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  • report news of the Mormon Women's Relief Society, which she served as general secretary for twenty-two years before becoming general president in 1910 at the age of 82. Appointed by Brigham Young in 1876 to head a grain-saving program, she received personal commendation in 1919 from President Woodrow Wilson for selling the wheat to the government during World War
  • in 1852, bearing three more daughters. Her marital experiences taught her the need to be self-reliant and she became an early advocate of women's rights, writing under the nom de plume, Blanche Beechwood, for the Woman's Exponent, a semi-monthly periodical established in 1872 for Mormon women. "I believe in women, especially thinking women," she wrote
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  • effort to include woman suffrage in the state constitution. She wrote numerous short stories and poems, most published in the Woman's Exponent, later compiling her poetry, her favorite literary medium, into a single volume, Musings and Memories. In 1912 she became the first Utah woman to receive an honorary degree, awarded her by Brigham Young University. Known for her executive talents, her superb memory, and her indefatigable energy
  • Utah women of all faiths and
  • Emmeline Blanche Woodward (Harris Whitney) Wells was born Emmeline Blanche Woodward in 1828 in Petersham, Massachusetts. A precocious child, she acquired an exceptional education for her time and place, graduating at age fourteen from the New Salem Academy and teaching school briefly thereafter. Converting to the Mormon Church in 1842, she married James Harris the next year, and in 1844 they migrated to Nauvoo, Illinois, then Church headquarters. After the death of her son Eugene Henri and the desertion of her husband, she married Newel K. Whitney
  • as a plural wife, traveling to Utah with the Whitney family in 1848. Whitney's death in 1850 left her with two young daughters whom she supported by teaching school. Emmeline became the seventh wife of Daniel H. Wells
  • and dedicated her energies to working in their behalf. Becoming editor of the Exponent in 1877, she used the publication for the next thirty-seven years to support woman suffrage and educational and economic opportunities for women as well as to
  • A strong supporter of polygamy, Emmeline defended the practice before numerous congressional committees and in audiences with three United States Presidents. For nearly thirty years she represented Utah women in the National Woman's Suffrage Association and the National and International Councils of Women, while spearheading the successfu
  • On her hundredth
Christian P

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      Info on the Prius for my article
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Tad R

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  • 1871-1952
  • Dr. Ford took her practice on the road where she served Spanish, American Indian, Chinese, Greek, Japanese, “plain whites” and “plain colored” patients.
  • After she had been in practice 33 years, she was finally able to become a member of the faculty at Denver General but not practice there. She was never granted membership in the American Medical Association. She was finally admitted to the Denver and Colorado Medical Societies in 1950, two years before she died.
Kayleigh G

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  • choice of clothing that we wear
  • provide a visu
  • but this visual is not always concrete
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  • negative opinions that some clothing styles may generate
  • from the public
  • public to open up
  • about their prejudices towards certain groups
  • To agree that everyone who wears a certain style of clothing have a similar lifestyle is to agree that stereotyping is fair and just.
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Nolan M

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  • Red Sox
  • Red Sox are a professional baseball team
  • From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search "Red Sox" redirects here. For the New Zealand football (soccer) club, see Red Sox Manawatu For current information on this topic, see 2010 Boston Red Sox season. Boston Red Sox Established 1901 Team logo Cap Insignia Major league affiliations American League (1901–present) East Division (1969–present) Current uniform Retired numbers 1, 4, 6, 8, 9, 14, 27, 42 Colors Red, midnight navy, white                Name Boston Red Sox (1908–present) Boston Americans (1901–1907)[1] Other nicknames The Sox, The BoSox, The Olde Towne Team Ballpark Fenway Park (1912–present) Huntington Avenue Baseball Grounds (1901–1911) Major league titles World Series titles (7) 2007 • 2004 • 1918 • 1916 • 1915 • 1912 • 1903 AL Pennants (12) 2007 • 2004 • 1986 • 1975 • 1967 • 1946 • 1918 • 1916 • http://en.wikipedia
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  • based in Boston, Massachusetts
  • Red Sox's home ballpark has been Fenway Park since 1912. The "Red Sox" name was chosen by the team owner, John I. Taylor, around 1908, following previous Boston teams that had been known as the "Red Stockings".
  • in the first World Series in 1903
  • championship droughts in baseball history, called by some the "Curse of the Bambino" after its alleged beginning with the Red Sox's sale of Babe Ruth to the rival Yankees in 1918, an 86-year wait before the team's sixth World Championship in 2004.
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