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Julia Ward Howe
Julia Ward Howe social reformer, writerBorn: 5/27/1819Birthplace: New York, N.Y. Julia Ward was born into a prosperous family and was educated privately. She married Dr. Samuel…Alice Paul
Alice PaulactivistBorn: 1/11/1885Birthplace: Moorestown, N.J. Raised a Quaker, Paul graduated from Swarthmore College in 1905 and studied at the New York School of Social Work.…Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman Biography
Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman athleteBorn: 12/20/1886Birthplace: Healdsburg, Calif. Hazel Virginia Hotchkiss entered the United States tennis championships in 1909 and won every ev…Almon Glenn Braswell, 2001 News
attorney and brother of Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, acknowledged in February that he had been paid $400,000 to represent two convicts, Carlos Vignali, Jr., and Almon Glenn Br…Half and Susanne Zantop., 2001 News
Vermont teens, were charged in February with first-degree murder for the January stabbing deaths of husband-and-wife Dartmouth College professors, Half and Susanne Zantop. Hal…Charles Andrew Williams, 15, 2001 15 News
California high school student, went on a shooting rampage at El Cahon's Santana High School in March that left two students dead and 13 wounded. He was charged with two count…Colin Powell
Colin Powellformer Secretary of State, retired generalBorn: April 5, 1937Birthplace: New York, New York Powell's parents, Luther and Maud Powell, were Jamaican immigrants who l…Paul H. O'Neill Biography
Paul H. O'NeillGeorge W. Bush's secretary of the Treasury Born: 12/4/1935Birthplace: St. Louis, Mo. O'Neill served as secretary of the treasury for the first two years of Geor…Donald H. Rumsfeld Biography
Donald H. RumsfeldGeorge W. Bush's secretary of DefenseBorn: 7/9/1932Birthplace: Chicago, Ill. The ultimate Washington insider, Rumsfeld became President Bush's secretary of d…John Ashcroft Biography
John AshcroftGeorge W. Bush's Attorney General Born: 5/9/1942Birthplace: Chicago, Ill. Arguably the most controversial and conservative of all Bush appointees, Ashcroft faced…Trending
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