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Pacific Northwest B&Bs

Check out these B&Bs in Washington, Oregon, and British Columbia Misty Valley Inn Forks, WA No matter where the B&B is located, the…

Women's Museums

American museums devoted to women's history by Holly Hartman and Beth Rowen Related Links History of Women's HistoryFamous Firsts by American WomenNotable WomenWomen of InfluenceQuizzes…

DK Science & Technology: Transportation

WHAT IS A TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM? HOW EFFICIENT ARE DIFFERENT FORMS OF TRANSPORTATION? WHAT IS A SCIENTIST’S ROLE IN TRANSPORTATION? HOW ARE AIRCRAFT CONTROLLED IN THE AIR? CONGESTIONFREIGHTROAD…

Sentences: Alley Oops

Alley OopsSentencesIntroductionI Know It When I See It: The SentenceSentence Structure: The Fab FourSentence Functions: The Four TopsAlley Oops Why learn the different types of sentences and their…

Norbert Rillieux

inventorBorn: 1806Birthplace: New Orleans, La. Born to a French father and an African-American mother, Norbert Rillieux studied at Catholic schools in Louisiana before traveling to France to study…

James Farmer

civil rights leaderBorn: 1920Birthplace: Marshall, Tex. The son of a preacher, Farmer attended Howard University's School of Divinity. In 1942 he founded the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE), a…

Hattie McDaniel

singer and actressBorn: 1895Birthplace: Wichita, Kansas McDaniel began her career as a teen, performing for traveling black minstrel shows in the West, and later sang in theaters and clubs. She…

Derek Taylor

publicist, writerBorn: 5/7/1932Birthplace: Liverpool, England Taylor was the Beatles' press agent for a number of years. He traveled with the group on their 1964 world tour, ghostwrote the…

Seven New Wonders

Cool Stuff > Buildings and Structures by Amy Fletcher Related Links Great Wall of China Petra Machu Picchu Taj Mahal Colosseum…

Leslie Howard

(Leslie Howard Steiner)actorBorn: 4/3/1893Birthplace: London, England Though he received two Oscar nominations for leading roles in Pygmalion (1938) and Berkeley Square (1933), he is best…