Category: Biography
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Betty Friedan
Betty Friedan in the United States Betty Friedan in the U.S. Legal History Summary Author of The Feminine Mystique, the. 1963 book that articulated the discontent among white middle class housewives in the Baby Boom era. She founded the National Organization for Women (NOW) in 1966.
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William Ellery Channing
William Ellery Channing in the United States William Ellery Channing in the U.S. Legal History Summary America’s leading exponent of religious liberalism, Channing was one of the founders of American Unitarianism.
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William Ellery Channing
William Ellery Channing in the United States William Ellery Channing in the U.S. Legal History Summary America’s leading exponent of religious liberalism, Channing was one of the founders of American Unitarianism.
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Chauncey Mitchell Depew
Chauncey Mitchell Depew in the United States Life and Work Chauncey Mitchell Depew (1834-1928), American lawyer and politician, was born in Peekskill, New York, on the 23rd of April 1834, of a Huguenot family (originally Du Puis or De Puy). He graduated at Yale in 1856, entered politics as […]
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Chauncey Mitchell Depew
Chauncey Mitchell Depew in the United States Life and Work Chauncey Mitchell Depew (1834-1928), American lawyer and politician, was born in Peekskill, New York, on the 23rd of April 1834, of a Huguenot family (originally Du Puis or De Puy). He graduated at Yale in 1856, entered politics as […]
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Jimmy Carter
Jimmy Carter in the United States Carter, Jimmy (1924_) United States Constitution According to the Encyclopedia of the American Constitution, about its article titled CARTER, JIMMY (1924_) As the first President elected after the watergate scandal, Jimmy Carter was strongly oriented toward […]
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Francois Xavier Martin
Francois Xavier Martin in the United States Francois Xavier Martin (1762-1846), American jurist and author, was born in Marseilles, France, on the 17th of March 1762, of Provençal descent. In 1780 he went to Martinique, and before the close of the American war of Independence went to North […]
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Francois Xavier Martin
Francois Xavier Martin in the United States Francois Xavier Martin (1762-1846), American jurist and author, was born in Marseilles, France, on the 17th of March 1762, of Provençal descent. In 1780 he went to Martinique, and before the close of the American war of Independence went to North […]
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John Young Mason
John Young Mason in the United States Life and Work John Young Mason (1799-1859), American political leader and diplomatist, was born in Greenesville county, Virginia, on the 18th of April 1799. Graduating at the university of North Carolina in 1816, he studied law in the famous Litchfield […]
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John Young Mason
John Young Mason in the United States Life and Work John Young Mason (1799-1859), American political leader and diplomatist, was born in Greenesville county, Virginia, on the 18th of April 1799. Graduating at the university of North Carolina in 1816, he studied law in the famous Litchfield […]
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William Appleman Williams
William Appleman Williams in the United States Williams displayed great intellectual courage. Reflecting on the prerequisites for achieving individual or collective change, at least in our understanding of the world but also ideally in our actions to change it. Williams liked to pair […]
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William Appleman Williams
William Appleman Williams in the United States Williams displayed great intellectual courage. Reflecting on the prerequisites for achieving individual or collective change, at least in our understanding of the world but also ideally in our actions to change it. Williams liked to pair […]
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William Lloyd Garrison
William Lloyd Garrison in the United States Garrison, William Lloyd (1805-1879) Introduction According to the Encyclopedia of the American Constitution, William Lloyd Garrison edited America’s leading abolitionist newspaper, The Liberator (1831_1865), and helped found the New England […]
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William Lloyd Garrison
William Lloyd Garrison in the United States Garrison, William Lloyd (1805-1879) Introduction According to the Encyclopedia of the American Constitution, William Lloyd Garrison edited America’s leading abolitionist newspaper, The Liberator (1831_1865), and helped found the New England […]
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Jacob Dolson Cox
Jacob Dolson Cox in the United States Jacob Dolson Cox (1828-1900), American general, political leader and educationalist, was born on the 27th of October 1828 in Montreal, Canada. His father, a shipbuilder of German descent (Koch), and his mother, a descendant of William Brewster, were […]