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The Question: Who is eligible for a Fulbright Award to travel in Japan? The Answer: Congress created the Fulbright Program in 1946, immediately after World War…
abolitionistBorn: 1797? Sojourner Truth was the most prominent African-American woman in both the abolitionist movement and the early feminist movement. Born a slave called Isabella, some years…
airplane manufacturerBorn: 12/5/1879Birthplace: Hawthorne, Iowa A pioneer in aviation, he built and flew his first plane in 1911 before organizing the Travel Air Company in 1925. After building…
explorer, filmmakerBorn: 1894Birthplace: Chanute, Kans. Osa married photographer Martin Johnson when she was 16 and together the Johnsons traveled to the South Pacific and Africa. Their movies and…
poetDied: January 12, 2008 (Madrid, Spain) Best Known as: Spanish poet opposed to Franco dictatorship Spanish poet who wrote about issues of freedom and…
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