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Taft, William Howard
(Encyclopedia) Taft, William Howard, 1857–1930, 27th President of the United States (1909–13) and 10th chief justice of the United States (1921–30), b. Cincinnati. Taft retired from public life…1900 – 1909 World History
Sigmund Freud(1856–1939)Leo Baeck Inst./Archive PhotosHenri Matisse (1869–1954)The Library of Congress Picture CollectionW.E.B. Du Bois(1868–1963)The Library of Congress Picture…R-T
Maurice F. Rabb, Jr.Joseph Rainey Virginia RandolphNancy Davis ReaganBenjamin ReifelHiram RevelsJoseph Jones ReynoldsCondoleezza RiceBill RichardsonElliot RichardsonNorbert RillieuxJ.…Speakers of the House of Representatives
Dates served Congress Name and state1789–1791 1 Frederick A. C. Muhlenberg (Pa.)1791–1793 2 Jonathan Trumbull (Conn.)1793–1795 3 Frederick A. C. Muhlenberg (Pa.)1795–1799 4–5 Jonathan Dayton…1959 National Book Awards
FictionThe Magic Barrel, Bernard MalamudNonfictionMistress to an Age: A Life of Madame de Stael, J. Christopher HeroldPoetryWords for the Wind, Theodore RoethkeDenny Doherty Biography
musician and singerBorn: Nov. 29, 1940Birthplace: Halifax, Nova ScotiaDied: Jan. 19, 2007 (Mississauga, Ontario) Founding member and lead singer of the 1960s pop…A Sermon on the Public Function of Woman
by Theodore Parker A sermon of the public function of womanContentsPrefaceSermonSource: Winning the Vote for Women: The National American Woman Suffrage Association Collection American…Attila the Hun
From his base in what is now Hungary, Attila, king of the Huns, waged war against the Roman Empire in the middle of the 5th century with such ferocity his reputation as the "Scourge of God" continues…The Devil's Dictionary: Ramshackle
by Ambrose Bierce RAILROADREALISMRAMSHACKLE -adj. Pertaining to a certain order of architecture, otherwise known as the Normal American. Most of the public buildings of the United States…John Muir
John Muir was an early American conservationist who has been called "The Father of the National Parks System." Muir came to the United States from Scotland in 1849 and studied at the University of…Trending
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