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2007 World History

2007 Coalition forces battle insurgents on the streets of Iraq, as secretarian violence intensifies; see Iraq Timeline 2007 for details (…

Women's Suffrage: A New Impulse

by Carrie Chapman Catt and Nettie Rogers Shuler Special Handicaps and HazardsIllinois: A Turning PointA New ImpulseThere was light ahead. The influence of the Populist Party had…

Women's Suffrage: The Story of Iowa

by Carrie Chapman Catt and Nettie Rogers Shuler The Story of OhioWoman Suffrage by Federal AmendmentThe Story of IowaThe woman suffrage campaign in Iowa is remarkable for what it failed…

Mali Department of State Background

U.S. Department of State Background Note Mali Index: People History Government and Political Conditions Economy Defense U.S.-Malian Relations PEOPLEMali's population consists of diverse Sub-…

organized crime

(Encyclopedia) organized crime, criminal activities organized and coordinated on a national scale, often with international connections. The American tradition of daring desperadoes like Jesse James…

fisheries

(Encyclopedia) fisheries. From earliest times and in practically all countries, fisheries have been of industrial and commercial importance. In the large N Atlantic fishing grounds off Newfoundland…

Carter, Jimmy

(Encyclopedia) Carter, Jimmy (James Earl Carter, Jr.), 1924–, 39th President of the United States (1977–81), b. Plains, Ga, grad. Annapolis, 1946. Carter served in the navy, where he worked with…

Women's Suffrage: Index

by Carrie Chapman Catt and Nettie Rogers Shuler Chronological Record of the Wi...IndexAbbott, Rev. Lyman, 126Abolitionists. See Anti-SlaveryAcklen, Col. Joseph H., 424Acts of…

Equatorial Guinea Department of State Background

U.S. Department of State Background Note Equatorial Guinea Index: Geography History Political Conditions Defense U.S.-Equatorial Guinea Relations GEOGRAPHYThe majority of the Equatoguinean…