(Encyclopedia) LimerickLimericklĭmˈərĭk [key], county (1991 pop. 161,956), 1,037 sq mi (2,686 sq km), SW Republic of Ireland. Limerick is the county seat. The region is an agricultural plain lying S…
Senate Years of Service: 2003-2009Party: RepublicanDOLE, Elizabeth Hanford, (wife of Robert J. Dole), a Senator from North Carolina; born in Salisbury, Rowan County, North Carolina, on July 29…
KEYS, Martha Elizabeth, (wife of Andrew Jacobs Jr.), a Representative from Kansas; born Martha Elizabeth Ludwig in Hutchinson, Reno County, Kans., August 10, 1930; graduated from Paseo High…
PATTERSON, Elizabeth J., (daughter of Olin D. Johnston), a Representative from South Carolina; born Elizabeth Johnston in Columbia, S.C., November 18, 1939; attended public schools in…
Girls Across America by Holly Hartman From Tracy, California, to Chelsea, Vermont, the map of the United States is dotted with girls' names. Here are a few. Allison, Iowa Amy, Kansas…
(Encyclopedia) Lawrence, James, 1781–1813, American naval hero, b. Burlington, N.J. He entered the navy in 1798 and saw his first important service in the Tripolitan War. In the War of 1812, as…
ANDREWS, Elizabeth Bullock, (wife of George William Andrews), a Representative from Alabama; born Leslie Elizabeth Bullock in Geneva, Ala., February 12, 1911; attended Geneva public schools; B…
GASQUE, Elizabeth Hawley, (Mrs. A.J. Van Exem) (wife of Allard Henry Gasque), a Representative from South Carolina; born Elizabeth Mills Hawley on February 26, 1886, near Blythewood, on Rice…
GRANAHAN, Kathryn Elizabeth, (wife of William Thomas Granahan), a Representative from Pennsylvania; born Kathryn Elizabeth OâHay in Easton, Northampton County, Pa., December 7, 1894;…
KEE, Maude Elizabeth, (wife of John Kee and mother of James Kee), a Representative from West Virginia; born Maude Elizabeth Simpkins, in Radford, Montgomery County, Va., June 7, 1895; attended…