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Featured Article: Eleanor Medill Patterson
Eleanor Josephine Medill "Cissy" Patterson (November 7, 1881 – July 24, 1948) was an American journalist and newspaper editor, publisher, and owner. Beginning her life as a socialite, without any serious interests, Patterson seemed an unlikely figure to have major impact on society other than through scandals. After a disastrous marriage, and widowed by the death of her second husband, she turned to the newspaper industry, becoming editor for William Randolph Hearst's failing Washington Herald. Eccentric in her style of work as in her life, Patterson found her calling in journalism, becoming the first woman to successfully run a major American daily newspaper.
Popular Article: Kuomintang
The Kuomintang of China (abbreviation KMT), also often translated as the Chinese Nationalist Party, is a political party in the Republic of China (ROC), known as Taiwan. It was the sole ruling party in China during the Republican Era from 1928 to 1949, when most of the Chinese mainland was under its control. Together with the People First Party ( 親民黨) and Chinese New Party ( 新黨), the KMT forms what is known as the Taiwanese Pan-Blue coalition ( 泛藍聯盟), which supports eventual reunification with the mainland. However, the KMT has been forced to moderate their stance by advocating political and legal status quo of modern Taiwan.
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David Livingstone, the first European to see it, renamed the Mosi-oa-Tunya waterfall the Victoria Falls in honor of Queen Victoria (source: David Livingstone)
