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The Congress of Women: Legal Condition of Woman in 1492-1892
by Miss Mary A. Greene Education of Indian Girls in the WestEthics of Social LifeLegal Condition of Woman in 1492-1892 Miss Mary Anne Greene was born at Warwick, R. I., in 1857. Her parents…Women's Suffrage: How the Woman Suffrage Movement Began
by Carrie Chapman Catt and Nettie Rogers Shuler Why the Book is Written The Averted Triumph How the Woman Suffrage Movement BeganWhen, during the last decade, the great suffrage parades,-…A Sermon on the Public Function of Woman - Public Functions of Women
by Theodore Parker Public Functions of WomenRights of WomenThe Nature of WomenThese callings are not all that the race of woman needs; not all that her human nature requires. She has the…Woman of the Year <span class="date" >(1942)</span>
Director: George StevensCast: Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy This is where it all began, the debut of the Hepburn/Tracy team that collaborated (on- and offscreen) for 25 years until…Tereshkova, Valentina Vladimirovna
(Encyclopedia) Tereshkova, Valentina Vladimirovna, 1937–, Soviet cosmonaut. She was the first woman to orbit the earth, in Vostok 6 on June 16–19, 1963. She left the Soviet space program soon after…Queen Latifah
(Encyclopedia) Queen Latifah , 1970- , African-American rapper, songwriter, and actress, b. Newark, N.J., as Dana Elaine Owens. In a musical style…Sévigné, Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de
(Encyclopedia) Sévigné, Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise deSévigné, Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise demärēˈ də räbütăNˈ-shäNtälˈ märkēzˈ də sāvēnyāˈ [key], 1626–96, French woman of letters. Her…Abe, Kobo
(Encyclopedia) Abe, Kobo Abe, Kobo kōˈbō äˈbā [key], pseud. of Kimifusa Abe, 1924–93, Japanese novelist and dramatist. Although Abe trained as a doctor, he never…Gray, Hanna Holborn
(Encyclopedia) Gray, Hanna Holborn, 1930–, American historian, president of the Univ. of Chicago (1978–93), b. Germany. Her father, the eminent historian Hajo Holborn, fled the Nazis in 1934 and…Hanaford, Phoebe Ann (Coffin)
(Encyclopedia) Hanaford, Phoebe Ann (Coffin)Hanaford, Phoebe Ann (Coffin)hănˈəfərd [key], 1829–1921, American Universalist minister. She was the first woman ordained (1868) in New England. Hanaford…Trending
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