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Fannie Stearns Davis: Souls

SoulsFannie Stearns DavisMy Soul goes clad in gorgeous things, Scarlet and gold and blue; And at her shoulder sudden wings Like long flames flicker through.And she is swallow-fleet, and…

Fannie Lou (Townsend) Hamer Biography

Fannie Lou (Townsend) Hamercivil rights activistBorn: 10/6/1917Birthplace: Ruleville, Miss. Hamer was the youngest of 20 children and began working with her sharecropper parents at age 6. She left…

Fanny Blankers-Koen 2004 Deaths

Fanny Blankers-KoenAge: 85 Dutch sprinter who, as a 30-year-old mother of two, won four gold medals in track and field events at the 1948 Olympics. Died: Amsterdam, Jan. 25, 2004Jan BerryA -…

Fannie Stearns Davis: The Narrow Doors

The Narrow DoorsFannie Stearns DavisThe Wide Door into Sorrow Stands open night and day. With head held high and dancing feet I pass it on my way.I never tread within it, I never turn to see…

Fannie Stearns Davis: Water Fantasy

Water FantasyFannie Stearns DavisO brown brook, O blithe brook, what will you say to me If I take off my heavy shoon and wade you childishly? O take them off, and come to me. You shall…

Allston, Washington

(Encyclopedia) Allston, WashingtonAllston, Washingtonôlˈstən [key], 1779–1843, American painter and author, b. Georgetown co., S.C. After graduating from Harvard (1800), where he composed music and…

1991 Academy Awards

The 1991 Academy Awards were presented March 30, 1992 at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles.Best PictureBeauty and the Beast, Don Hahn, producer (Buena Vista)Bugsy, Barry Levinson…