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Ts'ai Yüan-p'ei

(Encyclopedia) Ts'ai Yüan-p'eiTs'ai Yüan-p'eitsī yüän-pā [key], 1867–1940, Chinese educator and intellectual leader. He achieved distinction as a classical scholar but later joined (1904) the anti-…

Zetkin, Klara

(Encyclopedia) Zetkin, KlaraZetkin, Klarakläˈrä tsĕtˈkĭn [key], 1857–1933, German Communist leader and feminist. A teacher, she early joined the Social Democratic party and together with Rosa…

State Department Notes on Nepal

U.S. Department of State Background Note Index: People History Government and Political Conditions Economy Defense Foreign Relations U.S.-Nepal Relations PEOPLEPerched on the southern slopes…

Maathai, Wangari Muta

(Encyclopedia) Maathai, Wangari Muta Maathai, Wangari Muta wän-gäˈrē mātīˈ [key], 1940…

Elizabeth Cady Stanton

American reformerBorn: 1815 Elizabeth Cady Stanton was an influential champion of women’s rights for more than half a century. She was introduced to the reform movement by her husband, abolitionist…

Karman, Tawakul

(Encyclopedia) Karman, TawakulKarman, Tawakultäwäk&oomacr;lˈ kärmänˈ [key], 1979–, Yemeni journalist and human-rights activist. An outspoken journalist, she encountered repeated government…

Maddox, Lester G.

(Encyclopedia) Maddox, Lester G. (Lester Garfield Maddox, Sr), 1915–2003, U.S. public official, governor of Georgia (1967–71), b. Atlanta. He achieved national notoriety in 1964 when he drove African…

Gordon, Bruce S.

(Encyclopedia) Gordon, Bruce S., 1946–, African-American business executive and civil-rights leader, b. Camden, N.J.; grad. Gettysburg College (B.A., 1968), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M.S…

Patrick, Deval Laurdine

(Encyclopedia) Patrick, Deval Laurdine, 1956–, African-American politician and government official, b. Chicago, grad. Harvard 1978, Harvard Law School 1982. A lawyer with the NAACP Legal Defense Fund…