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Paula Gunn Allen Biography

Paula Gunn AllenPoet, novelist, criticBorn: 1939Birthplace: Cubero, New Mexico Paula Gunn Allen was the daughter of a Lebanese-American father and a Pueblo-Sioux-Scots mother. She was raised…

Paula Danziger 2004 Deaths

Paula DanzigerAge: 59 author who wrote dozens of children's books, including The Cat Ate My Gymsuit and the Amber Brown series. Died: Manhattan, July 8, 2004Rodney DangerfieldA - FEileen…

Tripp on Trial

A key figure in the Clinton Impeachment Scandal may be tried herself. by Elissa Haney Tripp claims she began taping her conversations with Lewinsky for her own protection, as a potential witness…

Jones, Quincy

(Encyclopedia) Jones, Quincy (Quincy Delight Jones, Jr.), 1933–, African-American musician, composer, bandleader, and music executive, b. Chicago. Jones played trumpet and sang gospel growing up, and…

Jones, Anson

(Encyclopedia) Jones, Anson, 1798–1858, last president of the Texas republic (1844–46), b. Seekonk section of Great Barrington, Mass. He studied medicine and after an itinerant business and medical…

Jones, Samuel Milton

(Encyclopedia) Jones, Samuel Milton, 1846–1904, American political reformer, known as “Golden Rule” Jones, b. Wales. He was brought to America as a child and worked in the oil fields of Pennsylvania…

Presidential Scandals

by Ann-Marie Imbornoni and Tasha Vincent Related Links U.S. Presidents Presidential Trivia Quiz: Campaign Slogans Oath of Office President's Day Features…

Burne-Jones, Sir Edward

(Encyclopedia) Burne-Jones, Sir Edward, 1833–98. English painter and decorator, b. Birmingham. Expected to enter the Church, he went to Exeter College, Oxford, where he met William Morris, who became…

Jones, Jesse Holman

(Encyclopedia) Jones, Jesse Holman, 1874–1956, U.S. Secretary of Commerce (1940–45), b. Robertson co., Tenn. A lumber magnate, banker, and millionaire of Houston, Tex., Jones was appointed (1932) by…

Reconstruction Finance Corporation

(Encyclopedia) Reconstruction Finance Corporation (RFC), former U.S. government agency, created in 1932 by the administration of Herbert Hoover. Its purpose was to facilitate economic activity by…