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Bullitt, William Christian
(Encyclopedia) Bullitt, William ChristianBullitt, William Christianb&oobreve;lˈĭt [key], 1891–1967, American diplomat, b. Philadelphia. A member of the American delegation to the Paris Peace…Blackwell, Elizabeth
(Encyclopedia) Blackwell, Elizabeth, 1821–1910, American physician, b. England; sister of Henry Brown Blackwell. She was the first woman in the United States to receive a medical degree, which was…1957 Academy Awards
The 1957 Academy Awards were presented March 26, 1958 at the RKO Pantages Theatre, Hollywood, Calif.Best Motion PictureThe Bridge on the River Kwai, Sam Spiegel, producer (Columbia)Peyton…Notable Women in U.S. Government
Sandra Day O'Connor Biographies ofNotable Women Actresses Adventurers Artists Athletes Businesswomen Comediennes Congresswomen Educators and Scholars Fashion Designers…Women in the U.S House of Representatives 1917-1929
Name Party-State Dates served Jeannette Rankin Rep.-Mont. 1917-1919; 1941-1943…Women's History Month
A celebration of women's many accomplishments The women of the U.S. Supreme Court Source: AP Photo/Pablo Martinez MonsivaisWomen's History Month Nobel Winning Scientists Nobel Peace Prize…isolationism
(Encyclopedia) isolationism, a national policy of abstaining from political, military, or economic alliances or agreements with other countries. Isolationism may be adopted in order to devote a…Brewer's: Ediles
(2 syl.). Roman officers who had charge of the streets, bridges, aqueducts, temples, and city buildings generally. We call our surveyors city ediles sometimes. (Latin, ædes, a house.)…Brewer's: Ednam
in Roxburghshire, near the Tweed, where Thomson, the author of The Seasons, was born. The Tweed, pure parent-stream, Whose pastoral banks first heard my Doric reed. Autumn (888-9).…The 100 Best English-Language Novels of the 20th Century
The Board of the Modern Library, a division of Random House, published its selections in July 1998. Ulysses, James Joyce (1922) The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald (1925) A Portrait of the…Trending
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