20th Century, Page 48

Shivaji V Bhonsle (under India - Princely States: 2)

Until the 19th century what is now India (like Europe) was a patchwork of over 650 princely states, like kingdoms, ranging from the small and relatively unimportant, to the large, immensely... [more]

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Shoah

The Shoah, also known as the Holocaust , is the name given to the attempt by Nazi Germany to exterminate not only the Jews of Europe, their primary target, but also the mentally and physic... [more]

Simon, Ella

Simon was born on a mission at Taree, New South Wales, to a part Aboriginal mother and a white father, but was brought up by her grandparents. She became the first Aboriginal woman justi... [more]

Singh, Vishwanath Pratap

Pratap was born the son of the King of Daiya in northern India. In 1936 his father gave him to the childless ruler of a neighboring state, Ram Gopal Singh of Manda, to be adopted, and he wa... [more]

Sissay, Lemn

Sissay was born to an unmarried Ethiopian student in England, who put him into voluntary temporary care so that she could continue her studies. The social worker illegally placed him in ... [more]

Slaves

Slavery is one of the most pervasive of human institutions. Until two hundred years ago hardly anyone had any doubts but that slavery was divinely ordained and a perfectly acceptable practi... [more]

Smith, John Walter

Smith was the adoptive son of Ephraim King Wilson. He was a member of the Maryland state Senate from 1890 to 1898, US Congress Representative from Maryland, 1899-1900, governor of Maryland,... [more]

Smith, Joseph Fielding

Smith was born the son of Hyrum and Mary Smith in Missouri. His uncle was Joseph Smith, the prophet and founder of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS). His father and un... [more]

Smith, Robyn

Smith was born Melody Dawn Miller. Her father deserted her and her mother (who was 17 when she was born), and her mother was declared mentally unstable by the courts, who placed Melody in a... [more]

Soll, Joe

Soll is an adoptee, psychotherapist specializing in abuse- and adoption-related issues, director of the Council for Equal Rights in Adoption and of Adoption Crossroads (an organization for ... [more]