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Sirleaf, Ellen Johnson
(Encyclopedia) Sirleaf, Ellen JohnsonSirleaf, Ellen Johnsonsĭrlēfˈ [key], 1938–, Liberian economist and political leader. Educated in the United States (M.P.A. Harvard, 1971), she worked in the…Lease, Mary Elizabeth
(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…Cranbrook Educational Community
(Encyclopedia) Cranbrook Educational Community, at Bloomfield Hills, Mich.; est. and endowed by George G. and Ellen Scripps Booth in 1927. It includes the Cranbrook Academy of Art, with graduate…Watts, George Frederic
(Encyclopedia) Watts, George Frederic, 1817–1904, English painter and sculptor. He studied at the Royal Academy and in Italy, where he developed an enthusiasm for Renaissance painting and Greek…Ralph Waldo Emerson: To Ellen at the South
To Ellen at the SouthThe green grass is bowing, The morning wind is in it; 'T is a tune worth thy knowing, Though it change every minute. 'T is a tune of the Spring; Every year plays it…Ralph Waldo Emerson: Lines to Ellen
Lines to EllenTell me, maiden, dost thou use Thyself thro' Nature to diffuse? All the angles of the coast Were tenanted by thy sweet ghost, Bore thy colors every flower, Thine each leaf and…Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, 2005 News
defeated soccer star George Weah in Liberia's runoff presidential election. She took 59% to Weah's 41% to become Africa's first woman head of state. The Harvard-educated economist is a…Richards, Ellen Henrietta Swallow
(Encyclopedia) Richards, Ellen Henrietta Swallow, 1842–1911, American chemist, educator, and organizer of the home economics movement, b. Dunstable, Mass., grad. Vassar, 1870. In 1870 she began the…White, Ellen Gould (Harmon)
(Encyclopedia) White, Ellen Gould (Harmon), 1827–1915, leader of the Seventh-day Adventists, b. Gorham, Maine. Converted at the age of 15 to the beliefs of the Adventists, she began to receive…Cabinet Members Under President Donald Trump
The following are the members of President Donald Trump's cabinet. President Trump is the 45th President of the United States, and his term began in 2017. Cabinet members are chosen by the president…Trending
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