abolitionistBorn: 10/9/1823Birthplace: Wilmington, DelawareDied: 1893 (Washington, D.C.) The oldest of 13 children born to Harriet and Abraham Shadd, leaders of the free…
LEE, Barbara, a Representative from California; born in El Paso, Tex., July 16, 1946; graduated from San Fernando High School, San Fernando, Calif., 1964; B.A., Mills College, Oakland, Calif…
(Encyclopedia) Mary, in the Bible, mother of Jesus. Christian tradition reckons her the principal saint, naming her variously the Blessed Virgin Mary, Our Lady, and Mother of God (Gr., theotokos).…
(Encyclopedia) Richardson, Elliot Lee, 1920–99, U.S. government official, b. Boston. Admitted to the bar in 1949, he was (1957–59) assistant secretary of health, education and welfare under President…
(Encyclopedia) WatervlietWatervlietwôˌtərvlētˈ, wôˈtərvlētˌ, wŏˈ– [key], industrial city (1990 pop. 11,061), Albany co., E N.Y., on the Hudson River, opposite Troy, near the terminus of the Erie…
LEE, Henry, (brother of Richard Bland Lee and grandfather of William Henry Fitzhugh Lee), a Delegate and a Representative from Virginia; born at âLeesylvania,â in Prince William County, Va…
HAMILTON, Lee Herbert, a Representative from Indiana; born in Daytona Beach, Volusia County, Fla., April 20, 1931; attended the public schools of Evansville, Ind.; graduated from De Pauw…
DANNER, Patsy Ann (Pat), a Representative from Missouri; born in Louisville, Ky., January 13, 1934; attended public schools in Bevier, Mo.; B.A., Northeast Missouri State University, 1972;…
LEE, Arthur, (brother of Francis Lightfoot Lee and Richard Henry Lee), a Delegate from Virginia; born at âStratford,â in Westmoreland County, Va., December 20, 1740; attended Eton College…
NORTHUP, Anne Meagher, a Representative from Kentucky; born in Louisville, Jefferson County, Ky., January 22, 1948; graduated from Sacred Heart Academy, Louisville, Ky., 1966; B.A., Saint…
