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Woodrow Wilson
Standard Name: Wilson, Woodrow
Connections
| Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Family and Intimate relationships | Sylvia Beach | SB
's father was a dynamic Presbyterian minister who drew powerful parishioners into his fold. In Princeton, New Jersey, the Reverend Sylvester Woodbridge Beach
became the pastor for Woodrow Wilson
and other history-makers... |
| Occupation | Sylvia Beach | SB
worked for twelve hours a day and yet she wrote to her parents to tell them that she had never felt better in her life. She wore riding breeches and amused the locals with... |
| politics | Emmeline Pankhurst | Having arrived in the United States as a distinguished visitor, but then been refused entry, EP
threatened a hunger strike. President Wilson
then rescinded the ban on her. Her North American meetings in support of... |
| Publishing | Catharine Amy Dawson Scott | In 1929 American publishers Dutton
released Is This Wilson? Messages Accredited to Woodrow Wilson
, Received by Mrs. C.A. Dawson Scott. Shepard, Leslie, editor. Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology. Gale Research. |
| Textual Features | Hope Mirrlees |
Timeline
4 August 1914: Germany invaded neutral Belgium. Britain...
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4 August 1914
Germany invaded neutral Belgium. Britain and all its Commonwealth countries declared war on Germany; President Woodrow Wilson
announced a policy of US neutrality.
1917: Cumann na mBan sent Hanna Sheehy Skeffington...
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1917
Cumann na mBan
sent Hanna Sheehy Skeffington
to the USA to present President Wilson
with a Cuman na mBan memorial.
22 January 1917: American President Woodrow Wilson made his...
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22 January 1917
American President Woodrow Wilson
made his well-known Peace Without Victory speech.
8 January 1918: US President Woodrow Wilson made his famous...
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8 January 1918
US President Woodrow Wilson
made his famous Fourteen Points for Peace declaration.
13 December 1918: The American ship George Washington, with...
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13 December 1918
The American ship George Washington, with President Woodrow Wilson
aboard, laid anchor at Brest. Wilson and his entourage then took the first train to Paris for the peace conference.
14 December 1918: The post-war general election (sometimes...
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14 December 1918
The post-war general election (sometimes called the coupon election) was the first in which some British women (those over thirty with a property qualification of their own or their husband's) voted.
26 December 1918: US President Woodrow Wilson (who had already...
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26 December 1918
US President Woodrow Wilson
(who had already been in Paris in connection with the peace conference which did not officially convene until 18 January following) was received in London with intense enthusiasm.
1 January 1920: The League of Nations officially came into...
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1 January 1920
The League of Nations
officially came into being—without the United States, although the first suggestion for such a body had been made by President Woodrow Wilson
.
16 January 1920: Prohibition came into force in the United...
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After 3 February 1924: The German embassy in Washington, DC, refused...
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After 3 February 1924
The German embassy in Washington, DC, refused to lower its flag on the occasion of President Wilson
's death.
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