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Juliet Stillman Severance
Juliet Hall Worth Stillman Severance (1 July 1833 in De Ruyter, Madison County, New York – 3 September 1919 in New York City) was an American physician and feminist of the 19th century. Biography Julie H. Severance married twice and had three children. She is a relative to abolitionist and suffragist Lucretia Mott. She was one of the first woman physicians of the United States, having graduated in 1858 from Russell Trall’s Hygeio-Therapeutic College in New York. Severance later moved to Whitewater, Wisconsin where she opened her medical practice. She opposed slavery, death penalty and abortion and supported the temperance movement The temperance movement is a social movement promoting temperance or complete abstinence from consumption of alcoholic beverages. Participants in the movement typically criticize alcohol intoxication or promote teetotalism, and its leaders emph .... She was the leader of several Labour organizations. She participated in several anti-slaver ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Juliet Capulet () is the female protagonist in William Shakespeare's romantic tragedy ''Romeo and Juliet''. A 13-year-old girl, Juliet is the only daughter of the patriarch of the House of Capulet. She falls in love with the male protagonist Romeo Montague, Romeo, a member of the House of Montague, with which the Capulets have a blood feud. The The Tragical History of Romeus and Juliet, story has a long history that precedes Shakespeare himself. Juliet's age As the story occurs, Juliet is approaching her fourteenth birthday. She was born on "Lammas Eve at night" (1 August), so Juliet's birthday is 31 July (1.3.19). Her birthday is "a fortnight hence", putting the action of the play in mid-July (1.3.17). Her father states that she "hath not seen the change of fourteen years" (1.2.9). In many cultures and time periods, women married and had children at a young age. Lady Capulet had given birth to her first child by the time she had reached Juliet's age: "By my count, I was you ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
