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Rebecca Cole Biography

Rebecca Cole physicianBorn: 1846Birthplace: Philadelphia, Pa.   Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Cole was the second Black woman to graduate from medical school (1867). She joined Dr.…

Amy Lowell: To Elizabeth Ward Perkins

To Elizabeth Ward PerkinsDear Bessie, would my tired rhyme Had force to rise from apathy, And shaking off its lethargy Ring word-tones like a Christmas chime.But in my soul's high belfry,…

Gratz, Rebecca

(Encyclopedia) Gratz, RebeccaGratz, Rebeccagrăts [key], 1781–1869, American philanthropist, b. Philadelphia; daughter of Michael Gratz. Well known for her philanthropies in Philadelphia, she is…

Rebekah

(Encyclopedia) Rebekah: see Rebecca.

Suffolk, Charles Brandon, 1st duke of

(Encyclopedia) Suffolk, Charles Brandon, 1st duke ofSuffolk, Charles Brandon, 1st duke ofsŭfˈək [key], d. 1545, English nobleman. A member of the court of Henry VIII, he received many preferments. He…

Rebecca

(Encyclopedia) Rebecca or RebekahRebeccaboth: rēbĕkˈə [key], wife of Isaac and mother of Jacob. One day, as was her custom, she drew water at the city well; while there she showed kindness to Eliezer…

Brewer's: Rebecca

Daughter of Isaac the Jew, in love with Ivanhoe. Rebecca, with her father and Ivanhoe, being taken prisoners, are confined in Front de Boeuf's castle. Rebecca is taken to the turret…

Rebecca West

Name at birth: Cicily Isabel FairfieldRebecca West published her first novel in 1918, The Return of the Soldier. She is perhaps best known for her journalistic studies of the Nazi war crimes trials…

Rebecca Black

Rebecca Black was a 13-year-old middle school student when she became an Internet and music sensation because of "Friday," a painfully catchy pop song that brought her widespread scorn -- and lots of…

Rebecca Romijn

Rebecca Romijn is the blonde model who starred as the sexy mutant Mystique in the X-Men series of movies. Rebecca Romijn was a major model in the 1990s, perhaps being one small notch below the extra-…