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Sarah Lawrence College

(Encyclopedia) Sarah Lawrence College, at Bronxville, N.Y.; primarily for women; chartered 1926, opened 1928 as Sarah Lawrence College for Women; renamed 1947. It is noted for its creative arts…

Grimké, Sarah Moore

(Encyclopedia) Grimké, Sarah Moore, 1792–1873, American abolitionist and advocate of women's rights, b. Charleston, S.C. She came from a distinguished Southern family. On a visit to Philadelphia,…

Fifty-four forty or fight

(Encyclopedia) Fifty-four forty or fight, in U.S. history, phrase commonly used by extremists in the controversy with Great Britain over the Oregon country. The rights of the United States, they…

Trist, Nicholas Philip

(Encyclopedia) Trist, Nicholas Philip, 1800–1874, American diplomat, b. Charlottesville, Va. He attended West Point, studied law under Thomas Jefferson, whose granddaughter he married, and was…

Polk, Leonidas

(Encyclopedia) Polk, Leonidas, 1806–64, American Episcopal bishop and Confederate general in the Civil War, b. Raleigh, N.C. He left the army to study for the ministry and was ordained in 1831. He…

Miles, Sarah

actressBirthplace: Essex, EnglandBorn: 12/31/41

Cleghorn, Sarah N

Cleghorn, Sarah N[1876-1959](1)Born in Manchester, Vt. Educated at Burr and Burton Seminary, of Manchester. Miss Cleghorn is the author of "Portraits and Protests", 1917.

Sarah

(Encyclopedia) Sarah or Sarai: see Sara.