Henry Ford

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will begin with the world before Ford.

In the mid-latter part of the eighteen hundreds (c.1860-c.1895), the United States was still tending its wounds from the aftermath of the civil war. It was a time of rebuilding, reorganizing and a time to accept change. The country�s figureheads were also changing. When the most respected of men were generals, soldiers, presidents, and war painted warriors, combat bravery was a greatly revered trait. However when the dust and smoke of war cleared, the public�s attention naturally shifted back to home life. The transition occurred when the position of bravery in the public eye changed from a warrior�s bravery, to an entrepreneur�s type of bravery. An undeniable part of home life and living is what tools are used to make a home or farm function. This is where the gaze shifted toward men like Edison for inventing the light bulb and standardizing the use of electricity. Well over one hundred years later, what home is complete without ...

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America in 1847. The entire family worked on the family farm and Ford was raised with intentions of taking over the family farm when he grew up.

"He had an intelligent, inquisitive nature and was energized by the huge growth of industry occurring in the Detroit area." 3He was also an avid experimenter. At age nine, in one of his first experiments, he theorized the power of steam. To prove the nature of this phenomenon, he plugged the spout of one of his mother�s delicate teapots, and set it to a boil. And to the great joy of the young, giggly theorist (and dismay of his mother), the explosion sent pieces of glass and boiling water crashing around the kitchen! Miraculously ...

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