lawyer and juristBorn: 9/14/1921Birthplace: New Haven, Conn. As a prominent civil rights attorney, Motley won nine of the ten cases she argued before the U.S. Supreme Court, including the 1962 case…
The Question:
I understand that more than 3,400 men and one woman have won the Congressional Medal of Honor. Who was the woman?
The Answer:
On November 11, 1865, Dr. Mary E. Walker, surgeon…
(Encyclopedia) Corbin, MargaretCorbin, Margaretkôrˈbĭn [key], 1751–1800, American Revolutionary heroine, b. Franklin co., Pa. Upon the death of her husband in the attack on Fort Washington (Nov. 16,…
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(Encyclopedia) Anderson, Mary, 1872–1964, American labor expert, chief (1919–44) of the Women's Bureau, U.S. Dept. of Labor, b. Sweden. She emigrated to the United States in 1888. After some years as…
(Encyclopedia) TyphonTyphontīˈfŏn [key] or TyphoeusTyphontīfēˈəs [key], in Greek mythology, fierce and monstrous son of Gaea. He was the father of Echidna—a monster half woman and half dragon—and of…
(Encyclopedia) Bloor, Ella Reeve, 1862–1951, American radical, popularly known as Mother Bloor, b. Staten Island, N.Y. After an early career in the woman-suffrage and temperance movements she joined…
physicianBorn: 1846Birthplace: Philadelphia, Pa. Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Cole was the second Black woman to graduate from medical school (1867). She joined Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell, the…
(Encyclopedia) Jeffers, Robinson, 1887–1962, American poet and dramatist, b. Pittsburgh, grad. Occidental College, 1905. From 1914 until his death Jeffers lived on the Big Sur section of the rocky…
