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Historical marker Savannah's Waving Girl statue, inscribed with Martus' incorrect year of birth. Florence Margaret Martus (August 7, 1868 – February 8, 1943), [1] also known as "the Waving Girl", took it upon herself to be the unofficial greeter of all ships entering and leaving the Port of Savannah, Georgia, via the Savannah River, between 1887 and 1931. [1]
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Because SparkNotes provides study guides for literature that include chapter summaries, many teachers see the website as a cheating tool. [7] These teachers argue that students can use SparkNotes as a replacement for actually completing reading assignments with the original material, [8] [9] [10] or to cheat during tests using cell phones with Internet access.
The book centres on 'The May of Teck Club', a fictional institution said to have been established by Princess May of Teck during the First World War [5] "for the Pecuniary Convenience and Social Protection of Ladies of Slender Means below the age of Thirty Years, who are obliged to reside apart from their Families in order to follow an Occupation in London".
The Savannah Belles Ferry is a series of four passenger ferries in Savannah, Georgia, United States, which run between Savannah's River Street (from City Hall or from Waving Girl Landing) and Hutchinson Island in the Savannah River. Established in 2000, [1] they are owned and operated by Chatham Area Transit (CAT), and run at no cost to the ...
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The Black Book is a collage-like book compiled by Toni Morrison and published by Random House in 1974, [1] which explores the history and experience of African Americans in the United States [2] [3] through various historic documents, facsimiles, artwork, obituaries, advertisements, patent applications, photographs, sheet music, and more. [4]
The poem is written in blank verse and encompasses nine books (the woman's number, the number of the Sibylline Books). It is a first-person narration, from the point of view of Aurora; its other heroine, Marian Erle, is an abused self-taught child of itinerant parents. The poem is set in Florence, Malvern, London and Paris.