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North American Native art

(Encyclopedia) North American Native art, diverse traditional arts of Native North Americans. In recent years Native American arts have become commodities collected and marketed by nonindigenous…

Ben Nighthorse Campbell Biography

Ben Nighthorse CampbellU.S. senator from Colorado Born: April 13, 1933Birthplace: Auburn, California The only American Indian in Congress, Republican senator Ben Nighthorse Campbell is also…

Betty Boop

Betty Boop is the enduring cartoon cutie first developed by Max Fleischer for Paramount Studio's Talkartoons cartoon series. Oddly, Betty Boop began life as a dog; she was briefly sketched as a…

Mary Kay Ash Biography

Mary Kay Ashbusiness executiveBorn: 1915Birthplace: Hot Wells, Texas Founder of Mary Kay Cosmetics, one of the largest beauty products firms in the United States, Ash sold a child psychology…

Elsa Schiaparelli Biography

Elsa Schiaparellifashion designerBorn: 9/10/1890Birthplace: Rome Proof that studying philosophy rarely leads to regular employment, Schiaparelli worked as a script writer in the US before…

Mahlon Leonard Fisher: Old Amaze

Old AmazeMahlon Leonard FisherMine eyes are filled today with old amaze At mountains, and at meadows deftly strewn With bits of the gay jewelry of June And of her splendid vesture; and,…

Thomas DAVIS, Congress, RI (1806-1895)

DAVIS Thomas , a Representative from Rhode Island; born in Dublin, Ireland, December 18, 1806; attended private schools; immigrated to the United States and located in Providence, R.I., in 1817…

Liberace

Name at birth: Wladziu Valentino LiberaceLiberace was the flamboyant and rhinestone-studded pianist and entertainer whose death in 1987 raised public consciousness of AIDS. A child prodigy, Liberace…

Jonathan Pollard

Name at birth: Jonathan Jay PollardJonathan Jay Pollard was a U.S. Navy intelligence analyst who admitted to spying for Israel and was sentenced in 1987 to life in prison. He was released on parole…

Gianni Versace Biography

Gianni Versacefashion designerBorn: 12/2/1946Birthplace: Reggio di Calabria, Italy Versace launched his own label in 1978 and designed clothing that melded classic and pop culture influences…