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Hadassah, organization

(Encyclopedia) Hadassah, women's Zionist organization of the United States founded (1912) by Henrietta Szold. It has done important work in Israel in medical service, child welfare, and aid to…

Morton Everel POST, Congress, WY (1840-1933)

POST, Morton Everel, a Delegate from the Territory of Wyoming; born in West Henrietta (near Rochester), Monroe County, N.Y., December 25, 1840; pursued an academic course in the Albion and…

Ed Lee GOSSETT, Congress, TX (1902-1990)

GOSSETT, Ed Lee, a Representative from Texas; born in a sawmill camp known as Yellow Pine, near Many, Sabine Parish, La., January 27, 1902; moved to Texas in 1908 with his parents, who settled…

John Madison DAVY, Congress, NY (1835-1909)

DAVY, John Madison, a Representative from New York; born in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, June 29, 1835; moved to New York with his parents, who settled near Rochester, Monroe County, in 1835;…

Howard, Bronson

(Encyclopedia) Howard, Bronson, 1842–1908, American dramatist, b. Detroit. His plays are important in the development of American drama. He was a newspaper reporter in New York until the success of…

Hurd, Peter

(Encyclopedia) Hurd, Peter, 1904–84, American painter, b. Roswell, N.Mex. Hurd left West Point to study art at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. He worked as apprentice to the painter N. C.…

Frank Neville IKARD, Congress, TX (1913-1991)

IKARD, Frank Neville, a Representative from Texas; born in Henrietta, Clay County, Tex., January 30, 1913; attended the public schools and Schriener Institute, Kerrville, Tex.; University of…

anti-hero

(Encyclopedia) anti-hero, principal character of a modern literary or dramatic work who lacks the attributes of the traditional protagonist or hero. The anti-hero's lack of courage, honesty, or grace…

La Vallière, Louise Françoise de La Baume Le Blanc de

(Encyclopedia) La Vallière, Louise Françoise de La Baume Le Blanc deLa Vallière, Louise Françoise de La Baume Le Blanc delwēz fräNswäzˈ də lä bōm lə bläN də lä välyĕrˈ [key], 1644–1710, mistress of…

Blackwell, Antoinette Louisa (Brown)

(Encyclopedia) Blackwell, Antoinette Louisa (Brown), 1825–1921, American Unitarian minister, b. Henrietta, N.Y., grad. Oberlin College, 1847, and Oberlin Theological Seminary, 1850. One of the first…