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AJ B

Mary Ellen Pleasants - 0 views

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      AJ B on 30 Sep 10
       
      this is a good site
Brittany W

Clara Brown Biography - Biography.com - 0 views

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      This is a helpful site i am getting lots of information on Clara Brown
Bethani D

Clara Brown - 0 views

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women

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  • born a slave
  • born a slav
  • slave
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  • slave
  • slave
  • slave
  • At 35 years of age, she was sold by her owner at auction and separated from her husband and children
  • eighteen she married and subsequently gave birth to four children.
  • first black woman to cross the plains during the Gold Rush.
  • death of two
  • of her four children, and having lost track of her son, Brown returned to Kentucky in an attempt to locate her surviving daughter, Liza Jane.
  • Sometime between 1866 and 1885, when Brown died, she was reunited with Liza Jane and a granddaughter, Cindy.
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      attractive picture.
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    good info....come back fo moo!!!!
Taylor Sm

Utah History Encyclopedia - 0 views

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      yo whats up
  • 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
Chris R

Utah History Encyclopedia - 0 views

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      Whats uo Jake?
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      yo
  • polygamy
Taylor Sm

Annie Oakley - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 0 views

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annie oakley

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  • Annie Oakley (August 13, 1860 â€“ November 3, 1926),
  • Using a .22 caliber rifle at 90 feet Oakley reputedly could split a playing card edge-on and put five or six more holes in it before it touched the ground.
  • Oakley was born Phoebe Ann Mosey in "a cabin less than two miles northwest of Woodland, now Willowdell,
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  • Annie's parents were Quakers
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      Her parents were quakers and she was a sharpshooter. She was the first female superstar.
  • When Annie was eight or nine years old, she was put in the care of the superintendent of the county poor farm, where she learned to sew and decorate
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    wikipedia article on annie oakley very helpful
Nate R

WCA: Willa Cather: A Brief Biographical Sketch - 0 views

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      Nate R on 30 Sep 10
       
      Good place for information about Willa Cather
Jess H

Laura Ingalls Wilder - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 0 views

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      this is a goood page to get some history about her!!!
  • (See the book entry for more information.)
  • In Laura's early
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  • Laura Elizabeth Ingalls was born February 7, 1867, near the village of Pepin, in the "Big Woods" of Wisconsin,
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    Larua ingalls wilder info
Kate A

Brown, Clara (1803-1885) | The Black Past: Remembered and Reclaimed - 0 views

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      Kate A on 30 Sep 10
       
      She used to be a slave.
Zach Bes

Bob the Builder Official Site | Online Games, Videos, Activities, Printables - 0 views

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    bob
Demi D

Diigolet | Diigo - 0 views

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  • Make sure your "Favorites Bar" is visible. If it is not, right click on any part of the menu bar and make sure "Favorites Bar" is checked.
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      Hello! Demi hear! Hope we can have fun this year!
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      XD
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    Hello! Demi hear!
Jess H

Dogpile Web Search - 0 views

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      i like this way better than google!!!!! it is so cool... go fetch
Josh D

Juana Briones - 0 views

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  • Juana Briones was a woman whose footprint transcended the era in which she lived.  Businesswoman. Humanitarian. Landowner. Juana Briones was praised for these attributes during the 19th century and continues to be admired for them in the 21st century.
  • is no known photo of Juana
Justin L

Supernova - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 0 views

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  • A supernova (plural supernovae)
  • The core collapses in on itself with velocities reaching 70,000 km/s (0.23c),[62] resulting in a rapid increase in temperature and density.
Nolan M

Sports of The Times - Red Sox and Yankees Make September Meaningful - NYTimes.com - 1 views

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  • They have played each other 2,040 times over the decades, and the rivalry never gets old.
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    Redsox are better than yankees
Nolan M

Boston Red Sox - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 0 views

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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 â€¢ 2004 â€¢ 1918 â€¢ 1916 â€¢ 1915 â€¢ 1912 â€¢ 1903 AL Pennants (12) 2007 â€¢ 2004 â€¢ 1986 â€¢ 1975 â€¢ 1967 â€¢ 1946 â€¢ 1918 â€¢ 1916 â€¢ 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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    redsox
Anna R

Grooveshark - 0 views

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music sharing

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    Music site....probably blocked on the school computers though.
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    yeah it is
  • Justin L on 29 Sep 10
     
    BEst music listening website!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  • Justin L on 29 Sep 10
     
    Grooveshark mobile is a rip off
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