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Aidoo, Ama Ata
(Encyclopedia) Aidoo, Ama AtaAidoo, Ama Ataämˈä ätäˈä īˈd&oomacr; [key] (Christina Ama Ata Aidoo), 1942–, Ghanaian author, poet, and playwright, grad. Univ. of Ghana (B.A., 1964). Combining…Mancini, Laura, duchesse de Mercœur
(Encyclopedia) Mancini, Laura, duchesse de MercœurMancini, Laura, duchesse de Mercœurlouˈrä mänchēˈnē düshĕsˈ də mĕrcûrˈ [key], 1636–57, eldest of five famous sisters, nieces of Cardinal Mazarin, who…Bergman, Ingmar
(Encyclopedia) Bergman, Ingmar (Ernst Ingmar Bergman)Bergman, Ingmarĕrnst ĭngˈmär bĕrˈyəmän [key], 1918–2007, Swedish film and stage writer, director, and producer. Acclaimed by many as the greatest…Wharton, Edith Newbold Jones
(Encyclopedia) Wharton, Edith Newbold Jones, 1862–1937, American novelist, b. New York City, noted for her subtle, ironic, and superbly crafted fictional studies of New York society at the turn of…The American Gay Rights Movement: A Timeline
This timeline provides information about the gay rights movement in the United States from 1924 to the present: including the Stonewall riots; the contributions of Harvey Milk; the "Don't Ask, Don't…Montpensier, Anne Marie Louise d'Orléans, duchesse de
(Encyclopedia) Montpensier, Anne Marie Louise d'Orléans, duchesse deMontpensier, Anne Marie Louise d'Orléans, duchesse deän märēˈ lwēz dôrlāäNˈ düshĕsˈ də mŏpäsyāˈ [key], 1627–93, French princess,…Milan, prince and king of Serbia
(Encyclopedia) Milan (Milan Obrenović)Milanmĭlˈän ōbrĕˈnəvĭch [key], 1854–1901, prince (1868–82) and king (1882–89) of Serbia; grandnephew of Miloš Obrenović. He succeeded his cousin Michael…Lincoln, Mary Todd
(Encyclopedia) Lincoln, Mary Todd, 1818–82, wife of Abraham Lincoln, b. Lexington, Ky. Of a good Kentucky family, she was living with her sister, daughter-in-law of Gov. Ninian Edwards of Illinois,…Armstrong, John, 1758–1843, American army officer
(Encyclopedia) Armstrong, John, 1758–1843, American army officer, U.S. Secretary of War (1813–14), b. Carlisle, Pa.; son of John Armstrong, “hero of Kittanning.” In the American Revolution he was on…Leopold I, king of the Belgians
(Encyclopedia) Leopold I, 1790–1865, king of the Belgians (1831–65); youngest son of Francis Frederick, duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld. After serving as a page at the court of Napoleon I and as a…Trending
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