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Clapp, Louise Brough
(Encyclopedia)Clapp, Louise Brough: see Brough, Louise. ...Florence, Council of
(Encyclopedia)Florence, Council of: see Ferrara-Florence, Council of. ...Huxtable, Ada Louise
(Encyclopedia)Huxtable, Ada Louise hŭkˈstəbəl [key], 1921–2013, American architecture critic, b. New York City as Ada Louise Landman, grad. Hunter College (1941). As architecture critic for the New York Times...Nevelson, Louise
(Encyclopedia)Nevelson, Louise, 1900–1988, American sculptor, b. Kiev, Russia. Using odd pieces of wood, found objects, cast metal and other materials, Nevelson constructed huge walls or enclosed box arrangements...Florence, city, Italy
(Encyclopedia)Florence flôrˈəns, flŏrˈ– [key], Ital. Firenze, city (2021 est. metro area pop.709,064...Marie Louise
(Encyclopedia)Marie Louise, 1791–1847, empress of the French (1810–15) as consort of Napoleon I and duchess of Parma, Piacenza, and Guastalla (1816–47), daughter of Holy Roman Emperor Francis II (later Empero...Chadwick, Florence May
(Encyclopedia)Chadwick, Florence May, 1918–95, American distance swimmer, b. San Diego, Calif. She began swimming at the age of six, and four years later she swam the San Diego Bay Channel, the first child to do ...Walton, Alice Louise
(Encyclopedia)Walton, Alice Louise: see under Walton, Sam. ...Kéroualle, Louise Renée de
(Encyclopedia)Kéroualle, Louise Renée de: see Portsmouth, Louise Renée de Kéroualle, duchess of. ...Parks, Rosa Louise
(Encyclopedia)Parks, Rosa Louise, 1913–2005, American civil-rights activist, b. Tuskegee, Ala., as Rosa Louise McCauley. A seamstress and long-time activist-member of the Montgomery, Ala., chapter of the National...Browse by Subject
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