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Mary Jane Latsis 1997 Deaths

Mary Jane Latsisnovelist With her collaborator Martha Henissart, Latsis created the formidable John Putnam Thatcher, a New York banker with a knack for crime-solving. The pair penned more…

Sara Jane Olson, 2002 News

former member of the Symbionese Liberation Army, was sentenced in January to 20 years to life in prison for her involvement in a 1975 attempt to blow up two police cars. Immediately after…

Jane Herbert Wilkinson Long Biography

Jane Herbert Wilkinson Long “The Mother of Texas”Born: 7/23/1798Birthplace: Charles County, Md. Around 1811 Jane Wilkinson's family moved to the Mississippi Territory from Maryland. She…

Percy Bysshe Shelley: To Jane: The Invitation

by Percy Bysshe Shelley Lines: 'When the Lamp Is Shattered'To Jane: The RecollectionTo Jane: The Invitation This and the following poem were published together in their original form as…

Percy Bysshe Shelley: To Jane: The Recollection

by Percy Bysshe Shelley To Jane: The Invitation The Pine Forest of the Cascine Near Pisa To Jane: The Recollection Published by Mrs. Shelley, "Poetical Works", 1839, 2nd edition. See the…

Percy Bysshe Shelley: With a Guitar, to Jane

by Percy Bysshe Shelley The Pine Forest of the Cascine Near PisaTo Jane: 'The Keen Stars Were Twinkling'With a Guitar, to Jane Published by Medwin, "The Athenaeum", October 20, 1832; "…

The Jane Addams Hull-House Museum

The Jane Addams Hull-House Museum Chicago, Illinois The Jane Addams Hull-House Museum Chicago, Illinois Founded by Jane Addams in 1889, Chicago's Hull House may be the most famous of the “…

Balch, Emily Greene

(Encyclopedia) Balch, Emily GreeneBalch, Emily Greenebŏlch [key], 1867–1961, American economist and sociologist, b. Jamaica Plain, Mass., grad. Bryn Mawr, 1889. She taught at Wellesley College until…

Pennebaker, D. A.

(Encyclopedia) Pennebaker, D. A. (Donn Alan Pennebaker), 1925–2019, pioneering documentary filmmaker, b. Evanston, Ill. His first film, Daybreak Express (1958), is a five-minute short detailing New…

McIntire, Samuel

(Encyclopedia) McIntire, SamuelMcIntire, Samuelmăkˈəntīrˌ [key], 1757–1811, American architect and woodcarver, b. Salem, Mass. He developed high skill as a joiner and housewright and in wood…