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  MS 471 Woman Suffrage Collection
Among the leaders of the NAWSS was Carrie Chapman Catt.
A woman suffrage amendment to the Iowa state constitution was on the ballot in the Iowa primary election of June 1916, but the amendment was defeated.
In June 1919, the United States Congress passed the Nineteenth Amendment guaranteeing that the right to vote could not be denied on account of sex.
www.lib.iastate.edu:9060 /manuscripts/MS471.html   (335 words)

  
  NationMaster - Encyclopedia: List of state leaders in 1916
List of Dukes, Electors, and Kings of Saxony, 880-1918 The original Duchy of Saxony was in Northern Germany, roughly corresponding to the modern German state of Lower Saxony and Westphalia.
This is a list of Viceroys (Rigsstatholder) and Prime Ministers (statsminister) of Norway.
This is a list of viceroys for the colony, dominion and province of Newfoundland and Labrador.
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Cleopatra: (69-30 BCE) Queen of ancient Egypt, she was the last ruler in the dynasty founded by Ptolemy I. Jesus Christ: (1st century) Believed by Christians to be the divine Son of God.
Known as a successful military leader, he was victorious over the Christian powers in the Mediterranean region and in Central Europe.
Leader of the Al-Qaeda the terrorist organization responsible for the September 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon.
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 List of State Leaders In 1916 Encyclopedia Information @ GreatArtworks.com (Great Artworks)   (Site not responding. Last check: )
List of State Leaders In 1916 in the News
The list breaks off with Balfour, and thus Sizer spares himself having to explain the connection between dispensationalism and Woodrow Wilson,...
List Of State Leaders In 1916 - Learn about List Of State Leaders In 1916.
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 Arkansas Department of Correction | History/Gallery
The rate at which county jails are paid to house state inmates was increased from $25 a day to $28 by the Board of Corrections.
State Police were assigned to the Cummins Unit during a riot sparked by inmate demands for racially segregated housing.
State Police used tear gas to end a September 14 strike attempt by 144 Cummins inmates.
www.state.ar.us /doc/history_gallery.html   (1718 words)

  
 Texas Department of State Health Services, Public Health Preparedness, History   (Site not responding. Last check: )
However, in the 17 th century, the existing lack of knowledge about how disease was transmitted, coupled with the lack of knowledge about how to direct a disease so that it only affected the enemy, made the use of disease as a weapon seem improbable.
In 1925, the United States was one of the nations that signed the Geneva Protocol, prohibiting the use of chemical or biological agents.
As the leaders of Unit 731 saw Japan heading for defeat, they burned their records, destroyed their facilities, and fled to Tokyo.
www.dshs.state.tx.us /preparedness/bioterrorism/professionals/history   (5615 words)

  
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Leaders began wanting to gain control over the production and pricing of their nations' resources.
Saudi Arabia provides essential oil to the United States and it was a US led coalition that protected Saudi Arabia from Iraqi invasion during the 1991 Persian Gulf War.
South Yemen was a communist state and had a close association with the Soviet Union.
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 NationMaster - Encyclopedia: List of state leaders in 1917
1916 state leaders - Events of 1917 - 1918 state leaders - State leaders by year
1915 state leaders - Events of 1916 - 1917 state leaders - State leaders by year See also: List of religious leaders in 1916 List of international organization leaders in 1916 // Africa Ethiopia - Iyasu IV, Emperor of Ethiopia (1913-1916) Zauditu, Emperor of Ethiopia (1916-1930) Liberia - Daniel E. Howard, President of Liberia...
1917 state leaders - Events of 1918 - 1919 state leaders - State leaders by year See also: List of religious leaders in 1918 List of international organization leaders in 1918 // Africa Ethiopia - Zauditu, Emperor of Ethiopia (1916-1930) Liberia - Daniel E. Howard, President of Liberia (1912-1920) South Africa Monarch - King George...
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 Background Notes: China: .China Country Background China
The government states that it opposes physical compulsion to submit to abortion or sterilization, but instances of coercion have reportedly continued as local officials strive to meet population targets.
Chinese civilization was further strengthened by the development of a Confucian state ideology and a common written language that bridged the gaps among the country's many local languages and dialects.
In recent years, Chinese leaders are regular travelers to all parts of the globe, and China has sought a higher profile in the UN and other multilateral organizations.
www.realadventures.com /listings/1024074.htm   (6560 words)

  
 Vermont Secretary of State - Press Releases by Deborah L. Markowitz - April 2003   (Site not responding. Last check: )
State government must move from an information based technology — where the Internet is used as a reference for people about government — to a transactional or interactive tool, enabling our citizens to conduct their business with government entirely on line.
In addition, states must adopt safeguards to ensure that overseas and military voters have their votes counted, uniform standards defining what constitutes a vote on the different types of voting equipment, and practical and effective means for voters with disabilities to cast secret ballots on new voting equipment.
The remaining $2.25 billion will be available to help states maintain accurate lists of eligible voters, improve equipment, recruit and train poll workers, improve access for disabled voters, and educate voters about their rights.
www.sec.state.vt.us /secdesk/commentary/2001comm.html   (3244 words)

  
 Iraqi leaders
However, The French forced him to leave the thrown of Syria very abruptly after the failure of the negotiations and he was forced into a temporarily exile in Britain.
The traumatic experiences of this young king throughout his short life from the death of his father to the violent death in a bloody massacre gained him a special place in the Iraqis' memory.
He started making his terror apparatus since the time he was a vice president and by officially becoming the president on the 16th of July 1979 he made sure that nothing would restrict his absolute power.
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 Argentina (11/06)
Imports from the United States were 14% of total Argentine imports, and 80% of Argentine imports from NAFTA in 2004.
Peron, then an army colonel, was one of the coup's leaders, and he soon became the government's dominant figure as Minister of Labor.
The positive relationship between the United States and Argentina is increasingly reflected in the U.S. Embassy's efforts to facilitate cooperation in nontraditional areas such as scientific cooperation in space, peaceful uses of nuclear energy, and the environment.
www.state.gov /r/pa/ei/bgn/26516.htm   (5237 words)

  
 Connolly in top '100' Britons poll
The book poured scorn on the weak and corrupt bourgeois leaders of the Irish national movement, who had shown in history that they were more afraid of the aroused Irish working masses than they wanted to be rid of the domination of British capital.
The 'Free State' was burdened by imperialism and remained economically and socially backward and underdeveloped, leading to millions emigrating.
During Easter week, 1916, when the rising was launched at Dublin's General Post Office (GPO) and other places in the city and throughout the country, no appeal was made for a general strike.
www.geocities.com /socialistparty/Documents/Connolly.htm   (3798 words)

  
 2006 CAMPAIGN TIP SHEETS: Tennessee State Profile
Tennessee is a battleground state, with a fighting temperament since it was settled 200 years ago by the likes of Andrew Jackson and went on to produce so many soldiers it came to be known as the Volunteer State.
Bush carried the state 51%-47% and Gore became only the fourth major party nominee to lose his home state in 85 years (the others were South Dakota's George McGovern in 1972, Kansas' Alf Landon in 1936 and New Jersey's Woodrow Wilson in 1916).
It has no income tax (the state Supreme Court ruled in 1931 that the state Constitution didn't list the income tax as one the legislature could impose, and so it couldn't) and it ranks low on the list of state and local taxes as a percentage of per capita income.
election.nationaljournal.com /states/tn.htm   (1409 words)

  
 Baseball Almanac - Year In Review : 1916 American League
On August 29, 1916, Dutch Leonard allowed two runs on two hits, walked a batter, hit a batter, and threw a wild pitch before being relieved during the first inning.
On August 30, 1916 (one day later) Leonard threw a 4-0 no-hitter versus the St. Louis Browns.
On September 8, 1916, Wally Schang of the Philadelphia Athletics became the first Major League player to hit home runs from both sides of the plate during the same game.
baseball-almanac.com /yearly/yr1916a.shtml   (609 words)

  
 The View From 1776
Another sub-group temperamentally related to the good-ol’-boys and girls are today’s college students and the fellow students of the 1960s student-radicals, who found the image of youthful rebellion attractive, but never really got into serious study of socialist doctrine.
When the 1929 stock market crash precipitated the Great Depression during his Presidency, Hoover turned to leaders of big business like Swope, from whom he got active support to fix wages at high levels and to take other measures to run the economy as if it were a private company.
Most of them are middle-class residents in the older and larger cities, where they have been surrounded all their lives by media, teachers, and politicians for whom the only imaginable form of good government is the welfare state.
www.thomasbrewton.com /index.php/who_are_the_liberalsocialists   (3152 words)

  
 Baseball Almanac - Year In Review : 1916 National League
A strong proponent of peace, Rankin voted against the declaration of war on Germany in 1917 and in 1941, she cast the only vote in the House against entering WWII.
The system included not only the most extraordinary and spectacular scenic exhibits in the United States, but also a large number of sites distinguished either for their historic or prehistoric importance or scientific interest, or for their superior recreational assets.
In January, the National Association released a list of one-hundred twenty-three Federal League players with free-agent status under the terms of the new leagues "peace agreement".
baseball-almanac.com /yearly/yr1916n.shtml   (651 words)

  
 Amazon.com: 1916: The Easter Rising: Books: Tim Pat Coogan   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The subsequent executions of the leaders, along with the arrest, court-martial, and detention of 3500 people, won the insurgents sympathy and resulted in an overwhelming desire for freedom among the public.
They tell a story about James Connolly that just before the start of action in Easter, 1916 he told the members of the Irish Citizen's Army (almost exclusively workers, by the way) that if the uprising was successful to keep their guns handy.
Easter Monday, April 24, 1916, was the chosen day for the planned rebellion, which would involve slightly less than 2,000 IRB members and militia, including about 100 women from the Cumann na mBan (women's branch) of the Irish Volunteers.
www.amazon.com /1916-Easter-Tim-Pat-Coogan/dp/0753818523   (2263 words)

  
 Treatment of Armed Merchantmen
A list of such cases is found in Exhibit 4, which from the nature of the matter can include only a part of the attacks which were actually made.
The assistance in men and material with which the United States would then be in a position to provide England and our other opponents would, as a practical proposition, be measured by the amount of tonnage for commercial purposes actually at their disposal.
The attempt on the part of the United States to increase this tonnage to any appreciable extent through a retaliatory seizure of the German commercial tonnage within their reach would, in the first place, be confronted with quite substantial obstacles and, in the second place, be useless in any case.
net.lib.byu.edu /~rdh7/wwi/1916/merchant.html   (3262 words)

  
 Indiana Biography Index List of Sources, "B"   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Title: Biographical sketches of members of the Indiana state government, state and judicial officials, and members of the 51st legislative assembly, 1879.
Title: Biographical sketches of members of the Indiana state government, state and judicial officials, and members of the 51st legislative assembly, 1881.
Title: Biographical sketches of members of the Indiana state government, state and judicial officials, and members of the 54th legislative assembly, 1885.
www.statelib.lib.in.us /www/isl/indiana/ibi/ibib.html   (768 words)

  
 Today in History: May 12
The first student of Harvard to graduate with a Ph.D. in political science (1876), Lodge represented his home state in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1887 to 1893, and in the Senate from 1893 to 1924.
The American Memory collection American Leaders Speak, 1918-1920 includes a recording of Senator Lodge's 1919 argument against the League.
Search on League of Nations in American Leaders Speak, 1918-1920 to hear contemporaries of Henry Cabot Lodge voice their opinions on the organization.
memory.loc.gov /ammem/today/may12.html   (931 words)

  
 A Partial History of Public Water Systems
One of the most advanced water systems in the United States, in this period, was that of the city of Philadelphia's Schuylkill River supply, constructed between 1811-1819.
As a result, industry and business leaders in some cases, built community water systems to provide for improved health and to better protect their businesses and real estate investments from disastrous fires.
Once disease transmission was scientifically understood, and given the rapid increase in the size of cities and towns it became clear that an entire community could be decimated if disease was present in a larger water system.
www.des.state.nh.us /factsheets/ws/ws-16-2.htm   (2292 words)

  
 Baseball Almanac - Year In Review : 1916 American League
In January, the National Association released a list of one-hundred twenty-three Federal League players with free-agent status under the terms of the new leagues "peace agreement".
On August 29, 1916, Dutch Leonard allowed two runs on two hits, walked a batter, hit a batter, and threw a wild pitch before being relieved during the first inning.
On September 8, 1916, Wally Schang of the Philadelphia Athletics became the first Major League player to hit home runs from both sides of the plate during the same game.
www.baseball-almanac.com /yearly/yr1916a.shtml   (609 words)

  
 Links to the world - sports & recreation
Minnesota State High School League -- This non-profit association of nearly 500 public and private schools has a history of service to Minnesota's high school youth since 1916.
Lists of members, their final report, and other information is available on this site.
State Trails List -- Information from the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) on Minnesota state hiking trails.
www.leg.state.mn.us /lrl/links/Sports.asp   (2313 words)

  
 The Last Habsburgs - Olga's Gallery
In 1848, in the midst of great European revolutions, which effected Austria as well, the emperor's sister-in-law, archduchess Sophie, a clever, energetic and ambitious woman, “the only man in the imperial family” used the situation to make Ferdinand abdicate in favor of his nephew and her son Franz Josef (Francis Joseph), who was only 18.
Influenced by his mother the emperor reasserted his claim to rule as an absolute monarch; the policy of bureaucratic centralization was again reverted to; and a close alliance was signed with the church to combat liberal progress.
To much distaste of Sophie, Elisabeth had contacts with the leaders of the Hungarian opposition and she managed to influence Franz's attitude towards the Hungarian problems.
www.abcgallery.com /list/2002may16.html   (1309 words)

  
 List of NHPRC  Grants by District
These packages are in circulation around the state to help institutions identify the nature and extent of environmental problems in their institutions.
A list of the publications purchased with grant funds will be published to advertise the availability of the collection.
Founded in 1801, the university is the state's first institution of higher education and, by educating many of the state's most influential leaders, has had a significant impact on its history.
www.state.sc.us /scdah/shrab/grants/List-of-Grants-Districts.htm   (12486 words)

  
 Diamond Reflections
Iowa State has enjoyed the talents of numerous athletic coaches since the turn of the century.
His name is synonymous with Cyclone baseball and the baseball diamond was named in his honor upon his retirement in 1974.
A native of Fort Atkinson, Iowa, Smith joined the Iowa State staff in 1984; since then he has coached several pitchers into the major league draft, including Don Wengert, Mike Myers, and Nate Teut.
www.lib.iastate.edu /spcl/exhibits/baseball/coaches.htm   (828 words)

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