Search
Search results
Displaying 81 - 90
Ethical Culture movement
(Encyclopedia) Ethical Culture movement, originating in the Society for Ethical Culture, founded in New York City in 1876, by Felix Adler. Its aim is “to assert the supreme importance of the ethical…American Indian Movement
(Encyclopedia) American Indian Movement (AIM), Native American civil-rights activist organization, founded in 1968 to encourage self-determination among Native Americans and to establish…Canada First movement
(Encyclopedia) Canada First movement, party that appeared in Canada soon after confederation (1867). Its purpose was to encourage the growth of nonpartisan loyalty to the new dominion of Canada. In…Brewer's: Drunk as a fiddler.
The reference is to the fiddler at wakes, fairs, and on board ship, who used to be paid in liquor for playing to rustic dancers. Drunk as a lord. Before the great temperance movement set…abolitionists
(Encyclopedia) abolitionists, in U.S. history, particularly in the three decades before the Civil War, members of the movement that agitated for the compulsory emancipation of the slaves.…Dixie Bibb GRAVES, Congress, AL (1882-1965)
Senate Years of Service: 1937-1938 Party: Democrat GRAVES Dixie Bibb , a Senator from Alabama; born Dixie Bibb on a plantation near Montgomery, Montgomery County, Ala., July 26, 1882; attended the…Foote, Andrew Hull
(Encyclopedia) Foote, Andrew HullFoote, Andrew Hullf&oobreve;t [key], 1806–63, American naval officer, b. New Haven, Conn.; son of Samuel Augustus Foot. He became a midshipman in 1822. As…Biographies: Selected Activists and Reformers
Selected Activists and Reformers Sojourner Truth See also Martin Luther King, Jr., Biography Martin Luther King, Jr., Timeline African-American Religious Leaders Civil Rights…Women's Suffrage: The Story of Ohio
by Carrie Chapman Catt and Nettie Rogers Shuler Illinois: A Turning PointThe Story of IowaThe Story of OhioThe States of Ohio and Iowa furnish a curious comparative study for the…Flatland: Concerning the Women
by Edwin A. Abbott Concerning the Inhabitants of FlatlandOf our Methods of Recognizing ...Concerning the Women If our highly pointed Triangles of the Soldier class are formidable, it may…Trending
Here are the facts and trivia that people are buzzing about.
