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Betty Carter Biography
Betty Carter (Lillie Mae Jones)jazz and blues singerBorn: 5/16/1930Birthplace: Flint, Michigan Grammy Award-winning jazz and blues singer whose career started at the age of 16. Though she did…National Organization for Women
(Encyclopedia) National Organization for Women (NOW), group founded (1966) to support “full equality for women in America in a truly equal partnership with men.” Its founder and first president was…Zane, Ebenezer
(Encyclopedia) Zane, Ebenezer, 1747–1811, American pioneer and land speculator, b. near what is now Moorefield, W.Va. (then Virginia). With his brothers Silas and Jonathan, he went west in 1769 and…Biographies of Animated Characters and their Creators
Spiderman, SpongeBob, Matt Groening, Walt Disney . . . Related Links Comics TimelineEncyclopedia: Comic StripsTop Ten: Highest Earning Fictional CharactersPulitzer Prize:…Corrigan, Mairead
(Encyclopedia) Corrigan, Mairead (Mairead Corrigan Maguire)Corrigan, Maireadmoiˈrə kôrˈĭgən [key], 1944–, Northern Irish peace activist, b. Belfast. Corrigan was a secretary and volunteer social…Manga and Anime: The Japanese Invasion
Japanese comics and cartoons, with their bold art and complex plots, have captured the hearts and imaginations of a worldwide audience. by Jennie Wood Momotaro's Divine Sea Warriors, the first…Betty Carter 1998 Deaths
Betty CarterAge: 69 Grammy-winning jazz singer who was labeled “the godmother of jazz.” She got her start singing with greats Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, and Miles Davis; later recorded…Betty Currie, 1998 News
President Clinton's secretary of five years, was queried by Ken Starr's team on her involvement in covering up the affair between the President and Monica Lewinsky. Currie asked Vernon…Betty Mae Jumper Biography
Betty Mae Jumper Seminole Indian tribal leader and publisherBorn: 1923Birthplace: Indiantown, Florida Born in a small village in the Everglades to a full-blooded Seminole mother and a white…Betty Comden 2006 Deaths
Betty ComdenAge: 89 lyricist, playwright, and actress who collaborated with Adolph Green for more than 60 years until his death in 2002. The duo wrote On the Town, Singin' in the Rain, and…Trending
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