activistBorn: April 7, 1912Birthplace: Worthing, EnglandDied: October 24, 2002 Harry Hay was born to American parents Margaret and Harry, Sr. in Worthing, England. Hayâs…
ConservationistBorn: March 26, 1915Birthplace: Boston, Mass. Born in Boston, Marjorie Harris moved to Florida as a young girl. Her early interest in nature was cultivated by the unspoiled beauty…
modeling agency founderBorn: 1911Birthplace: Chicago, Ill. Originally working as a radio performer and model in the 1930s, he founded his own modeling agency in New York in 1939. He called his…
inventorBorn: 11/4/1884Birthplace: Dromore, County Down, Ireland He began working in his own business at age 16 in Belfast, and went on to build his own airplane, making the first flight in Ireland…
lawyer, founder of Rotary InternationalBorn: 1868Birthplace: Racine, Wis. Having grown up in Vermont and studied law in Iowa, he set up a practice in Chicago, where he founded an informal…
economistBorn: 8/24/1927Birthplace: Chicago, Ill. Nobel Laureate economist who pioneered the idea of a “portfolio” that investors could use to minimize their risks. The theory was that if one were…
musician, actorBorn: 9/11/1967Birthplace: New Orleans, Louisiana Musician known whose smooth voice and revival of swing and big band have drawn comparisons to Frank Sinatra. Connick was playing…
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(Encyclopedia) Leakey, Mary Douglas, 1913–96, British archaeologist, b. London as Mary Douglas Nicol; wife of Louis Leakey and mother of Richard Leakey. She had little formal education, but a…
(Encyclopedia) Lease, Mary Elizabeth, 1853–1933, American agrarian reformer and temperance advocate, b. Ridgeway, Pa. The daughter of an Irish political refugee, she first gained recognition for a…
