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Helen Stevenson MEYNER, Congress, NJ (1929-1997)

MEYNER Helen Stevenson , a Representative from New Jersey; born in New York, Queens County, N.Y., March 5, 1929; graduated, Rosemary Hall High School, Greenwich, Conn, 1946; B.A., Colorado College…

Helen Douglas MANKIN, Congress, GA (1896-1956)

MANKIN Helen Douglas , a Representative from Georgia; born in Atlanta, Fulton County, Ga., on September 11, 1896; attended public and private schools; A.B., Rockford College, Rockford, Ill., 1917…

Johnson, Martin Elmer

(Encyclopedia) Johnson, Martin Elmer, 1884–1937, American explorer and author, b. Rockford, Ill. He left home at 14 to work his way to Europe on a cattle boat, returning as a stowaway. He then joined…

American Civil Liberties Union

(Encyclopedia) American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), nonpartisan organization devoted to the preservation and extension of the basic rights set forth in the U.S. Constitution. Founded (1920) by such…

Helen P. CHENOWETH-HAGE, Congress, ID (1938-2006)

CHENOWETH-HAGE Helen P. , a Representative from Idaho; born in Topeka, Kans., January 27, 1938; graduated Grants Pass High School, Grants Pass, Oreg.; attended Whitworth College, Spokane, Wash.;…

Carter Family

(Encyclopedia) Carter Family, group of singers that specialized in traditional music of the Southern Appalachian Mountains; it consisted of A(lvin) P(leasant) Carter, 1891–1960, b. Maces Spring, Va…

Lieberson, Peter

(Encyclopedia) Lieberson, Peter. 1946–2011, American composer, b. New York City. Lieberson studied composition at Columbia, where his teachers included modernists Milton Babbitt and Charles Wuorinen…

Reid, Whitelaw

(Encyclopedia) Reid, Whitelaw, 1837–1912, American journalist and diplomat, b. near Xenia, Ohio. His distinguished correspondence during the Civil War for the Cincinnati Gazette led Horace Greeley to…