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Ellen Powell Thompson
Ellen Louella (Nellie) Powell Thompson (1840–1911) was an American naturalist and botanist, and an active advocate for women's suffrage. Life Ellen Louella (Nellie) Powell Thompson was born in Ohio to parents of English origin. Her siblings included John Wesley Powell, best known for explorations of the American West and leadership of the early US Geological Survey. Another brother was William P Powell, superintendent of Washington DC public schools. She had several sisters, one of whom was the wife of Congressman Davis of Kansas, and mother of Arthur Powell Davis, scientist.Helen H. Tindall, "Ellen Powell Thompson" in ''The Woman's Journal'' (Boston, MA, United States), Saturday, April 1, 1911, Vol. XLII, Issue 13, p.99 In the mid-1850s, Thompson attended Wheaton College in Wheaton, Illinois. She taught school from the age of 16."District Representative" in ''Evening Star'' (Washington, District of Columbia), February 16, 1898, p 7. On July 8, 1862 in Wheaton, Illinois, s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Wesley Powell
John Wesley Powell (March 24, 1834 – September 23, 1902) was an American geologist, U.S. Army soldier, explorer of the American West, professor at Illinois Wesleyan University, and director of major scientific and cultural institutions. He is famous for his 1869 geographic expedition, a three-month river trip down the Green and Colorado rivers, including the first official U.S. government-sponsored passage through the Grand Canyon. Powell was appointed by US President James A. Garfield to serve as the second director of the U.S. Geological Survey (1881–1894) and proposed, for development of the arid West, policies that were prescient for his accurate evaluation of conditions. Two years prior to his service as director of the U.S. Geological Survey, Major Powell had become the first director of the Bureau of Ethnology at the Smithsonian Institution where he supported linguistic and sociological research and publications. Biography Early life Powell was born in Mount Mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Androstephium Breviflorum
''Androstephium breviflorum'' is a species of flowering plant known by the common names pink funnel lily and small flowered androstephium. Distribution This monocot plant is native to the deserts of the Western United States from Wyoming and New Mexico west through the Great Basin and Sonoran Desert, to creosote bush scrub in the Mojave Desert of eastern California. It grows at elevations of in sandy to rocky soil of open desert scrub. Description ''Androstephium breviflorum'' is a perennial herb growing from a spherical corm. Its inflorescence is a peduncle up to 30 centimeters tall containing up to 12 white to light lavender funnel-shaped flowers each one or two centimeters long. The bloom period is March to June. The fruit is a 3-lobed capsule just over a centimeter long. History ''Androstephium breviflorum'' was published as a new species by Sereno Watson in 1873,Watson, S. 1873. New plants of northern Arizona and the region adjacent. Amer. Naturalist 7 (see page 300 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Susan B
Susan is a feminine given name, from Persian "Susan" (lily flower), from Egyptian '' sšn'' and Coptic ''shoshen'' meaning "lotus flower", from Hebrew ''Shoshana'' meaning "lily" (in modern Hebrew this also means "rose" and a flower in general), from Greek ''Sousanna'', from Latin ''Susanna'', from Old French ''Susanne''. Variations * Susana (given name), Susanna, Susannah * Suzana, Suzanna, Suzannah * Susann, Suzan, Suzann * Susanne (given name), Suzanne * Susanne (given name) * Suzan (given name) * Suzanne * Suzette (given name) * Suzy (given name) * Zuzanna (given name) *Cezanne (Avant-garde) Nicknames Common nicknames for Susan include: * Sue, Susie, Susi (German), Suzi, Suzy, Suzie, Suze, Poosan, Sanna, Suzie, Sookie, Sukie, Sukey, Subo, Suus (Dutch), Shanti In other languages * fa, سوسن (Sousan, Susan) ** tg, Савсан (Savsan), tg, Сӯсан (Sūsan) * ku, Sosna,Swesne * ar, سوسن (Sawsan) * hy, Շուշան (Šušan) * (Sushan) * S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Elizabeth Cady Stanton (November 12, 1815 – October 26, 1902) was an American writer and activist who was a leader of the women's rights movement in the U.S. during the mid- to late-19th century. She was the main force behind the 1848 Seneca Falls Convention, the first convention to be called for the sole purpose of discussing women's rights, and was the primary author of its Declaration of Sentiments. Her demand for women's right to vote generated a controversy at the convention but quickly became a central tenet of the women's movement. She was also active in other social reform activities, especially abolitionism. In 1851, she met Susan B. Anthony and formed a decades-long partnership that was crucial to the development of the women's rights movement. During the American Civil War, they established the Women's Loyal National League to campaign for the abolition of slavery, and they led it in the largest petition drive in U.S. history up to that time. They started a newspape ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suffragette Movement
A suffragette was a member of an activist women's organisation in the early 20th century who, under the banner "Votes for Women", fought for women's suffrage, the right to vote in public elections in the United Kingdom. The term refers in particular to members of the British Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU), a women-only movement founded in 1903 by Emmeline Pankhurst, which engaged in direct action and civil disobedience. In 1906, a reporter writing in the ''Daily Mail'' coined the term ''suffragette'' for the WSPU, derived from Women's suffrage in the United Kingdom#Pressure groups, suffragist (any person advocating for voting rights), in order to belittle the women advocating women's suffrage. The militants embraced the new name, even reappropriation, adopting it for use as the title of the newspaper published by the WSPU. Women had won the right to vote in several countries by the end of the 19th century; in 1893, New Zealand became the first self-governing count ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Psilostrophe Sparsiflora
''Psilostrophe'', the paperflowers is a genus of North American plants in the sneezeweed tribe within the sunflower family. ; SpeciesFlann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist Turner, B. L. 2013. The comps of Mexico. A systematic account of the family Asteraceae (chapter 11: tribe Helenieae). Phytologia Memoirs 16: 1–100 * '' Psilostrophe bakeri'' Greene - ID UT WY [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Psathyrotes Pilifera
''Psathyrotes'' is a genus of North American plants in the sneezeweed tribe within the sunflower family. It contains annual and perennial forbs and low subshrubs native to dry areas of southwestern North America. Common names include turtleback, brittlestem, and fanleaf. The plants are low, densely branching, hairy, and scaly, with a turpentine-like odor. Leaves are alternate and hairy. The Latin name of the genus (from the Greek ''psathurotes'') refers to the brittleness of the stems. ;Species * ''Psathyrotes annua'' (Nutt.) Gray (annual psathyrotes, mealy rosettes, turtleback) - CA NV UT AZ ID ** Synonyms: ''Bulbostylis annua'' Nutt. ** Annual or perennial forb * '' Psathyrotes pilifera'' Gray (hairy-beast turtleback, hairybeast brittlestem) - NV UT AZ ** Annual forb * '' Psathyrotes ramosissima'' (Torr.) Gray (velvet rosette, velvet turtleback, turtleback) - NV UT AZ CA, Baja California, Sonora ** Synonyms: ''Tetradymia ramosissima'' Torr. ** Annual or perenni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mirabilis Glabra
Mirabilis is a Latin adjective meaning "amazing, wondrous, remarkable", and is used to refer to: * Annus mirabilis, a Latin phrase meaning "wonderful year" or "year of wonders" (or "year of miracles") * Anorexia mirabilis, religious fasting to the point of starvation, particularly of women and girls of the Middle Ages * RV ''Mirabilis'', a ship * ''Mirabilis'', a genus of herbaceous perennial plants * ''W. mirabilis'', a species of plant * ''L. mirabilis'', a species of plant * Mirabilis (band), an ethereal/neo-classical band * Mirabilis (company), an internet company, owned by Digital Sky Technologies, that produced ICQ * ''Mirabilis'' (novel), a novel by Susann Cokal Susann Cokal is an American author. She is best known for having written the novels ''The Kingdom of Little Wounds'', ''Mirabilis'', ''Mermaid Moon'', and ''Breath and Bones'', along with short stories, literary and pop-culture criticism, and book ... * ''Mirabilis'' (album), album by British vocal grou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fendlerella Utahensis
''Fendlerella'' is a monotypic genus of shrub A shrub (often also called a bush) is a small-to-medium-sized perennial woody plant. Unlike herbaceous plants, shrubs have persistent woody stems above the ground. Shrubs can be either deciduous or evergreen. They are distinguished from trees ...s in the Hydrangeaceae containing the single species ''Fendlerella utahensis''. This plant is known as Utah fendlerella, yerba desierto, or sometimes as Utah fendlerbush (it having previously been included in the closely related genus '' Fendlera'', the fendlerbushes). The species was named for Augustus Fendler in 1898.Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 1898, 626 (IK) References External links Jepson Manual TreatmentUSDA Plants Profile Hydrangeaceae Cornales genera Monotypic asterid genera Flora of Northwestern Mexico Flora of the Southwestern United States Taxa named by Amos Arthur Heller Flora without expected TNC conservation status {{Cornales-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erigeron Utahensis
''Erigeron utahensis'' is a North American species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae known by the common name Utah fleabane. ''Erigeron utahensis'' is native to the western United States in Arizona, Utah, western Colorado, northwestern New Mexico, and southeastern California (Providence Mountains inside Mojave National Preserve in San Bernardino County). includes description, photos, distribution map ''Erigeron utahensis'' is a perennial herb up to 60 cm (2 feet) tall, growing from a stout taproot and a branching underground |
Dalea Flavescens
''Dalea'' is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. Members of the genus are commonly known as prairie clover or indigo bush. Its name honors English apothecary Samuel Dale (1659–1739). They are native to the Western hemisphere, where they are distributed from Canada to Argentina. Nearly half of the known species are endemic to Mexico. Two species of ''Dalea'' (''Dalea ornata'' and ''Dalea searlsiae'') have been considered for rangeland restoration. Species ''Dalea'' comprises the following species: * '' Dalea abietifolia'' (Rydb.) Bullock * '' Dalea acracarpica'' Barneby * '' Dalea adenopoda'' (Rydb.) Isely—Tampa prairie clover * '' Dalea aenigma'' Barneby * '' Dalea albiflora'' A. Gray—whiteflower prairie clover * '' Dalea ananassa'' Barneby * '' Dalea antana'' J.F. Macbr. * '' Dalea arenicola'' (Wemple) B.L. Turner * '' Dalea aurea'' C. Fraser—golden prairie clover * ''Dalea austrotexana'' B.L.Turner * '' Dalea ayavacensis' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chylismia Multijuga
''Chylismia'' is a plant genus in the evening primrose family Onagraceae. Species ''The Plant List'' recognises 16 accepted species: * '' Chylismia arenaria'' * '' Chylismia atwoodii'' * ''Chylismia brevipes'' * '' Chylismia cardiophylla'' * '' Chylismia claviformis'' * '' Chylismia confertiflora'' * '' Chylismia eastwoodiae'' * ''Chylismia exilis'' * ''Chylismia heterochroma'' * ''Chylismia megalantha'' * ''Chylismia multijuga'' * ''Chylismia munzii'' * ''Chylismia parryi'' * ''Chylismia scapoidea'' * ''Chylismia specicola'' * ''Chylismia walkeri ''Chylismia'' is a plant genus in the evening primrose family Onagraceae. Species ''The Plant List'' recognises 16 accepted species: * '' Chylismia arenaria'' * '' Chylismia atwoodii'' * ''Chylismia brevipes'' * '' Chylismia cardiophylla'' ...'' References Onagraceae genera {{Myrtales-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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