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Mary Quant Biography
Mary Quantfashion designerBorn: 1934 Quant turned the fashion world upside-down with her outrageous styles. She is credited with creating both the mod look of the 1960s, with its futuristic-…Dr. Susan Love Biography
Dr. Susan Lovesurgeon and activistBorn: 1948 Dr. Susan Love, a surgeon and activist, is a leader in breast-cancer research and advocacy. She has helped to raise awareness about breast cancer…Frances Moore Lappé Biography
Frances Moore Lappé writerBorn: 1944 With the publication of her book Diet for a Small Planet in 1971, Frances Moore Lappé helped millions of people to learn about eating in a more healthy…Tenzing Norgay Biography
Tenzing NorgaymountaineerBorn: 5/15/1914Birthplace: Solo Khumbu, Nepal On May 29, 1953 Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary became the first to successfully climb Mount Everest, the highest…Norton Simon Biography
Norton Simon food industry executive, art collectorBorn: 2/5/1907Birthplace: Portland, Ore. Founder of Norton Simon Inc., a conglomerate of consumer products companies, Simon amassed a huge…Sitting Bull Biography
Sitting BullSioux chiefBorn: c.1831Birthplace: on Grand River, S.D. Sitting Bull was a Sioux warrior of the Hunkpapa Lakota tribe. He fought his first battle at age fourteen and quickly…Elizabeth Cady Stanton Biography
Elizabeth Cady StantonAmerican reformerBorn: 1815 Elizabeth Cady Stanton was an influential champion of women’s rights for more than half a century. She was introduced to the reform movement…Gloria Steinem Biography
Gloria Steinem journalist and feministBorn: 1934 Gloria Steinem has been an influential journalist and speaker for more than 40 years. In 1972 she was a founder and editor of Ms magazine,…Tecumseh Biography
TecumsehShawnee chiefBorn: 1768? Tecumseh means “Panther across the Sky”; he was named for a shooting star that appeared around the time of his birth. With other Shawnees in Ohio, he fought…Irving G. Thalberg Biography
Irving G. Thalberg movie executiveBorn: 5/30/1899Birthplace: New York City A film industry Wunderkind, Thalberg was promoted from his post as secretary to Universal Film Manufacturing in New…Trending
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