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Clapp, Louise Brough
(Encyclopedia)Clapp, Louise Brough: see Brough, Louise. ...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...Walton, Alice Louise
(Encyclopedia)Walton, Alice Louise: see under Walton, Sam. ...Carson, Rachel Louise
(Encyclopedia)Carson, Rachel Louise, 1907–64, American writer and marine biologist, b. Springdale, Pa., M.A. Johns Hopkins, 1932. Her well-known books on sea life—Under the Sea-Wind (1941), The Sea around Us (1...Yellen, Janet Louise
(Encyclopedia)Yellen, Janet Louise yĕlˈən [key], 1946–, U.S. economist and government official, b. Brooklyn, N.Y., B.A. Brown (1967), Ph.D. Yale (1971). Yellen taught economics (1971–76) at Harvard and subse...Kéroualle, Louise Renée de
(Encyclopedia)Kéroualle, Louise Renée de: see Portsmouth, Louise Renée de Kéroualle, duchess of. ...De la Ramée, Louise
(Encyclopedia)De la Ramée, Louise: see Ouida.Cox, Louise Howland King
(Encyclopedia)Cox, Louise Howland King, 1865–1945, American painter, b. San Francisco. She studied at the National Academy of Design and at the Art Students League, New York, under Kenyon Cox. whom she married in...Chaminade, Cécile Louise Stéphanie
(Encyclopedia)Chaminade, Cécile Louise Stéphanie sāsēlˈ lwēz stāfänēˈ shämēnädˈ [key], 1857–1944, French composer and pianist. She was a popular concert pianist and wrote many graceful, romantic pia...Campan, Jeanne Louise Henriette
(Encyclopedia)Campan, Jeanne Louise Henriette zhän lwēz äNrēĕtˈ käNpäNˈ [key], 1752–1822, French educator and author. She served as a reader to Louis XV's daughters and as lady-in-waiting to Marie Antoin...Browse by Subject
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