Ruth Baker Pratt — (nee Baker) (24 August 1877 23 August 1965) was a politician and the first congresswoman to be elected from New York.Early lifeShe was born in Ware, Massachusetts, where her father was a dry goods merchant, Edwin K. Baker. She studied at… … Wikipedia
Pratt–Romney family — The Pratt–Romney Family is the name of a U.S. political family. It is linked by marriage to the Smith Family and the Matheson Family. … Wikipedia
Books for the Blind — also referred to as Talking Books is a program in the United States which provides audio recordings of books in a proprietary cassette tape format, along with a cassette player supporting that format, free of charge to people who are blind or… … Wikipedia
Perkins Braille and Talking Book Library — Infobox Library library name = Perkins Braille and Talking Book Library location = Watertown, Massachusetts num branches = 1 pop served = 18,000 20,000 (2007 estimate) director = Kim Charlson website = http://www.perkinslibrary.orgThe Perkins… … Wikipedia
Brigham Young — For other uses, see Brigham Young (disambiguation). Brigham Young Brigham Young c. 1870 … Wikipedia
List of topics about the Latter Day Saint movement — In an effort to bring together pages on various religions, below is a list of articles that are about or reference Latter Day Saint movement topics. As a rule, the links below should direct to existing articles, not empty pages (non existent… … Wikipedia
List of Latter Day Saint movement topics — Latter day Saints portal In an effort to bring together pages on various religions, below is a list of articles that are about or reference Latter Day Saint movement topics. As a rule, the links below should direct to existing articles, not empty … Wikipedia
Latter Day Saint polygamy in the late 19th century — Possibly as early as the 1830s, followers of the Latter Day Saint movement (also known as Mormonism), were practicing the doctrine of polygamy or plural marriage . After the death of church founder Joseph Smith, Jr., the doctrine was officially… … Wikipedia
Utah War — Date March 1857 July 1858 Location Utah, Wyoming Result Brigham Young replaced as governor of the territory. A full pardon for charges of sedition and treason issued to the ci … Wikipedia
United 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… … Universalium
