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satire

(Encyclopedia)satire, term applied to any work of literature or art whose objective is ridicule. It is more easily recognized than defined. From ancient times satirists have shared a common aim: to expose foolishne...

Harper, Ida Husted

(Encyclopedia)Harper, Ida Husted, 1851–1931, American woman suffragist. Allied with the woman-suffrage movement from 1898, she became the official reporter and historian of the National American Woman Suffrage As...

golden glow

(Encyclopedia)golden glow: see black-eyed Susan. ...

yellow daisy

(Encyclopedia)yellow daisy: see black-eyed Susan. ...

Lothrop, Amy

(Encyclopedia)Lothrop, Amy: see under Warner, Susan Bogert. ...

rudbeckia

(Encyclopedia)rudbeckia rədbĕkˈēə [key]: see black-eyed Susan. ...

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) in Troy, N.Y...

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