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Brown, Helen Gurley

(Encyclopedia) Brown, Helen Gurley, 1922–2012, American writer and editor, b. Green Forest, Ark. A child of poverty, she became a successful advertising copywriter and wrote the best-selling Sex and…

Shannon, Sir James Jebusa

(Encyclopedia) Shannon, Sir James Jebusa, 1862–1923, English portrait and figure painter, b. Auburn, N.Y. To study art he moved (1878) to London, where he won recognition from English society and…

Kiss the Girls

Director: Gary FlederWriter: David KlassDirector of Photography:Aaron SchneiderEditors:William Steinkamp and Harvey RosenstockMusic:Mark IshamProduction Designer:Nelson CoatesProducers:David…

Girl, Interrupted

Director:James MangoldWriters:James Mangold, Lisa Loomer, Anna PhelanColumbia Pictures; R; 120 minutesRelease:12/99Cast:Winona Ryder, Angelina Jolie, Whoopi GoldbergBased on Susanna Kaysen's…

Spice Girls Biography

Spice Girlspop group This phenomenally successful girl group was formed in England in the mid-1990s when a group of housemates answered a newspaper ad. Victoria Adams, Melanie Brown, Emma…

Cullen, Countee

(Encyclopedia) Cullen, CounteeCullen, Counteekounˈtēˈ [key], 1903–46, American poet, b. New York City, grad. New York Univ. 1925, M.A. Harvard, 1926. A major writer of the Harlem Renaissance—a…

Girl Scouts

(Encyclopedia) Girl Scouts, recreational and service organization founded (1912) in Savannah, Ga., by Juliette Gordon Low. It was originally modeled after the Boy Scouts (see Scouts) and Girl Guides…

Low, Juliette Gordon

(Encyclopedia) Low, Juliette Gordon, 1860–1927, American founder of the Girl Scouts, b. Savannah, Ga., as Juliette Magill Kinzie Gordon. From a prominent Southern family, she met Robert Baden-Powell…

Exeter

(Encyclopedia) Exeter. 1 City (2020 pop. 10,439), Tulare co., S central Calif.; inc. 1911. The town is an agricultural center in the San Joaquin valley…

The Goose-Girl

The Goose-Girl The king of a great land died, and left his queen to take care of their only child. This child was a daughter, who was very beautiful; and her mother loved her dearly, and was…