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Nancy, Viscountess Astor

NANCY, VISCOUNTESS ASTOR BORN VIRGINIA USA 1879, DIED ENGLAND 1964 IN THIS BUILDING ON 28 NOVEMBER, 1919, THE ELECTION TO PARLIAMENT OF LADY NANCY ASTOR WAS ANOUNCED. SHE WAS THE FIRST WOMAN TO SIT ...

NANCY, VISCOUNTESS ASTOR BORN VIRGINIA USA 1879, DIED ENGLAND 1964 IN THIS BUILDING ON 28 NOVEMBER, 1919, THE ELECTION TO PARLIAMENT OF LADY NANCY ASTOR WAS ANOUNCED. SHE WAS THE FIRST WOMAN TO ...

  • wwii
  • plymouth
  • england
  • unflinching cou...
  • formidable
  • worked tireless...
  • darkest days

Wayne State University

WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   Here in the Central High building Completed in 1896 was founded in 1917 Detroit Junior College from which grew a College of Liberal Arts. It united with other colleges, ...

WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   Here in the Central High building Completed in 1896 was founded in 1917 Detroit Junior College from which grew a College of Liberal Arts. It united with other ...

  • university
  • central high
  • detroit
  • wayne

Sydney's Town Hall Sign

  • sydney
  • australia
  • electric
  • quay
  • roundel

Del Martin

    Charlie Evers Blues

    In 1973 Mayor Charles Evers of Fayette and B. B. King began to cosponsor concerts at the Medgar Evers Homecoming in honor of the slain civil rights activist. Dozens of blues, soul, and gospel acts ...

    In 1973 Mayor Charles Evers of Fayette and B. B. King began to cosponsor concerts at the Medgar Evers Homecoming in honor of the slain civil rights activist. Dozens of blues, soul, and gospel acts ...