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Bethune, Mary McLeod

(Encyclopedia) Bethune, Mary McLeodBethune, Mary McLeodbəthy&oomacr;nˈ [key], 1875–1955, American educator, b. Mayesville, S.C., grad. Moody Bible Institute, Chicago, 1895. The 17th child of…

Rudel, Julius

(Encyclopedia) Rudel, Julius, 1921–2014, Austrian-American conductor, b. Vienna, grad. Mannes School of Music (1942). A child prodigy on the violin and piano, he studied at the Vienna Academy of…

Belloc, Hilaire

(Encyclopedia) Belloc, Hilaire (Joseph Hilaire Pierre Belloc)Belloc, Hilairebĕlˈŏk [key], 1870–1953, English author, b. France. He became a British subject in 1902, and from 1906 to 1910 was a…

The Supreme Court: Starting the Abortion Debate

Starting the Abortion DebateThe Supreme CourtBurger CourtPolitical Firestorm That FizzledDethroning a PresidentStarting the Abortion DebateActivism Takes Over the Court Long before Roe v.…

Jakob Dylan

singer, songwriter, musicianBorn: 12/9/1969 The youngest child of legendary singer/songwriter Bob Dylan, he attended art school before putting together his band, The Wallflowers, in the early 1990s…

Pestalozzi, Johann Heinrich

(Encyclopedia) Pestalozzi, Johann HeinrichPestalozzi, Johann Heinrichyōˈhän hīnˈrĭkh pĕsˌtälôtˈsē [key], 1746–1827, Swiss educational reformer, b. Zürich. His theories laid the foundation of modern…

Linda Blair

actressBorn: 1/22/1959Birthplace: St. Louis, Mo. A child model-turned-actress, she is best known for playing the possessed teenager in the horror classic The Exorcist (1973, rereleased in 2000),…