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The National Women's Hall of Fame is the only national membership organization that honors and celebrates the achievements of American women. Founded in 1969 in Seneca Falls, New York,…

Ken LUCAS, Congress, KY (1933)

LUCAS Ken , a Representative from Kentucky; born in Kenton County, Ky., August 22, 1933; graduated from University of Kentucky, Lexington, Ky., 1955; M.B.A., Xavier University, 1970; United States…

Pope Leo X

Pope Leo X is the Roman pope whose potent combination of extravagance and neglect helped provoke the Reformation in the 16th century. He was born Giovanni de Medici, the second son of Florentine…

Percy Bysshe Shelley: Epipsychidion, Preface 3

by Percy Bysshe Shelley Preface 2 Preface 3 The writer of these lines died at Florence in [January 1820] while he was preparing * * for one wildest of the of the Sporades, where he bought…

Alice Childress

Playwright and novelist Alice Childress is best known for her young adult book, 1973's A Hero Ain't Nothin' but a Sandwich. Alice Childress began her career as an actress with the American Negro…

Hugh Grant

A specialist at playing charming twits and warm-hearted rogues, Hugh Grant became an international star in the 1994 comedy Four Weddings and a Funeral. By that time, Grant was a ten-year veteran of…