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Article: "The other vote goes to the sister": Roberta MacAdams wanted something more than a woman's lot. The Great War gave her more. Soldiers elected her to government at a time when women in government were virtually unknown.(Biography)
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- The Beaver: Exploring Canada's History
- Article date:
- December 1, 2002
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CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 2002 Canada's National History Society. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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On a hot day in May, I stop at a busy fish market on the dock in Boulogne. Fishermen pour buckets of gleaming plaice, cod, and black-shelled mussels onto white shelves in wooden stalls while their wives chat and keep watchful eyes open for customers. There has been a market here for hundreds of years. Photographs from the late nineteenth century show pipe-smoking men standing next to cartloads of fish, while wide-hipped women in long skirts look for the best price. Their calm, friendly expressions reveal little of the tumultuous history of this place where the cold North Sea meets the English Channel. Boulogne has been more than just an ideal location for fishing. It has ...
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Article: NEW MEXICO STATE WOMEN'S BASKETBALL DEFEATS LONG BEACH ...
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November 27, 2009 ;
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...LAS CRUCES, N.M., Nov. 20 -- New Mexico State University issued the following news release: The New Mexico State women's basketball defeated Long Beach State, 69-56 in their 2009-10 season opener in front of 1,033 fans at the Pan American ...
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