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Women's Suffrage: The Congress of the United States Surrenders
by Carrie Chapman Catt and Nettie Rogers Shuler More Victories and More DefeatsCampaigning for RatificationThe Congress of the United States SurrendersIt is doubtful if any group-men or…Minseito
(Encyclopedia) MinseitoMinseitomēnˌsāˈtō [key], Japanese political party. It is usually called the Liberal party in English. Founded by Shigenobu Okuma in 1882 as the Kaishinto, or Progressive party…Lévesque, René
(Encyclopedia) Lévesque, RenéLévesque, Renélāvĕkˈ [key], 1922–87, Canadian political leader and Quebec separatist. After a career in journalism and television, he served in the Quebec National…Hu Yaobang
(Encyclopedia) Hu YaobangHu Yaobangh&oomacr;ˈ youˈbängˈ [key], 1915–89, Chinese Communist political leader, b. Hunan prov. A protegé of Deng Xiaoping, Hu became general secretary of the Communist…Pereira, Aristides Maria
(Encyclopedia) Pereira, Aristides MariaPereira, Aristides Mariaärĭshˈtēdĭsh märēˈä pərāˈrä [key], 1923–2011, first president of Cape Verde. In the late 1940s he became an activist in the struggle…Tsipras, Alexis
(Encyclopedia) Tsipras, Alexis, 1974–, Greek political leader. A civil engineer by training, he was the head (2008–13) of Snyaspismos, a leftist party that was part of the Coalition of the Radical…Gandhi, Rahul
(Encyclopedia) Gandhi, RahulGandhi, Rahulräˈh&oobreve;l [key]Gandhi, Rahul gänˈdē [key], 1970–, Indian political leader, B.A. Rollins College, 1994, M.Phil. Cambridge, 1995. Son of Rajiv Gandhi…Stanfield, Robert Lorne
(Encyclopedia) Stanfield, Robert Lorne, 1914–2003, Canadian political leader. A lawyer, he became (1948) leader of the Progressive Conservative party in Nova Scotia, entered the provincial…Sturzo, Luigi
(Encyclopedia) Sturzo, LuigiSturzo, Luigil&oomacr;ēˈjē st&oomacr;rˈtsō [key], 1871–1959, Italian priest and political leader. He taught philosophy and sociology at a seminary in his native…Nikolić, Tomislav
(Encyclopedia) Nikolić, TomislavNikolić, Tomislavämˈēsläv nēˈkōlĭch [key], 1952–, Serbian political leader. A construction executive, he entered politics in the 1990s, becoming a member of the…Trending
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