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Village Improvement, Nellie Albertine Briggs
Village Improvement, Nellie Albertine Briggs
Student and Lippitt Prize essays
A discussion of the first formulation in 1853 of Village Improvement Societies, whose overall goals included improving the aesthetic value of a town’s public property through use of its natural surroundings.
The Daughters Of Liberty In Rhode Island, Nellie Albertine Briggs
The Daughters Of Liberty In Rhode Island, Nellie Albertine Briggs
Student and Lippitt Prize essays
Chronicles the influence of the Daughters of Liberty in Rhode Island in securing economic independence from Great Britain. Notable Daughters include Betsy Ellery, Polly and Elizabeth Lawton, Massy Easton, Margaret, Mary and Elizabeth Champlin, Anne Vernon, Miss Brinley, Martha Ellery, Polly Wanton, Polly Bull, Lucy Ellery, Elizabeth and Mary Anthony, Patience and Sally Easton, Freelove Fenner, Dorcas Matteson, Abigail Salisbury, Sarah Dyer and Anna Aldrich.
Women In The French Revolution, Edna Ethel Dawley
Women In The French Revolution, Edna Ethel Dawley
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Beginning with a detailed history of the sparks that led to the Revolution in France (1789–1799), this essay gives French women praise by illustrating the specific types of women who assisted in the Revolution: the women of the mob, Charlotte Corday, Madame Roland, Madame de Stael, the Princess de Lamballe and Marie Antoinette.
Rhode Island's Committee Of Correspondence, Bertha Douglass Tucker
Rhode Island's Committee Of Correspondence, Bertha Douglass Tucker
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An essay exploring the men who maintained the liberties of Rhode Island during the Revolution by forming the Committee of Correspondence in 1773. The appointments included Stephen Hopkins, Metcalfe Bowler, Moses Brown, John Cole, William Bradford, Henry Marchant and Henry Ward to form the committee in its entirety.