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Straus

(Encyclopedia) StrausStrausstrous [key], family of American merchants, public officials, and philanthropists. Isidor Straus, 1845–1912, b. Rhenish Bavaria, emigrated (1854) with his brothers to the…

LGBT Pride Month - Civil Rights

Some famous people in LGBT history Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Pride Month is observed every June in the United States and in several other countries. Learn about famous firsts by gay…

LGBT Pride Month

The six-striped rainbow flag first became a symbol of the LGBT community in San Francisco in 1978.Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Pride Month is observed every June in the United States and…

African American Holidays

African American Holidays: Kwanzaa, Juneteenth, Martin Luther King Jr. Day Black History Month is observed every February in the United States. Learn about the history, traditions, and…

Brewer's: Jessamy Bride

is Mary Horneck, with whom Oliver Goldsmith feil in love in 1769. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Jesse TreeJess A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O…

Christina Rossetti: A Ring Posy

A Ring PosyJess and Jill are pretty girls, Plump and well to do, In a cloud of windy curls: Yet I know who Loves me more than curls or pearls.I'm not pretty, not a bit— Thin and sallow-…