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Women's Suffrage: The Averted Triumph

by Carrie Chapman Catt and Nettie Rogers Shuler How the Woman Suffrage Movement BeganThat Adjective Male 1866 The Averted Triumph 1848-1860It was not until 1848 that the compact, made…

Obama, Barack

(Encyclopedia) Obama, Barack (Barack Hussein Obama 2d), Obama, Barackbəräkˈ h&oomacr;sānˈ ōbäˈmə [key], 1961–, 44th president of the United States (2009–17), b. Honolulu, grad. Columbia (B.A.…

2005 Grammy Awards

The 48th Annual Grammy Awards were presented at Staples Center in Los Angeles on February 8, 2006. Record: “Boulevard of Broken Dreams,” Green Day Album: How to Dismantle an Atomic…

1944 Academy Awards

The 1944 Academy Awards were presented March 15, 1944 at Grauman's Chinese Theatre, Hollywood, Calif.Best Motion PictureDouble Indemnity (Paramount)Gaslight (MGM)Going My Way (Paramount)…

1943 Academy Awards

The 1944 Academy Awards were presented March 15, 1944 at Grauman's Chinese Theatre, Hollywood, Calif.Outstanding Motion PictureCasablanca (Warner Bros.)For Whom the Bell Tolls (Paramount)…

Alaska

(Encyclopedia) CE5 AlaskaAlaskaəlăˈskə [key], largest in area of the United States but one of the smallest in population, occupying the northwest extremity of the North American continent,…

1942 Academy Awards

The 1942 Academy Awards were presented March 4, 1943 at Ambassador Hotel, Los Angeles.Outstanding Motion PictureThe Invaders (Ortus; Columbia)Kings Row (Warner Bros.)The Magnificent…

1941 Academy Awards

The 1941 Academy Awards were presented Feb. 26, 1942 at the Biltmore Hotel, Los Angeles.Outstanding Motion PictureBlossoms in the Dust (MGM)Citizen Kane (Mercury; RKO Radio)Here Comes Mr.…