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World Heritage Sites in the United States
The United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has identified 878 World Heritage sites that it considers of “outstanding universal value.“ In the United States…Women's Suffrage: The Decisive Battle
by Carrie Chapman Catt and Nettie Rogers Shuler The Fighting ForcesMore Victories and More DefeatsThe Decisive BattleTo even a casual observer at the close of 1916 it must have been clear…Women's Suffrage: More Victories and More Defeats
by Carrie Chapman Catt and Nettie Rogers Shuler The Decisive BattleThe Congress of the United Sta...More Victories and More DefeatsAs a consequence of the adoption of suffrage resolutions…The Last Night of Ballyhoo
By: Alfred UhryDirector: Ron LagomarsinoSets: John Lee BeattyCostumes: Jane GreenwoodLighting: Kenneth PosnerSound: Tony MeolaIncidental Music: Robert WaldmanOpened: 2/97 at the Helen Hayes…Stevens, Abel
(Encyclopedia) Stevens, Abel, 1815–97, American clergyman, noted as the historian of Methodism, b. Philadephia, studied Wesleyan Univ. He became (1834) a member of the New England Methodist…Södergran, Edith Irene
(Encyclopedia) Södergran, Edith IreneSödergran, Edith Irenesöˈdərgrän [key], 1892–1923, Swedish poet, b. St. Petersburg, Russia. Södergran spent most of her adult life in poor health and in isolation…siphon
(Encyclopedia) siphonsiphonsīˈfən, –fŏn [key], tube or other enclosed conduit through which a liquid is lifted over an elevation and then emptied at a lower level. The movement of the liquid is…Pumacagua, Mateo García
(Encyclopedia) Pumacagua, Mateo GarcíaPumacagua, Mateo Garcíamätāˈō gärsēˈä p&oomacr;mäkäˈgwä, –käˈwä [key], 1738–1815, Peruvian Native American leader. He aided in suppressing the insurrection (…Rastafarianism
(Encyclopedia) Rastafarianism, a religious-cultural movement that began (1930s) in Jamaica. Rastafarians believe that Haile Selassie, also named Ras Tafari, the last emperor of Ethiopia (d. 1975), is…saraband
(Encyclopedia) sarabandsarabandsârˈəbănd [key], dance of Asian origin that first appeared in Spain in the 16th cent. At that time it was characterized by alternate 3–4 and 3–8 meter and was…Trending
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