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Lanston, Tolbert

(Encyclopedia) Lanston, TolbertLanston, Tolberttŏlˈbərt [key], 1844–1913, American inventor, b. Troy, Ohio. Lanston spent his youth on an Iowa farm and served in the military throughout the Civil War…

Allison, William Boyd

(Encyclopedia) Allison, William Boyd, 1829–1908, U.S. Senator from Iowa (1873–1908), b. Ashland co., Ohio. He served (1863–71) in the House of Representatives and entered the Senate in 1873. One of…

Women's Suffrage: The Story of Iowa

by Carrie Chapman Catt and Nettie Rogers Shuler The Story of OhioWoman Suffrage by Federal AmendmentThe Story of IowaThe woman suffrage campaign in Iowa is remarkable for what it failed…

Heeger, Alan Jay

(Encyclopedia) Heeger, Alan Jay, 1936–, American physicist and chemist, b. Sioux City, Iowa, Ph.D. Univ. of California, Berkeley, 1961. Heeger has held faculty positions at the Univ. of Pennsylvania…

Gallup, George Horace

(Encyclopedia) Gallup, George Horace, 1901–84, American public opinion statistician, originator of the Gallup poll, b. Jefferson, Iowa. After teaching journalism at Drake Univ. (1929–31) and at…

Wallace, Henry Cantwell

(Encyclopedia) Wallace, Henry Cantwell, 1866–1924, American agricultural leader and cabinet officer, b. Rock Island, Ill., grad. Iowa State College of Agriculture (now Iowa State Univ.), 1892; son of…

Whipple, Fred Lawrence

(Encyclopedia) Whipple, Fred Lawrence, 1906–2004, American astronomer, b. Red Oak, Iowa. After graduating from the Univ. of California, Berkeley (Ph.D. 1931), he accepted a position at Harvard, where…

Favorite School Subjects

Among children age 6-11 Subject % Who Chose Particular Subject All Boys Girls Age 6–7 Age 8–9 Age 10–11 Math 25.4% 28.9% 21.6%…

Recess: School's Out

Director: Chuck Sheetz Writer: Jonathan Greenberg Walt Disney; G; 84 minutes Release: 2/01 Voices of: Ricky D'Shon, James Wood, Melissa Joan Hart Recess is meant to be…

Brewer's: Boarding School

I am going to boarding school. Going to prison to be taught good behaviour. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894BoardsBoard School (A) A B C D E F G H I…