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Millicent Carey McIntosh 2001 Deaths

Millicent Carey McIntoshAge: 102 educator and feminist who achieved icon status when she became the first married woman to serve as president of a top college. She was appointed president of…

Ernestine Gilbreth Carey 2006 Deaths

Ernestine Gilbreth CareyAge: 98 coauthor of Cheaper by the Dozen (1948) and Belles on Their Toes (1950). The books were bestselling accounts of growing up in the Gilbreth family, in which she…

Blaine, James Gillespie

(Encyclopedia) Blaine, James Gillespie, 1830–93, American politician, b. West Brownsville, Pa. As Secretary of State, Blaine was particularly energetic in fostering closer relations with the Latin…

Teamsters Union

(Encyclopedia) Teamsters Union, U.S. labor union formed in 1903 by the amalgamation of the Team Drivers International Union and the Teamsters National Union. Its full name is the International…

Hugh Leo CAREY, Congress, NY (1919)

CAREY Hugh Leo , a Representative from New York; born in Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y., April 11, 1919; graduated from St. John's College and from the law school of the same college, LL.B., 1951;…

John CAREY, Congress, OH (1792-1875)

CAREY John , a Representative from Ohio; born in Monongalia County, Va. (now West Virginia), April 5, 1792; moved with his parents to the Northwest Territory in 1798; served under General Hull…

Peace Corps

(Encyclopedia) Peace Corps, agency of the U.S. government, whose purpose is to assist underdeveloped countries in meeting their needs for trained manpower. The Peace Corps was established in 1961 by…

America, in music

(Encyclopedia) America, in music, a patriotic hymn of the United States. The words (beginning “My country, 'tis of thee”) were written in 1832 by Samuel Francis Smith while he was a theological…

Julian Carey DIXON, Congress, CA (1934-2000)

DIXON Julian Carey , a Representative from California; born in Washington, D.C., August 8, 1934; attended the public schools in Los Angeles; B.S., Los Angeles State College, 1962; LL.B.,…

Carey Estes KEFAUVER, Congress, TN (1903-1963)

Senate Years of Service: 1949-1963 Party: Democrat KEFAUVER Carey Estes , a Representative and a Senator from Tennessee; born on a farm near Madisonville, Monroe County, Tenn., July 26, 1903;…