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She was the first female principal in the United States. [17] On June 19, 1874, Phebe Sudlow was then unanimously voted to the position of Superintendent of Davenport Schools. She was also the first woman in United States history to be a public school superintendent. [17]
In the United States, border security includes the protection of ports, airports, and the country's 3,017-mile (4,855 km) land border with Canada and 1,933-mile (3,111 km) border with Mexico. Central to U.S. national security , border security incorporates responses to issues such as terrorism , illegal immigration, smuggling , and human ...
Davenport (US: / ˈ d æ v ən p ɔːr t / DA-vən-port) is a city in and the county seat of Scott County, Iowa, United States.Located along the Mississippi River on the eastern border of the state, it is the largest of the Quad Cities, a metropolitan area with a population of 384,324 and a combined statistical area population of 474,019, ranking as the 147th-largest MSA and 91st-largest CSA ...
Iowa's two Republican U.S. senators have voted against a border security deal their own party members helped negotiate. Sens. Chuck Grassley and Joni Ernst both voted against the border security ...
A disproportionate number of those immigrants came from Schleswig-Holstein, which was in a border and personal rights dispute with Denmark in the 1840s. German “free thinkers” from the two states were leaving in large numbers and many came to Davenport. Their political and philosophical thinking tended to be anti-clerical and secular.
With less than two months before the presidential election, 60% of Iowans view securing the border as “critical,” according to a new Des Moines Register/Mediacom Iowa Poll. Border security ...
The Iowa census of 1890 showed that a quarter of Scott County residents were natives of Germany. [2] A disproportionate number of those immigrants came from Schleswig-Holstein, which was in a border and personal rights dispute with Denmark in the 1840s. Other German immigrants to Davenport came from Bavaria, Hamburg, Hanover, and Mecklenburg. [2]
Credit Island in present-day Scott County, Iowa Credit Island from an 1838 GLO map The Upper Mississippi River during the War of 1812. 1: Fort Belle Fontaine U.S. headquarters; 2: Fort Osage; 3: Fort Madison; 4: Fort Shelby; 5: Battle of Rock Island Rapids, July 1814 and the Battle of Credit Island, Sept. 1814; 6: Fort Johnson; 7: Fort Cap au Gris and the Battle of the Sink Hole, May 1815.