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Thomas, Helen Amelia

(Encyclopedia) Thomas, Helen Amelia, 1920–2013, American journalist, b. Winchester, Ky., grad Wayne State Univ. (B.A., 1942). The daughter of Lebanese immigrants, she was a pioneering woman…

1924 Women's Olympic Swimming Medalists

Event   Time   100m Free Ethel Lackie, USA 1:12.4     Mariechen Wehselau, USA 1:12.8     Gertrude Ederle, USA 1:14.2   400m Free Martha Norelius, USA…

Most Popular Names

Find the most popular baby names given each year to boys and girls in the United States from 1880 to the present. Visit the Interactive Baby Name Finder for more popular baby names. Boys…

Keeler, Ruby

(Ethel Hilde Keeler) actress, dancerBirthplace: Halifax, N.S., CanadaBorn: 1910Died: 1993

Goldberg, Arthur

(Encyclopedia) Goldberg, Arthur, 1908–90, American labor lawyer and jurist, associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1962–65), b. Chicago. He received his law degree from Northwestern Univ. in…

Abbott, George

(Encyclopedia) Abbott, George, 1887–1995, American theatrical producer, director, and playwright, b. Forestville, N.Y. He began (1913) in the theater as an actor and, during a career that spanned…

Robert Lamphere 2002 Deaths

Robert LamphereAge: 83 FBI agent who oversaw several high-profile cold war espionage investigations, including those of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, Klaus Fuchs, and Kim Filby. Died: Tuscon,…

Akins, Zoë

Akins, Zoë[1886-1958](1)Born at Humansville, Mo., Oct. 30, 1886. Educated at home and at Monticello Seminary, Godfrey, Ill. Miss Akins began her literary work by contributing poems and…

William Rufus Scott Biography

William Rufus Scott children's book publisher With his wife, Ethel McCullough Scott, William Scott opened a small publishing house, W.R. Scott in 1938, offering literary works for children.…