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Women in History
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What happened to the first woman that Edgar allan poe loved?
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Edgar Allen Poe's first love was Sarah Elmira Royster. They were secretly engaged to be married but her father did not approve of the marriage. Her father intercepted letters from Poe to her and she thought he had forgotten her. In 1826, Poe returned home from the University of Virginia to learn that she got engaged to Alexander B. Shelton. Later, Poe married Virginia Clemm, who died in 1847. About a year after that Poe went back to the now widow Sarah Elmira Royster Shelton. Her husband had died in 1844. Poe asked her to marry him. At first she did not wish to but then consented. Unfortunately, Poe died before they could be wed. Sarah Elmira Royster Shelton died in 1888.
Who was the first woman athlete to grace the cover of Sports Illustrated?
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LeBron James
2 nd indian lady who climbed Mount Everest?
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Santosh yadav
The second Indian woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest was Santosh Yadav on the 12th May 1992.
The second Indian woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest was Santosh Yadav, she did so on the 12th May 1992.
What was the first softball team?
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The first softball team was vogt. vogts softball team began in 1998..the first person to sign up was A women name Kim Terross
Who was the first woman to win the Iditarod?
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Libby Riddles was the first woman to win the Iditarod, but Susan Butcher was close behind.
Who was the first woman in a marathon?
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The fastest marathon by a woman (2:15:25) was run by Paula Radcliffe in the 2003 London Marathon.
Who was the first woman baseball player?
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Major League Baseball has never had a girl play on any team.
Who are famous women born in Indiana?
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People born in Indiana include basketball player Larry Bird born in West Baden Springs; fashion designer Bill Blass born in Fort Wayne; songwriter Hoagy Carmichael born in Bloomington; actor James Dean born in Marion; labor leader Jimmy Hoffa born in Brazil; Michael Jackson born in Gary; composer Cole Porter born in Peru; Orville Wright born in Dayton; Wilbur Wright born in Millville.
First woman to fly a plane solo across Atlantic ocean in 1932?
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You said Over. this is not necessarily a complete crossing. Possibly we shoud give Princess Ann Saville (Loewenstein family) of the San Raphael expedition some credit, though she did not survive the mission- target was Canada launch site from England or Europe. same year, l927.
Who was the only woman to have been Prime Minister of the United Kingdom?
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Margaret Thatcher, who died8 April 2013
How have you changed today because of Amelia Earhart?
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she made the world a better place by showing the women have equal rights as men did
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How has women's roles in society changed?
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Not changed as much as expanded. There are still the many stereo types that woman still deal with to a lesser extent, but now with the added burden and stress of competing with men on a unfair playing field and still for the most part expected to perform female and maternal roles.
Some of this is societies fault as we continue to program our youth that way. And some can even be blamed on woman themselves as hormones color and influence thought patterns to a certain degree.
Who has been appointed as India's First woman Finance Secretary?
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there are 1000000000 people that were on the titanic
Did women receive education in the 1800s?
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they weren't, they are of an inferior intelligence.
What did Amelia Earhart radio transmission the Itasca?
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Earhart's last transmission to the nearby Itasca came at 8:43 am on July 2, 1937. They were running on line 157 337 north to south. The Itasca could receive her transmission but she didn't receive theirs in return. Howland Island received one last transmission from Earhart and then nothing. She was declared dead on Jan. 5, 1939.
Did Amelia Earhart have breast reduction?
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Not that was ever acknnowledged in any of the biographies.
Famous women beginning with the letter j?
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*Justin Bieber
*J.K Rowling
*Jessica Alba
*Jessica Simpson
*Jenifer Lopez
*Jenifer Aniston
What were the roles of Inuit Women and Children?
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Some of them would fish or hunt, if necessary. Usually they gathered roots, seaweed and grass to suplement their diet with vitamin C. They also were very apt at making clothes, prepared for the winter and took care of children.
What are some of the things Corrie ten Boom did in her early life?
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Well, one accomplishment is that she hid all the Jews in her house (Beje). Another is that she came out of Ravensbruck Concentration Camp alive.
What does the ditchley portrait mean?
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The Ditchley portrait has many symbols in it. The reason of it being painted was because of Sir Henry Lee, in Ditchley, Oxfordshire. It was painted to commemorate Elizabeth's forgiveness and visit to Sir Henry Lee.Elizabeth used the ditchley portrait to portray that she is a wealthy,able and powerful leader.as she is stood on the map of England this shows that she owns the world and all in it.The portrait is in the style of propaganda.Some of the painting has been cut off from the edges (7.5 cm form each side). The writing on the right has also lots parts but this is what the remainder of it says:
The prince of light, the Sonne by whom thin(gs)
Of heaven the glorie, and of earthe the (grace?)
Hath no such glorie as (...) grace to go (...)
Where Correspondencie May have no plac(e)
Thunder the Image of that power dev(ine)
Which all to nothinge with a word c(...)
Is to the earthe when it doth ayre r(...)
Of power the Scepter, not of wr(...)
This ile of such both grace (...) power
The boundless ocean (...) em(...)
P(...) p(rince?) (...) the (...)ll (...)
Rivers of thankes retourne for Springes (...)
Rivers of thankes still to that oc(ean) (...)
Where grace is grace above, po(wer)
although we might not understand it Elizabeth's people understood it like everyday words to us also she hid meaning in the portrait that her people would understand so although many think it is a load of rubbish one time it was understood and influenced the people of Elizabeth
Did Amelia and Eleanor go on a plane ride together?
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Certainly! a National heroine could not help but attract the attention of the First Family including the powerful Distaff side, Eleanor Roosevelt. A juvenile book has been done on this subject-Amelia and Eleanor go for a Ride-about a real fllight of a sightseing nature that (crazy I hear a propeller plane overhead in the background as I am typing this) The Aviatrix partook of with the First lady-Possibly one or Two Secret service men riding in the back passenger seats? Get the trenchcoat out of your head here! It was an innocent sightseeing hop. Amelia and Eleanor were certainly friends.
Who was the first governor general in Canada?
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The first woman to serve as Governor General was the Right Honourable Jeanne Sauvé, the 23rd Governor General of Canada.
First woman governor general of Canada?
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how should I know this stuff? All I'm doing is trying to research the Canadian government. I don't know that many people yet. I know Kim Cambell, though.
What is Mildred D Taylor's daughter name?
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Mildred D. Taylor married Errol Zea-Daly in 1972, but they divorced in 1975. They had one daughter, and her name is Portia.
