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Kneehole desk, French, early 18th century; in the Wallace Collection, London.

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Aphrodite. Greek mythology. Sculpture. Aphrodite is the Greek goddess of love and beauty.

12 Greek Gods and Goddesses

African Americans demonstrating for voting rights in front of the White House as police and others watch, March 12, 1965. One sign reads, "We demand the right to vote everywhere." Voting Rights Act, civil rights.

Timeline of the American Civil Rights Movement

Baseball laying in the grass. Homepage blog 2010, arts and entertainment, history and society, sports and games athletics

10 Greatest Baseball Players of All Time

United States Electoral College votes by state

How Many Electoral College Votes Does Each U.S. State Have?

Sydney New Years Eve Fireworks

Why Does the New Year Start on January 1?

A Factory Interior, watercolor, pen and gray ink, graphite, and white goache on wove paper by unknown artist, c. 1871-91; in the Yale Center for British Art. Industrial Revolution England

Inventors and Inventions of the Industrial Revolution

Chapter 4 pg 42 - Chapter header of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain. Published in 1884 by The American Publishing Company

Periods of American Literature

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Kathleen Kuiper

Article History

Type	Description	Contributor	Date
	Article revised and updated.	Kathleen Kuiper	Oct 13, 2006
	Article added to new online database.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	May 27, 1999