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Gilman, Charlotte Perkins

(Encyclopedia) Gilman, Charlotte Perkins, 1860–1935, American feminist and reformer, b. Hartford, Conn.; great-granddaughter of Lyman Beecher. Prominent as a lecturer and writer on the labor movement…

Gilman, Alfred Goodman

(Encyclopedia) Gilman, Alfred Goodman, 1941–2015, American biochemist, b. New Haven, Conn., M.D., Ph.D. Case Western Reserve Univ., 1969. He taught at the Univ. of Virginia (1971–1981) before…

Honorees

The National Women's Hall of Fame is the only national membership organization that honors and celebrates the achievements of American women. Founded in 1969 in Seneca Falls, New York,…

Notable Female Reformers and Activists

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Gilman, Daniel Coit

(Encyclopedia) Gilman, Daniel Coit, 1831–1908, American educator, first president of Johns Hopkins Univ., b. Norwich, Conn., grad. Yale, 1852. After serving as attaché (1853–55) of the American…

Ohio State University

(Encyclopedia) Ohio State University, main campus at Columbus; land-grant and state supported; coeducational; chartered 1870, opened 1873 as Ohio Agricultural and Mechanical College, renamed 1878.…

Port Charlotte

(Encyclopedia) Port Charlotte, uninc. town (1990 pop. 41,535), Charlotte co., SW Fla., on Charlotte Harbor (an inlet of the Gulf of Mexico) and the Peace and Myakka rivers. It is a planned…

Charlotte, city, United States

(Encyclopedia) Charlotte, city (2020 pop. 874,579), seat of Mecklenburg co., S N.C.; inc. 1768. The largest city in the state and the commercial and…

Charlotte, queen consort of George III of England

(Encyclopedia) CharlotteCharlotteshärˈlət [key] (Charlotte Sophia), 1744–1818, queen consort of George III of England. The niece of Frederick, duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, she was married to George…