major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: and by the alfred p. sloan foundation. supporting science, technology, and improved economic performance and financial literacy in the 21st century. supported by the rockefeller foundation. promoting the well-being of humanity around the world by building resilience and inclusive economies. more at rockefellerfoundation.org carnegie corporation of new york. supporting innovations in education, democratic engagement, and the advancement of international peace and security. at carnegie.org. and with the ongoing support of these institutions: and individuals. this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. sreenivasan: the nation s new attorney general has spent this day under growing fire. and now, jeff sessions says someone else will oversee an investigation of russian meddling in the election, and of conta
major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: and by the alfred p. sloan foundation. supporting science, technology, and improved economic performance and financial literacy in the 21st century. supported by the rockefeller foundation. promoting the well-being of humanity around the world by building resilience and inclusive economies. more at rockefellerfoundation.org carnegie corporation of new york. supporting innovations in education, democratic engagement, and the advancement of international peace and security. at carnegie.org. and with the ongoing support of these institutions: and individuals. this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. sreenivasan: the nation s new attorney general has spent this day under growing fire. and now, jeff sessions says someone else will oversee an investigation of russian meddling in the election, and of conta
he had goblets made of silver to award the winning competitors. agriculture in corpus christi brought many wealthy families to the area that helped bring success through the ages. corpus christi has subsisted mostly on agriculture based in sheep, cotton, and cattle. king ranch subsists mostly of cattle. they have the running w brand. he sent he fenced his land in barbed wire. that stopped transporting of any goods through his land without his control. since he controlled who was on his land, he also controlled the cotton that could be smelled around the union blockade and eventually sold to mexico since they could not get it out of the ports in corpus christi to sell for profit. king ranch has been one of the prominent wrenches in the area. they own most of the land between here and mexico which control the lot of the commerce happening during the mid to late 1800s, before the railroads came into town. after the civil war, with all the ranch money being made by king, entity
Aug. 18 marks 103 years since women were legally allowed to vote nationwide. In Boston, women lined up from all neighborhoods to exercise that right. Now those records from that 1920 presidential election are being digitized in a searchable database. We learn more about the Mary Eliza Mahoney Project, including about some of the women who cast their ballots.
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