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(Encyclopedia) federal government or federation, government of a union of states in which sovereignty is divided between a central authority and component state authorities. A federation differs from…The Pivot of Civilization: Neglected Factors of the World Problem
The Cruelty of Charity Is Revolution the Remedy? Neglected Factors of the World Problem War has thrust upon us a new internationalism. To-day the world is united by starvation,…The Pivot of Civilization: Neglected Factors of the World Problem
by Margaret Sanger The Cruelty of CharityIs Revolution the Remedy?Neglected Factors of the World Problem War has thrust upon us a new internationalism. To-day the world is united by…King, Coretta Scott
(Encyclopedia) King, Coretta Scott, 1927–2006, American civil-rights leader, b. Heiberger, Ala.; the wife (1953–68) of Martin Luther King, Jr. After her husband's assassination, she carried on his…American Revolution
(Encyclopedia) American Revolution, 1775–83, struggle by which the Thirteen Colonies on the Atlantic seaboard of North America won independence from Great Britain and became the United States. It is…Duniway, Abigail Scott
(Encyclopedia) Duniway, Abigail ScottDuniway, Abigail Scottdŭnˈəwāˌ [key], 1834–1915, American editor and advocate of women's rights, b. near Groveland, Ill. She went to Oregon with her family in…Preston, John Smith
(Encyclopedia) Preston, John Smith, 1809–81, Confederate general in the American Civil War, b. near Abingdon, Va. He practiced law at Abingdon and Columbia, S.C., but made his fortune operating a…Gage, Matilda Joslyn
(Encyclopedia) Gage, Matilda Joslyn, 1826–98, American woman-suffrage leader, b. Cicero, N.Y. Joining the women's rights movement in 1853, she edited in Syracuse, N.Y., the National Citizen, a…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…Keats, Ezra Jack
(Encyclopedia) Keats, Ezra Jack, 1916–83, American author and illustrator of children's books, b. Brooklyn, N.Y., as Jacob Ezra Katz. During the Great Depression, he painted murals for the Works…