided stereotyping women throughout history and Geoffrey Chaucer is
Analysis of Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. Stephanie M. Brown Saint Leo University Professor: Dr. Cernata C. Morse Table of Contents Abstract 3 Analysis of Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. 4 Poised for Growth 4 Compared to the Competition 6 Conclusion 7 Tables Table 1 5 Table 2
the ekdosis marked a transformation of the bride as she shifted from a child to an adult, a virgin to a wife. Actions that symbolized this transfer included cutting of the bride’s hair, removing the girdle she wore since puberty, and taking a ritual bath in water from a sacred spring. During the ekdosis the daughter is given away by the father to her husband. The bride and groom prepare for the wedding with offerings, dedications, and sacrifices. All of these rites are for purification and conciliation
the homosexual acts were a common feature of Ancient Greek society. That is, it is a common feature among men in ancient Greece. So there stands the question of what were the actions of women when their men were away seeking out young men and boys in bath houses or actually committing these homosexual activities? A look into this takes the use of Feminist Anthropology, which strives to understand the female position and power in society, in conjunction with archaeology and the synchronistic approach
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