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Helen Keller

Helen Keller was, during the first half of the 20th century, the most famous disabled person in the world. A severe fever at age 19 months left Keller blind and deaf and barely able to communicate.…

Helen Hunt

Helen Hunt made her splash in the mid-1990s with the NBC series Mad About You, a kind of homage to late-baby-boom couplehood. After appearing in several TV roles in the '80s, she moved into feature…

Helen Hokinson

Helen Hokinson's cartoons were a staple in The New Yorker magazine for nearly 25 years. She specialized in plump and befuddled society matrons: club women, theatergoers and other polite and amusing…

Lispector, Clarice

(Encyclopedia) Lispector, Clarice Lispector, Clarice klârˈĭs lēspĕkˈtər [key], 1920–77…

Helen Thomas Biography

Helen ThomasWhite House correspondentBorn: 8/4/1920Birthplace: Winchester, Kentucky After graduating from Wayne University, Thomas went to Washington, DC. In 1943 she began working for United…

Helen of Troy and Paris

In Greek mythology, the face that launched a thousand ships by David Johnson Recounted in Homer's Iliad, the story of Helen of Troy and the Trojan War is a Greek heroic legend,…

Mount Saint Helens

May 18, 1980 Mount St. Helens in Washington spews smoke, soot and ash into the sky in April, 1980. Its eruption that May devestated an area of about 150 square miles. Related Links…

Helene Hanff Biography

Helene Hanffwriter A struggling writer for years, Hanff found unexpected fame when her affectionate and at times acerbic letters to a London bookseller were published. 84 Charing Cross Road…

Cone, Helen Gray

Cone, Helen Gray[1859-1934](2)Born in New York City, March 8, 1859. Graduated at the Normal College of New York City in 1876. She has been Professor of English Literature at her Alma Mater…