Who Was Who in Literature, 1906-1934. Gale Research, 1979, 2 vols.
vol. 1
She also belonged to the Society of Authors
, and acted as a steward (along with over a hundred other luminaries including Walter Besant
Timeline
20 October 1762: The first number of the Providence Gazette...
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20 October 1762
The first number of the Providence Gazette (first newspaper in the then British colony of Rhode Island) was printed by Sarah Goddard
and her son and daughter William
and Mary Katherine
.
16 January 1920: Prohibition came into force in the United...
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16 January 1920
Prohibition came into force in the United States: President Woodrow Wilson
had vetoed the Volstead Prohibition Enforcement Bill on 27-8 October 1919, only to be overruled by the House
and Senate
.
Williams, Neville et al. Chronology of the 20th Century. Helicon, 1996.
88, 156
18 February 1954: Robert T. Stevens, Secretary of the US Army,...
“1954: McCarthy hunts ’army Communists’”. BBC News: On This Day, 18 Feb. 1954.
March 1972: In the USA the Equal Rights Amendment was...
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March 1972
In the USA the Equal Rights Amendment was ratified by the Senate
. A number of states ratified it too, but it had its opposers, notably Phyllis Schlafly
.
Reid, Panthea. Tillie Olsen: One Woman, Many Riddles. Rutgers University Press, 2010.
255, 268-9
7 January 1999: The United States Senate began impeachment...
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7 January 1999
The United StatesSenate
began impeachment hearings against President Clinton
.
CNN World News: World Trade Organization Ministerial Conference, Seattle. http://www.wto.org/english/thewto_e/minist_e/min99_e/min99_e.htm.
27 September 2018: A committee of the US Senate heard testimony...