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TWO WOMEN AND THE ELGIN MARBLES
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"Stealing Athena" is a novel about two women who made a huge
difference in world events but are little more than historical
footnotes because of the times in which they lived.
More than 2,000 years separate Aspasia, the mistress of Pericles,
Athenian general and statesman in the fifth century B.C. and Mary
Nisbet Elgin, wife of Lord Elgin, of the Elgin Marbles fame, who
lived in the first half of the 19th century.
All those hundreds of years made little difference in their
status as women or their rights as women.
Ironically, Aspasia, who was not even married to Pericles because
of a law he ...
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; ...central monument by his cryptoCatholic courtier Henry Howard, Earl of Northampton. Mary Queen of Scots was certainly very tall...stature'. The former was once propositioned by Henry VIII, who said he liked a big woman -- only to...
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Gazette: Anniversaries
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London
; ...physicist, 1851; Pol Henry Plancon, bass singer...Anthony Eden, first Earl of Avon, statesman...editor, 1936; Sydney Howard, comedian, 1946; John...by drowning 1886; Sir Henry (O'Neal de Hane...Rupert at Naseby, near Northampton, 1645; Queen Victoria...
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OBITUARIES
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; ...Chicago classmate, Earl Bromstedt. Mrs...of Texas; a son, Howard Husum of New York...H. Grant William Howard Grant, 80, of Chicago...Grant; two sons, Howard (Elizabeth) Grant...Mass, the Rev. Henry Chamberlain and the...and Smith College, Northampton. Julia M. McGrew...
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Richest racehorse owners in Britain 2000.(Sports)
Newspaper article from: The Racing Post (London, England)
; ...Bill Watts 27 840 * Earl Cadogan Land &...Compton Place 85 300 Howard de Walden family Property (Lady Howard de Walden) Owner...amp; property (Henry) Ex-owner with...377 80 Marquess of Northampton Land Owner of Broadsword...Construction Owner of Henry Mann, Blue Royal...
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SPORTS RESULTS
Newspaper article from: The Press
; ...1. 3.1A: Z Earl (Ziggy Stardust...1B: V Dunbar (Henry Hudson) 74.5...1A: V Dunbar (Henry Hudson) 69.5...West Ham United 1 Northampton 0 (Northampton wins 2-1 on aggregate...Coach: Keith Howard. Manager: Norm...
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JAZZ NOTES: GOINGS ON IN THE JAZZ WORLD
News Wire article from: United Press International
; ...at the Iron Horse in Northampton, Mass., tonight...at Cafe Matrix. The Earl Brown trio is at Cafe...Arts Center. The Evan Howard Band and the Joe Krown...More are at d.b.a. Henry Butler is at the Arena...New Orleans drummer Earl Palmer's trio is at...
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Jazz Notes: Goings on in the jazz world.
News Wire article from: United Press International
; ...club with Bucky Pizzarelli, Howard Alden and John Wheatley tonight...inaugural event at Smith College in Northampton, Mass., today with a concert...Jazz Cafe. In Chicago... Henry Johnson's Organ Express with...Trio is at the Blue Nile. Earl Brown is at Cafe Sbisa. Leigh...
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