lawyerBorn: 2/12/1831Birthplace: Manchester, Vt.Died: 2/14/1894 (Chicago, Ill.) Myra Bradwell was the youngest of five children born to Eben Colby and Abigail Willey.…
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(Encyclopedia) Murad, Nadia (Nadia Murad Basee Taha), 1993–, Iraqi human-rights advocate. A Yazidi, Murad was seized (2014) and most of her family murdered by Islamic State (IS) forces when they…
(Encyclopedia) Weidman, Charles, 1901–75, American modern dancer and choreographer, b. Lincoln, Neb. Weidman performed with the troupe formed by Ruth St. Denis and Ted Shawn from 1920 to 1927, when…
