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Showing 1 to 20 of 95 for “"Louisa"”.
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A History of The Louisa Training School in Louisa County, Virginia, 1926-1953
… case study was to document the history of the Louisa Training School. The study focused on the period from 1926, when the Louisa County School Board established the Louisa Training School as a county-owned and operated school, through 1953, when the division's school consolidation plan was …
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Louisa May Alcott and the Female Fairy Tale (Form, Massachusetts)
When Louisa May Alcott wrote her first book, Flower Fables, at the age of sixteen, she had already discovered the form that would shape many of her fictions: the female-centered fairy tale. Her version of it, appearing repeatedly in her popular children's fictions, features a heroine, frequently …
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The macrobenthos of a new reservoir, Lake Anna, Louisa County, Virginia
The macrobenthos of a new reservoir in central Virginia, Lake Anna, was studied for the first three years after impoundment, 1972-1975. Prior to this, extensive macrobenthic collections had been made in the river destined for impoundment, the North Anna River. The biota of this river had been …
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Domestic narratives in the transatlantic community: Elizabeth Gaskell and Louisa May Alcott
… primarily upon Elizabeth Gaskell‘s and Louisa May Alcott‘s fictions, I trace how they operate as 'transatlantic domestic narratives‘. I use this term to refer to the mobility of their material texts as they circulate within a transatlantic community, and also to articulate the generic …
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The writings of Louisa Tuthill : cultivating architectural taste in nineteenth-century America
… discusses the architectural writings of Louisa Tuthill ( 1798-1879), a little known nineteenth-century American author. Tuthill has been acknowledged for her History of Architecture from the Earliest Times (1848), the first history of architecture published in the United States. However, …
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The Redecoration and Alteration of Castletown House By Lady Louisa Conolly 1759-76
Castletown House, Celbridge, County Kildare is the largest and finest palladian1 country house in Ireland. Its building in 1722 marked the beginning of the palladian invasion of Ireland and the house is contemporary with the earliest examples of palladianism in England. The elegance and formality …
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Assessment of groundwater vulnerability to pesticide contamination in Albemarle and Louisa counties, Virginia
… by pesticide was evaluated in Albemarle and Louisa counties of the Thomas Jefferson Planning District in Virginia. A qualitative method was developed to perform an assessment of pesticide contamination potential, using an existing pesticide screening model. The Attenuation Factor (AF), was …
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The Lady Showroom: Optical Representations in the Works of Joanna Baillie and Louisa Stuart Costello
… century. I focus on works by Joanna Baillie and Louisa Stuart Costello, who theorize the viewing process in their prose and manipulate the viewing process in their drama and poetry, respectively. By manipulating the gaze these authors show readers new ways of seeing women, and subsequently, …
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The effects of acid mine drainage and the potential for the biological recovery of Contrary Creek in Louisa County, Virginia
Contrary Creek, which has been subjected to acid mine drainage for almost 100 years, was studied from April 1974 through March 1975. Physical and chemical samples were collected monthly, and biological samples were collected quarterly. Physical properties examined were temperature, width, depth, …
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Commodity of choice: gender roles, racial dynamics, and material consumption patterns at New Philadelphia, Illinois
… focuses on the home and farm site of Louisa McWorter, located on Block 13 of New Philadelphia. Louisa was the daughter-in-law of the town’s founders, having married one of their sons, Squire, in 1843. She was widowed 12 years later, left to continue the farm, raise children, and care …
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Doctoral thesis recital (opera directing)
… and music by Mark Adamo ; after the novel by Louisa May Alcott (conductor, Kelly Kuo).
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Environmental Justice in Virginia’ s Rural Drinking Water: Analysis of Nitrate Concentrations and Bacteria Prevalence in the Household Wells of Augusta and Louisa County Residents
… on the results from the 336 samples analyzed in Louisa County, rural residents with private wells may have variable access to household drinking water free of bacteria; particularly if lower-value homes in the community tend to be older with more dated, shallower wells. This study also suggested …
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A World Within Herself : The Southern Mountain Woman in the Novels of Harriette Simpson Arnow
… another phase in the process of evolution. Louisa, the central figure in Mountain Path is less refined and less complex than Suse of Hunter's Horn. Gertie of The Dollmaker is more refined than Suse. The process of evolution has its culmination in Susie of The Weedkiller's Daughter, who, …
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Comparison of two hydrological models on a Virginia Piedmont watershed
… models, were applied to Foster Creek Watershed, Louisa County, Virginia. The simulations of the two models were conducted using published data and a ten year database from the Foster Creek Watershed, Louisa County, Virginia. Data management and analysis was supported through the use of PC-VirGIS, …
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Developing Beliefs and Practices Regarding Teaching Black Students
… able to enact anti-racist pedagogy. It shows how Louisa was impacted by contexts including: a multiculturally-oriented teacher education program; interactions with ""typical"" mentors and colleagues; a school with few Black teachers; and a school district whose policies were encoded with …
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La rappresentazione della Grande Guerra nella letteratura inglese contemporanea.
… I Wanted to Tell You e The Heroes' Welcome di Louisa Young, Toby's Room di Pat Barker, The Lie di Helen Dunmore e Field Service di Robert Edric. L'analisi dei romanzi permette di riflettere su come il conflitto viene immaginato e rappresentato alle soglie del Centenario e, in un'ottica più …
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