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Rhode Island, state, United States

(Encyclopedia) CE5 Rhode Island, smallest state in the United States, located in New England; bounded by Massachusetts (N and E), the Atlantic Ocean (S), and Connecticut (W). Until well into…

Bertha Holt 2000 Deaths

Bertha HoltAge: 96 adoption advocate whose efforts to adopt abandoned Korean-American war orphans led to the 1955 Bill for Relief of Certain War Orphans, which allowed American families to…

Education Facts At a Glance

School facts from the Census Bureau Related Links Percent of Population Enrolled in SchoolSchool EnrollmentU.S. Education StatisticsPublic Schools with Internet AccessCost of Higher Education…

Women's Suffrage: Special Handicaps and Hazards

by Carrie Chapman Catt and Nettie Rogers Shuler The Invisible EnemyA New ImpulseSpecial Handicaps and HazardsNo reform of government can be written into law in America until it has run a…

U.S. Cities

Cite /**/ New York, which once served as the nation's capital, has been the largest city in the U.S. since 1790. Since the founding of St. Augustine, Florida in 1565, the United States has seen a…

Immigrants to U.S. by Country of Origin

Figures are totals, not annual averages, and were tabulated as follows: 1820–1867, alien passengers arrived; 1868–1891 and 1895–1897, immigrant aliens arrived; 1892–1894 and 1898 to present…