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Amy Vanderbilt Biography
Amy Vanderbiltjournalist, authorBorn: 7/22/1908Birthplace: New York, N.Y. When she was 16, Vanderbilt became a part-time reporter for the Staten Island Advance. She studied in Switzerland, at…Amy Van Dyken
Amy Van DykenBorn: Feb. 17, 1973Swimming first American woman to win four gold medals in one Olympics (1996); won the individual 50m freestyle, 100m butterfly, and was on the US team for the…Amy Irving Biography
Amy IrvingactressBorn: 9/10/1953Birthplace: Palo Alto, California Amy Irving first appeared on screen in Stephen King's Carrie (1976) and as the only survivor of the gym conflagration was able to…Amy Madigan Biography
Amy MadiganactressBorn: 9/11/1950Birthplace: Chicago Former rock singer Madigan has garnered several stage and film credits, first coming to notice in Love Child (1982). In her next movie (Places in…Gettysburg campaign
(Encyclopedia) Gettysburg campaign, June–July, 1863, series of decisive battles of the U.S. Civil War. The Gettysburg battles included more than 160,000 soldiers and many camp laborers. These…Arlington National Cemetery
(Encyclopedia) Arlington National Cemetery, 420 acres (170 hectares), N Va., across the Potomac River from Washington, D.C.; est. 1864. More than 60,000 American war dead, as well as notables…Longworth, Alice Lee Roosevelt
(Encyclopedia) Longworth, Alice Lee Roosevelt, 1884–1980, American socialite, b. New York City. The only child of Theodore Roosevelt and his first wife, Alice Hathaway Lee, she was a teenager when…Watervliet
(Encyclopedia) WatervlietWatervlietwôˌtərvlētˈ, wôˈtərvlētˌ, wŏˈ– [key], industrial city (1990 pop. 11,061), Albany co., E N.Y., on the Hudson River, opposite Troy, near the terminus of the Erie…Asian American Writers
Maxine Hong KingstonBiographies ofNotable Asian Pacific AmericansA-Z ListGovernment Officials and PoliticiansBusiness and Media LeadersAthletes & Sports…Bontecou, Lee
(Encyclopedia) Bontecou, LeeBontecou, Leebŏnˈtək&oomacr; [key], 1931–, American artist, b. Providence, R.I. Bontecou is best known for the abstract sculptures she created from 1959–1967, three-…Trending
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