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Cindy Adams Biography

Cindy Adamsgossip columnist A native New Yorker, Adams started writing for small city papers. Her big break came in 1979 when she cancelled a dinner with a New York Post editor because she wanted to…

Nemser, Cindy

(Encyclopedia) Nemser, Cindy, 1937-2021, American feminist art critic, b. Brooklyn, NY, as Cecille Heller, Brooklyn College (BA, MA), NYU Institute…

Lathrop, Rose Hawthorne

(Encyclopedia) Lathrop, Rose Hawthorne, 1851–1926, American nun, philanthropist, and writer; youngest daughter of Nathaniel Hawthorne. In 1871 she married George Parsons Lathrop. In 1891 she and her…

Notable Female Reformers and Activists

Abbott - Crandell | Davies - King | La Flesche - Sanger | Seton - Wright Mary Church Terrell Biographies ofNotable Women Actresses Adventurers Artists Athletes…

2005 Year in Review

Top events for the nation and the world   American soldiers search for insurgents in Mosul, Iraq Quizzes Incendiary Political Remarks, 2005 Who suggested we assassinate a South…

Timothy Patrick SHEEHAN, Congress, IL (1909-2000)

SHEEHAN Timothy Patrick , a Representative from Illinois; born in Chicago, Ill., February 21, 1909; attended St. Pius Grammar School and Joseph Medill High School; Northwestern University, B.S.C…

Wilbur Shaw

Wilbur ShawBorn: Oct. 13, 1902Auto racer 3-time winner and 3-time runner-up of Indy 500 from 1933-1940.Died: Oct. 30, 1954Ayrton SennaR - TPatty Sheehan

Jean Shepherd Biography

Jean ShepherdAge: 78 radio personality whose popularity carried over to movies, TV, the stage, and the literary world. A gifted storyteller who appealed to a wide audience, one of Sheperd's…