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Hagedorn, Hermann

Hagedorn, Hermann[1882-1964](2)Born in New York City, July 18, 1882. Educated at Harvard University and University of Berlin. Served as Instructor at Harvard from 1909 to 1911. Married…

Isabella Rossellini

Name at birth: Isabella Fiorella Elettra Giovanna RosselliniActress, model, cosmetics spokeswoman and filmmaker Isabella Rossellini is probably best known for her role as Dorothy Vallens in the 1986…

Lillian Gish

Name at birth: Lillian Diana de GuicheLillian Gish was one of the early legends of the silver screen, known especially as the big-eyed, fragile heroine in movies made by D.W. Griffith. She and her…

Notable Female Scientists

Annie Jump Cannon Biographies ofNotable Women Actresses Adventurers Artists Athletes Businesswomen Comediennes Congresswomen Educators and Scholars Fashion Designers and…

Black Civil Rights Leaders

Notable Civil Rights Leaders The civil rights movement in the United States is a bit hard to pin down in terms of time. The struggle for Black Americans' human rights stretches back to the…

Project Runway: Season Four

Prom dresses and wrestling outfits were among the many challenges in this season by Mark Hughes Project Runway Quizzes Project Runway Quiz Tim…

Project Runway: Season One

Notable challenges included designing a dress from items in a supermarket and imagining fashion from the year 2050 by Mark Hughes Heidi Klum Project Runway Quizzes Project…

Arlene Francis

Name at birth: Arlene Francis KazanjianOnce called "the first lady of television" by Newsweek magazine, Arlene Francis is best remembered as a longtime panelist on the highbrow game show What's My…

P.D. James

Name at birth: Phyllis Dorothy JamesOne of the most famous mystery novelists in the world, P.D. James was the author of several novels featuring the clever poet-detective, Chief Inspector Adam…