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Zetkin, Klara

(Encyclopedia) Zetkin, KlaraZetkin, Klarakläˈrä tsĕtˈkĭn [key], 1857–1933, German Communist leader and feminist. A teacher, she early joined the Social Democratic party and together with Rosa…

Berenice, b. c.a.d. 28, Jewish princess

(Encyclopedia) Berenice, b. c.a.d. 28, Jewish princess; daughter of Herod Agrippa I (see under Herod). A very beautiful woman, she was often involved in intrigue. After her first husband died, she…

Ady, Endre

(Encyclopedia) Ady, EndreAdy, Endreĕnˈdrĕ ŏˈdē [key], 1877–1919, Hungarian poet. He abandoned his studies in law for a career in journalism and literature. His first volume of poetry, Versek,…

Wilmès, Sophie

(Encyclopedia) Wilmès, Sophie, 1975–, Belgian political leader. She worked as a financial officer at the European Commission, and was a council member in local government (2007–15). A member of the…

Tulane University of Louisiana

(Encyclopedia) Tulane University of LouisianaTulane University of Louisianat&oomacr;lānˈ, ty&oomacr;ˈ– [key], at New Orleans; coeducational; opened 1834, chartered 1835 as a state medical…

Suttner, Bertha (Gräfin Kinsky), Freifrau von

(Encyclopedia) Suttner, Bertha (Gräfin Kinsky), Freifrau vonSuttner, Bertha (Gräfin Kinsky), Freifrau vonbĕrˈtä, grāfˈĭn kĭnsˈkē, frīˈfrou fən z&oobreve;tˈnər [key], 1843–1914, Austrian novelist…

Ono, Yoko

(Encyclopedia) Ono, Yoko, 1933- , Japanese-American conceptual artist, songwriter, and recording artist, b. Tokyo, Japan. Ono’s father was a banker…

Fuller, Margaret

(Encyclopedia) Fuller, Margaret, 1810–50, American writer, lecturer, and public intellectual, b. Cambridgeport (now part of Cambridge), Mass. She was one of the most influential personalities in the…

Richards, Ellen Henrietta Swallow

(Encyclopedia) Richards, Ellen Henrietta Swallow, 1842–1911, American chemist, educator, and organizer of the home economics movement, b. Dunstable, Mass., grad. Vassar, 1870. In 1870 she began the…

Schneiderman, Rose

(Encyclopedia) Schneiderman, RoseSchneiderman, Roseshnīˈdərmən [key], 1884–1972, American labor leader, b. Poland. She emigrated to the United States in 1890. After working as a lining stitcher in a…