Mary Jane Katzmann
Mary Jane Katzmann (also known as, Mrs. William Lawson; sobriquet, M. J. K. and later, M. J. K. L.; January 15, 1828 – March 23, 1890) was a Canadian writer, editor, historian, and poet. Publishing short poems from time to time, she went on to become a regular contributor to various periodicals and newspapers, including the ''Colonist'', the ''Record'', and the ''Guardian''. For two years, she edited the ''Provincial Magazine'', one of the earliest of its kind published in Halifax, Nova Scotia. For this, she wrote "Tales of our Village,"—sketches of the early history of Dartmouth and Preston interwoven with local traditions. She invariably signed all she wrote with her initials, M. J. K., and by this sobriquet, became well known to all her friends. In 1869, she married William Lawson, Esq., of Halifax, in which town she was then living. After her marriage, her time was largely given to work among the poor, and to social and benevolent schemes, particularly those connected with ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Preston, Nova Scotia
Preston is an area in central Nova Scotia, Canada in the Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia, Halifax Regional Municipality, located on Nova Scotia Trunk 7, Trunk 7. Preston includes the subdivisions of East Preston, Nova Scotia, East Preston, North Preston, Nova Scotia, North Preston, Lake Major, Nova Scotia, Lake Major, Cherry Brook, Nova Scotia, Cherry Brook and Loon Lake, Nova Scotia, Loon Lake. The definition sometimes extends to include Lake Echo, Nova Scotia, Lake Echo. The population in 2016 was 3,223. This is a decline from 2006, when Preston had a population of 3,536. Background Preston, once known as Preston Township, previously was geographically much larger. The community's boundaries stretched westward past Westphal to Nova Scotia Highway 111, Highway 111, and eastward through what is now Lake Echo, Nova Scotia, Lake Echo and Porters Lake, Nova Scotia, Porter's Lake to Myra Road (including through East Preston, Nova Scotia, East Preston), north to North Prest ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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1893 In Poetry
Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Events * June 14 – Opening of Shelley Memorial at University College, Oxford (from which the poet was expelled in 1811), designed by Basil Champneys with a reclining nude marble statue of Percy Bysshe Shelley by Edward Onslow Ford * Founding of Vangiya Sahitya Parishad in Bengal Works published in English Canada * William Wilfred Campbell, ''The Dread Voyage Poems''. Toronto: William Briggs.Campbell, William Wilfred " Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online. Web, Mar. 20, 2011. * Bliss Carman, ''Low Tide at Grand Pré''Keith, W. J. [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Wikipedia Articles Incorporating Text From A Woman Of The Century
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People From The Halifax Regional Municipality
The term "the people" refers to the public or common mass of people of a polity. As such it is a concept of human rights law, international law as well as constitutional law, particularly used for claims of popular sovereignty. In contrast, a people is any plurality of persons considered as a whole. Used in politics and law, the term "a people" refers to the collective or community of an ethnic group or nation. Concepts Legal Chapter One, Article One of the Charter of the United Nations states that "peoples" have the right to self-determination. Though the mere status as peoples and the right to self-determination, as for example in the case of Indigenous peoples (''peoples'', as in all groups of indigenous people, not merely all indigenous persons as in ''indigenous people''), does not automatically provide for independent sovereignty and therefore secession. Indeed, judge Ivor Jennings identified the inherent problems in the right of "peoples" to self-determination, as i ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Canadian People Of German Descent
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19th-century Canadian Women Writers
The 19th century began on 1 January 1801 (represented by the Roman numerals MDCCCI), and ended on 31 December 1900 (MCM). It was the 9th century of the 2nd millennium. It was characterized by vast social upheaval. Slavery was abolished in much of Europe and the Americas. The First Industrial Revolution, though it began in the late 18th century, expanded beyond its British homeland for the first time during the 19th century, particularly remaking the economies and societies of the Low Countries, France, the Rhineland, Northern Italy, and the Northeastern United States. A few decades later, the Second Industrial Revolution led to ever more massive urbanization and much higher levels of productivity, profit, and prosperity, a pattern that continued into the 20th century. The Catholic Church, in response to the growing influence and power of modernism, secularism and materialism, formed the First Vatican Council in the late 19th century to deal with such problems and confirm ce ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |