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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Women, Advancement of (search)
..1833 Elizabeth Blackwell graduates from the medical department, Geneva College (the first M. D. in the United States)......1849 Her sister Emily graduates from the Cleveland Medical College......1852 Edmona Lewis, half negro, half Indian, who becomes a famous sculptor, born in Ontario county, N. Y.......1855 First woman's hospital in the world founded at New York City by Dr. Marion Sims......1857 [In Philadelphia, 1862; in Boston, incorporated, 1863; in Chicago, 1865; in San Francisco, 1875; in Minneapolis, 1882.] Arabella A. Mansfield, of Mount Pleasant, la., admitted to the practice of law......June, 1869 Mrs. Myra Bradwell, of Chicago, applies for a license as an attorney-at-law......1869 [The Superior Court of Illinois refused, and the Supreme Court of the United States affirmed the decision. Women now admitted to the practice of law in Illinois by statute.] American Woman's Suffrage Association formed by Lucy Stone Blackwell......1869 First conven
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Wrecks. (search)
nemah, Or.; twenty-one killed and many wounded......April 8, 1854 Steamboat Secretary, crossing San Pablo Bay from San Francisco to Petaluma, bursts her boiler; more than fifty lives lost......April 15, 1854 Steamer Northerner wrecked on a rock near Cape Mendocino, between San Francisco and Oregon; thirty-eight lives lost......Jan. 6, 1860 American vessel Oneida run down by Peninsular and Oriental steamer Bombay, off Yokohama; about 115 lives lost......Jan. 24, 1870 American steame to Golden Gate, Cal.; twenty-seven lives lost......Dec. 17, 1886 American ship St. Stephen, from Port Townsend to San Francisco, founders at sea; twenty-seven lives lost......April, 1887 British bark Abercorn stranded on Damon's Point, north h a loss of ninety-six lives......March 16, 1889 American steamer Alaskan founders at sea between Aslona, Or., and San Francisco; twenty-six lives lost......May 13, 1889 Ship Elizabeth wrecked at entrance to San Francisco Harbor; eighteen live
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Yosemite Valley, (search)
Yosemite Valley, A picturesque stretch of country in the Sierra Nevada of California, 150 miles in a direct line southeast from San Francisco, and nearly in the centre of the State. Its scenic attractions are most remarkable. It was discovered in 1851, a party of settlers near the mining-camp of Mariposa having visited it that year. The Indian residents of that region are said to be a mixed race. They were troublesome to the white settlers, and were chased to this stronghold, and thus it was discovered. The name Yosemite signifies a full-grown grizzly bear. By act of Congress in 1864 the valley, with a small adjacent region, was intrusted to the State of California as a State park. This was followed by the reservation of other regions, and the area has since been set aside by Congress as a national park.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Zalinski, Edmund Louis Gray 1849- (search)
es in 1864, and served till the close of the war, being promoted second lieutenant of volunteers in 1865 for gallantry at the battle of Hatcher's Run. In February, 1866, he was appointed a second lieutenant in the 5th United States Artillery; was promoted first lieutenant in January, 1867, and captain in December, 1887; was Professor of Military Science in the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1872-76; graduated at the United States Artillery School at Fort Monroe, Va., and at the School of Submarine Mining at Willett's Point, N. Y., in 1880; invented and was engaged in developing and perfecting the pneumatic dynamite torpedo gun bearing his name in 1883-89; travelled in Europe to obtain military information in 1889-90; was on garrison duty in San Francisco, Cal., in 1892; and was retired Feb. 3, 1894. Captain Zalinski invented an intrenching tool, a ramrod bayonet, a telescopic sight for artillery, and a system of range and position finding for sea-coast and artillery firing.
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