The self-governing colony of New Zealand gave women the right to vote on September 19, 1893.
Ninety thousand women voted in their first election on November 28, 1893.
Switzerland was the last Western country to grant women the vote in 1971.
Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto became the first European to reach the Mississippi River during a treasure-hunting expedition in 1539-42. Sailing from Havana, Cuba, De Soto landed at Tampa Bay, Florida, and traveled by a meandering route through what are now Georgia, the Carolinas, Tennessee, Alabama, and Mississippi. After crossing the river and reaching what…
Sophia Smith (1796-1870) founded the Smith College for women. After receiving an inheritance upon the death of her brother, a wealthy stockbroker, she was advised by a clergyman to use the money to begin an institution of higher education for women. Plans were drawn up in 1868, and in 1871, Smith College was founded.
Yes, but the Biltmore clock is now part of the 78-story atrium of the Bank of America Plaza at 335 Madison Avenue. It once hung over the entrance to the lavish Palm Court salon in the famed Biltmore Hotel, between Madison and Vanderbilt Avenues and Forty-third and Forty-fourth Streets. The bronze clock is the only…
Benjamin Franklin said, “He that lies down with dogs, shall rise up with fleas” in Poor Richard’s Almanack (published 1732-57).
Ten McDonald’s hamburgers are made per pound of beef, apportioned by a computer formula.
For a family of four, the poverty level in America defined by the Office of Management and Budget in 1990 is $12,675. In 1990, the percentage of all races that live below the poverty level was 13.5. Among whites, 10.7 percent lived below the poverty level; among blacks, 31.9 percent did. For persons of Hispanic…