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Women's Suffrage: The Decisive Battle
by Carrie Chapman Catt and Nettie Rogers Shuler The Fighting ForcesMore Victories and More DefeatsThe Decisive BattleTo even a casual observer at the close of 1916 it must have been clear…World Heritage Sites in the United States
The United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has identified 878 World Heritage sites that it considers of “outstanding universal value.“ In the United States…Women's Suffrage: More Victories and More Defeats
by Carrie Chapman Catt and Nettie Rogers Shuler The Decisive BattleThe Congress of the United Sta...More Victories and More DefeatsAs a consequence of the adoption of suffrage resolutions…The Last Night of Ballyhoo
By: Alfred UhryDirector: Ron LagomarsinoSets: John Lee BeattyCostumes: Jane GreenwoodLighting: Kenneth PosnerSound: Tony MeolaIncidental Music: Robert WaldmanOpened: 2/97 at the Helen Hayes…Crerar, John
(Encyclopedia) Crerar, JohnCrerar, Johnkrēˈrər [key], 1827–89, American capitalist and philanthropist, b. New York City. Crerar was a manufacturer in Chicago, and gave liberally to many causes. He is…Fredonia
(Encyclopedia) Fredonia Fredonia frēdōˈnēə [key], village (2020 pop. 9,585), Chautauqua co., SW N.Y., near Lake Erie…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…Green, Samuel Swett
(Encyclopedia) Green, Samuel Swett, 1837–1918, American librarian, b. Worcester, Mass. Green was librarian of the Worcester, Mass., Free Public Library (1871–1909) and was a member of the Free Public…Luddites
(Encyclopedia) Luddites, name given to bands of workingmen in the industrial centers of England who rioted between 1811 and 1816. The uprisings began in Nottinghamshire, where groups of textile…drumlin
(Encyclopedia) drumlindrumlindrŭmˈlĭn [key], smooth oval hill of glacial drift, elongated in the direction of the movement of the ice that deposited it. Drumlins, which may be more than 150 ft (45 m…Trending
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