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Blatch, Harriet Stanton

(Encyclopedia) Blatch, Harriet Stanton (Harriet Eaton Stanton Blatch), 1856–1940, American labor reformer and woman suffrage leader, b. Seneca Falls, N.Y. A daughter of suffragist Elizabeth Cady…

Gage, Matilda Joslyn

(Encyclopedia) Gage, Matilda Joslyn, 1826–98, American woman-suffrage leader, b. Cicero, N.Y. Joining the women's rights movement in 1853, she edited in Syracuse, N.Y., the National Citizen, a…

Edwards, Edward

(Encyclopedia) Edwards, Edward, 1812–86, English library pioneer. As assistant from 1839 in the British Museum, he helped Sir Anthony Panizzi draw up the rules for the catalog. Edwards collected…

Minneapolis, Minn.

Mayor: Betsy Hodges (to Jan. 2017) 2010 census population (rank): 382,578 (48); Male: 192,421 (50.3%); Female: 190,157 (49.7%); White: 244,086 (63.8%); Black: 68,818 (18.6%);…

Browne, Thomas

(Encyclopedia) Browne, Thomas, d. 1825, Loyalist commander in the American Revolution. A resident of Augusta, Ga., he was the victim of colonist violence in 1775, when he was tarred and feathered for…

Figures and Legends in American Folklore

Appleseed, Johnny (John Chapman, 1774–1847): Massachusetts-born nurseryman; reputed to have spread seeds and seedlings out of which grew the apple orchards of the Midwest. Billy the Kid (…