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feminism

(Encyclopedia) feminism, movement for the political, social, and educational equality of women with men; the movement has occurred mainly in Europe and the United States. It has its roots in the…

Martin Luther King, Jr., Biography

1929—1968, American clergyman and civil rights leader   Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., prepares to speak to a crowd of 200,000 marchers in Washingtion, DC. Related Links…

Las Vegas, Nev.

Mayor: Carolyn G. Goodman (to May 2015)2010 census population (rank): 583,756 (30); Male: 294,100 (50.4%); Female: 289,656 (49.6%); White: 362,264 (62.1%); Black: 64,858 (11.1%); American Indian…

1994 World History

Nelson Mandela (1918– ) AMW Pressedienst/Archive Photos Jean-Bertrand Aristide (1953– ) Consolidated News/Archive Photos   1994 Serbs' heavy…

Lange, Dorothea

(Encyclopedia) Lange, Dorothea, 1895–1965, American photographer, b. Hoboken, N.J. as Dorothea Nutzhorn, adopted her mother's maiden name in her twenties. From 1916 until 1932, Lange operated a…

Kirchner, Ernst Ludwig

(Encyclopedia) Kirchner, Ernst LudwigKirchner, Ernst Ludwigĕrnst l&oobreve;tˈvĭkh kĭrkhˈnər [key], 1880–1938, German expressionist painter and graphic artist. He studied art in Munich and was…

Stanton, Elizabeth Cady

(Encyclopedia) Stanton, Elizabeth Cady, 1815–1902, American reformer, a leader of the woman-suffrage movement, b. Johnstown, N.Y. She was educated at the Troy Female Seminary (now Emma Willard School…

Oates, Joyce Carol

(Encyclopedia) Oates, Joyce Carol, 1938–, American author, b. Lockport, N.Y., B.A. Syracuse Univ., 1960, M.A. Univ. of Wisconsin, 1961. She taught English at the Univ. of Detroit and the Univ. of…

guild socialism

(Encyclopedia) guild socialism, form of socialism developed in Great Britain that advocated a system of industrial self-government through national worker-controlled guilds. The theory, as originated…