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U.S. Voting Rights
When the Constitution was written, only white male property owners (about 10 to 16 percent of the nation's population) had the vote. Over the past two centuries, though, the term "government by…Birmingham Civil Rights National Monument
(Encyclopedia) Birmingham Civil Rights National Monument: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table).The Congress of Women: The Women Writers of California
by Mrs. Ella Sterling Cummins Marriage Prospects in GermanyThe Woman Who Has ComeThe Women Writers of California Mrs. Ella Sterling Cummins was born in Sacramento County, Cal. Her parents…Women's Suffrage: The Averted Triumph
by Carrie Chapman Catt and Nettie Rogers Shuler How the Woman Suffrage Movement BeganThat Adjective Male 1866 The Averted Triumph 1848-1860It was not until 1848 that the compact, made…Davis, Paulina Wright
(Encyclopedia) Davis, Paulina Wright, 1813–76, American lecturer and suffragist, b. Bloomfield, N.Y. Born Paulina Kellogg, she was married in 1833 to a merchant, Francis Wright, who died two years…Kunstler, William Moses
(Encyclopedia) Kunstler, William Moses, 1919–95, American lawyer, b. New York City, grad. Yale (1941), Columbia law school (1948). Flamboyant and often brilliant, Kunstler defended the unpopular and…liberty, in political science
(Encyclopedia) liberty, term used to describe various types of individual freedom, such as religious liberty, political liberty, freedom of speech, right of self-defense, and others. It is also used…Women's Role in the Civil War
Thousands of women contributed to the war effort for the Union and Confederacy, both behind the scenes and on the frontlines By Beth Rowen Clara Barton Related Links…Wilkins, Roger
(Encyclopedia) Wilkins, Roger, 1932–2017, American government official, civil-rights activists, journalist, and educator, b. Kansas City, Mo., grad. Univ. of Michigan (B.A., 1953; LL.B. 1956); nephew…Women's Suffrage: That Adjective Male 1866
by Carrie Chapman Catt and Nettie Rogers Shuler The Averted TriumphThe Negro's HourThat Adjective Male 1866Before the Civil War, there was no movement in the United States to secure…Trending
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