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La Follette, Robert Marion

(Encyclopedia) La Follette, Robert MarionLa Follette, Robert Marionləfŏlˈĭt [key], 1855–1925, American political leader, U.S. Senator from Wisconsin (1906–25), b. Primrose, Wis. Robert La Follete's…

Morgan, Edmund Sears

(Encyclopedia) Morgan, Edmund Sears, 1916–2013, U.S. historian, b. Minneapolis. After receiving his Ph.D. from Harvard in 1942, he taught at the Univ. of Chicago (1945–46) and at Brown (1946–55)…

Jackson, Helen (Fiske) Hunt

(Encyclopedia) Jackson, Helen (Fiske) Hunt, 1830–85, American writer whose pseudonym was H. H., b. Amherst, Mass. She was a lifelong friend of Emily Dickinson. In 1863, encouraged by T. W. Higginson…

Brown, Helen Gurley

(Encyclopedia) Brown, Helen Gurley, 1922–2012, American writer and editor, b. Green Forest, Ark. A child of poverty, she became a successful advertising copywriter and wrote the best-selling Sex and…

Emily Taft DOUGLAS, Congress, IL (1899-1994)

DOUGLAS Emily Taft , a Representative from Illinois; born in Chicago, Ill., April 10, 1899; Ph.B., University of Chicago, Chicago, Ill., 1919; actor; author; elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-…

Charles Phelps TAFT, Congress, OH (1843-1929)

TAFT Charles Phelps , a Representative from Ohio; born in Cincinnati, Ohio, December 21, 1843; attended the common schools and was graduated from Phillips Academy, Andover, Mass., in 1860, from…

Kingsley Arter TAFT, Congress, OH (1903-1970)

Senate Years of Service: 1946-1947 Party: Republican TAFT Kingsley Arter , a Senator from Ohio; born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, July 19, 1903; attended the public schools of Cleveland…

Robert Alphonso TAFT, Congress, OH (1889-1953)

Senate Years of Service: 1939-1953 Party: Republican TAFT Robert Alphonso , a Senator from Ohio; born in Cincinnati, Ohio, September 8, 1889; attended the public schools of Cincinnati, Ohio, and of…

Robert TAFT, Jr., Congress, OH (1917-1993)

Senate Years of Service: 1971-1976 Party: Republican TAFT Robert, Jr. , a Representative and a Senator from Ohio; born in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, February 26, 1917; attended…

Helen Oakley Dance 2001 Deaths

Helen Oakley DanceAge: 88 jazz critic, producer, and historian who reviewed performances and recordings for Downbeat magazine and worked as a personal assistant to such jazz luminaries as…