Anisa Najar HONS 2011J Final Essay Professor Hernández-Ojeda Volunteer Marion Merriman by Student Anisa Najar Marion (née Stone) Merriman was born on August 18, 1909 in Reno, Nevada. She graduated high school at 16 and took up a secretarial job in order to save money for college. Marion’s mom, who had passed a…
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Ana Lomidze HONS 2011J Hunter College-CUNY Professor María Hernández-Ojeda Children and Young Adults in the Spanish Civil War Personal Statement In the first week of classes, we were assigned to read Sam Levinger’s last letter to his parents. It was a short letter, but the words he used had a huge impact. The part that…
Vincent Londoño HONS 2011J Final Essay Professor Hernández-Ojeda Hyman Wallach: The Strongest Man in San Pedro by Vincent Londoño Personal Statement I first found out about Hyman Wallace by chance while looking through the documents in the Abraham Lincoln Brigade’s digital archives. Looking through the letters he had written about his experiences I was…
Colin Casey HONS 2011J – The Spanish Civil War in Literature and Film Final Essay Professor Hernandez-Ojeda Better Red Than Dead: The Political Activism of William James Bailey Personal Statement I had no idea quite how impactful this class would be when I had first signed up for it. I knew about the Spanish Civil…
December 18, 2020
Rose Molina
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Rose Molina Gonzalez HONS 2011J- Spanish Civil War in Literature and Film Final Essay Professor Hernandez-Ojeda Milton Morris White Personal Statement Coming into my Spanish Civil War course at Hunter College, I did not have any expectations for the class or prior knowledge of this historical event. In fact, my grandmother was…
Ayisha Siddiqa HONS 2011J Final Essay Professor Hernández-Ojeda Volunteer Bill Susman The international ideal unites the human race: essay on Bill Susman Personal Statement I expected this class to be a series of facts about war, and for us to discuss the events that unfolded prior to WWII in a statistical manner…
Luisais Taveras HONS 2011J – Spanish Civil War in Literature and Film Final Essay Professor Hernández-Ojeda Raphaele “Ralph” Fasanella Personal Statement (250) My knowledge or awareness of the Spanish Civil War was significantly limited to non-existent prior to taking this course. Overall, war and its historical figures are often displayed in a one-dimensional manner for…
December 18, 2020
Ariana Ahmed
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Ariana Ahmed Final Essay Professor Hernández-Ojeda HONS 2011J – Spanish Civil War in Literature and Film Personal Statement In step with a majority of the class, before enrolling in HONS 2011J – Spanish Civil War in Literature and Film, I had no understanding of what the Spanish Civil War was, why it was fought, and…
Laura Alvim HONS 2011J Final Essay Professor Hernández-Ojeda Leo Eloesser, MD Personal Statement As an aspiring doctor and surgeon, I was very interested in the experience of doctors who volunteered in the Spanish Civil War and their practice of war medicine. While doing some research on the American Medical Bureau (AMB) – the medical…
Eleni Mattas Professor Hernandez-Ojeda HONS 2011J 18 December 2020 The Story of Fredericka “Freddie” Imogene Martin Personal Statement: When I first began this semester I assumed this course would be just another history class. I did not expect to gain such a wide perspective of the various events that led up to World War 2….