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Vassar College
(Encyclopedia) Vassar CollegeVassar Collegevăsˈər [key], at Poughkeepsie, N.Y.; coeducational; chartered 1861 by Matthew Vassar, opened 1865 as Vassar Female College, renamed 1867. A leading…Santa Clara, city, United States
(Encyclopedia) Santa ClaraSanta Clarasănˈtə klârˈə [key], city (1990 pop. 93,613), Santa Clara co., W Calif.; inc. 1852. Part of the Silicon Valley high-technology manufacturing complex, the city…Keppel, Francis
(Encyclopedia) Keppel, Francis, 1916–90, American educator, b. New York City. A Harvard graduate, Keppel was named dean of Harvard's Graduate School of Education in 1948. There he introduced…Hale, Sarah Josepha (Buell)
(Encyclopedia) Hale, Sarah Josepha (Buell), 1788–1879, American author, editor, and feminist, b. near Newport, N.H. In 1828 she became editor of the Ladies' Magazine, Boston, and in 1837 of Godey's…National Defense Education Act
(Encyclopedia) National Defense Education Act (NDEA), federal legislation passed in 1958 providing aid to education in the United States at all levels, public and private. NDEA was instituted…Palmer, Alice Freeman
(Encyclopedia) Palmer, Alice Freeman, 1855–1902, American educator, b. Broome co., N.Y., grad. Univ. of Michigan, 1876. She was one of the leading early proponents of higher education for women in…Lyon, Mary
(Encyclopedia) Lyon, MaryLyon, Marylīˈən [key], 1797–1849, American educator, founder of Mt. Holyoke College, b. Buckland, Mass. She attended three academies in Massachusetts; later she taught at…Corrientes
(Encyclopedia) Corrientes Corrientes kôryĕnˈtās [key], city, capital of Corrientes prov., NE Argentina, a port on the…Daytona Beach
(Encyclopedia) Daytona Beach Daytona Beach dātōˈnə [key], city (2020 pop. 72,647), Volusia co., NE Fla., on the…Fourcroy, Antoine François, comte de
(Encyclopedia) Fourcroy, Antoine François, comte deFourcroy, Antoine François, comte deäNtwänˈ fräNswäˈ kôNt də f&oomacr;rkrwäˈ [key], 1755–1809, French chemist. He was a pioneer in animal and…Trending
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