She was a notable figure in the history of social work and women's suffrage in the United States and an advocate for world peace. She co-founded Chicago's Hull House, one of America's most famous settlement houses. In 1910, Addams was awarded an honorary master of arts degree from Yale...
Who founded the first settlement house? Who was the founder of medieval monasticism? Who made up the Estates-General? Who built Caernarfon Castle? Who built Caerphilly Castle? Who lives in Bamburgh Castle? Who lived in tenements during the Industrial Revolution? Who created the feudal system? Wh...
Who created the first settlement in Greenland? Who discovered the Arctic region? Who discovered the Palermo Stone? Who was the first prime minister of Jamaica? Who founded Liberia? Who sailed for the Dutch in the Age of Exploration? Who conquered the Dominican Republic? Who discovered Stonehenge...
gradually spread from Venezuela across theAntillesin waves of voyaging and settlement begun around 400 B.C. Mingling with people already established in the Caribbean, they developed self-sufficient communities on the island of Hispaniola, in what is now Haiti and the Dominican Republic; in Jamaica ...
The next day we headed back to Reykjavik with plenty of time to return the car. In the morning we made a quick stop at a lovely wooden church, Budir before heading to Borgarnes. In Borgarnes we visited the Settlement Exhibition Centre. This was a fantastic museum that used beautiful and ...
and other lawmakers that they were shifting training and planning to focus on maintaining an armed opposition, relying on insurgent-like tactics.” But key to this outcome is scuppering any moves towards a peaceful settlement: “The number one thing you have to have is people on the ground ...
Forrestal Building, which houses the headquarters of the United States Department of Energy. He is also the namesake of the Forrestal Lecture Series at the United States Naval Academy, which brings prominent military and civilian leaders to speak to the Brigade of Midshipmen, and of the James ...
The descendants of Cosimo I married into the majority of the royal houses of Europe; to a greater or lesser extent, they upheld the family name and fortune. However, because they ruled primarily through military force, they appear to have diminished the city’s significance as a hub for inno...
Harry Leibowitz asked himself that question in 1996.As an answer, he and his wife, Kay, created the World of Children organization and began handing out awards to kids and adults whose work has helped kids all over the world.The awards World of Children presents are nicknamed the "Children'...
There’s a further point about REULS – it drives a cart and horses through the devolution settlement. The Environment has been a devolved matter since the devolved Parliaments were created and each country has gone their own way since then. But REULS will sweep away those devolved laws too...