Sophonisba Preston Breckinridge (/sɒfɒˈnizbə prɛstən brɛkɛnrɪdʒ/; April 1, 1866 – July 30, 1948) was an American activist, Progressive Era social reformer...
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Chicago named for Sophonisba Breckinridge Myra Breckinridge, a satirical novel by Gore Vidal written in the form of a diary Myra Breckinridge (film), cinematic...
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Robert Jefferson Breckinridge, a prominent Kentucky minister, educator, and Unionist politician. His mother was the former Ann Sophonisba Preston. He was...
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as Madeline McDowell Breckinridge. He was a brother of Sophonisba Breckinridge and the son of William Campbell Preston Breckinridge, a member of Congress...
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Presbyterian minister. Son of John Breckinridge. Married Ann Sophonisba Preston in 1823. Rev. William Lewis Breckinridge, D. D. (1803–1876). Born at Cabell's...
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she met Professor Sophonisba Breckinridge. She earned her doctorate in political economy in 1905. Later, Abbott and Breckinridge would publish multiple...
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Desha Breckinridge, the editor of the Lexington Herald. He was the brother of the lawyer and pioneering social worker Sophonisba Breckinridge, who wrote...
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and brother of Sophonisba Breckinridge Henry Skillman Breckinridge (1886–1960), lawyer, politician, and Olympic fencer James Breckinridge (1763–1833), Virginia...
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Robert Breckinridge's intervention may have kept Steele from being executed by Edwin Stanton. (Not to be confused with her cousin, also Sophonisba Breckinridge...
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April 5, 2010. the United States Congress, Biographical Directory of. "BRECKINRIDGE, John - Biographical Information". Retrieved April 5, 2010. {{cite web}}:...
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