(Encyclopedia) Stanton, Elizabeth Cady, 1815–1902, American reformer, a leader of the woman-suffrage movement, b. Johnstown, N.Y. She was educated at the Troy Female Seminary (now Emma Willard School…
DUFFY, Sean, a Representative from Wisconsin; born in Hayward, Sawyer County, Wis.; October 3, 1971; B.A., St. Marys College, Winona, Minn., 1994; J.D., William Mitchell College of Law, St.…
Dwayne Johnsonwrestler, actorBorn: May 2, 1972Birthplace: Hayward, California The Rock was born Dwayne Johnson, half African-American, half Samoan-American. His father, Rocky Johnson, and maternal…
TOLAN, John Harvey, a Representative from California; born in St. Peter, Nicollet County, Minn., January 15, 1877; attended the public schools; moved to Anaconda, Mont., in 1897; was graduated…
(Encyclopedia) Adams, town (2020 pop. 5,335), Berkshire co., NW Mass., in the Berkshires, on the Hoosic River; inc. 1778. Its manufactures include chemicals, textiles, and paper products…
Senate Years of Service: 1901-1905Party: RepublicanDIETRICH, Charles Henry, a Senator from Nebraska; born in Aurora, Kane County, Ill., November 26, 1853; attended the public schools; employed…
(Encyclopedia) California State University System, coordinating agency established in 1960 by the merger of individual California state colleges, now consisting of 23 campuses. It constitutes one of…
