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    Suffragists Elizabeth Otey and Her Mother
    Suffragists Elizabeth Otey and Her Mother, Elizabeth Lewis

    Elizabeth Dabney Langhorne Lewis Otey (1880–1974)

    Elizabeth Dabney Langhorne Lewis Otey was an economist, an activist in the Virginia and national suffrage movements, and a political candidate for the Republican and Socialist... Find Out More

  • O. Winston Link (1914–2001)
  • “Observations in Several Voyages and Travels in America” by...
  • “Of Servants and Slaves in Virginia”; an excerpt from...
  • “Of such a dish as powdered wife”; an excerpt...
  • “Of ther servis to ther gods”; an excerpt from...
  • “Of ther Tounes & buildinges”; an excerpt from “Relation...
  • James Ogilvie (1773–1820)
  • Old Dominion
  • Old Men and Young Boys, Battle of (June 9,...
  • Olive Branch Petition (1775)
  • Silas Omohundro (1807–1864)
  • “On the Beauty and Fertility of America”; chapter 14...
  • Opechancanough (d. 1646)
  • Oral History of Margaret Tysinger of Lantz Mill, Virginia...
  • "Oration Pronounced at the Funeral of George Wythe" (1806)
  • “The order about Jayle birds” (1670)
  • “Order Relieving General G. B. McClellan and Making Other...
  • An Ordinance and Constitution of Treasurer and Company in...
  • An Ordinance for providing arms and ammunition for the...
  • “Ordinances Directions and Instructions to Captaine John Woodleefe” by...
  • The Original Jamestown Settlers; an excerpt from The Generall...
  • Elizabeth Dabney Langhorne Lewis Otey (1880–1974)
  • “Our massa Jefferson he say” by Anonymous (September 1,...
  • Alexander Owen (ca. 1830–ca. 1898)
  • Littleton Owens (ca. 1842–March 11, 1894)
  • “Oysters!—Oysters!—Oysters!” (March 30, 1838)

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