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31disfranchisement — The act of disfranchising. The act of depriving a member of a corporation of his right as such, by expulsion. It differs from amotion (q.v.) which is applicable to the removal of an officer from office, leaving him his rights as a member. In a… …
32disfranchisement — The act of disfranchising. The act of depriving a member of a corporation of his right as such, by expulsion. It differs from amotion (q.v.) which is applicable to the removal of an officer from office, leaving him his rights as a member. In a… …
33United States — a republic in the N Western Hemisphere comprising 48 conterminous states, the District of Columbia, and Alaska in North America, and Hawaii in the N Pacific. 267,954,767; conterminous United States, 3,022,387 sq. mi. (7,827,982 sq. km); with… …
34Women's suffrage — U.S. women suffragists demonstrating for the right to vote, February 1913 Women s suffrage or woman suffrage[1] is the right of women to vote and to run for office. The expression is also used for the economic and political reform movement aimed… …
35Mississippi — • The state takes its name from the Mississippi River that forms its western boundary Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Mississippi Mississippi …
36William Henry Harrison: Inaugural Address — ▪ Primary Source Thursday, March 4, 1841 Called from a retirement which I had supposed was to continue for the residue of my life to fill the chief executive office of this great and free nation, I appear before you, fellow citizens,… …
37Leeds (UK Parliament constituency) — Leeds was a borough constituency which elected two Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1832, and three Members from 1868, until the Parliamentary borough was split into divisions in 1885. It represented the town of Leeds, now in… …
38Victoria Woodhull — Victoria Claflin Woodhull (September 23, 1838 ndash; June 9, 1927) was an American suffragist who was publicized with Gilded Age newspapers as a leader of the American woman s suffrage movement in the 19th century. She became a colorful and… …
39Electoral College (United States) — Electoral votes by state/federal district, for the elections of 2012, 2016 and 2020, with apportionment changes between the 2000 and 2010 Censuses …
40Minor v. Happersett — Supreme Court of the United States Argued February 9, 1875 Decided March 29, 1875 …
