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Josephine Aspinwall Roche (December 2, 1886 – July 1976) was a Colorado humanitarian, industrialist, Progressive Era activist, and politician.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 47 relations: Basketball, Child labour, Classics, Coal mining, Colorado, Colorado Women's Hall of Fame, Columbia University, Communist Party USA, Congress of Industrial Organizations, Conservative coalition, Cost of living, Democratic Party (United States), Denver, Economics, Edwin C. Johnson, Federal Security Agency, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Governor of Colorado, Humanitarianism, John L. Lewis, John Wesley Hanes II, Lafayette, Colorado, Lee Pressman, Ludlow Massacre, Mount Holyoke College, Neligh, Nebraska, New Deal, New York City, Oglethorpe University, Omaha, Nebraska, Police officer, Progressive Era, Prostitution, Robert F. Wagner, Rocky Mountain Fuel Company, Rocky Mountain News, Smith College, Social work, Sugar beet, Sumptuary law, Time (magazine), Track and field, United Mine Workers of America, United States Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, University of Colorado Boulder, Vassar College, Washington, D.C..

  2. Women in Colorado politics

Basketball

Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular court, compete with the primary objective of shooting a basketball (approximately in diameter) through the defender's hoop (a basket in diameter mounted high to a backboard at each end of the court), while preventing the opposing team from shooting through their own hoop.

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Child labour

Child labour is the exploitation of children through any form of work that interferes with their ability to attend regular school, or is mentally, physically, socially and morally harmful.

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Classics

Classics or classical studies is the study of classical antiquity.

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Coal mining

Coal mining is the process of extracting coal from the ground or from a mine.

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Colorado

Colorado (other variants) is a landlocked state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States.

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Colorado Women's Hall of Fame

The Colorado Women's Hall of Fame is a non-profit, volunteer organization that recognizes women who have contributed to the history of the U.S. state of Colorado.

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Columbia University

Columbia University, officially Columbia University in the City of New York, is a private Ivy League research university in New York City.

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Communist Party USA

The Communist Party USA, officially the Communist Party of the United States of America (CPUSA), is a communist party in the United States which was established in 1919 after a split in the Socialist Party of America following the Russian Revolution.

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Congress of Industrial Organizations

The Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) was a federation of unions that organized workers in industrial unions in the United States and Canada from 1935 to 1955.

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Conservative coalition

The conservative coalition, founded in 1937, was an unofficial alliance of members of the United States Congress which brought together the conservative wings of the Republican and Democratic parties to oppose President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's New Deal.

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Cost of living

The cost of living is the cost of maintaining a certain standard of living for an individual or a household.

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Democratic Party (United States)

The Democratic Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States.

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Denver

Denver is a consolidated city and county, the capital, and most populous city of the U.S. state of Colorado.

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Economics

Economics is a social science that studies the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services.

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Edwin C. Johnson

Edwin Carl Johnson (January 1, 1884 – May 30, 1970) was an American politician of the Democratic Party who served as both governor of and U.S. senator from the state of Colorado.

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Federal Security Agency

The Federal Security Agency (FSA) was an independent agency of the United States government established in 1939 pursuant to the Reorganization Act of 1939.

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Franklin D. Roosevelt

Franklin Delano Roosevelt (January 30, 1882April 12, 1945), commonly known by his initials FDR, was an American politician who served as the 32nd president of the United States from 1933 until his death in 1945.

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Governor of Colorado

The governor of Colorado is the head of government of the U.S. state of Colorado.

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Humanitarianism

Humanitarianism is an ideology centered on the value of human life, whereby humans practice benevolent treatment and provide assistance to other humans to reduce suffering and improve the conditions of humanity for moral, altruistic, and emotional reasons.

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John L. Lewis

John Llewellyn Lewis (February 12, 1880 – June 11, 1969) was an American leader of organized labor who served as president of the United Mine Workers of America (UMW) from 1920 to 1960.

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John Wesley Hanes II

John Wesley Hanes II (April 24, 1892 – December 24, 1987) was an American investment banker and corporate turnaround specialist who served as Under Secretary of the United States Treasury and was President of the New York Racing Association and a Thoroughbred racehorse owner and breeder named an Exemplar of Racing.

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Lafayette, Colorado

The City of Lafayette is a home rule municipality located in southeastern Boulder County, Colorado, United States.

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Lee Pressman

Lee Pressman (July 1, 1906 – November 20, 1969) was a labor attorney and earlier a US government functionary, publicly alleged in 1948 to have been a spy for Soviet intelligence during the mid-1930s (as a member of the Ware Group), following his recent departure from Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) as a result of its purge of Communist Party members and fellow travelers.

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Ludlow Massacre

The Ludlow Massacre was a mass killing perpetrated by anti-striker militia during the Colorado Coalfield War.

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Mount Holyoke College

Mount Holyoke College is a private liberal arts women's college in South Hadley, Massachusetts, United States.

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Neligh, Nebraska

Neligh is a city and county seat in Antelope County, Nebraska, United States.

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New Deal

The New Deal was a series of programs, public work projects, financial reforms, and regulations enacted by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in the United States between 1933 and 1938 to rescue the U.S. from the Great Depression.

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New York City

New York, often called New York City (to distinguish it from New York State) or NYC, is the most populous city in the United States.

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Oglethorpe University

Oglethorpe University is a private college in Brookhaven, Georgia, United States.

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Omaha, Nebraska

Omaha is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Nebraska and the county seat of Douglas County.

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Police officer

A police officer (also called a policeman (male) or policewoman (female), a cop, an officer, or less commonly a constable) is a warranted law employee of a police force.

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Progressive Era

The Progressive Era (1901–1929) was a period in the United States during the early 20th century of widespread social activism and political reform across the country.

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Prostitution

Prostitution is the business or practice of engaging in sexual activity in exchange for payment.

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Robert F. Wagner

Robert Ferdinand Wagner I (June 8, 1877May 4, 1953) was an American attorney and Democratic Party politician who represented the state of New York in the United States Senate from 1927 to 1949.

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Rocky Mountain Fuel Company

The Rocky Mountain Fuel Company was a coal mining company located in Colorado, operating mines in Louisville, Lafayette, and other locations northwest of Denver.

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Rocky Mountain News

The Rocky Mountain News (nicknamed the Rocky) was a daily newspaper published in Denver, Colorado, from April 23, 1859, until February 27, 2009.

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Smith College

Smith College is a private liberal arts women's college in Northampton, Massachusetts.

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Social work is an academic discipline and practice-based profession concerned with meeting the basic needs of individuals, families, groups, communities, and society as a whole to enhance their individual and collective well-being.

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Sugar beet

A sugar beet is a plant whose root contains a high concentration of sucrose and which is grown commercially for sugar production.

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Sumptuary law

Sumptuary laws (from Latin sūmptuāriae lēgēs) are laws that try to regulate consumption.

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Time (magazine)

Time (stylized in all caps as TIME) is an American news magazine based in New York City.

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Track and field

Athletics (or track and field in the United States) is a sport that includes athletic contests based on running, jumping, and throwing skills.

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United Mine Workers of America

The United Mine Workers of America (UMW or UMWA) is a North American labor union best known for representing coal miners.

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United States Assistant Secretary of the Treasury

A United States Assistant Secretary of the Treasury is one of several positions in the United States Department of the Treasury, serving under the United States Secretary of the Treasury.

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University of Colorado Boulder

The University of Colorado Boulder (CU Boulder, CU, or Colorado) is a public research university in Boulder, Colorado, United States.

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Vassar College

Vassar College is a private liberal arts college in Poughkeepsie, New York, United States.

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Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly known as Washington or D.C., is the capital city and federal district of the United States.

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See also

Women in Colorado politics

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josephine_Roche