inventorBorn: 5/2/1843Birthplace: Colchester, Ontario, Canada The son of former slaves from Kentucky who had escaped via the Underground Railroad to Canada, at 15 years of age Elijah McCoy traveled…
public officialBorn: 3/11/1954Birthplace: Wichita, Kansas Norton has been Secretary of the Interior since 2001. She earned a B.A. in 1975, and a law degree in 1978, both from the University of…
DALY, John Burrwood, a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Philadelphia, Pa., February 13, 1872; attended the public schools; was graduated from La Salle College, Philadelphia, Pa., in…
(Martha Kostyra)writer; television personality; entrepreneurBorn: 8/03/1941Birthplace: Nutley, N.J. With a partial scholarship and money earned by modeling, Stewart was able to leave her small New…
television journalistBorn: 12/22/1945Birthplace: Glasgow, Kentucky Having come to Washington to help President Nixon write his memoirs, Sawyer decided to stick around in the capital to report for…
film director and screenwriterBorn: 8/6/1970Birthplace: Tamil-Nadu, India Shyamalan was a virtual unknown when The Sixth Sense arrived in movie theaters in 1999. The film, starring Bruce Willis and…
Preventing Children from Accessing Pornography on the InternetThe Supreme CourtFighting for FreedomsUsing Illegal CommunicationProtecting PornographyPreventing Children from Accessing…
STACK, Michael Joseph, a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Listowel, County Kerry, Ireland, September 29, 1888; attended the national school of his native city; immigrated to the…
poetBorn: 1928Birthplace: Dublin, Ireland Considered to be the most experimental of the contemporary Irish poets, Kinsella is credited with bringing the techniques of international modernism to…
