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Mark Coleman (1964– ), professional fighter from the UFC and Pride mixed-martial-arts organizations; member of Columbus-based Team Hammer House; Zach Collaros (1988– ), Canadian Football League quarterback for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats; Carl Cooke (1889–1971), sprinter; born in Columbus; Joe Cooper (1979– ), professional football player
Margaret Ann Travers Symons (born Mary Ann Williams; 18 August 1879 – after 1951) was a British suffragette.On 13 October 1908, she became the first woman to speak in the House of Commons when she broke away from her escort into the debating chamber and made an exclamation to the assembly.
The Irish House of Commons, the first purpose-built House of Commons chamber in the world. Painted c. 1780. The House of Commons is the name for the elected lower house of the bicameral parliaments of the United Kingdom and Canada. In both of these countries, the Commons holds much more legislative power than the nominally upper house of
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Below is a list of Delta Sigma Theta (ΔΣΘ) members, commonly referred to as Deltas. The sorority was founded on January 13, 1913, at Howard University [1] and was first incorporated in Washington, D.C., on February 9, 1913. [2] Its graduate chapters are named according to geographic location and "Alumnae" annexed to the service area's name. [3]
Blair Babes or Blair's Babes was a term sometimes used to refer to the 101 female Members of Parliament (MPs) from the Labour Party elected to the House of Commons in Labour's landslide 1997 general election victory, after images of the new prime minister, Tony Blair, with 96 [1] of them on the steps of Church House in Westminster were widely publicised. [2]
Name Constituency Year elected Year left Reason Sinn Féin: Constance Markievicz: Dublin St Patrick's: 1918 (did not take seat) 1922: Constituency abolished due to establishment of Irish Free State: Conservative: Nancy Astor [a] Plymouth Sutton: 1919: 1945: Retired Liberal: Margaret Wintringham [b] Louth, Lincolnshire: 1921: 1924: Defeated ...
Some might well question the overall significance of the decision, noting that by the 1920s the Senate of Canada was a largely powerless body. The more powerful House of Commons of Canada had elected its first female member (Agnes Macphail) in 1921, well before the Persons Case. However, the precedent did establish the principle that women ...