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Thomas, Martha Carey
(Encyclopedia)Thomas, Martha Carey, 1857–1935, American educator and feminist, b. Baltimore, grad. Cornell, 1877, studied at Johns Hopkins and at Leipzig, the Sorbonne, and Zürich (Ph.D., 1882). In 1884 she was ...Anti-Corn-Law League
(Encyclopedia)Anti-Corn-Law League, organization formed in 1839 to work for the repeal of the English corn laws. It was an affiliation of groups in various cities and districts with headquarters at Manchester and w...Solemn League and Covenant
(Encyclopedia)Solemn League and Covenant: see Covenanters. ...New Jersey College for Women
(Encyclopedia)New Jersey College for Women: see Rutgers Univ. ...Mississippi State University for Women
(Encyclopedia)Mississippi State University for Women, at Columbus; the first state-supported women's college; chartered 1884, opened 1885 as Mississippi Industrial Institute and College, renamed Mississippi State C...Women's Rights National Historical Park
(Encyclopedia)Women's Rights National Historical Park: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...Stone, Lucy
(Encyclopedia)Stone, Lucy, 1818–93, reformer and leader in the women's rights movement, b. near West Brookfield, Mass., grad. Oberlin, 1847. In 1847 she gave her first lecture on women's rights, and the following...Macarthur, Mary Reid
(Encyclopedia)Macarthur, Mary Reid, 1880–1921, British labor organizer, b. Glasgow, Scotland. Working in her father's draper's shop, she became prominent in the shop assistants' union. As the representative of th...Belmont-Paul Women's Equality National Monument
(Encyclopedia)Belmont-Paul Women's Equality National Monument: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...Blatch, Harriet Stanton
(Encyclopedia)Blatch, Harriet Stanton (Harriet Eaton Stanton Blatch), 1856–1940, American labor reformer and woman suffrage leader, b. Seneca Falls, N.Y. A daughter of suffragist Elizabeth Cady Stanton and abolit...Browse by Subject
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