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Women's Suffrage: How the Woman Suffrage Movement Began
by Carrie Chapman Catt and Nettie Rogers Shuler Why the Book is Written The Averted Triumph How the Woman Suffrage Movement BeganWhen, during the last decade, the great suffrage parades,-…Thomas McKean Thompson McKENNAN, Congress, PA (1794-1852)
McKENNAN Thomas McKean Thompson , a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in New Castle, New Castle County, Del., March 31, 1794; moved to Washington, Pa.; attended the public schools; was…Alexander Hugh Holmes STUART, Congress, VA (1807-1891)
STUART Alexander Hugh Holmes , a Representative from Virginia; born in Staunton, Va., April 2, 1807; attended Staunton Academy and the College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Va.; was…John Bozman KERR, Congress, MD (1809-1878)
KERR John Bozman , a Representative from Maryland; born in Easton, Talbot County, Md., March 5, 1809; attended the common schools and Easton (Md.) Academy; was graduated from Harvard University in…James Michael CAVANAUGH, Congress, MT (1823-1879)
CAVANAUGH James Michael , a Representative from Minnesota and a Delegate from the Territory of Montana; born in Springfield, Mass., July 4, 1823; received an academic education; engaged in…Notable Women in Media
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(Encyclopedia) Averescu, AlexanderAverescu, Alexanderävĕrĕsˈk&oomacr; [key], 1859–1938, Romanian general and political leader. He served as a volunteer in the 1877–78 war against the Ottoman…Otto I, king of Greece
(Encyclopedia) Otto I, 1815–67, first king of the Hellenes (1833–62). The second son of King Louis I of Bavaria, he was chosen (1832) by a conference of European powers at London to rule newly…Morris, Richard Valentine
(Encyclopedia) Morris, Richard Valentine, 1768–1815, American naval officer, b. Morrisania, N.Y. (now part of the Bronx); son of Lewis Morris (1726–98). After the American Revolution he entered the…