Mothers and their influence in history and culture
A survey of famous mothers and their impact on sons and daughters. It cites figures from Franklin to Barrie and Eliot, plus notes on maternal education and the idea that educated mothers raise stronger families. The piece quotes sayings about motherhood and highlights studies on maternal efficiency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Medical Research Council of Great Britain
Burns
Ben Johnson
Goethe
Walter Scott
Byron
Lamartine
Khyber Pass Through Afghan Turmoil Draws British Watch
National Geographic notes the Khyber Pass as a critical frontier linking Afghanistan and India. Troop guard details on convoy days guard two-way traffic while Afridi tribes and Ali Masjid form the volatile backdrop to a historic route famed for romance and conflict.
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Afghanistan
Khyber Pass
India
Tipling
Kim
Alexander
Jamrud
Landiketal
Khyber
Near East
Sunhot
Ali Masjid
Kabuli Bazaar
Peshawar
Hindu Kush
Bokhara
Asia
Iran
Gobi
Kashmir
Lalla Rookh
Kabul
Anthropological
Peshawa
Persia
Turkestan
East India Company
Stara
Brilliant satire praised as finest Kipling short story
A critic Cyril Falls hails a tale from an early Kipling volume as one of the best short stories ever written. The work, titled To the Whittiest Woman in India, is dedicated to Kipling's mother and reflects the author’s sharp wit and vivid storytelling.
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James McNeill Whistler
James M. Barrie
Robert E. Rogers
Technology
Freud
Barrie
Red
Sir James
Gavin Ogilvy
Ilm
Margaret Ogilvy
Mary Ann Evans
George Eliot
Margaret Sangster
India
Cyril Falls
To Mother Mother Day Poem Refrain
Poem celebrates mothers with praise and lullaby imagery. It envisions springtime in valleys and asks mothers to rest, smile, and enjoy a day honoring their care and love. The verse elevates maternal devotion as universal and cherished.
A Mother's Love Quote by Washington Irving
The excerpt notes a mother's love as constant and tireless, contrasting it with a father's abandonment and estranged siblings. It reflects on enduring maternal devotion and the inability to deem a father or others unworthy. The quotation emphasizes loyalty, enduring affection, and family bonds.
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Washington Irving
Phillips Milk of Magnesia Ad
An advertisement promoting Phillips Milk of Magnesia as a universal sweetener and anti acid remedy for children and adults. It highlights its pleasant taste, neutralizing power, and medical endorsement, noting the trademark and long company history since 1875.
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U. S
Charles H. Phillips Chemical Co
Charles H. Phillips
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Mohammed
Benjamin P Franklin
England
Reconteur
Alice Cary
Mother
Isabelle Beecher Hooker
Ann Low
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Boston Globe
National Geographic Society
Washington, D. C
Philips of Magnesia
Doan
A. N. Russell
West
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Doan's
Buffalo
Appel
Miss Crabflake
Pathfinder Magazine
Lydia E. Pinkham
Fred W. Davey
Madison
Kansas
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