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Octavia
Octavia . 1 d. 11 BC, Roman matron, sister of Emperor Augustus and wife of Marc Antony , her second husband. For some years, she helped maintain peace between her brother and her husband. Antony fell in love with Cleopatra , and after his war with Augustus began, he divorced (32 BC) Octavia.... Read more |
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Agrippina the Elder
Agrippina the Elder , d. AD 33, Roman matron; daughter of Agrippa and Julia and granddaughter of Augustus. She was the wife of Germanicus Caesar and accompanied him on his provincial duties. After her husband's death (AD 19), she accused Tiberius of having Germanicus poisoned, and thereafter she... Read more |
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Lucrece
Lucrece or Lucretia , in Roman legend, Roman matron, illustrious for her virtue. She was the victim of rape by Sextus, son of Tarquinius Superbus. Having enjoined her husband, Lucius Tarquinius Collatinus, and his friends to avenge her, she stabbed herself to death. The ensuing revolt drove the... Read more |
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maenads
maenads , in Greek and Roman religion and mythology, female devotees of Dionysus. They roamed mountains and forests, adorned with ivy and skins of animals, waving the thyrsus. When they danced, they often worked themselves into an ecstatic frenzy, during which they were capable of tearing wild... Read more |
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Maria W. Stewart
Maria W. Miller Stewart 1803–1879 Public speaker, author, teacher At a Glance… Wrote Abolitionist Essays Delivered Public Lectures Was Silenced by Critics Became a Teacher and Matron Sources Maria W. Miller Stewart, essayist, teacher, and political activist, is thought to... Read more |
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Cornelia
Cornelia , fl. 2d cent. BC, Roman matron, daughter of Scipio Africanus Major. She was the wife of Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus and mother of the Gracchi . She refused to remarry after her husband's death, devoting herself to her children, whom she educated well and inspired with a sense of civic... Read more |
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Clare Boothe Luce
Clare Boothe Luce 1903-87, American playwright and diplomat, whose name originally was Anne Clare Boothe, b. New York City. Witty, outspoken, and an articulate political conservative, Luce began her career writing for Vogue and Vanity Fair in 1930, soon becoming managing editor of the latter... Read more |
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Diaries
DIARIES DIARIES. Contemporary diaries and journals offer one of the most important sources of evidence for the social, economic, and cultural life of early modern Europe. An immense range of different types of serial memoranda were produced at a time when the personal memoir had not yet... Read more |
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Pal Joey
Pal Joey (1940), a musical comedy by John O'Hara (book), Richard Rodgers (music), Lorenz Hart (lyrics). [Ethel Barrymore Theatre, 374 perf.] The handsome, small‐time dancer Joey Evans ( Gene Kelly) arrives in Chicago and immediately begins his courtship of innocent Linda English ( Leila ... Read more |
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Brooke Astor, 105, philanthropistOBITUARY
...by night reigned over New York society with a decided disdain for pretension...Warner said.Astor's image as a benevolent society matron was overshadowed last year by...to the Gilded Age, when ''society'' was a closed world of old... |
 "The Mirror (London, England)")
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Oldest man in Britain George dies aged 108.(News)
...numerous medals from the Royal Horticultural Society. He joined the army in 1914 and fought at...He died peacefully at the Gardeners' Royal Benevolent Society home in Dorking, Surrey. Matron Jean Painter said: "He was a true gentleman... |
 "Daily Mail (London)")
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Oldest man in England dies, 108.
...oak leaves since the age of 12. Mr Cook died in his sleep on Saturday at the Gardeners' Royal Benevolent Society home near Dorking, Surrey. Matron Jean Painter said: 'He had high spirits and a wonderful sense of humour.' |
 "Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England)")
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Re view Lesson in social history.(News)
...was happening at a time when British society claimed to be liberated, and the government...girls, as the pious heavenward-gazing matron (Joanna McCallum), who gradually emerges as more of a benevolent autocrat than a harridan. With this... |
 "The Buffalo News (Buffalo, NY)")
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Lessie M. Craig, 101, active in church, community ; April 13, 1906 -- Oct. 9,...
...Circle, the General Missionary Society, the Benevolent Aid Society, the Foreign Mission, and...the centenarian was a past matron of Golden Gate Chapter 13 Order...well as a former deputy grand matron of Oriental Grand Chapter Order... |
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Books about Redlands create history puzzle
...particular aim at the wealthy society matrons. "You did well to come to...butchers of humanity like benevolent saints. Get in with the right...And there were all sorts of societies, clubs, lodges and fraternities...in 1990 by the Historical ... |
 "The Independent (London, England)")
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Wills
...Brighton, East Sussex, former matron-in-chief and director...Nursing Corps Association Benevolent Fund. Mr Eric Lobb, of...Parkinson's Disease Society, Mencap, National Asthma Campaign, National Society for Epilepsy and Sense. |
 "The News Letter (Belfast, Northern Ireland)")
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Charities 'delighted' over Dean's collection.(News)
...charities. The Belfast Charitable Society, which gives 24-hour care...the other half will go to the Matron's Conference Fund. Philip...strong association with the society and this money will go to help...the Age Concern, NIMBA, RUC Benevolent Fund and ... |
 "The Record (Bergen County, NJ)")
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OBITUARIES
...and a member of its Rosary Society and Mothers Club. She was...died Aug. 12. She was past matron of Order of the Eastern Star...and a member of its Rosary Society. Arrangements: Vainieri Funeral...Local 186 of the Policemen's Benevolent Association. He was ... |
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Thread of an Idea
...student members of the Shield Society, his private paramilitary...between idealism and reality in a society that hurtled from pre-industrial...old Japan, with himself as benevolent emperor-god, his duty to...geisha turned factory-dorm matron, Okano assumes ... |
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