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The National Women's Hall of Fame is the only national membership organization that honors and celebrates the achievements of American women. Founded in 1969 in Seneca Falls, New York,…

1994 National Book Awards

FictionA Frolic of His Own, William GaddisNonfictionHow We Die: Reflections on Life's Final Chapter, Sherwin B. NulandPoetryWorshipful Company of Fletchers, James Tate

Edmund Asbury Gullion 1998 Deaths

Edmund Asbury GullionAge: 85 a leading career ambassador and former dean of the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University. Died: March 17, 1998.Pete GriffinG - LBob Haggart…

Margaret Smith Court Biography

Margaret Smith CourtBorn: July 16, 1942Australian tennis player won Grand Slam in both singles (1970) and mixed doubles (1963 with Ken Fletcher); record 24 Grand Slam singles titles—11…

Female Literary Figures

  Aidoo - Corelli | Dickinson - Luce | Mansfield - Rukeyser | Sackville - Yourcenar Anaïs Nin Biographies of Notable Women Actresses Adventurers Artists…

William Edward Hanford

William Edward HanfordBorn: 1908Birthplace: Bristol, Pa. Polyurethane—The Hanford and Holmes process is the basis today for the manufacture of all polyurethane. Polyurethane is used as an…

Plays at Plumfield

Plays at PlumfieldAs it is as impossible for the humble historian of the March family to write a story without theatricals in it as for our dear Miss Yonge to get on with less than twelve or…

Milo WHITE, Congress, MN (1830-1913)

WHITE Milo , a Representative from Minnesota; born in Fletcher, Franklin County, Vt., August 17, 1830; attended the common schools and Bakersfield Academy; moved to Chatfield, Fillmore County,…

Smith, John, English colonist in America

(Encyclopedia) Smith, John, c.1580–1631, English colonist in America, b. Willoughby, Lincolnshire, England. A merchant's apprentice until his father's death in 1596, he thereafter lived an…

A. B. (Ben) CHANDLER, Congress, KY (1959)

CHANDLER A. B. (Ben) , a Representative from Kentucky; born in Versailles, Woodford County, Ky., September 12, 1959; graduated from Woodford County High School; B.A., University of Kentucky,…