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Hillsboro was platted in 1807, and most likely named for the hills near the original town site. [6] One of the late 19th century's largest reform organizations, the Woman's Christian Temperance Union that went on to play important roles in achieving women's suffrage and prohibition, was founded in Hillsboro in 1873.
Outside of the domestic sphere, Victorian women edited vegetarian journals, wrote articles, lectured, and wrote cookbooks. Of the 26 vegetarian cookbooks published during the Victorian Age, 14 were written by women. [136] In 1895, The Women's Vegetarian Union was established by Alexandrine Veigele, a French woman living in London.
Cities in Ohio are municipalities whose population is no less than 5,000; smaller municipalities are called villages. Nonresident college students and incarcerated inmates do not count towards the city requirement of 5,000 residents. [1] There are currently 253 cities and 673 villages in Ohio, for a total of 926 municipalities.
Victoria Woodhull, the first female candidate for president in 1872, and Second Lady Cornelia Cole Fairbanks, credited with paving the way for the modern American female politician, were leaders in the women's suffrage movement. Ohio was the second state to hold a women's rights convention, the Ohio Women's Convention at Salem in 1850. [113]
CNN’s David G. Allan became a vegetarian 30 years ago this Thanksgiving. And it stuck. Here are five things he learned about himself and the world since that first turkey-less meal.
Veganism involves following a vegan diet, which is a diet that includes no animal products of any kind. It can extend to ethical veganism which avoids or boycotts all products and activities whose production or undertaking is perceived to exploit animals, such as leather, silk, fur, wool, and cosmetics that have been tested on animals, as well as blood sports such as bullfighting and fox hunting.
Ohio, founded in 1816, is fondly called the Buckeye State after the Ohio Buckeye trees. Many charming towns that stand as a testament to Ohio's rich history are sprinkled throughout the state.
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