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    Susie May Ames (January 10, 1888 – July 30, 1969) was a twentieth century American historian, educator, and author. She conducted research on the Eastern...
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    savage" in hopes of stimulating investment in Jamestown. On this trip she may have met Squanto, a Patuxet man from New England. Pocahontas became a celebrity...
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    Kingsolver, Barbara (May 11, 2008). "How to be Hopeful". Duke University. Archived from the original (Speech) on May 11, 2010. Retrieved May 3, 2010. "History...
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    WNBA's Washington Mystics, a position she earned before the 2005 season. On May 24, 2005, Washington Sports and Entertainment Chairman, Abe Pollin, sold...
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    Bailey hosted her own variety series on ABC, The Pearl Bailey Show (January – May 1971), which featured many notable guests, including Lucille Ball, Bing Crosby...
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    (May 26, 2021). "How a Pioneering Mathematician Held Her Family Together in the Wake of Her Husband's Medical Emergency". Literary Hub. Retrieved May 26...
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    named the anchor. She remained at Today and NBC News for fifteen years until May 31, 2006, when she announced that she would be going to CBS to anchor the...
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    Martha Dandridge Custis Washington (June 2, 1731 O.S. — May 22, 1802) was the wife of George Washington, the first president of the United States. Although...
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    Elizabeth Hobbs Keckley (February 1818 – May 1907) was an American seamstress, activist, and writer who lived in Washington, D.C. She was the personal...
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    Edith Wilson underestimated her own role in Wilson's presidency. While she may not have made critical decisions, she did influence both domestic and international...
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    Update, page 8" (PDF). Retrieved October 29, 2020. Garrett-Scott, Shennette (May 7, 2019). Banking on Freedom: Black Women in U.S. Finance Before the New...
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    her mother, "Mama, I know what-all he did, but it seems he's real sick and may not make it. In spite of everything, I want to visit him." Cline and her...
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    from Bowdoin College (May 2007), the University of Pennsylvania (May 2008), Yale University (May 2008), and Princeton University (May 2010). Faust has been...
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    "Mother" Maybelle Carter (born Maybelle Addington; May 10, 1909 – October 23, 1978) was an American country musician and "among the first" to use the...
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    Marshall Felicia Warburg Rogan Elizabeth Henry Campbell Russell 2012 Susie May Ames Monica Beltran Christiana Burdett Campbell Betty Sams Christian Elizabeth...
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    Dolley Todd Madison (née Payne; May 20, 1768 – July 12, 1849) was the wife of James Madison, the fourth president of the United States from 1809 to 1817...
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    to freedom from the President's House on May 21, 1796. This one appeared in The Philadelphia Gazette on May 24, 1796: Absconded from the household of...
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    Moss, also known as P. Buckley Moss, is an American artist. She was born on May 20, 1933, in Richmond County (Staten Island Borough) of New York City. Raised...
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    Western New England University. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 2, 2015. Retrieved May 21, 2014. "SU Archives: Awards and Honors – Recipient of Honorary...
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    Publication". Biography. 40 (3): 399–424. ISSN 0162-4962. JSTOR 26405083. Thomas, Susie (1990). Willa Cather. Macmillan Education. p. 13. ISBN 978-0-33342-360-8...
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    Marshall Felicia Warburg Rogan Elizabeth Henry Campbell Russell 2012 Susie May Ames Monica Beltran Christiana Burdett Campbell Betty Sams Christian Elizabeth...
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    Justice, Recognizing Pennsylvania Black Artists. Archived from the original on May 4, 2019. Retrieved October 25, 2017. "Awards, Honors, Citations". Howard...
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    19 January 2021. Thane, Elswyth (1944). Yankee Stranger. Leveen, Lois (15 May 2012). The Secrets of Mary Bowser: A Novel. William Morrow Paperbacks....
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  • Marshall Felicia Warburg Rogan Elizabeth Henry Campbell Russell 2012 Susie May Ames Monica Beltran Christiana Burdett Campbell Betty Sams Christian Elizabeth...
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    Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor (category Use dmy dates from May 2021)
    Nancy Witcher Langhorne Astor, Viscountess Astor, CH (19 May 1879 – 2 May 1964) was an American-born British politician who was the first woman seated...
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  • Henry Campbell Russell (1749–1825), Saltville, Methodist lay leader Susie May Ames (1888–1969), Accomack County, historian Monica Beltran (born 1985),...
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    persuaded another captive woman, referred to as the "old Dutch woman" but who may have been German, to escape with her. The next day (probably 19 October)...
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    sterilization laws in other states. Justice Holmes wrote that a patient may be sterilized "on complying with the very careful provisions by which the...
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    quality and the beauty of her real South. Artistic recognition of her work may have climaxed in 1931 when Glasgow presided over the Southern Writers Conference...
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