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Notable Female Athletes

Martina Hingis Biographies ofNotable Women Actresses Adventurers Artists Athletes Businesswomen Comediennes Congresswomen Educators and Scholars Fashion Designers and Models…

oratory

(Encyclopedia) oratory, the art of swaying an audience by eloquent speech. In ancient Greece and Rome oratory was included under the term rhetoric, which meant the art of composing as well as…

Notable Women in Business

Estée Lauder Biographies ofNotable Women Actresses Adventurers Artists Athletes Businesswomen Comediennes Congresswomen Educators and Scholars Fashion Designers and…

Presbyterianism

(Encyclopedia) Presbyterianism, form of Christian church organization based on administration by a hierarchy of courts composed of clerical and lay presbyters. Holding a position between episcopacy (…

Anson Conger Goodyear Biography

Anson Conger Goodyearindustrialist, art collectorBorn: 1877Birthplace: Buffalo, N.Y. Having graduated from Yale in 1899, he began working in his family's lumber business, becoming president…

Edward ROBINSON, Congress, ME (1796-1857)

ROBINSON Edward , a Representative from Maine; born in Cushing, Maine, November 25, 1796; self-educated while engaged in seafaring; engaged in mercantile pursuits at Thomaston, Maine, in 1837;…

2004 Women's Swimming/Diving

Event Time 50m FreeInge de Bruijn, NED24.58 Malia Metella, FRA24.89 Lisbeth Lenton, AUS24.91 100m FreeJodie Henry, AUS53.84 Inge de Bruijn, NED54.16 Natalie Coughlin, USA54.40 200m…

Jacob CALL, Congress, IN (1826)

CALL Jacob , a Representative from Indiana; born in Kentucky, birth date unknown; was graduated from an academy in Kentucky; studied law; was admitted to the bar and practiced in Vincennes and…