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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Sawtelle, Charles Greene 1834- (search)
Sawtelle, Charles Greene 1834- Military officer; born in Norridgewock, Me., May 10, 1834; graduated at the United States Military Academy in 1854; promoted captain in 1861; served through the Civil War principally as quartermaster at different posts; built a pontoon bridge 900 feet long across the Red River in Texas early in 1864; brevetted brigadier-general United States army in 1865; promoted brigadier-general United States Army Aug. 19, 1896; and retired Feb. 16, 1897.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Women, Advancement of (search)
H. Stevenson, of Chicago, admitted as a delegate (the first woman) to the American Medical Association at Philadelphia......1876 Mrs. Belva Lockwood admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of the United States, 1879; disability removed by an act of Congress approved......Feb. 15, 1879 [Others since admitted: Laura De Force Gordon, of Stockton, Cal.; Ada M. Bittenbender, of Lincoln, Neb.; Carrie Barnham Kilgore, of Philadelphia; Clara M. Foltz, of San Diego, Cal.; Lelia Robinson-Sawtelle, of Boston; Emma M. Gillet, of Washington, D. C.] Woman's Christian Temperance Union founded in the United States by Frances E. Willard......1883 Mrs. Belva Lockwood accepts the nomination for President of the United States from the California Woman's Suffrage Convention......September, 1884 A select committee of the United States Senate, Feb. 7, 1889, and the House judiciary committee, May 29, 1890, reported in favor of amending the Constitution to permit woman suffrage. Congress