High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Belizean Creoles, locally known as Kriols, are Creole descendants of English and Scottish (the Baymen) log cutters, as well as Black African slaves brought to Belize. Other small minorities include Creoles and the Miskito from Nicaragua, Jamaicans, and other West Indians who assisted in the logging industry. These varied peoples have all mixed to create this ethnic group. Kriol was historically only spoken by them, but this ethnicity has become synonymous with the Belizean national identity, and as a result the Kriol is now spoken by about 75% of Belizeans. Found predominantly in urban areas such as Belize City, this group is also found in most coastal towns and villages, and in the Belize...
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Bella Savitsky Abzug (July 24, 1920 – March 31, 1998), nicknamed "Battling Bella", was an American lawyer, Congresswoman, social activist and a leader of the Women`s Movement. In 1971, Abzug joined other leading feminists such as Gloria Steinem and Betty Friedan to found the National Women`s Political Caucus. She notably declared, "This woman`s place is in the House—the House of Representatives," in her successful 1970 campaign. She was later appointed to chair the National Commission on the Observance of International Women`s Year and to plan the 1977 National Women`s Conference by President Gerald Ford and led President Jimmy Carter`s commission on women.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Brooke Magnanti (born 5 November 1975) is a research scientist, blogger, and writer, who, until her identity was revealed in November 2009, was known by the pen name Belle de Jour. While completing her doctoral studies, between 2003 and 2004, Magnanti supplemented her income by working as a London call girl. Her diary, published as the anonymous blog Belle de Jour: Diary of a London Call Girl became increasingly popular, as speculation surrounded the identity of Belle de Jour, and whether the diary was real. Remaining anonymous, Magnanti went on to have her experiences published as The Intimate Adventures of a London Call Girl in 2005 and The Further Adventures of a London Call Girl in 2006....
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Bellevue Avenue Historic District is located along and around Bellevue Avenue in Newport, Rhode Island, United States. Its property is almost exclusively residential, including many of the mansions built by affluent summer vacationers in the city around the turn of the 20th century, including the Vanderbilt family and Astor family. Many of the homes represent pioneering work in the architectural styles of the time by major American architects.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Belva Ann Bennett Lockwood (October 24, 1830 – May 19, 1917) was an American attorney, politician, educator, and author. She was active in working for women`s rights. The press of her day referred to her as a "suffragist," someone who believed in women`s suffrage or voting rights. Lockwood overcame many social and personal obstacles related to gender restrictions. After college, she became a teacher and principal, working to equalize pay for women in education. She supported the movement for world peace, and was a proponent of temperance.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Benjamin L. "Ben" Cline (born February 29, 1972 in Stillwater, Oklahoma) is an American politician of the Republican Party. He is currently serving his fifth term in the Virginia House of Delegates. He was first elected in 2002 by special election, replacing incumbent Delegate Vance Wilkins who resigned the seat. He currently represents the 24th district, consisting of Rockbridge County, the Cities of Buena Vista and Lexington, and parts of Amherst and Augusta Counties.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Earl Benjamin "Ben" Nelson (born May 17, 1941) is the senior U.S. Senator from Nebraska. He is a member of the Democratic Party and was elected to the U.S. Senate in 2000.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Benjamin Eugene "Ben" Quayle (born November 5, 1976) is an American politician and U.S. Representative for Arizona`s 3rd congressional district. He is a member of the Republican Party. Ben Quayle is son of former U.S. Vice President Dan Quayle and former U. S. Second Lady Marilyn Quayle
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Benjamin Jeremy "Ben" Stein (born November 25, 1944) is an American actor, writer, lawyer, and commentator on political and economic issues. He attained early success as a speechwriter for American presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford. Later, he entered the entertainment field and became an actor, comedian, and Emmy Award-winning game show host.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Benedict Swingate Calvert (ca. 1730-1732 – January 9, 1788) was a Maryland Loyalist during the American Revolution. He was the son of Charles Calvert, 5th Baron Baltimore, the third Proprietor Governor of Maryland (1699–1751), and may have been the grandson of King George I of Great Britain. His mother`s identity is not known, though one source suggests Melusina von der Schulenburg, Countess of Walsingham. As he was illegitimate, he was not able to inherit his father`s title or estates, which passed instead to his half brother Frederick Calvert, 6th Baron Baltimore (1731–1771). Benedict Calvert spent most of his life as a politician and planter in Maryland, though Frederick, by contrast,...
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Benigno Simeon Aquino, Sr. (September 3, 1894 – December 20, 1947), also known as Benigno S. Aquino or Benigno S. Aquino, Sr., was a Filipino politician who served as Speaker of the Second Philippine Republic National Assembly from 1943 to 1944.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Benjamin Franklin Butler (November 5, 1818 – January 11, 1893) was an American lawyer and politician who represented Massachusetts in the United States House of Representatives and later served as the 33rd Governor of Massachusetts. In 1868, as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives, Butler had a prominent role in the impeachment of President Andrew Johnson . As Chairman of the House Committee on Reconstruction, Butler authored the Ku Klux Klan Act of 1871, signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant, that gave federal authority to prosecute and destroy the Klan in the South. Butler authored, along with Sen. Charles Sumner, the Civil Rights Act of 1875, signed into law by President...
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Benjamin "Ben" Brafman (born July 21, 1948) is a criminal defense attorney based in New York. He maintains a firm focused on criminal defense, Brafman Associates, in New York City and has handled cases for clients including Jacob Arabo, James Patino, Peter Gatien, Plaxico Burress, Michael Jackson,Carl Kruger, Charles Kushner,, Marvell Scott, Rocco Murdocca ("The gut plumber of Brooklyn"), Vincent Basciano,Sean Combs, Jay-Z and Dominique Strauss-Kahn.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Benjamin William Sangor (1889-c. 1953 or 1955; sources differ) was an American publisher best known for the 1940s to 1950s comic book company American Comics Group (AGC).
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Benjamin Harris Brewster (October 13, 1816 – April 4, 1888) was an attorney and politician from New Jersey, who served as United States Attorney General from 1881 to 1885.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Benjamin Aaron (September 2, 1915 – August 25, 2007) was an American attorney, labor law scholar and civil servant. He is known for his work as an arbitrator and mediator, and for helping to advance the development of the field of comparative labor law in the United States.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Benjamin Franklin Potts (January 29, 1836 – June 17, 1887) was a lawyer, politician, and soldier from the state of Ohio who served as a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War, as well as a postbellum Governor of the Montana Territory from 1870 to 1883. He commanded a brigade of infantry in the Western Theater in some of the war`s most important campaigns and repeatedly received commendations for gallantry and tactical judgement in combat.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Benjamin Franklin Tracy (April 26, 1830 – August 6, 1915) was a United States political figure who served as Secretary of the Navy from 1889 through 1893, during the administration of U.S. President Benjamin Harrison.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Benjamin Obadiah Iqbal Zephaniah (born 15 April 1958, Birmingham, England) is an English writer and dub poet. He is a well-known figure in contemporary English literature, and was included in The Times list of Britain`s top 50 post-war writers in 2008.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Benno or Beno Straucher (August 11, 1854–1940) was a Bukovina-born Austro–Hungarian lawyer, politician and Jewish community representative, who spent the final part of his career in Romania. A Jewish nationalist influenced by classical liberalism and Zionism, he first held political offices in Czernowitz city. After 1897, he was one of the noted Jewish representatives in the Austrian Parliament`s Abgeordnetenhaus. Straucher, who was instrumental in creating the reformist Progressive Peasants` Fellowship, maintained his Abgeordnetenhaus seat throughout the remainder of Austria–Hungary`s existence. From 1906, he led the Jewish National People`s Party locally and helped establish the...