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  • 21Women'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… …

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  • 22Fijian electoral system — Historical overview Fiji s electoral system is the result of complex negotiations, compromises, and experiments conducted over the years leading up to and following independence from British colonial rule in 1970. A number of devices have been… …

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  • 23National University of Ireland (constituency) — National University of Ireland (NUI) is a parliamentary constituency in Ireland, through which graduates of the National University of Ireland have elected members of various legislative bodies including currently Seanad Éireann. Contents 1… …

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  • 24Seaford (UK Parliament constituency) — UK former constituency infobox Name = Seaford Type = Borough Year = 1641 Abolition = 1832 members = TwoThe parliamentary constituency of Seaford was a rotten borough until it was disenfranchised in the Reform Act 1832. It was notable for having… …

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  • 25History of borough status in England and Wales — Borough is a term for an historic unit of lower tier local government in England and Wales. The ancient boroughs covered only important towns and were established by charters granted at different times by the monarchy. Their history is largely… …

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  • 26Callington (UK Parliament constituency) — UK former constituency infobox Name = Callington Type = Borough Year = 1585 Abolition = 1832 members = twoCallington was a rotten borough in Cornwall which returned two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons in the English and later… …

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  • 27Eliza Tibbets — Eliza Tibbets, along with her husband Luther C. Tibbets, is best known as the founder of the California citrus industry. [ California State Parks, California Citrus State Historical Park. (Sacramento: 2002); U.S. Congress. House, Congressman… …

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  • 28South Africa — Republic of, a country in S Africa; member of the Commonwealth of Nations until 1961. 42,327,458; 472,000 sq. mi. (1,222,480 sq. km). Capitals: Pretoria and Cape Town. Formerly, Union of South Africa. * * * South Africa Introduction South Africa… …

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  • 29Southern Africa — Introduction       southernmost region of the African continent, comprising the countries of Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. The island nation of Madagascar is excluded… …

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  • 30Ancient borough — An early historical analysis of cities and boroughs by Robert Brady (1704) …

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