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- History of the United States (1865-1918) (52094 bytes)
2: ...merican [[labor movement]]. Finally, the era was capped by U.S. involvement in [[World War I]].
7: ...ic policies in the defeated region after the war, caused lasting bitterness among Southerners toward t...
9: ...ivil rights of the formerly enslaved African-Americans in the South.
11: ...ter solid [[United States Republican Party|Republican]] gains in the midterm elections, the first Reco...
13: ...se governments were called [[scalawags]]. Republicans took control of all state governorships and sta...
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- Periodic table (7298 bytes)
1: ...ent is listed by its [[atomic number]] and [[chemical symbol]].
3: ...al elements|other methods for displaying the chemical elements]] for more details or different perspec...
6: A [[periodic table group|group]] is a vertical column in the periodic table of the elements. Th...
14: ==Other methods for displaying the chemical elements==
16: *A [[Periodic table (alternate)|vertical table]] for improved readablity in web browsers - List of U.S. state capitals (5230 bytes)
2: This is a '''list of U.S. state capitals''':
5: ! State !! Capital !! Year of current [[capitol]] construction
23: | [[California]]
24: | [[Sacramento, California|Sacramento]]
116: | [[Carson City, Nevada|Carson City]] - List of explorers (24013 bytes)
6: ...th century]] [[Portuguese]] explorer of the [[African]] coast)
7: ...th century]] [[Portuguese]] explorer of the [[African]] coast)
14: *[[Charles Albanel]] (1616-1696), Canada
21: ...aval officer, several expeditions to the [[Canada|Canadian]] [[Arctic]]
22: ...century]] [[Portuguese]] explorer of [[North America]]) - Victoria of the United Kingdom (38571 bytes)
9: ...a period of great social, economic, and technological change in the United Kingdom. Victoria was the l...
14: ...[Latin]], and [[French language|French]]. Her educator was the Reverend [[George Davys]] and her gove...
16: ...king was childless, the young Princess Victoria became [[heir presumptive|heiress-presumptive]] to the...
20: ...ecause like most imperial, royal, princely, and ducal families, his family did not use theirs. Victor...
25: ...anover|Duke of Cumberland and Teviotdale]], who became King Ernest Augustus of Hanover. As the young q... - Lucretia Mott (3249 bytes)
3: ...accurately, the launcher of women's political advocacy. She was a [[Quaker]], a [[women's rights]] pr...
5: ... Mott was one of the first Quaker women to do advocacy work for [[abolition]].
7: ...rts. [[Conscientious Objector]] status was a radical concept for that time and remains so, and the Un...
9: ...o women coming up as women's and abolitionist advocates. In the [[1830s]] she helped establish two ant...
11: ...s]], [[New York]] in [[1848]]. While [[Elizabeth Cady Stanton]] and [[Susan B. Anthony]] are usually ... - Mary Cassatt (9047 bytes)
1: ... ([[1893]]). Oil on canvas. [[Art Institute of Chicago]]. ]]
2: ...[June 14]], [[1926]]) was an [[United States|American]] painter.
4: ...ore she was 10 years old, she visited many of the capitals of Europe, including [[London]], [[Paris]],...
6: ...ne Arts]] in [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]] (1861-1865). Tired of patronizing instructors and fellow mal...
8: ... small town. Her father continued to resist her vocation, and paid only for her basic needs but not he... - Ouida (1938 bytes)
1: [[Image:Ouida_cartoon.png|thumb|Caricature of Ouida (Punch, August 20, 1881)]]'''Ouida''...
3: ...r own baby-talk nickname for "Louise". During her career, she wrote more than 40 [[novel]]s. For many...
10: * ''Cecil Castlemaine's Gage'' (??)
25: * ''Pascarel'' (1874)
29: * ''Strathmore'' (1865) - Suzanne Valadon (4068 bytes)
2: '''Suzanne Valadon''' ([[September 23]], [[1865]] – [[April 7]], [[1938]]) was a French [[p...
4: ...s acrobat at the age of 15 until a fall ended her career. In the [[Montmartre]] quarter of [[Paris]] s...
12: ...f a close friend and as [[Maurice Utrillo]], he became one of Montmartre's well known artists.
14: ...rant colors. She was, however, best known for her candid female nudes.
24: ... to her "[[Roman Catholic Church|good Catholic]]" cats on Fridays. - Elizabeth Garrett Anderson (3312 bytes)
3: ...inist]], the first woman to gain a medical qualification in Britain.
5: ...ce of Apothecaries' Hall, which she obtained in [[1865]].
7: ...tution started to enable poor women to obtain medical help from qualified practitioners of their own s...
9: ...t of the East Anglian branch of the [[British Medical Association]].
11: ...he movement for the admission of women to the medical profession, of which Dr Anderson was the indefat... - Clara Barton (9023 bytes)
1: ...rse]] Clara Barton, first president of the [[American Red Cross]]'']]
2: ... and is best remembered for organizing the [[American Red Cross]].
4: == Youth, education, family nursing ==
6: ...east 10 years her senior. Young Clara was home-educated and extremely bright. It is said that her olde...
8: ...oathsome crawling leeches." This was an early indication of what would become Clara's lifework. - Dorothea Dix (5868 bytes)
2: ...from the early [[1840s]] to well after the [[American Civil War]], drew on the most advanced [[19th ce...
4: ...efore the first woman graduated from a U.S. [[medical school]].
6: ... [[jail]] in [[East Cambridge, Massachusetts|East Cambridge]]. Feeling guilty about her obsessive "imp...
8: ...former [[William Ellery Channing]], and began her career as a [[teacher]] and [[writer]].
10: ... Being ambitious and having staked so much on her career, it is plausible to see her becoming depresse... - Jennie Kidd Trout (1706 bytes)
1: ...hen [[Emily Stowe]] completed the official qualifications.
3: ...rd]], [[Ontario]]. She married Edward Trout in [[1865]] and thereafter moved to [[Toronto]], where Edwa...
5: ...oronto]], later transferring to the [[Women's Medical College]] in [[Pennsylvania]], where she earned ...
7: ... ran a free dispensary for the poor at the same location. The Institute was quite successful, later o...
9: ...ved to [[Los Angeles, California|Los Angeles]], [[California]], where she died in 1921. - Mary Edwards Walker (4835 bytes)
1: ...er.jpg|190px|right|thumb|Dr. Mary Edwards Walker, ca 1870. She often wore mens clothes and was arreste...
6: ...clothing as [[corsets]], were not healthy and advocated looser fitting clothing.
8: ...s a doctor in [[1855]]. She married a fellow medical school student, Albert Miller, and they set up a...
12: ...]] signed a bill to present her the medal, specifically for her services at the First Battle of Bull R...
18: ...n the military service, a brevet or honorary rank cannot, under existing laws, be conferred upon her; ... - Clara Schumann (3372 bytes)
7: ..., she also met violinist [[Joseph Joachim]] who became one of her frequent performance partners. Schu...
9: ... disapprobation. She returned to [[London]] in [[1865]] and continued her visits annually, with the exc...
11: ...o | pianoforte]] music, at a time when such technical ability was considerably rarer than in the prese...
14: ... the three Romances were composed in 1853 and dedicated to Joseph Joachim who performed them for King ...
19: [[Category:1819 births|Schumann, Clara]] - Edith Cavell (1802 bytes)
1: ...ct Gutenberg eText 14676.jpg|frame|right|'''Edith Cavell''']]
2: ....cavell.JPG|thumb|234px|Statue in memory of Edith Cavell, opposite the [[National Portrait Gallery, Lo...
3: ...ead2.jpeg|thumb|234px|A propaganda image of Edith Cavell]]
5: '''Edith Louisa Cavell''' ([[December 4]], [[1865]] - [[October 12]], [[1915]]) is one of the few f...
7: ...the war [http://www.stephen-stratford.co.uk/edith_cavell.htm]. - President of the United States (42878 bytes)
5: ...hrase that is still invoked today, mostly by Americans.
14: ...lm]], born in [[British Columbia]], [[Canada]]. Occasionally, constitutional amendments are proposed t...
19: ...t, while the individual who was in second place became Vice President.
21: ...residential [[oath of office]], any federal judge can administer the oath — and even judges of [...
25: ...[[Election Day (United States)|Election Day]] and campaigning across the country to explain their view... - George Washington (29551 bytes)
2: | nationality=american
19: ...Chief]] of the [[Continental Army]] in the [[American Revolutionary War]] ([[1775]]–[[1783]]) an...
21: ...r the role he played in winning and securing American independence, George Washington is generally rec...
24: ...rthday is celebrated on the Gregorian (new style) calendar date. Also note that the English year began...
26: ...an attack of [[smallpox]], although his face was scarred by the disease. He was initiated as a [[Freem... - Abraham Lincoln (48771 bytes)
13: | [[March 4]], [[1861]] – [[April 15]], [[1865]]
24: | '''Date of death:''' || [[April 15]], [[1865]]
33: ...t of political parties in the United States|Political Party]]:'''
34: | [[United States Republican Party|Republican]]
38: *[[Hannibal Hamlin]] ([[1861]]-[[1865]]) - Andrew Johnson (12662 bytes)
11: | [[April 15]], [[1865]] - [[March 4]], [[1869]]
19: | '''Place of Birth:''' || [[Raleigh, North Carolina]]
25: | '''Wife:''' || [[Eliza McCardle Johnson]]
28: | [[Martha Patterson]] (daughter)<br />[[Eliza McCardle Johnson]]
32: ...t of political parties in the United States|Political Party]]:''' - Ulysses S. Grant (23281 bytes)
3: ...on><font size="+1">'''Ulysses S. Grant'''</font></caption>
15: ...'</td><td>[[United States Republican Party|Republican]]</td></tr>
22: ... [[Union army | Union]] [[general]] in the [[American Civil War]] and the 18th ([[1869]]–[[1877]...
24: ...s, who led an administration plagued by severe [[scandal]] and [[corruption]].
32: ... [[1843]], ranking 21st in a class of 39. At the academy, he established a reputation as a fearless an...
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