Guy Wilfrid Hayler papers, [ca. 1897-1962].

Rankin, Jeannette, 1880-1973

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Jeannette Pickering Rankin (June 11, 1880 – May 18, 1973) was an American politician and women's rights advocate, and the first woman to hold federal office in the United States. She was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives as a Republican from Montana in 1916, and again in 1940. Rankin graduated from the University of Montana in 1902. She subsequently attended the New York School of Philanthropy (later the New York, then the Columbia, School of Social Work) before embarking on a care...

Hayler, Guy W., 1850-1943.

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Holland, Clive, 1866-1959

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Regler, Gustav, 1898-1963

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Gustav Regler (1898-1963) was a German writer and anti-Fascist. Threatened with arrest by the Nazi government, he emigrated to France, and later, to Mexico during the Second World War. Best known for his autobiography THE OWL OF MINERVA, Regler was the author of numerous and diverse works of prose and poetry, including THE GREAT CRUSADE, a novel based on his experiences fighting for the Loyalist cause in the Spanish Civil War and A LAND BEWITCHED: MEXICO IN THE SHADOW OF...

Hayler, Guy Wilfrid.

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Planning engineer and architect. From the description of Guy Wilfrid Hayler papers, [ca. 1897-1962]. (University of California, Berkeley). WorldCat record id: 122502200 ...

Norris, Kathleen Thompson, 1880-1966

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Kathleen Thompson Norris, wife of author Charles Gilman Norris, was the author of many popular novels, beginning with Mother in 1911. From the description of Kathleen Thompson Norris letters : to Charles Gilman Norris, 1908 May-1909 July. (University of California, Berkeley). WorldCat record id: 85027109 Kathleen Thompson was born on July 16, 1880 in San Francisco, CA; briefly attended UC Berkeley; married author Charles G. Norris in 1909; began writing short stories in 1910...

Insull, Samuel, 1859-1938

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Public utilities magnate, Chicago, IL. Born in England in 1859, Samuel Insull became the private secretary and bookkeeper for Col. George E. Gouraud, London agent of Thomas Edison, in 1879. Insull emigrated to the United States in 1881 to become the private secretary of Edison. While working for Edison he was in charge of establishing the Edison Machine Works at Schenectady, New York; the second Vice President in charge of the manufacturing and selling departments of Edison General Electric; and...

Hayler, Mark Henry Chambers.

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Mothers of America.

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Belloc, Hilaire, 1870-1953

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Franco-British writer. From the description of Letters : to Miss Penn, 1917 Nov. 24 and 1929 Mar. 15. (Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center (HRC); University of Texas at Austin). WorldCat record id: 122601939 English historian, essayist, poet and novelist born La Celle-Saint-Cloud, France July 27, 1870; died Guildford, England July 16, 1953. Belloc wrote biographies of Robespierre (1901) Marie Antoinette (1909) and numerous works on English political history. From 1920-19...

Women's International League for Peace and Freedom

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WILPF developed out of the International Women's Congress against World War I that took place in The Hague, Netherlands, in 1915 and the formation of the International Women's Committee of Permanent Peace; the name WILPF was not chosen until 1919. The first WILPF president, Jane Addams, had previously founded the Woman's Peace Party in the United States, in January 1915, this group later became the US section of WILPF. Along with Jane Addams, Marian Cripps and Margaret E. Dungan were also foundi...

Hayler, Mollie Beddow.

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