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Edith Nourse Rogers Biography

Edith Nourse RogersU.S. congresswomanBorn: 1881Birthplace: Saco, Maine Edith Nourse married John J. Rogers, a successful lawyer in Lowell, Massachusetts. In 1912 her husband was elected to…

Roger Caras 2001 Deaths

Roger CarasAge: 72 animal-rights activist who served as president of the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals from 1991 to 1999. He studied film in college and worked as…

The Jimmy Rogers All-Stars

Blues Blues BluesAtlantic With Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Eric Clapton, Jimmy Page and Robert Plant on board, it's tough to top the lineup on this tribute to the late great Chicago bluesman…

Roger Shattuck 2005 Deaths

Roger ShattuckAge: 82 writer, editor, and scholar whose works ranged from Marcel Proust and a study on the development of human intelligence. He won a National Book Award for his 1974…

Fred Rogers 2003 Deaths

Fred RogersAge: 74 host of the Emmy Award–winning children's show Mister Rogers' Neighborhood. His gentle demeanor and comforting advice entertained millions of children during its 33-year…

Roger Sherman: Countryman II

Countryman IIRoger ShermanThursday, November 22, 1787To the People of Connecticut. It is fortunate that you have been but little distressed with that torrent of impertinence and folly, with…

Roger Sherman: Countryman III

Countryman IIIRoger ShermanThursday, November 29, 1787To the People of Connecticut The same thing once more—I am a plain man, of few words; for this reason perhaps it is, that when I have…

Roger Sherman: Countryman IV

Countryman IVRoger ShermanThursday, December 6, 1787To the People of Connecticut If the propriety of trusting your government in the hands of your representatives was now a perfectly new…

Robert Cameron Rogers: The Rosary

The RosaryRobert Cameron RogersThe hours I spent with thee, dear heart, Are as a string of pearls to me; I count them over, every one apart, My rosary.Each hour a pearl, each pearl a…

Rogers, AR Census Data

People QuickFactsRogersArkansasPopulation, 2003 estimate 42,7952,725,714Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2003 10.2%2.0%Population, 2000 38,8292,673,400Population, percent…