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Boys and Girls Clubs of America
(Encyclopedia) Boys and Girls Clubs of America, federation of more than 1,006 organizations established (1906) in Boston as the Federated Boys' Clubs to help young people, especially those who are…vestal
(Encyclopedia) vestalvestalvĕsˈtəl [key], in Roman religion, priestess of Vesta. The vestals were first two, then four, then six in number. While still little girls, they were chosen from prominent…Bloomer, Amelia Jenks
(Encyclopedia) Bloomer, Amelia Jenks, 1818–94, American reformer, b. Homer, N.Y. She was editor (1848–54) of the Lily, first published in Seneca Falls, N.Y., and devoted to women's rights and to…Wallingford
(Encyclopedia) Wallingford, town (1990 pop. 40,822), New Haven co., S Conn.; inc. 1670. Its silverware industry dates from c.1835. Fruit growing and the manufacture of plastics, steel, precision…Alcman
(Encyclopedia) AlcmanAlcmanălkˈmən [key], fl. 620 b.c., Greek lyric poet of Sparta. He was the earliest writer of Dorian choral poetry whose work has survived. Short choral fragments and a longer one…Cheltenham
(Encyclopedia) Cheltenham Cheltenham chĕltˈnəm [key], city and district, Gloucestershire, W central England. It has…Beecher, Catharine Esther
(Encyclopedia) Beecher, Catharine Esther, 1800–1878, American educator, b. East Hampton, N.Y.; daughter of Lyman Beecher. She first taught in New London, Conn., and in 1824 founded a girls' school in…Lehmann, John
(Encyclopedia) Lehmann, JohnLehmann, Johnlāˈmən [key], 1907–89, English poet, editor, and publisher. Educated at Trinity College, Cambridge, he began working at Virginia and Leonard Woolf's Hogarth…Seton, Ernest Thompson
(Encyclopedia) Seton, Ernest Thompson, 1860–1946, American writer and artist, b. England. His name was originally Ernest Seton Thompson. His stories and paintings of wildlife, especially Wild Animals…Yonge, Charlotte Mary
(Encyclopedia) Yonge, Charlotte MaryYonge, Charlotte Maryyŭng [key], 1823–1901, English novelist. Her writing as well as her life was restricted by the rigid High Church tenets of her upbringing. In…Trending
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