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Women's Suffrage: Campaigning for Ratification

by Carrie Chapman Catt and Nettie Rogers Shuler The Congress of the United Sta...Hard Work for Special SessionsCampaigning for RatificationLong before the Federal Suffrage Amendment…

Joseph Raymond McCARTHY, Congress, WI (1908-1957)

Senate Years of Service: 1947-1957 Party: Republican McCARTHY Joseph Raymond , a Senator from Wisconsin; born in Grand Chute, Outagamie County, Wis., November 14, 1908; attended a one-room country…

Pleistocene epoch

(Encyclopedia) Pleistocene epochPleistocene epochplīˈstəsēn [key], 6th epoch of the Cenozoic era of geologic time (see Geologic Timescale, tablegeologic timescale, table). According to a…

Loon Capital of the World

The Question: What city is known as the Loon Capital of the World? Hint: Wisconsin. The Answer: We love it when people try to stump us…

Men's NCAA Basketball Championships, 2005

Division IFirst Round—AustinEastern Kentucky 64, Kentucky 72Iowa 64, Cincinnati 76Niagara 67, Oklahoma 84Texas-El Paso 54, Utah 60Vermont 60, Syracuse 57Delaware State 46, Duke 57Old Dominion…

Alanson Mellen KIMBALL, Congress, WI (1827-1913)

KIMBALL Alanson Mellen , a Representative from Wisconsin; born in Buxton, York County, Maine, March 12, 1827; pursued academic studies; moved to Wisconsin in 1852 and engaged in agricultural and…

Ithamar Conkey SLOAN, Congress, WI (1822-1898)

SLOAN Ithamar Conkey , a Representative from Wisconsin; born in Morrisville, Madison County, N.Y., May 9, 1822; attended the common schools; studied law; was admitted to the bar in Oneida County…