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Women's Suffrage: Politics After the War

by Carrie Chapman Catt and Nettie Rogers Shuler The First Victory (1869)Two Amendments and Many WomenPolitics After the WarThe enfranchisement of the Negro did not have the effect upon…

The Crisis

by Carrie Chapman Catt I have taken for my subject, "The Crisis," because I believe that a crisis has come in our movement which, if recognized and the opportunity seized with vigor,…

Burgess, John William

(Encyclopedia) Burgess, John William, 1844–1931, American educator and political scientist, b. Tennessee. He served in the Union army in the Civil War and after the war graduated from Amherst (1867…

federal government

(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 Congress of Women: The Women of Bohemia

by Mrs. Josefa Humpal Zeman Development in Eastern WashingtonAn African ExpeditionThe Women of Bohemia Mrs. Josefa Humpal Zeman is a native of Bohemia. She was born January 9,1870. Her…

Declaration of Conscience

by Senator Margaret Chase Smith Mr. President, I would like to speak briefly and simply about a serious national condition. It is a national feeling of fear and frustration that could…