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Bishop, Elizabeth
(Encyclopedia)Bishop, Elizabeth, 1911–79, American poet, b. Worcester, Mass., grad. Vassar, 1934. During the 1950s and 60s she lived in Brazil, eventually returning to her native New England, where she taught at ...Blackwell, Elizabeth
(Encyclopedia)Blackwell, Elizabeth, 1821–1910, American physician, b. England; sister of Henry Brown Blackwell. She was the first woman in the United States to receive a medical degree, which was granted (1849) t...Carter, Elizabeth
(Encyclopedia)Carter, Elizabeth, 1717–1806, English poet and translator. Under the pen name Eliza she contributed for years to the Gentleman's Magazine. One of the group of 18th-century women known as the bluesto...Wetherall, Elizabeth
(Encyclopedia)Wetherall, Elizabeth: see Warner, Susan Bogert. ...Bowen, Elizabeth
(Encyclopedia)Bowen, Elizabeth bōˈĭn [key], 1899–1973, Anglo-Irish novelist, b. Dublin. In impeccable prose she treated love and frustration through studies of complex psychological relationships. Her novels i...Kent, Maid of
(Encyclopedia)Kent, Maid of: see Barton, Elizabeth. ...Sverdrup Islands
(Encyclopedia)Sverdrup Islands: see Queen Elizabeth Islands. ...Parry Islands
(Encyclopedia)Parry Islands: see Queen Elizabeth Islands, Canada. ...Carmen Sylva
(Encyclopedia)Carmen Sylva: see Elizabeth, queen of Romania. ...Sylva, Carmen
(Encyclopedia)Sylva, Carmen: see Elizabeth, queen of Romania. ...Browse by Subject
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