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Women's Suffrage: Index

by Carrie Chapman Catt and Nettie Rogers Shuler Chronological Record of the Wi...IndexAbbott, Rev. Lyman, 126Abolitionists. See Anti-SlaveryAcklen, Col. Joseph H., 424Acts of…

Audubon, John James

(Encyclopedia) Audubon, John JamesAudubon, John Jamesôˈdəbŏn [key], 1785–1851, American ornithologist, b. Les Cayes, Santo Domingo (now Haiti). The illegitimate son of a French sea captain and…

Brewer's: Lucasta

to whom Richard Love-lace sang, was Lucy Sacheverell, called by him lux casta, i.e. Chaste Lucy. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894LuceLucasian Professor A B…

Brewer's: Lud

A mythical king of Britain. General Lud. (See Luddites.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Lud's BulwarkLucy and Colin A B C D E F G H I J K L M N…

Brewer's: Platter with Two Eyes

(A). Emblematic of St. Lucy, in allusion to her sending her two eyes to a nobleman who wanted to marry her for the exceeding beauty of her eyes. (See Lucy.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase…

Brewer's: Bucklaw

or rather Frank Hayston, lord of Bucklaw, a wealthy nobleman, who marries Lucia di Lammermoor (Lucy Ashton), who had pledged her troth to Edgar, master of Ravenswood. On the wedding-night…

May 2009 Current Events: Business/Science News

U.S. News | World News Here are the key events in business and science news for the month of May 2009. FDA Warns of Danger of Diet Drug Hydroxycut, Suggests Stopping Use (May 1): The Food and…