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Marie Stopes

Marie Stopes was a palaeobotanist who became the United Kingdom's greatest advocate for birth control after the 1918 publication of her book Married Love. Trained in biology and geology, she had her…

September 2021 Current Events: US News

Top of Page World News | Science & Technology News | Disaster News The world is a very busy place, and it's hard to stay on top of everything. Infoplease has got you covered. Here are the US…

Jane Hodgson 2006 Deaths

Jane HodgsonAge: 91 abortion-rights activist and subject of a 1970 test case in which she became the only doctor in the United States to be convicted of illegally performing an abortion in a…

U.S. News: The Rise of Wendy Davis

  How this yellow rose of Texas went from gutsy filibuster to a run for governor. Wendy Davis, 2013 Photo Credit: Kevin Sutherland Related Links 2013 Year in Review…

August 2022 Current Events: US News

Top of Page World News | Disaster News | Science & Technology News The world is a very busy place, and it's hard to stay on top of everything. Infoplease has got you covered. Here are the US…

Henry Wade 2001 Deaths

Henry WadeAge: 86 Dallas County, Texas, district attorney (1951–1987) who led the prosecution that won the 1964 conviction of Jack Ruby. He was also the Wade in the landmark 1973 Supreme…

Jennifer O’Neill

Dark-haired beauty Jennifer O'Neill played the "older woman" in the 1971 movie Summer of '42 and was a spokeswoman for Cover Girl cosmetics for three decades. Raised in Connecticut and New York City…

November Current Events 2022: US News

Top of Page World News | Disaster News | Science & Technology News The world is a very busy place, and it's hard to stay on top of everything. Infoplease has got you covered. Here are the US…

lobbying

(Encyclopedia) lobbying, practice and profession of influencing governmental decisions, carried out by agents who present the concerns of special interests to legislators and administrators. The term…