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Victoria, empress of Germany

(Encyclopedia) Victoria (Victoria Adelaide Mary Louisa), 1840–1901, empress of Germany, daughter of Victoria of England. In 1858 she married the German crown prince (later Emperor Frederick III).…

Swampscott

(Encyclopedia) SwampscottSwampscottswŏmpˈskət [key], town (1990 pop. 13,650), Essex co., E Mass., a residential suburb of Boston, formerly an exclusive summer resort, on Massachusetts Bay; settled…

Westmorland, Charles Neville, 6th earl of

(Encyclopedia) Westmorland, Charles Neville, 6th earl ofWestmorland, Charles Neville, 6th earl ofnĕvˈĭl, wĕstˈmərlənd [key], 1543–1601, English nobleman. A Roman Catholic by birth and connected with…

Tulloch, John

(Encyclopedia) Tulloch, JohnTulloch, Johntŭlˈəkh, –ək [key], 1823–86, Scottish liberal theologian and educator. Ordained (1845) into the Church of Scotland, he was a parish minister until 1854, when…

Reutlingen

(Encyclopedia) ReutlingenReutlingenroitˈlĭng-ən [key], city (1994 pop. 107,607), Baden-Württemberg, SW Germany. Manufactures include textiles, paper, leather goods, iron, and machinery. Reutlingen…

Peabody, Elizabeth Palmer

(Encyclopedia) Peabody, Elizabeth PalmerPeabody, Elizabeth Palmerpēˈbädē, –bədē [key], 1804–94, American educator, lecturer, and reformer, b. Billerica, Mass. The Peabody family moved (c.1809) to…

Katharine of Aragón

(Encyclopedia) Katharine of Aragón, 1485–1536, first queen consort of Henry VIII of England; daughter of Ferdinand II of Aragón and Isabella of Castile. In 1501 she was married to Arthur, eldest son…

Women and Work

You can be most anything you want to be. Here is a sampling of just some of the careers you might consider, and women who have succeeded in them. Ambassador Eugenie Anderson (1910-1997), the first…

Dorothy McGuire

actressBorn: 6/14/1919Birthplace: Omaha, Nebraska Dorothy McGuire made her stage debut at the age of 13 (opposite a young Henry Fonda) in A Kiss For Cinderella in her hometown of Omaha. In 1938 she…