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- 1, 1918) was an American educator and one of the leaders of the Kindergarten ... as an essential part of education in the United States. One of Kraus ...8 KB (1,080 words) - 04:10, 6 November 2022
- school, and kindergarten teacher, one of the leaders of the Kindergarten ... changed kindergarten education in the United States. Hill also became ...9 KB (1,385 words) - 16:48, 21 November 2022
- 1916) was an American educator, dedicated to the education of young children ... Susan Blow was born in St. Louis, Missouri, as the oldest of six children ...9 KB (1,286 words) - 23:57, 26 February 2023
- in 1923 in Nursing and Nursing Education in the United States. Goldmark was ... in the improvement of nursing education in the United States. Nursing training ...10 KB (1,535 words) - 02:16, 11 August 2022
- early twentieth-century American education. In 1921, Irwin founded ... Elisabeth Antoinette Irwin is regarded as a powerful force in the ...7 KB (1,084 words) - 16:14, 13 February 2024
- Category:Education The Fulbright Program including the Fulbright-Hays Program is a program ...11 KB (1,431 words) - 07:18, 15 April 2024
- Category:Education Parochial school is a term used (particularly in the United States ...12 KB (1,832 words) - 08:53, 18 November 2022
- She is famous for her promotion of higher education for women and progressive ... She was among the rare women who taught university level classes at ...10 KB (1,461 words) - 23:44, 3 December 2023
- and a women's rights activist, and the first woman in the United ... Blackwell was born in Bristol, England, the third of nine children ...7 KB (1,033 words) - 16:15, 13 February 2024
- Category:Education [[Image:Village school in Northern Bahr el Ghazal ... institution of higher education in the United States was Franklin ...16 KB (2,354 words) - 22:24, 7 January 2024
- worker, author, legislative advisor, and the first woman to serve as dean ... Edith Abbott was born into a family that believed in the ideals of ...7 KB (1,082 words) - 18:12, 12 February 2024
- Category:Education students for a college or university education. Some schools will also ...13 KB (1,906 words) - 22:22, 30 November 2022
- A critic of pragmatism and progressive education, he advocated educational ... William Chandler Bagley was born on March 15, 1874, in Detroit, Michigan ...11 KB (1,638 words) - 15:55, 7 May 2023
- Category:Education A Comprehensive school is a secondary educational ... of all public secondary education in the United States and many other ...17 KB (2,415 words) - 00:22, 8 January 2024
- and a U.S. Senator from 1880 to 1891. During the American Civil War, Brown ... qualities, he used his political influence in private business dealings; ...6 KB (817 words) - 07:21, 10 August 2022
- Category:Education Category:Universities and Colleges {|class="infobox ... |Country || United States |- |University type || Private women's ...12 KB (1,555 words) - 19:50, 21 April 2023
- philosopher, and lexicographer. He served as the U.S. Commissioner of Education ... William Torrey Harris was born on September 10, 1835, in North Killingly ...12 KB (1,673 words) - 20:42, 13 May 2023
- Category:Education Middle school, also known as Junior High school, is a school in the ...19 KB (2,829 words) - 17:33, 9 November 2022
- worked with mentally handicapped children in France and the United States ... Saint Simon, and he regarded efforts to help the mentally challenged as a step ...10 KB (1,500 words) - 01:33, 16 January 2023
- Category:Education right|Hong Kong Institute of Vocational Education (Tsing Yi)]] ...18 KB (2,528 words) - 20:59, 3 May 2023
- Category:Education the building intended for indoor sports or exercise|gym ...14 KB (2,013 words) - 07:46, 10 January 2024
- 10, 1851) was an acclaimed American pioneer in the education of the deaf. ... preaching to serve those he perceived to be in greater need, the deaf. His ...11 KB (1,641 words) - 21:19, 30 April 2023
- meet particular goals, most commonly to pass the entrance examinations of high ... of all ages, including even college students in India; these schools cover ...15 KB (2,182 words) - 01:09, 7 April 2022
- was an American social worker and reformer, the pioneer of the social work ... the standard for social-work education in the United States. ...11 KB (1,518 words) - 19:20, 14 February 2023
- – April 19, 1813) was a Founding Father of the United States. Rush lived ... Rush was a signer of the Declaration of Independence and attended ...13 KB (1,960 words) - 09:56, 28 September 2023
- Keio University (慶應義塾大学, Keiō Gijuku Daigaku), located ... Many research institutions, including the Institute of Cultural and ...12 KB (1,563 words) - 17:19, 5 October 2022
- was a American lawyer who played a role in dismantling the Jim Crow laws ... as it pertained to public education in the United States was the master ...10 KB (1,509 words) - 19:09, 4 December 2023
- Category:Education the type of school providing secondary education|gymnasium (school) ...13 KB (1,987 words) - 06:47, 28 July 2023
- October 24, 1830 – May 19, 1917) was among the first female attorneys in ... Until her death in 1917, she worked tirelessly on behalf of the Universal ...11 KB (1,718 words) - 08:56, 27 September 2023
- a prominent law professor, and a signer of the United States Declaration ... Wythe, influenced by an education rooted in classical tradition, contributed ...9 KB (1,318 words) - 22:41, 24 November 2022
- Plessy v. Ferguson, 163 U.S. 537 (1896), was a landmark United States ... The decision was handed down by a vote of 7 to 1, with the majority ...10 KB (1,574 words) - 08:04, 24 November 2022
- The Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) of the United Nations assists ... ECOSOC has 54 members, elected by the General Assembly for staggered ...13 KB (1,735 words) - 11:44, 3 May 2023
- teacher and educational reformer, founder of the Kindergarten system in the ... Elizabeth Palmer Peabody was born in Billerica, Massachusetts on May ...11 KB (1,579 words) - 10:20, 21 January 2023
- Category:Education [[Image:BlgGym.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Modern indoor ... In most educational systems, physical education (PE), (also called ...12 KB (1,802 words) - 05:07, 24 November 2022
- Category:Education about educating gifted students, see Gifted education. [[Image:Teacher ...20 KB (2,954 words) - 19:10, 7 February 2023
- diplomat, an advocate of peace through education. The co-winner with Jane ... Butler was born on April 2, 1862, in Elizabeth, New Jersey, to manufacturer ...14 KB (2,044 words) - 23:32, 14 November 2022
- for her forthright opinions on women’s education. Unlike her sisters, Catherine ... Beecher was born in East Hampton, New York, the oldest of 13 children ...8 KB (1,133 words) - 00:09, 1 December 2023
- organizations including Women and Children in Reduced Circumstances, the ... Rebecca Gratz was born on March 4, 1781, in Lancaster, Pensylvannia ...8 KB (1,118 words) - 01:42, 8 December 2022
- Category:Education is an institution where children receive the first stage of compulsory ...23 KB (3,445 words) - 10:17, 21 January 2023
- social worker who specifically focused on the advancement of child welfare ... One of four children, Grace Abbott was raised in a home environment ...7 KB (998 words) - 12:14, 24 January 2023
- Category:Education Category:Universities and Colleges on a Liberal Arts curriculum, generally in undergraduate studies. Although ...23 KB (3,427 words) - 11:01, 7 March 2023
- :This article is about the publisher and soldier. For the United States ... 30, 1917) was an American newspaper mogul, the owner and editor-in-chief ...10 KB (1,489 words) - 20:43, 29 January 2022
- Category:Education [[Image:Landaff 1940s.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Teacher and student in ...20 KB (2,989 words) - 04:37, 27 February 2023
- Edutainment (also educational entertainment or entertainment-education ... Most often, edutainment seeks either to tutor in one or more specific ...16 KB (2,367 words) - 18:18, 12 February 2024
- Category:Education [[File:Walton Hall Pen&Ink.jpg|thumb|300 px ... institutions offering distance education in the United States have received ...17 KB (2,511 words) - 15:30, 29 January 2024
- The American Ballet Theatre (ABT), based in New York City, was one ... of size, scope and outreach. Launched in 1940, ABT annually tours the ...8 KB (1,230 words) - 02:53, 24 July 2023
- | location_country = United States | location = Reston, Virginia, United States | area_served = United States ...15 KB (2,010 words) - 04:19, 11 March 2023
- (June 2, 1731 O.S. — May 22, 1802) was the wife of George Washington ... George Washington took his oath of office in New York City on April ...10 KB (1,529 words) - 16:57, 6 December 2023
- The Northwest Ordinance (formally An Ordinance for the Government ... Arguably the single most important piece of legislation passed by ...10 KB (1,533 words) - 06:38, 16 November 2022
- Category:Education The term Community College is used almost exclusively in the United ...21 KB (3,019 words) - 00:18, 8 January 2024
- right|William Blackstone as illustrated in his Commentaries on the Laws ... an English jurist and professor who produced the historical and analytic treatise ...11 KB (1,662 words) - 15:40, 6 May 2023
- Serampore College, located in Serampore Town, in Hooghly District ... unable to retrieve. --> The Latin name of the college motto, Gloriam ...14 KB (1,875 words) - 09:54, 26 January 2023
- The food industry is the complex network of farmers and diverse businesses ... The Economic Research Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) ...10 KB (1,449 words) - 06:16, 1 April 2024
- 50 years, Taussig is credited with creating the foundations of modern international ... Taussig viewed economic problems not as independent entities but in ...7 KB (1,057 words) - 05:09, 9 April 2024
- reformer and social activist, leader of the women's suffrage movement ... Madeline McDowell, also known as Madge, was born on May 20, 1872, ...7 KB (1,006 words) - 04:55, 5 November 2022
- engineering, and transportation engineering. The term "civil engineering ... Most civil engineering projects today deal with the planning, construction ...12 KB (1,647 words) - 22:27, 10 December 2023
- UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization ... The organization has 192 Member States and 6 Associate Members. Based ...15 KB (2,159 words) - 01:23, 3 May 2023
- matchmaker "Dolly Gallagher Levi" in David Merrick's production ... She was born in Newport News, Virginia, (also the birth place of legendary ...10 KB (1,596 words) - 07:09, 23 November 2022
- collections of folklore. He was also one of the first African-American professors ... Johnson was a prominent figure of the latter part of the Harlem Renaissance ...14 KB (1,983 words) - 14:28, 24 March 2023
- Category:Education [[Image:VictorianPostcard.jpg|thumb|right|350px ... Sex: The Battles over Sex Education in the United States. University of ...26 KB (3,715 words) - 19:51, 21 April 2023
- Category:Education This article deals with the government-funded school ... is the standard form of education in the United States and is provided ...32 KB (4,665 words) - 18:08, 14 April 2023
- Category:Education [[Image:Centro-fotografico-students.jpg|right|thumb ... for adults in vocational education in the United States.[https://www ...24 KB (3,446 words) - 06:19, 15 June 2023
- a museum, library, archive, zoo, and others. The term originates from the from ... as well as their own cultural heritage in historical and global contexts ...10 KB (1,517 words) - 06:45, 12 January 2024
- Category:Education Category:Universities and Colleges {{Infobox_University ... coeducational, liberal arts college situated in Poughkeepsie, New York. Founded ...12 KB (1,685 words) - 14:40, 3 May 2023
- A national library is a library specifically established by the government ... The first national libraries had their origins in the royal collections ...17 KB (2,398 words) - 04:12, 11 March 2023
- vocal advocate of gender equality, the wife of abolitionist Henry ... Stone was born on the August 13, 1818, on her family's Massachusetts ...11 KB (1,805 words) - 02:36, 5 November 2022
- socialist, and journalist. She worked with the National Consumers League ... Mary White Ovington was born on April 11, 1865 in Brooklyn, New York ...10 KB (1,387 words) - 16:15, 7 November 2022
- The Presidential Medal of Freedom is the highest civilian award in ... The Presidential Medal of Freedom ranks second only to the Medal of ...9 KB (1,283 words) - 22:24, 30 November 2022
- 1873) was an American educator who created the McGuffey Readers, one of America ... William Holmes McGuffey was born in Washington County, Pennsylvania ...14 KB (2,020 words) - 18:23, 17 April 2023
- The Common Rule is a federal policy governing the protection of human ... Initially fifteen Federal departments adopted the regulations in 1991 ...16 KB (2,313 words) - 18:58, 25 July 2021
- The United States National Library of Medicine (NLM), operated by ... located on the campus of the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda ...13 KB (1,876 words) - 11:58, 3 May 2023
- Category:Education Category:Universities and Colleges {{Infobox_University ... may be as corner stones, polished after the similitude of a palace - Psalms ...17 KB (2,398 words) - 01:44, 11 March 2023
- theory. Regarded as a founder of sociology in the United States, he believed ... Ross studied human nature in detail, regarding human beings as essential ...10 KB (1,419 words) - 18:20, 12 February 2024
- and sociologist, and first president of the American Sociological Association ... Lester Frank Ward was born in Joliet, Illinois, into the family of ...9 KB (1,301 words) - 22:02, 25 October 2022
- The Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands, popularly known ... The bureau was put into effect to protect the best interests of former ...13 KB (1,911 words) - 10:37, 11 April 2024
- Category:Education A school counselor is a counselor and educator who works in schools ...17 KB (2,422 words) - 08:00, 8 January 2024
- The Deep South is a descriptive category of cultural and geographic ... The Deep South is a belt stretching from the Atlantic Ocean to west ...16 KB (2,381 words) - 08:36, 15 January 2023
- A rite of passage is a ritual that marks a change in a person's ... Despite their diversity, rites of passage all serve the same purpose: ...15 KB (2,210 words) - 01:43, 15 December 2022
- pedagogue and historian, better known as the “Father of the Olympics ... He was the primary force in the revival of the Olympic Games in 1896 ...10 KB (1,541 words) - 05:26, 24 November 2022
- Category:Education Progressive education is based on the belief that students learn best ...20 KB (2,991 words) - 23:07, 30 November 2022
- diplomat and conservative politician. He was the fourth secretary-general of ... Prior to serving as UN secretary general, Waldheim was a member of ...13 KB (1,913 words) - 04:39, 4 March 2023
- The Dublin Core metadata element set is a standard for cross-domain ... The term "Dublin" came from Dublin, Ohio, U.S., and "core ...13 KB (1,902 words) - 17:17, 12 February 2024
- Category:Education Bilingual education involves teaching all subjects ... Bilingual education in the United States focuses on English language ...32 KB (4,686 words) - 03:50, 1 October 2023
- was a German educator, famous for his work in children's education, ... Friedrich Fröbel was born in Oberweissbach near Rudolstadt in Thuringia ...15 KB (2,345 words) - 06:41, 15 April 2024
- 200px|Comenius on relief at school building in Dolany, Czech Republic.]] bishop, a religious refugee, and one of the earliest champions of universal ...15 KB (2,350 words) - 00:05, 8 January 2024
- Category:Education A high school is the name used in some parts of the world, particularly ...27 KB (3,998 words) - 15:48, 25 January 2023
- institution (often a school of secondary education in Europe); a public hall ... The name “Lyceum” comes from a gymnasium near Athens in ancient ...14 KB (2,070 words) - 03:09, 5 November 2022
- 1932), a Protestant, medical missionary from the United States, who later also ... Horace Newton Allen was born in Delaware, Ohio, on April 23, 1858 ...8 KB (1,205 words) - 15:02, 2 February 2024
- refers to a private women's university in central Seoul, South Korea ... Hakdang and brother school, Paichai Hakdang, in 1886. Evangelical Protestant ...11 KB (1,562 words) - 23:53, 24 March 2024
- The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) is a global ... Formed in October 1948, the IUCN's headquarters is located in ...13 KB (1,829 words) - 13:27, 7 February 2023
- Category:Education Preschool education is education that focuses on educating children ...23 KB (3,350 words) - 00:32, 12 April 2023
- and politician who was for many years the voice of the young nation ... Born in South Africa, he excelled as a student of foreign languages ...12 KB (1,691 words) - 07:15, 13 June 2023
- Category:Education Home education, also called homeschooling or home ... Home education in the United States is governed by each individual ...29 KB (4,035 words) - 16:36, 1 March 2023
- Eastern Europe, as defined by the United Nations Statistics Division ... In some sources, Eastern Europe is defined as the nations bordered ...17 KB (2,344 words) - 17:40, 12 February 2024
- Collective bargaining is the process of negotiation between a group ... Collective bargaining may take place through the vehicle of trade ...10 KB (1,423 words) - 22:33, 7 January 2024
- The Social Gospel is a Protestant Christian theological teaching that ... The foremost writer among proponents was the American Walter Rauschenbusch ...14 KB (2,040 words) - 21:44, 30 January 2023
- educator, and author, widely recognized as the founder of Reform Judaism ... Born in Bohemia, Wise was educated in Prague and Vienna, receiving ...16 KB (2,521 words) - 18:59, 7 March 2024
- The Ramakrishna Mission ( রামকৃষ্ণ মিশন Swami Vivekananda on May 1, 1897, who in 1893, when he attended the ...11 KB (1,632 words) - 00:33, 8 December 2022
- , was an American social reformer, a pioneer in the fields of child welfare ... Julia Clifford Lathrop was born on June 29, 1858 in Rockford, Illinois ...10 KB (1,507 words) - 21:08, 4 October 2022
- 22, 1965) was an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court ... Frankfurter was born in Vienna, Austria. His family emigrated to the ...8 KB (1,184 words) - 17:13, 26 March 2024
- Category:Education Apprenticeship is a system of training a new generation ... in the context of medical education in the United States, is the historical ...23 KB (3,363 words) - 15:55, 11 August 2023
- and unconventional "Temple School" in Boston, as well as the utopian ... Amos Bronson Alcott was born on Spindle Hill in the town of Wolcott ...13 KB (1,941 words) - 17:22, 26 July 2023
- theory, and their applications to education. Hall was a strong believer in the scientific method and its application ...14 KB (1,985 words) - 07:30, 15 April 2024
- The HJ International Graduate School for Peace and Public Leadership ... HJI offers professional training in the ministry, serving a wide spectrum ...14 KB (2,005 words) - 18:06, 1 December 2023
- The Corcoran Gallery of Art is the largest privately supported cultural ... The city's oldest private art gallery, it was founded by Washington ...7 KB (1,002 words) - 03:02, 8 January 2024
- (December 25, 1821 – April 12, 1912) was the founder of the American Red ... all I had, even with my life if need be; as the daughter of an accepted Mason ...14 KB (2,285 words) - 22:31, 10 December 2023
- The United Nations Children's Fund (or UNICEF) was created by ... The organization's programs emphasize developing community level ...17 KB (2,502 words) - 11:42, 3 May 2023
- The late nineteenth century settlement movement, which began in London ... The settlement movement began in 1884, with the founding of London’s ...15 KB (2,182 words) - 10:06, 26 January 2023
- [[Image:Boys in red.jpg|right|thumb|250 px|Child laborers coming out ... Child labor is the employment of children under an age determined ...16 KB (2,455 words) - 15:28, 10 December 2023
- 28, 1839 – February 17, 1898) was one of the most prominent social reformers ... Willard was born in Churchville, New York to Josiah Flint and Mary ...7 KB (1,021 words) - 06:43, 1 April 2024
- Lisa Najeeb Halaby on August 23, 1951)) is the widow of the late King Hussein ... Elizabeth (Lisa) Najeeb Halaby was born in Washington, DC, of Arab ...15 KB (2,137 words) - 15:44, 7 December 2022
- his 1980 campaign, she was nominated as the U.S. ambassador to the United ... Jeane Duane Jordan was born in Duncan, Oklahoma, the daughter of an ...14 KB (1,976 words) - 01:05, 9 February 2023
- The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against ... it came into force on September 3, 1981. The United States is the only ...11 KB (1,631 words) - 02:51, 8 January 2024
- A workhouse or poorhouse is a publicly maintained facility for the ... Later laws, in particular the 1834 Poor Law, organized the parishes ...14 KB (2,160 words) - 23:59, 17 May 2023
- social worker and reformer. She was one of the "ladies of Halsted Street ... Florence Kelley was born on September 12, 1859 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania ...11 KB (1,660 words) - 17:41, 28 March 2024
- Thaddeus Stevens (April 4, 1792 – August 11, 1868), was a member ... Stevens was born in Danville, Vermont on April 4, 1792. He suffered ...9 KB (1,431 words) - 02:49, 19 April 2023
- Category:Education Category:Universities and Colleges {| class="infobox ... in the development of education in the United States, seven of them ...22 KB (3,102 words) - 01:07, 8 February 2023
- The National Consumers League (NCL), founded in 1899, is America& ... Despite increasing globalization of the market place since its inception ...10 KB (1,430 words) - 04:10, 11 March 2023
- significant and ingenious. Her popular Woman in the Nineteenth Century, published ... She grew up in the Unitarian Church and became friends with Ralph ...15 KB (2,322 words) - 03:55, 6 November 2022
- machinery, and so on. Modern trends in museology have broadened the ... visitors experience of aesthetics values of the works of art by observing ...12 KB (1,786 words) - 02:35, 21 April 2023
- of Medicine, and Doctor of Divinity, was the inventor of the sport of basketball ... Ontario on November 6, 1861. James was the eldest son of Scottish immigrants ...14 KB (2,207 words) - 08:49, 18 March 2024
- into a pragmatic method for understanding the purposes of misbehavior in ... He saw the family as the first social setting in which education takes ...11 KB (1,581 words) - 21:05, 21 December 2022
- Category:Education Category:Universities and Colleges {{Infobox University ... |name = The Open University |native_name = ...25 KB (3,516 words) - 10:35, 11 March 2023
- who was important for reintroducing the study of Chinese philosophy ... Born in 1895, Feng lived through a period of turmoil and transition ...13 KB (1,980 words) - 17:18, 26 March 2024
- writings on British common law served as the definitive legal texts for ... Coke's works served not only as the definitive legal texts of ...10 KB (1,545 words) - 18:22, 12 February 2024
- Order of Merit (OM), Privy Council of the United Kingdom (PC) (born ... She was the 155th Speaker to be elected. She had served as Deputy ...16 KB (2,349 words) - 18:00, 29 September 2023
- Category:Education [[Image:CircleOfFriends.jpg |thumbnail|250px|A group ... Outdoor education refers to organized learning that takes place in ...21 KB (3,090 words) - 05:58, 18 November 2022
- minister who opposed U.S. involvement in both World War I and World ... He believed steadfastly in the principles that he attested to. He ...11 KB (1,518 words) - 02:47, 16 November 2022
- was very concerned with American higher education, and was known for his ... Together with White Collar: The American Middle Classes (1951), written ...17 KB (2,453 words) - 08:08, 28 January 2024
- This article is part of the branches of CAM series. CAM Classifications ... and treat disease chiefly by assisting the body's innate capacity ...20 KB (2,831 words) - 04:22, 11 March 2023
- Black History Month is an annual observance originating in the United ... In February 1926, Carter G. Woodson launched the celebration of "Negro ...22 KB (3,112 words) - 18:05, 31 October 2023
- Category:Education Category:Universities and Colleges {{Infobox_University ... research university and liberal arts college in Worcester, Massachusetts. Founded ...22 KB (3,029 words) - 10:50, 19 December 2023
- theorist and publisher, and was probably the most influential man outside ... Firmly believing in the importance of education and the acquisition ...17 KB (2,582 words) - 07:16, 15 April 2024
- Category:Education [[Image:Musica 1488.jpg|thumb|250px|Early teaching ... Pedagogy, literally translated, is the art or science of teaching ...26 KB (3,614 words) - 17:11, 26 March 2023
- an American suffragist who was publicized in Gilded Age newspapers as a ... She is probably most famous for her declaration to run for the United ...11 KB (1,729 words) - 06:00, 8 May 2020
- was a Swedish diplomat and a member of the influential Wallenberg family ... He was born in Kappsta, Sweden, to Raoul Oscar Wallenberg (1888-1912 ...11 KB (1,744 words) - 00:37, 8 December 2022
- John Dewey (October 20, 1859 – June 1, 1952) is regarded as one ... activist. He lectured to audiences around the world, he supported the Hull ...20 KB (2,964 words) - 02:26, 9 February 2023
- Saint Jean-Baptiste de La Salle (born April 30, 1651 in Reims; died ... In the process, he pioneered modern educational practices that eventually ...12 KB (1,857 words) - 19:49, 22 December 2022
- – November 18, 1886) was a politician of the United States who served as ... Arthur had been Collector of Customs for the Port of New York. He was appointed ...13 KB (1,928 words) - 18:32, 8 December 2023
- innovator, armaments manufacturer, and the inventor of dynamite. He owned ... == Early life and education == Nobel was born in Stockholm, Sweden ...8 KB (1,208 words) - 18:04, 20 July 2023
- Newsweek is an American weekly news magazine published in New York ... Originally called News-Week, the weekly magazine Newsweek was founded ...10 KB (1,451 words) - 23:24, 14 November 2022
- Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Case citation 347 U.S. 483 ... A companion case dealt with the constitutionality of segregation in ...25 KB (3,783 words) - 04:40, 22 November 2023
- Fire safety refers to precautions that are taken to prevent or reduce ... may include a situation that increases the likelihood a fire may start ...10 KB (1,424 words) - 19:52, 26 March 2024
- 22, 1890 – January 22, 1995) married into the Kennedy family and together ... Rose Kennedy raised children who sought to serve the greater purpose: ...12 KB (1,906 words) - 19:16, 16 December 2022
- Her innovative pedagogy emphasized the importance of an environment ... acquisition, and social relationships. The "Montessori Method," ...21 KB (3,176 words) - 04:11, 6 November 2022
- The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (abbreviated UDHR) is a ... Eleanor Roosevelt, first chairperson of the Commission on Human Rights ...26 KB (3,859 words) - 12:00, 3 May 2023
- attorneys, judges, and their law clerks in finding the legal resources ... The processes of legal research vary according to the country and ...12 KB (1,765 words) - 06:56, 4 March 2023
- 1995) was an American sociologist, a pioneer in mathematical sociology. He ... research, were unable to bring about the social changes he anticipated. ...15 KB (2,152 words) - 16:08, 8 February 2023
- and educator, most famous for his roles as the founder of Conservative Judaism ... Schechter came to England as a tutor of the future leader of Progressive ...13 KB (1,934 words) - 01:02, 4 February 2023
- A zoological garden, zoological park, or zoo is a facility in which ... have a role as stewards of creation, have, in the ideal sense, a natural ...18 KB (2,585 words) - 06:10, 13 June 2023
- quot;) is a written legal document used in various adversarial legal systems ... The brief was probably so called from its at first being only a copy ...13 KB (2,127 words) - 23:07, 20 November 2023
- – August 27, 1988, Ithaca, New York, United States) was a distinguished ... Black was born in Azerbaijan but grew up in London, England, where ...9 KB (1,265 words) - 00:54, 9 November 2022
- a Korean independence activist and one of the early leaders of the Korean ... Many consider Ahn Chang-ho to be one of the key moral and philosophical ...16 KB (2,495 words) - 06:55, 16 June 2023
- “One Who Yawns”; often spelled Goyathlay in English) (June 16, 1829 – ... Geronimo embodied the very essence of the Apache values—aggressiveness ...9 KB (1,410 words) - 07:39, 24 January 2023
- [[File:Cesare Beccaria in Dei delitti crop.jpg|thumb|Marquis of Beccaria]] and economist. His work was significant in the development of Utilitarianism ...11 KB (1,635 words) - 00:08, 4 December 2023
- Category:Education #039; Weekend" at Camp Becket of the Becket Chimney Corners YMCA ...14 KB (2,090 words) - 22:22, 26 February 2023
- of permissiveness. Neill deeply trusted in the ability of the student ... gives them ownership over their learning. The success of Summerhill suggests ...15 KB (2,308 words) - 07:05, 13 June 2023
- Category:Education jpg|right|thumb|250px|Rhodes House in Oxford, designed by Sir Herbert ...17 KB (2,434 words) - 20:03, 8 December 2022
- diplomat, and philanthropist. He inherited the successful newspaper publishing ... Annenberg was born on March 13, 1908 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, to Sarah ...16 KB (2,264 words) - 22:11, 3 May 2023
- was a Hungarian-born sociologist, one of the founding fathers of classical ... Karl Mannheim was born on March 27, 1893 in Budapest, Austria-Hungary ...10 KB (1,422 words) - 07:18, 5 October 2022
- Quaker poet and forceful advocate of the abolition of slavery in the ... John Greenleaf Whittier was born on December 17, 1807, the second ...11 KB (1,653 words) - 05:14, 3 August 2022
- Category:Education [[Image:WWII daycare Richmond CA.jpg|thumb|400 px ... The term day care or child care refers to the care of a child during ...13 KB (1,982 words) - 21:27, 29 March 2024
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- January 24, 1993) was an American jurist and the first African-American to ... come to any sort of fruition, his tenure as the first black Justice to serve ...24 KB (3,985 words) - 17:24, 18 April 2023
- is famous for his successful application of the concept of microcredit, the ... other international honors, including the ITU World Information Society ...18 KB (2,630 words) - 01:49, 11 March 2023
- her performance on Easter Sunday, 1939, on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial ... Overcoming the odds of poverty, racism and the loss of her father ...14 KB (2,054 words) - 23:31, 1 September 2023
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- February 21, 1919) was an American pioneer in the areas of feminism, abolitionism ... One of the first women in the country to be awarded a medical degree ...17 KB (2,716 words) - 16:01, 7 November 2022
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- George Mason IV (December 11, 1725 – October 7, 1792) was a United ... George Mason wrote the Virginia Declaration of Rights, which detailed ...8 KB (1,220 words) - 07:53, 11 November 2022
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- known as Pusan (Pusan; 부산; 釜山), is the largest port city in the Republic ... Busan became Korea’s first international port in 1876. Busan was ...19 KB (2,764 words) - 03:33, 7 December 2022
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- He made significant contributions to Clinical Psychology. In his work ... He is considered by many "the father of industrial psychology ...13 KB (1,901 words) - 12:17, 4 February 2023
- A public library is a library that is open to the public and generally ... Public libraries exist in most nations of the world and are often ...23 KB (3,301 words) - 23:36, 2 December 2022
- an American psychologist, noted as a pioneer in cognitive psychology. He is ... Lewis Madison Terman was born on January 15, 1877, on a farm in Johnson ...14 KB (2,037 words) - 22:21, 25 October 2022
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- economist, a pioneer of Christian socialism in America, and one of the leaders ... Richard Theodore Ely was born in Ripley, New York, as the eldest of ...15 KB (2,225 words) - 20:55, 16 April 2023
- Philanthropy is the voluntary act of donating money or goods, or providing ... Philanthropy is the voluntary act of donating extensive financial ...10 KB (1,417 words) - 03:17, 24 November 2022
- Category:Education Category:Military [[Image:ROTCFTX1.jpg|thumb|right ... The Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) is a college-based ...25 KB (3,768 words) - 19:43, 16 April 2023
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- Francis Amasa Walker (July 2, 1840 – January 5, 1897) was a United ... However, later in his career Walker became rather narrow in his beliefs ...11 KB (1,557 words) - 04:48, 9 April 2024
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- 25, 1974) was a Burmese diplomat and the third secretary-general of ... peace and other valuable qualities to bear in his efforts to resolve international ...14 KB (2,150 words) - 01:24, 3 May 2023
- Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf (October 29, 1938 - ) is the current President ... been elected to comparable office elsewhere in the world, so as the first ...17 KB (2,476 words) - 17:14, 13 February 2024
- The term digital divide refers to the gap between people with effective ... Various organizations and institutions including the United Nations ...29 KB (4,205 words) - 14:35, 29 January 2024
- Category:Education Category:Politics and social sciences ... |motto = Terras irradient (Let Them Give Light to the World) ...16 KB (2,313 words) - 06:57, 25 July 2023
- American psychologist, known for his work in child development. Bronfenbrenner ... Bronfenbrenner emphasized the importance of the social environments ...13 KB (1,861 words) - 13:45, 3 May 2023
- The May Fourth Movement (五四運動, 五四运动, wǔ sì yùn ... The May Fourth Movement led to the New Cultural Movement and a drastic ...15 KB (2,240 words) - 02:19, 9 November 2022
- 10, 1872) was a Governor of New York and United States Secretary of State ... Although Lincoln won the Republican presidential nomination over Seward ...12 KB (1,847 words) - 12:14, 8 May 2023
- Allan David Bloom (September, 14, 1930 in Indianapolis, Indiana – ... Allan Bloom was an only child born to social worker parents in Indianapolis ...22 KB (3,158 words) - 18:25, 21 July 2023
- Archives refer to a collection of records, and also refers to the ... Archives are made up of records which have been created during the ...30 KB (4,298 words) - 06:20, 12 August 2023
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- ) is the capital, largest city, and the economic center of Qatar. ... Education has been a major focus of the Qatari government for many ...17 KB (2,415 words) - 16:36, 29 January 2024
- century German economist who believed in the "National System" ... List was born in Reutlingen, Württemberg, Germany in 1789. Unwilling ...19 KB (2,994 words) - 11:05, 11 April 2024
- A blue law, in the United States and Canada, is a type of law designed ... ==Coining the term "Blue Law"== The term blue law may have ...11 KB (1,685 words) - 23:53, 11 January 2023
- unicycles, balls, barrels, and/or poles. The performance of acrobatics ... Acrobats were greatly admired in ancient China, Egypt, and the Minoan ...10 KB (1,437 words) - 05:38, 15 June 2023
- chemist and industrialist who emmigrated to the United States in 1799 and ... has had a major impact on American affairs. The DuPont Company was a major ...10 KB (1,478 words) - 21:44, 29 December 2021
- and activist who became famous as one of the survivors of the sinking of ... Margaret Tobin was born in Hannibal, Missouri, one of six children ...10 KB (1,600 words) - 03:54, 6 November 2022
- John Tyler (March 29, 1790 – January 18, 1862) was the tenth President ... a result, most of his cabinet resigned, and the Whigs, dubbing him His Accidency ...15 KB (2,215 words) - 07:59, 3 August 2022
- :This article refers to the South Korean private university. For the ... /) a private, coeducational university located in Seoul, South Korea ...28 KB (3,704 words) - 21:29, 4 June 2023
- an American woman who is said to have sewn the first American flag. Three ... and Rebecca James Griscom (1721–1793) on the Griscom family farm in Gloucester ...12 KB (1,832 words) - 18:00, 29 September 2023
- Ethical Culture is a nontheistic religion established by Felix Adler ... In adhering to its social and moral imperatives, the Ethical Culture ...16 KB (2,476 words) - 04:32, 22 March 2024
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- | location = New York, New York, United States | origins = ... The Ford Foundation is a charitable foundation incorporated in Michigan ...17 KB (2,437 words) - 06:20, 1 April 2024
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- 18, 1961) was a Swedish diplomat and the second secretary-seneral of ... As secretary-general, Hammarskjöld took the stance that he was not ...15 KB (2,373 words) - 07:44, 12 January 2024
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- demeanor and advocacy of liberal causes in the Democratic party. From ... At the close of his life, Stevenson was respected by people of all ...19 KB (2,784 words) - 06:00, 15 June 2023
- Foster care is a system by which a certified, stand-in parent, or ... Others, however, may last for years. If the biological parents terminate ...21 KB (3,334 words) - 06:37, 1 April 2024
- A Pulitzer Prize is an award regarded as the highest national honor ... legacy, his effort to establish and maintain the highest standards in the profession ...15 KB (2,254 words) - 23:45, 2 December 2022
- a Republican Senator from Maine, and one of the most successful politicians ... Margaret Chase was born in Skowhegan, Maine, on December 14, 1897 ...14 KB (2,161 words) - 08:31, 10 March 2023
- to specific patron groups, especially in private academic institutions ... For example, the University of Virginia Library provides access to ...18 KB (2,494 words) - 19:07, 10 November 2022
- novels and plays reveal his views of the universal truths in human ... He won the three Pulitzer Prizes (both fiction and drama), numerous ...12 KB (1,836 words) - 23:01, 30 April 2023
- ) is an international energy corporation with its headquarters located ... The history of ConocoPhillips encompasses the entire history of the ...24 KB (3,330 words) - 18:20, 6 June 2023
- The United States National Archives and Records Administration (NARA ... NARA has been active in digitizing their holdings to make them easily ...18 KB (2,561 words) - 01:36, 11 November 2022
- well-known American jurist and a justice on the United States Supreme Court ... The decisions of past jurists and legislators may or may not have ...12 KB (1,848 words) - 09:56, 28 September 2023
- Gabriela Mistral (April 7, 1889 – January 11, 1957) was the pseudonym ... Mistral published over 30 collections of poetry in her lifetime. Some ...12 KB (1,797 words) - 07:38, 15 April 2024
- Obscenity is either the state of being lewd and indecent, or something ... Still, most societies regard the existence of standards defining what ...14 KB (2,133 words) - 19:55, 17 November 2022
- Family law is an area of the law that deals with family-related issues ... The family unit is not only the site of reproduction of the human ...12 KB (1,794 words) - 00:38, 25 March 2024
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- `Aflāq) (1910 – June 23, 1989) was the ideological founder of Ba’athism ... The Ba'th Party (also spelled Baath or Ba'ath; Arabic: حزب ...9 KB (1,421 words) - 17:09, 9 November 2022
- The State of Arizona is a state located in the southwestern region ... intertwining many different traditions. The southern and central parts ...21 KB (2,995 words) - 02:46, 15 August 2023
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- and anthropologist. Ripley’s work in economics, especially his criticism ... William Zebina Ripley was born on October 13, 1867, in Medford, Massachusetts ...12 KB (1,733 words) - 15:20, 14 May 2023
- Category:Education Category:Universities and Colleges {{Infobox_University ... school of physical education in the United States, into the College ...30 KB (4,093 words) - 17:06, 15 September 2023
- political theorist, statesman, and leader of the Meiji Enlightenment in Meiji ... advocate of constitutional government, the democratic right to vote, ...10 KB (1,423 words) - 17:14, 5 October 2022
- lawyer and amateur poet. While watching the bombardment of Fort McHenry ... and Captain John Ross Key on August 1, 1779, in western Maryland. His family ...9 KB (1,528 words) - 04:51, 9 April 2024
- an American painter often associated with the Impressionists, and known ... Born in Allegheny City, Pennsylvania, which is now part of Pittsburgh ...12 KB (1,997 words) - 16:00, 7 November 2022
- is an annual declared month that highlights the contributions of women to ... The commemoration began in 1978 as "Women's History day ...18 KB (2,541 words) - 23:27, 17 May 2023
- The United Nations Trusteeship Council, one of the principal organs ... of all non-self-governing territories under the Council but this was too radical ...21 KB (3,201 words) - 11:50, 3 May 2023
- Category:Education Category:Universities and Colleges {{Infobox_University ... |established = Charted in 1871; opened its doors in 1875 ...19 KB (2,939 words) - 21:18, 30 January 2023
- A librarian is an information professional trained in library and ... Libraries have been adapting to changes in today's information ...23 KB (3,189 words) - 11:04, 7 March 2023
- Seoul National University (SNU) is a national research university ... section view of Korea's history since the end of World War II. Korea ...21 KB (2,854 words) - 19:48, 21 April 2023
- to such an association. One such poem is the frequently anthologized “The ... In 1758, Pauline Johnson’s great-grandfather, Dan Hansen was baptized ...17 KB (2,573 words) - 01:37, 23 November 2022
- (November 3, 1852 – July 30, 1912) was the 122nd imperial ruler of Japan ... political power, but he presided over the Westernization of Japan by ...11 KB (1,750 words) - 18:29, 13 February 2024
- The Circus World Museum is a large museum complex in Baraboo, Wisconsin ... Baraboo, Wisconsin, was home to the Ringling Brothers Circus, the ...11 KB (1,624 words) - 22:24, 10 December 2023
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- The Daughters of the American Revolution, or DAR, is a lineage-based ... The organization faced controversy on several occasions over its discriminatory ...16 KB (2,366 words) - 22:25, 25 January 2024
- politician and sociologist. A member of the Democratic Party, he was first ... In addition to his government service, Moyihan was a distinguished ...25 KB (3,714 words) - 22:06, 25 January 2024
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- px|Photo taken during a sweatshop inspection in Chicago, Illinois, USA 1903.]] long and unreasonable hours, commonly placed in comparison with slave labor ...22 KB (3,326 words) - 14:18, 28 April 2023
- medical doctor and psychologist, founder of the school of individual psychology ... Born in Penzig, a suburb of Vienna, Austria in 1870 and raised in ...12 KB (1,787 words) - 20:46, 1 April 2024
- concern for monetary profit. NPOs are active in a wide range of areas, including ... Since those involved in running a non-profit organization must pursue ...18 KB (2,646 words) - 09:59, 11 March 2023
- Ghana, officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa ... It was inhabited in pre-colonial times by a number of ancient kingdoms ...16 KB (2,385 words) - 20:13, 14 December 2023
- The Great Society was a set of domestic programs proposed or enacted ... Anti-war Democrats complained that spending on the Vietnam War choked ...28 KB (4,129 words) - 12:21, 24 January 2023
- famous for their study Middletown: A Study in Contemporary American Culture ... Robert Lynd was born on September 26, 1892, in New Albany, Indiana ...13 KB (1,965 words) - 02:18, 16 December 2022
- century philosopher of science. Born in Prague, he emigrated to the ... The Structure of Science (1961), an examination of the logical structure ...9 KB (1,352 words) - 19:32, 13 February 2024
- Category:Education Category:Economics Category:Politics and social sciences Tenure commonly refers to life tenure in a job, and specifically to ...21 KB (3,170 words) - 03:41, 30 April 2023
- and university educator. He was a pioneer in the field of secular religious ... Smart became widely known outside the academy, at least in Britain ...21 KB (3,067 words) - 09:56, 11 March 2023
- conductor, teacher, journalist, and the founder and director of the ... on communicating to others through music education, writings, and the beauty ...5 KB (726 words) - 15:24, 27 November 2023
- ; April 4, 1931 in Kaunas, Lithuania – June 12, 1999 in Chicago ... A brilliant scholar, he invested greatly in his students, brought ...11 KB (1,517 words) - 00:03, 9 January 2023
- , (May 22, 1772 – September 27, 1833) was the founder of the Brahmo Samaj ... In 1828, prior to his departure to England, Rammohan founded, with ...18 KB (2,857 words) - 00:31, 8 December 2022
- 10, 1957 - May 2, 2011) was a founder of the militant Islamist al-Qaeda ... Bin Laden's name is transliterated in several ways. Most English ...20 KB (3,020 words) - 04:35, 18 November 2022
- Racial segregation is the separation, either by law or by action, ... by separation of people of different races in daily life when both are doing ...23 KB (3,411 words) - 22:42, 7 December 2022
- Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen (or William Conrad Roentgen, in English) ... Despite the fame he achieved for his discovery, Röntgen chose the ...11 KB (1,777 words) - 10:38, 5 May 2023
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- [[File:-The Blackmail.png|thumb|250px|The harasser threatens the victim]] Sexual harassment is the unwelcome attention of a sexual nature. It ...29 KB (4,311 words) - 10:14, 26 January 2023
- The Northern Mariana Islands, officially the Commonwealth of the Northern ... The Northern Mariana Islands—together with Guam to the south—comprise ...21 KB (3,013 words) - 10:06, 11 March 2023
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- leading proponent of government involvement in solving social issues. He taught ... on economics, American Capitalism (1952), The Affluent Society (1958), and ...18 KB (2,525 words) - 02:28, 9 February 2023
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- and briefly a politician who became the first woman to serve in the ... At 87 years of age, Felton is also the oldest freshman senator to ...12 KB (1,826 words) - 01:42, 8 December 2022
- For something to be considered a gift, the transfer must be gratuitous ... However, most gifts are not subject to the gift tax, due to exemptions ...24 KB (3,964 words) - 07:45, 24 January 2023
- | order=19th President of the United States | date1=March 4, 1877 ... politician, lawyer, military leader, and the 19th President of the United ...15 KB (2,246 words) - 18:25, 22 December 2022
- A computer museum is a museum devoted to the preservation, education ... museums, while some are independent museums. The Computer History Museum in ...11 KB (1,525 words) - 02:34, 8 January 2024
- Carl Robert Byoir (June 24, 1888 – February 3, 1957) was one of ... Byoir was born on June 24, 1888 in Des Moines, Iowa to Jewish immigrant ...11 KB (1,664 words) - 00:54, 13 January 2023
- and early political scientist who devised the concept of a Condorcet method ... Condorcet was a key figure in the transformation of society from its ...12 KB (1,721 words) - 08:34, 10 March 2023
- *For the history of the Korea before its division, see History of Korea. The History of South Korea formally begins with the establishment ...21 KB (3,199 words) - 11:47, 1 February 2024
- The Midwestern United States (or Midwest) refers to the north-central ... The Census Bureau divides this region into the East North Central ...28 KB (4,092 words) - 10:57, 10 March 2023
- The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (identified on ... Designed by famed New York architect Edward Durell Stone, the Kennedy ...21 KB (3,033 words) - 23:38, 5 July 2023
- born American economist. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Economics ... Modigliani also developed the Life-Cycle Hypothesis as a counter to ...13 KB (1,930 words) - 04:56, 9 April 2024
- American historian, author, journalist, and the founder of the Association ... Woodson is also notable for launching the celebration of "Negro ...27 KB (3,964 words) - 00:40, 29 November 2023
- The Performing Arts Center of Los Angeles County, often referred to ... The Music Center's current mission is to go beyond its role as ...21 KB (3,188 words) - 02:46, 4 November 2022
- auth234 George Steiner] Contemporary Writers in the UK. accessdate 2008-03 ... He has written extensively about the relationship between language ...21 KB (2,963 words) - 08:15, 23 January 2023
- electrical engineer and later specializing in mathematical physics, he helped ... Deming is best known for his work in Japan after World War II, particularly ...24 KB (3,501 words) - 22:00, 3 May 2023
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- Hindi: गाँधीनगर) - the capital of the state of Gujarat ... Gandhinagar has the opportunity to incorporate twenty-first-century ...12 KB (1,834 words) - 04:23, 18 April 2024
- He was the son of Theodore, a Roman nobleman. He reigned for longer ... He may have been the first Pope to refer to the Donation of Constantine ...12 KB (1,943 words) - 06:17, 15 June 2023
- Philadelphia is the largest city in Pennsylvania and ranks sixth in ... metropolitan area was the fifth-largest in the United States. A commercial ...34 KB (4,831 words) - 03:00, 24 November 2022
- and a Baptist Minister. He pioneered the social gospel movement, especially ... Rauschenbusch was born in Rochester, New York. His father, Augustus ...17 KB (2,661 words) - 22:29, 3 May 2023
- The Seneca Falls Convention, held in Seneca Falls, New York, on July ... Different groups at different times have turned to the founding documents ...15 KB (2,342 words) - 09:46, 26 January 2023
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- and literary criticism, often esteemed the greatest English literary ... Hazlitt came from a branch of Irish Protestant stock that moved in ...11 KB (1,725 words) - 10:56, 9 May 2023
- He opposed government interference in the natural functioning of ... Sumner was born on October 30, 1840, in Paterson, New Jersey, the ...16 KB (2,256 words) - 12:13, 8 May 2023
- and Romanian physicist, whose writings in the 1920s sparked a surge of ... Oberth was the son of Dr. Julius Oberth, the head of a Saxon family ...13 KB (1,938 words) - 10:20, 22 January 2024
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- Category:Education Category:Psychology Giftedness in a child is an ability significantly higher than other ...28 KB (4,026 words) - 06:24, 11 December 2022
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- an icon for refined taste and culture. In addition, white marble is taken ... The word "marble" derives from the Greek marmaros, meaning ...8 KB (1,153 words) - 03:03, 6 November 2022
- Jacqueline Lee Bouvier Kennedy Onassis, known in the 1960s as Jackie ... Mrs. Kennedy's gallant courage during the tragedy of her husband's ...21 KB (3,354 words) - 08:15, 18 March 2024
- who died young, Vygotsky is known as the "Mozart of psychology ... In the latter part of the twentieth century, his theories became widely ...23 KB (3,329 words) - 11:00, 7 March 2023
- Library science is an interdisciplinary science incorporating the ... terms, perhaps adopted to increase the "science" aspect ...14 KB (1,842 words) - 22:32, 25 October 2022
- ; ca 1897 – October 23, 2003) was the youngest of the three Soong ... Her experiences in the United States made her an able spokeswoman ...16 KB (2,400 words) - 02:00, 27 February 2023
- Robert Alphonso Taft (September 8, 1889 - July 31, 1953), of the Taft ... Taft was the grandson of Attorney General and Secretary of War Alphonso ...14 KB (2,139 words) - 02:17, 16 December 2022
- Social work is a discipline involving the application of social theory ... Social work, as a profession or pursuit, originated in the nineteenth ...28 KB (4,129 words) - 15:02, 27 April 2023
- activist, and women's rights leader in the women's suffrage movement ... an anti-segregationist newspaper based in Memphis, Tennessee. Wells documented ...15 KB (2,312 words) - 15:32, 12 February 2024
- activist, and writer. Her 1963 book, The Feminine Mystique, is considered ... Friedan was born Bettye Naomi Goldstein on February 4, 1921, in Peoria ...14 KB (2,151 words) - 18:01, 29 September 2023
- horticulturist, botanist, and co-founder of the American Society for Horticultural ... Bailey is credited with being instrumental in starting agricultural ...19 KB (2,903 words) - 22:29, 25 October 2022
- The Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) is a non-profit public broadcasting ... Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) was founded in 1969, at which time ...16 KB (2,300 words) - 18:03, 14 April 2023
- Day) is an American federal holiday marking the birthday of Martin Luther ... King was the chief spokesperson for nonviolent activism in the Civil ...17 KB (2,502 words) - 08:36, 10 March 2023
- 8, is a major day of global celebration for the economic, political, and social ... The holiday that developed from these beginnings blended the culture ...18 KB (2,637 words) - 10:37, 6 March 2024
- American singer who has been called "the queen of Tejano music" ... Selena was murdered at the age of 23 by Yolanda Saldívar, the president ...16 KB (2,443 words) - 17:47, 25 January 2023
- Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller (July 8, 1908 – January 26, 1979), of ... system of public higher education in the United States. He demanded ...23 KB (3,392 words) - 16:14, 11 November 2022
- The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (or CDC) is the main ... The CDC has three primary functions: to protect the health and safety ...17 KB (2,452 words) - 23:50, 3 December 2023
- The Northeastern United States, as defined by the U.S. Census Bureau ... The first Europeans to settle New England landed in present-day Massachusetts ...25 KB (3,928 words) - 23:24, 28 June 2022
- lawyer but a powerful orator, Sumner was the leader of the antislavery ... As a Radical Republican leader in the Senate during Reconstruction ...24 KB (3,821 words) - 00:34, 5 December 2023
- Phillis Wheatley (1753 – December 5, 1784) was the first African ... Although her poetry about the colonies' struggle for freedom ...13 KB (1,993 words) - 03:59, 24 November 2022
- an American statesman and judge who became the first Governor of South Carolina ... Rutledge was a member of the South Carolina Assembly, the Stamp Act ...23 KB (3,551 words) - 18:20, 29 November 2022
- Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga (b. June 29, 1945) was the fifth ... leaders when Kumaratunga became President. In power, she pursued a policy ...18 KB (2,650 words) - 01:16, 4 December 2023
- Hawaii is the 50th state of the United States, achieving statehood ... The Hawaiian Islands, once known as the Sandwich Islands, form an ...23 KB (3,378 words) - 17:31, 30 January 2022
- The Kingdom of Tonga, also known as “The Friendly Islands,” is ... Settled for more than 2,800 years, Tonga is part of the cradle of ...15 KB (2,182 words) - 03:57, 1 May 2023
- An epidemic (from the Greek epi- ("upon") and demos ("people ... A pandemic is simply an epidemic that affects a large proportion of ...22 KB (3,244 words) - 14:30, 11 February 2022
- civil rights activist born to former slaves in Mayesville, South Carolina ... She held many leadership positions in organizations for women and ...20 KB (2,970 words) - 16:12, 7 November 2022
- [[File:President John F. Kennedy Meets with National Association for ... The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, also ...28 KB (4,148 words) - 23:05, 31 October 2023
- and educator. As an educator, he promoted the teaching of history, science ... he called "dephlogisticated air" in his determination to defend ...19 KB (2,782 words) - 00:48, 11 August 2022
- Category:Education A university is an institution of higher education and research, which ...28 KB (4,044 words) - 12:01, 3 May 2023
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- was a British physical anthropologist and the wife of Louis Leakey, famous ... Leakey was born on February 6, 1913 into the family of Cecilia Frere ...9 KB (1,368 words) - 16:10, 7 November 2022
- The National Geographic Magazine, later shortened to National Geographic ... National Geographic Magazine was founded in 1888 by the nonprofit ...12 KB (1,728 words) - 04:11, 11 March 2023
- Atlantic City is a city in Atlantic County, southeastern New Jersey ... Native Lenape inhabited the area prior to the arrival of English settlers ...28 KB (3,984 words) - 06:06, 21 August 2023
- Leonard Bernstein) who achieved prominence in the international arena. Though ... fond of nature and found great inspiration in the natural world. "One ...10 KB (1,559 words) - 02:18, 23 December 2022
- right|300px|Christie's auction house in South Kensington, London.]] Christie’s is a world-famous auction house and the informal name ...9 KB (1,246 words) - 21:11, 10 December 2023
- poet, and playwright. She was known as the "Conscience of the American ... #039;s first female playwright. She was also the first woman to publish an ...17 KB (2,550 words) - 16:13, 9 November 2022
- and theologian who set out to re-define the balance between reason and ... Rosmini founded a religious order called the Institute of the Brethren ...24 KB (3,716 words) - 05:44, 11 August 2023
- Physical fitness is used in the context of two meanings: General fitness ... Physical fitness is the capacity of the heart, blood vessels, lungs ...19 KB (2,829 words) - 05:08, 24 November 2022
- Iowa is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States of America ... A north central state, it forms a bridge between the forests of the ...28 KB (4,107 words) - 18:56, 7 February 2023
- The Boston Public Library is the largest municipal public library ... With public support and the help of significant contributions by numerous ...17 KB (2,587 words) - 19:51, 20 November 2023
- historian and writer] He was a champion of the nineteenth-century ideals ... Tocqueville's insights into what made the United States successful ...22 KB (3,185 words) - 06:41, 20 July 2023
- zoologist, glaciologist, and geologist, the husband of educator Elizabeth ... In the early stages of his career, Agassiz made a name for himself ...18 KB (2,730 words) - 04:09, 4 November 2022
- Category:Education Education encompasses teaching and learning specific skills, and also ...43 KB (6,163 words) - 18:17, 12 February 2024
- Thomas) was a Korean independence activist. In 1909, during the period following ... An Jung-Geun was born in 1879 as the eldest child among three sons ...14 KB (2,121 words) - 17:27, 26 July 2023
- of concert and film music. Instrumental in forging a distinctly American ... Much of the greatness of Copland's art is due to the ways he ...13 KB (1,822 words) - 07:14, 13 June 2023
- and actor. His first TV appearance was in 1948, when he played the voiceless ... He achieved his greatest fame as the title character of the children ...14 KB (2,120 words) - 08:42, 16 November 2023
- | birth_place = Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America ... | death_place = Covington, Louisiana, United States of America ...9 KB (1,310 words) - 18:46, 17 April 2023
- Glenn Theodore Seaborg (April 19, 1912 – February 25, 1999) won ... , contributed to the discovery and isolation of ten elements, developed ...29 KB (4,299 words) - 07:54, 24 January 2023
- Category:Education Category:Universities and Colleges {{Infobox_University ... |caption =Keating Hall with Edwards Parade in the foreground ...33 KB (4,668 words) - 06:21, 1 April 2024
- military commander and colonial governor. In the United States, he is best ... In India, where he served two terms as Governor-General, he is remembered ...9 KB (1,361 words) - 01:57, 4 December 2023
- October 19, 1910, Lahore, British India, now in Pakistan, – August 21, 1995 ... was an eminent astrophysicist. Of Tamil Indian heritage, he was born ...20 KB (2,980 words) - 13:44, 28 April 2023
- is the capital of Kanagawa Prefecture and, with a population of 3 ... Yokohama was nearly destroyed by the Kanto Earthquake in 1923, and ...20 KB (2,678 words) - 11:13, 25 May 2023
- 9, 1850) was an American military leader and the twelfth president of the United ... Taylor was born in Orange County, Virginia on November 24, 1784. He ...16 KB (2,480 words) - 10:32, 7 June 2023
- Henry Timrod, (December 8, 1828—October 7, 1867), was called The ... In addition to the perspective Timrod offers to historians and those ...9 KB (1,541 words) - 15:41, 25 January 2023
- headquarters at 635 Massachusetts Avenue NW in Washington, D.C.]] organization of public radio stations in the United States. NPR was ...17 KB (2,587 words) - 14:58, 11 November 2022
- – March 4, 1883) was Vice President of the Confederate States of America ... The causes of the Civil War remain the subject of debate and it is ...21 KB (3,127 words) - 21:02, 28 November 2023
- worker, sociologist, and reformer, known in United States as the "mother ... A committed pacifist and early feminist, Addams actively supported ...13 KB (2,111 words) - 08:58, 1 April 2024
- issues that are generally shocking to the public. Generally, muckraking ... Given their name by Theodore Roosevelt when he likened their work ...11 KB (1,585 words) - 17:31, 11 May 2020
- philanthropist often considered as one of the fathers Reform Judaism. Born in Halberstadt in today's Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, Jacobson ...13 KB (1,953 words) - 06:05, 11 March 2024
- educator, diplomat, and politician during the Meiji and Taishō periods ... and students. He was critical of the increasing militarism in Japan ...16 KB (2,449 words) - 01:35, 16 November 2022
- educator and philosopher and a leader of the school of new realism in American ... In 1910, along with five colleagues, Perry helped to formulate The ...11 KB (1,682 words) - 00:28, 8 December 2022
- Clare Boothe Luce (April 10, 1903 – October 9, 1987) was a United ... from inauspicious beginnings to success in fields traditionally dominated ...15 KB (2,324 words) - 22:31, 10 December 2023
- Category:Education Category:Universities and Colleges {{Infobox_University ... |motto = Vox clamantis in deserto(The voice of one crying ...29 KB (4,327 words) - 22:24, 25 January 2024
- – December 10, 1909) was a war leader of the Oglala Lakota (Sioux). He ... One of the most capable Native American opponents the United States ...13 KB (2,097 words) - 01:47, 8 December 2022
- 21, 1919 – April 4, 2000) was a leading educator of the deaf. Stokoe served as chairman of the English department at Gallaudet University ...13 KB (1,991 words) - 10:52, 12 May 2023
- 17, 1965) was an American collegiate coach in multiple sports, primarily ... He is considered to be one of the great innovators in college football ...15 KB (2,255 words) - 17:21, 26 July 2023
- of Tanzania (previously Tanganyika), from the country's founding in ... He also battled the International Monetary Fund over the issue of ...16 KB (2,394 words) - 06:41, 28 February 2023
- leader who used her stature as First Lady of the United States from 1933 to ... Roosevelt was a leader in forming the United Nations, the U.S. United ...23 KB (3,549 words) - 00:11, 13 February 2024
- is an infectious eye disease caused by the bacteria Chlamydia trachomatis ... Trachoma (from the Ancient Greek for "rough eye") is the ...15 KB (2,194 words) - 17:42, 4 November 2022
- He pioneered exobiology and promoted the Search for Extra-Terrestrial ... science books and co-writing and presenting the award-winning 1980 television ...18 KB (2,690 words) - 12:47, 27 November 2023
- and author. Respectfully dubbed as "The Wizard of Tuskegee," ... In the decades after the war, millions of Southern freedmen needed ...32 KB (5,107 words) - 19:08, 20 November 2023
- and managed. Issues such as logistics, the coordination of different ... The term systems engineering can be traced back to Bell Telephone ...28 KB (3,868 words) - 00:58, 21 April 2023
- James Abram Garfield (November 19, 1831–September 19, 1881) was ... Garfield is the only person in United States history to be a Representative ...23 KB (3,377 words) - 21:14, 20 March 2024
- and philanthropist who played a pivotal role in the establishment of the oil ... His business career was controversial. He was bitterly attacked by ...24 KB (3,700 words) - 18:48, 5 April 2024
- lecturer. Both deaf and blind, she changed the public's perception of ... Her life story exemplifies well the truth that though the body's ...17 KB (2,745 words) - 08:35, 21 January 2024
- Northern Ireland who served as leader of the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP ... from his first marriage, which ended in divorce. Although a staunch ...17 KB (2,585 words) - 08:32, 28 January 2024
- The Helsinki Final Act, Helsinki Accords, or Helsinki Declaration ... On the other hand, by signing the document, the Soviet Union had also ...14 KB (2,090 words) - 17:19, 6 February 2022
- and mathematician, was an early influence on the American pragmatists Charles ... After reading Darwin's Origin of Species (published in 1859) ...12 KB (1,761 words) - 00:45, 5 December 2023
- It is difficult to sort fact from fiction in many cases, however she led ... "Calamity" Jane was born Martha Jane Canary in Princeton ...8 KB (1,247 words) - 18:20, 25 November 2023
- :This article focuses on premarital sexual abstinence in the modern ... Sexual abstinence in the modern context refers to the decision to ...26 KB (3,963 words) - 10:13, 26 January 2023
- Aga Khan (Persian: آغا خان ) is the hereditary title of the ... The Aga Khans are known throughout the world for their philanthropic ...18 KB (2,724 words) - 06:09, 16 June 2023
- The Scopes Trial (often called the Scopes Monkey Trial) was a highly ... The Scopes Trial (Scopes v. State, 152 Tenn. 424, 278 S.W. 57 (Tenn ...29 KB (4,801 words) - 17:27, 25 January 2023
- Category:Education Category:Universities and Colleges {{Infobox_University ... coeducational research university in Nashville, Tennessee, in the ...32 KB (4,475 words) - 14:20, 3 May 2023
- The Republic of Liberia is a country on the west coast of Africa, ... Liberia has recently been afflicted by two civil wars, the Liberian ...23 KB (3,221 words) - 11:02, 7 March 2023
- for her photo essays taken while traversing the globe for Life Magazine. In ... She was known for her sharp instincts and her willingness to get the ...15 KB (2,278 words) - 03:53, 6 November 2022
- about books and other materials held in a library (for example, an ... Some databases continue to develop with the cooperation of a number of ...27 KB (3,849 words) - 03:43, 1 October 2023
- Abbeville is a city in Abbeville County, South Carolina, United States ... The noted states rights advocate John C. Calhoun was born just outside ...17 KB (2,385 words) - 04:41, 14 June 2023
- During and after his political career, Carazo was involved in efforts ... Rodrigo Carazo was born in Cartago, Costa Rica. He obtained his degree ...13 KB (1,884 words) - 14:31, 28 June 2023
- The Chesapeake Bay is the largest inlet in the Atlantic Coastal Plain ... in the District of Columbia and parts of six states: New York, Pennsylvania ...21 KB (3,138 words) - 18:31, 8 December 2023
- Carl Sandburg "indubitably an American in every pulse-beat," and ... Born in Galesburg, Illinois, Carl Sandburg was raised in a relatively ...10 KB (1,491 words) - 12:48, 27 November 2023
- Records and made a major contribution to the record industry. He also co ... The son of a distinguished Turkish diplomat, Ertegun co-founded Atlantic ...12 KB (1,872 words) - 06:54, 16 June 2023
- May 24, 1878 – January 2, 1972) was one of the first working female engineers ... The Gilbreths are considered the founders of modern industrial management ...16 KB (2,285 words) - 05:10, 9 April 2024
- also known as Madame Sun Yat-sen, was one of the most prominent women in modern ... In September, 1949, when the Communists founded the People’s Republic ...14 KB (2,106 words) - 02:00, 27 February 2023
- Civil rights are the protections and privileges of personal power ... down, derived from custom or implied. In the United States and most ...29 KB (4,520 words) - 22:29, 10 December 2023
- American Samoa is an unorganized, incorporated territory of the United ... American Samoa is a group of islands in the South Pacific Ocean, located ...18 KB (2,598 words) - 06:47, 25 July 2023
- 300px|The old Co-operative building behind the Gateshead Millennium Bridge ... or co-op) is defined as a business owned by the people who use its services ...22 KB (3,153 words) - 02:54, 8 January 2024
- politician and a long-time member of the United States Congress from ... He unsuccessfully sought the presidency five times. In 1980, McCarthy ...18 KB (2,729 words) - 04:13, 23 March 2024
- The National Air and Space Museum (NASM) of the Smithsonian Institution ... The Museum's collections display marvelous technological achievements ...18 KB (2,632 words) - 01:35, 11 November 2022
- track and field athlete. He participated in the 1936 Summer Olympics in ... Owens was born in Danville, Alabama, in 1913. His family moved to ...10 KB (1,557 words) - 08:12, 3 April 2024
- The Civil Rights Act of 1964, Pub. L. No. 88-352, 78 Stat. 241 (July ... In its search for a way to realize the dream of social and economic ...16 KB (2,379 words) - 06:13, 14 January 2023
- widely influenced social experimentation and the cooperative movement. The ... circumstances, and that placing man under the proper physical, moral, and ...26 KB (4,155 words) - 01:46, 16 December 2022
- Category:Education Category:Universities and Colleges {{Infobox_University ... a trend throughout higher education in the United States. Harvard's ...32 KB (4,558 words) - 16:50, 30 January 2022
- The Sichuan Giant Panda Sanctuaries ( s=四川大熊猫栖息地|t ... ), located in southwest Sichuan province of China, serves as the home ...13 KB (1,731 words) - 20:05, 21 April 2023
- and civil rights activist who co-founded the National Farm Workers Association ... In 1994, César Estrada Chávez was posthumously awarded the Presidential ...25 KB (4,024 words) - 07:33, 12 January 2024
- is often credited with having launched the global environmental movement ... Her first three books, “Under the Sea Wind”, “The Sea Around ...21 KB (3,192 words) - 17:19, 16 April 2023
- Louis Braille (January 4, 1809 – January 6, 1852) was the inventor ... Louis Braille was born on January 4, 1809, in the small village of ...8 KB (1,163 words) - 02:52, 4 November 2022
- The phrase separation of church and state is a common interpretation ... The role of religion in American public life remains an unresolved ...29 KB (4,563 words) - 19:48, 21 April 2023
- with North Korea, Russia, China, Japan, and the United States. The Cold War ... In the midst of that awful tension, shrugging off a humiliating experience ...21 KB (3,033 words) - 10:44, 10 November 2023
- usually referred to as Davy Crockett and by the popular title "King of ... Crockett had no formal education, yet he possessed oratorical skills ...11 KB (1,717 words) - 08:40, 28 January 2024
- scientist and diplomat, who received the 1950 Nobel Peace Prize for ... Bunche strongly supported the UN's peace-keeping role, pointing ...13 KB (2,020 words) - 00:28, 8 December 2022
- Bookselling is the commercial trading of books, the retail and distribution ... several distinct business entities such as the publishers, printers, binderies ...13 KB (2,008 words) - 19:27, 20 November 2023
- writer, and editor. He has been called the "Father of American Scholarship ... Noah Webster was born on October 16, 1758, in the West Division of ...15 KB (2,342 words) - 02:32, 16 November 2022
- journalist, publisher, and author. Born in Arkansas, she became well-known ... "plantation town," as most people in town made a living at the sawmill ...13 KB (1,959 words) - 07:47, 12 January 2024
- His book Essence of Judaism (1905), written in response to Adolf von Harnack ... During World War I, Baeck served as an army chaplain in the German ...12 KB (1,837 words) - 20:03, 25 October 2022
- The Kwakiutl (kwakwaka'wakw) continue the practice of potlatch. Illustrated ... The ceremonial feast called a potlatch, practiced among a diverse ...10 KB (1,450 words) - 05:54, 30 November 2022
- Ohio is a Midwestern state of the United States of America. Part of ... Prior to 1984, the United States Census Bureau considered Ohio part ...38 KB (5,430 words) - 22:43, 12 February 2022
- [[File:Philippoteaux The Numbering of the Israelites.jpg|thumb|250px ... A census is the process of obtaining information about every member ...12 KB (1,796 words) - 23:49, 3 December 2023
- The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA, often pronounced ... Its headquarters are located in Indianapolis, Indiana, and is the ...28 KB (3,819 words) - 04:10, 11 March 2023
- | caption = Leakey in 1986 | birth_name = Richard ... his discovery of "Turkana Boy." The son of well-known paleoanthropologists ...14 KB (1,980 words) - 23:02, 4 January 2024
- Brooklyn (named after the Dutch town Breukelen) is one of the five ... Brooklyn is coterminous with Kings County, which is the most populous ...28 KB (4,109 words) - 04:35, 22 November 2023
- New Hampshire is a state in the New England region of the northeastern ... It is internationally famous for the New Hampshire primary, the first ...33 KB (4,724 words) - 09:19, 11 March 2023
- ) (born August 15, 1945) was the Prime Minister of Bangladesh from ... During her period in office, the leader of the official opposition ...24 KB (3,377 words) - 23:03, 30 January 2023
- San Diego is a large coastal California city located in the southwestern ... It lies along the Pacific Ocean at San Diego Bay just north of the ...27 KB (3,961 words) - 16:26, 31 October 2023
- The Battle of Vicksburg, or Siege of Vicksburg, was the final significant ... Grant had captured Jackson, the Mississippi state capital, in mid ...17 KB (2,734 words) - 01:42, 26 September 2023
- 250px|Teamsters, armed with pipes, riot in a clash with police in the ... of violence and property damage, usually in reaction to a perceived grievance ...15 KB (2,310 words) - 19:19, 11 August 2022
- A dowry is a gift of money or valuables given by the bride's ... Today, the practice has decreased in developed countries and urban ...20 KB (3,330 words) - 17:30, 30 January 2024
- Censorship is the editing, removing, or otherwise changing speech ... Restricting freedom of speech violates the foundation of democracy, yet ...26 KB (3,779 words) - 01:42, 13 January 2023
- The Serrano are a Native American tribe of Southern California. They ... When Europeans arrived they brought great change to this people. The ...12 KB (1,746 words) - 10:04, 26 January 2023
- a Russian emigre poet and essayist who won the Nobel Prize in Literature ... ===In the Soviet Union=== Brodsky was born into a Jewish family in ...11 KB (1,598 words) - 07:19, 10 August 2022
- essayist, Biblical scholar, and founder of the Nonchurch Movement (Mukyōkai ... In 1891 Uchimura’s refusal to bow deeply enough ("worshiping ...16 KB (2,459 words) - 02:49, 5 October 2022
- St. Louis is an independent city, separate from St. Louis County ... French explorers arrived in 1673 and found a major center of the Mississippian ...33 KB (4,943 words) - 18:26, 26 February 2024
- Category:Education jpg|thumb|right|250px| A child learning the countries of Asia by experience ...47 KB (6,690 words) - 23:56, 24 March 2024
- on British history. His 1835, Minute on Education in India, where he was ... Indian independence, since it was members of the Indian English-speaking educated ...19 KB (3,053 words) - 18:39, 30 April 2023
- changed his name to Ashley Montagu early on in order to be accepted in academic ... Born June 28, 1905 in London's East End as Israel Ehrenberg, ...15 KB (2,208 words) - 04:42, 18 August 2023
- : This article is about Dr. William Ellery Channing, the Unitarian ... Dr. William Ellery Channing (April 7, 1780 – October 2, 1842) was ...11 KB (1,666 words) - 15:59, 7 May 2023
- American politician, Union general in the American Civil War, and ... He received the Medal of Honor, although very late in his career. ...19 KB (2,942 words) - 18:15, 24 January 2024
- and tycoon. Born Sarah Breedlove in Delta, Louisiana, the daughter ... own communities, Madam C. J. Walker refuted the stereotypes and broke the ...18 KB (2,870 words) - 10:48, 9 March 2023
- :This article is about the French utopian socialist. For the mathematician ... reconstruction of society based on idea that the natural passions of man would ...19 KB (2,798 words) - 01:59, 4 December 2023
- Saskatchewan is a prairie province in Canada, with an area of 227 ... The 1874 "March West" of the federal government's new ...28 KB (3,852 words) - 03:30, 23 December 2022
- Category:Education Category:Universities and Colleges {{Infobox_University ... a women's liberal arts college located in Bryn Mawr, a community in Lower ...14 KB (2,073 words) - 16:50, 22 November 2023
- leader, a Yoruba Chief, and native of Ikenne in the Ogun State of Nigeria, ... Awolowo was well aware that the challenge of holding Nigeria's ...19 KB (2,818 words) - 10:13, 11 March 2023
- The State of Georgia is a state in the United States and was one of ... Georgia is the largest state east of the Mississippi River by land ...33 KB (4,647 words) - 15:40, 29 November 2022
- unincorporated organized territory of the United States located east ... During the period of Spanish colonial rule in the nineteenth century ...32 KB (4,834 words) - 18:10, 14 April 2023
- Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts is an extensive 16.3|acre|m2 arts complex in New York City which contains the city's finest ...27 KB (4,040 words) - 07:39, 9 March 2023
- :This article is about the legal term alien referring to citizens ... In law, an alien is a person who owes political allegiance to another ...15 KB (2,229 words) - 00:39, 9 January 2023
- The Arts and Crafts movement was a British and American aesthetic ... arts, cabinet making, crafts, and even the "cottage" garden ...15 KB (2,276 words) - 17:43, 16 August 2023
- The Great Lakes region includes much of the Canadian province of Ontario ... power, recreation, and a host of other uses. The Great Lakes are the largest ...23 KB (3,330 words) - 22:50, 21 January 2023
- black and white landscape photographs of the national parks and especially ... A gifted concert pianist, Adams chose a career in photography after ...9 KB (1,266 words) - 05:14, 31 July 2023
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is a state located in the Middle ... One of Pennsylvania's nicknames is the Quaker State; in colonial ...35 KB (4,904 words) - 17:13, 26 March 2023
- University, Johnson interrupted his education with several extended trips ... In 1930, he founded the Department of Architecture and Design at MoMA ...17 KB (2,558 words) - 22:38, 28 March 2023
- American artist whose works initiated the first indigenous art movement ... His historical and allegorical paintings of the 1820s and 1830s gave ...18 KB (2,643 words) - 21:34, 7 September 2023
- The Cayman Islands are an overseas territory of the United Kingdom ... The Caymans are one of the most popular tourist attractions in the ...26 KB (3,769 words) - 16:23, 3 December 2023
- historian, and political activist from the Yankton Sioux tribe of South ... During the time when predominantly black-white civil rights issues ...27 KB (4,084 words) - 20:24, 3 May 2023
- 1995) was a Distinguished Service Professor in the Committee on Social Thought ... Shils believed in liberty and reason, sustained by an organic, coherent ...17 KB (2,459 words) - 23:52, 12 February 2024
- to end slavery and combat racism. After the underground railroad helped ... Although she lacked a formal education, Tubman became a leader based ...11 KB (1,943 words) - 13:30, 24 January 2023
- was an American psychologist, instrumental in the development of biofeedback ... Miller made significant findings concerning the relationship between reinforcement ...10 KB (1,432 words) - 16:01, 11 November 2022
- The Cuban Revolution overthrew the regime of Fulgencio Batista by ... In the context of the Cold War between the Western world, led by the ...14 KB (2,102 words) - 19:27, 5 June 2020
- The State of Indiana is the 19th U.S. state and is located in the ... smaller industrial cities. It is known for the Indianapolis 500 automobile ...31 KB (4,480 words) - 18:55, 4 March 2024
- Quebec is a province in eastern Canada. Known as la belle province ... second-largest administrative division; only the territory of Nunavut is larger ...36 KB (5,238 words) - 15:40, 7 December 2022
- Mechanical Engineering is the engineering discipline that involves ... The beginnings of mechanical engineering go back to the craftsmen ...21 KB (2,997 words) - 03:49, 9 November 2022
- and activist. After qualifying as a lawyer in 1912, he began his own legal ... and materially impossible" have taken the people of Europe a long way ...19 KB (2,911 words) - 21:29, 16 April 2023
- congressman, and sixth president of the United States. The son of ... As secretary of state in the administration of James Monroe, Adams ...17 KB (2,529 words) - 03:49, 3 May 2024
- Phoenix is the largest and most populous city in the state of Arizona ... . It is the region's primary cultural, economic, and financial ...30 KB (4,458 words) - 22:43, 28 March 2023
- The beloved leader of Burma's democracy movement, Aung San Suu ... General Aung San, the country's founding father, broke with his ...32 KB (4,792 words) - 17:51, 22 August 2023
- leader. He played an instrumental role in Philippine independence during ... In the Philippines, Aguinaldo is considered to be the country's ...20 KB (2,922 words) - 18:15, 13 February 2024
- Jim Crow laws were state and local laws enacted in the Southern and ... The term Jim Crow comes from the minstrel show song "Jump Jim ...24 KB (3,703 words) - 12:44, 1 August 2022
- Alabama is a state located in the southern region of the United States ... Like other states in the South, Alabama is burdened by the legacy ...36 KB (5,209 words) - 04:22, 17 June 2023
- Earth Day is an annual event celebrated around the world on April ... Earth Day grew out of the recognition by young people that the earth ...28 KB (3,976 words) - 17:35, 12 February 2024
- Coretta Scott King (April 27, 1927 – January 30, 2006) was the wife ... During the Civil Rights era of the late 1950s and 1960s she worked ...21 KB (3,359 words) - 03:03, 8 January 2024
- (May 25, 1897 – November 7, 1978) was the heavyweight boxing champion ... Regarded by many as a brutal sport, boxing has often provided the ...12 KB (1,913 words) - 06:42, 18 April 2024
- sympathy and a willingness to support the common good often allow for ... At the beginning of the twenty-first century more than 200 million ...19 KB (2,793 words) - 10:44, 11 March 2023
- Child Protection and Developement Center in Pattaya, Thailand]] ... The idea behind child welfare programs is that, in certain circumstances ...23 KB (3,360 words) - 15:33, 10 December 2023
- is a lawyer and Argentine politician from the Justicialist Party and the ... Isabel Martínez de Perón, or Eva), but the first to be elected. Sworn ...19 KB (2,824 words) - 06:25, 11 January 2024
- whose systematic eclecticism made him the best-known French thinker ... In 1840, when Cousin became Minister of Public Instruction in France ...26 KB (4,045 words) - 18:04, 3 May 2023
- attorney and politician who served as a United States senator from Utah ... Hatch chaired the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and ...48 KB (6,423 words) - 21:40, 4 December 2022
- The Korean people are the most homogeneous people on earth. Although ... Although a variety of different Asian peoples had migrated to the ...14 KB (1,988 words) - 00:44, 6 March 2024
- Category:Education Category:Politics and social sciences ... Universität Freiburg) was founded 1457 in Freiburg by the Habsburgs. ...21 KB (2,957 words) - 05:02, 17 June 2023
- Niger, officially the Republic of Niger, is a landlocked sub-Saharan ... Niger was an important economic crossroad, and the empires of Songhai ...18 KB (2,433 words) - 21:41, 31 July 2023
- became an American legend for his success in prosecuting organized crime ... Dewey, a leader of the liberal faction of the Republican party, fought ...21 KB (3,285 words) - 21:07, 30 April 2023
- Montevideo is the largest city, capital, and chief port of Uruguay ... Montevideo is the commercial, political, and intellectual center of ...15 KB (2,073 words) - 13:12, 10 March 2023
- Category:Education Category:Universities and Colleges {{Infobox_University ... and sacred draughts.” Non-literal: “From the University, we receive enlightenment ...34 KB (4,989 words) - 13:06, 3 May 2023
- Category:Education Category:Universities and Colleges {{infobox University ... | motto = Utraque Unum("Both into One")From ...40 KB (5,605 words) - 08:22, 23 January 2023
