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Margaret Widdemer: Song

SongMargaret WiddemerThe Spring will come when the year turns, As if no Winter had been, But what shall I do with a locked heart That lets no new year in?The birds will go when the Fall…

Margaret Smith Taylor

Name at birth: Margaret Mackall SmithMargaret Smith Taylor was the wife of the 12th president of the United States, Zachary Taylor. She never really served as the First Lady, however, leaving the…

Margaret Smith Court

Margaret Smith Court was the dominant women's tennis player of the 1960s. Her 24 major singles titles are the most in the history of women's tennis. As Margaret Smith, she went to Wimbledon in 1962…

Margaret Warner Biography

Margaret WarnerTV news reporter A graduate of Yale University, Warner was a reporter for The Concord (New Hampshire) Monitor, The San Diego Union, and The Wall Street Journal. In 1983 she…

Margaret Cho Biography

Margaret Choactress, comedianBorn: 12/5/1968Birthplace: San Francisco Cho, the daughter of Korean immigrants, grew up in San Francisco's Haight district in the 1970s. Needless to say, her…

Dame Margaret Rutherford

Dame Margaret RutherfordactressBorn: 5/11/1892Birthplace: London, England Rutherford's film career began in her middle years, and she soon built a reputation for playing the brainy spinster and the…

Margaret Maid of Norway

(Encyclopedia) Margaret Maid of Norway, 1283–90, queen of Scotland (1286–90), daughter of Eric II of Norway and granddaughter of Alexander III of Scotland. In 1284 the nobles of Scotland recognized…

Brent, Margaret

(Encyclopedia) Brent, Margaret, 1600?–1671?, early American feminist, b. Gloucester, England. With her two brothers and a sister, she left England to settle (1638) in St. Marys City, Md., where she…

Lufkin

(Encyclopedia) Lufkin, city (1990 pop. 30,206), seat of Angelina co., E Tex.; inc. 1890. Situated in the deep pine woods, it is the core of a region of forest industries with many sawmills and the…

Brook Farm

(Encyclopedia) Brook Farm, 1841–47, an experimental farm at West Roxbury, Mass., based on cooperative living. Founded by George Ripley, a Unitarian minister, the farm was initially financed by a…