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Women's Suffrage: Illinois: A Turning Point

by Carrie Chapman Catt and Nettie Rogers Shuler A New ImpulseThe Story of OhioIllinois: A Turning PointAfter 1912 woman suffrage prospered with the fortunes of the Progressive party.…

Movies and Film: The Schools of Film Acting

The Schools of Film ActingMovies and FilmArtists or Stars? The Aesthetics of ActingFilm Acting vs. Theater ActingThe Star SystemThe Schools of Film Acting"The Actor's Director": Priming the Prima…

Israel Map: Regions, Geography, Facts & Figures

Israel, also known as the State of Israel, is a country in Asia located in the Middle East region. It is bordered by Lebanon to the north, Syria to the northeast, Jordan to the east, Egypt to the…

William Hawkins POLK, Congress, TN (1815-1862)

POLK William Hawkins , a Representative from Tennessee; born in Maury County, Tenn., May 24, 1815; attended the city schools, Columbia, Tenn., and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill…

Shaw, George Bernard

(Encyclopedia) Shaw, George Bernard, 1856–1950, Irish playwright and critic. He revolutionized the Victorian stage, then dominated by artificial melodramas, by presenting vigorous dramas of ideas.…

Bishop, Sir Henry Rowley

(Encyclopedia) Bishop, Sir Henry Rowley, 1786–1855, English operatic conductor, composer or arranger of 120 dramatic works. He is known today for a setting of Shakespeare's “Lo, here the gentle lark…

Presidential Elections, 1789-2020

Election results for every election, from 1789 to the present. Includes all candidates, their parties, number of electoral and popular votes. For the original method of electing the president and…

Welles, Orson

(Encyclopedia) Welles, Orson, 1915–85, American actor, director, and producer, b. Kenosha, Wis. From childhood he evinced a precocious talent and lofty sense of self-assurance in theatrical matters.…

Percy Bysshe Shelley: To the Nile

by Percy Bysshe Shelley Passage of the ApenninesTo the Nile 'Found by Mr. Townshend Meyer among the papers of Leigh Hunt, [and] published in the "St. James's Magazine" for March, 1876.' (…