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Autherine Lucy Foster Autherine Lucy Foster
Autherine Lucy Foster 1929– Civil Rights pioneer A Shy But Bright Student Applied to University of Alabama Long Legal Battle Began Began Classes at University of Alabama Chased by Mobs from the Campus Retreated from Public Battle Read more
Webster Webster
Webster town (1990 pop. 16,196), Worcester co., S Mass., near the Conn. line; settled c.1713, set off from Dudley and Oxford and inc. 1832. The chief manufactures are clothing, lenses, fabrics, and textiles. The town was named for Daniel Webster and became a textile center in the early 19th... Read more
Labor History Labor History
labour history is an important specialism which has greatly extended its scope in the last 50 years. Scholars' perspectives, apart from exceptions such as J. L. and B. Hammond, concentrated on institutions and activists within them or the very poor. Moreover, it was widely believed that... Read more
hospice hospice
hospice program of humane and supportive care for the terminally ill and their families; the term also applies to a professional facility that provides care to dying patients who can no longer be cared for at home. Hospice is an alternative to hospitalization that emphasizes home care for as long... Read more
Julia Margaret Cameron Julia Margaret Cameron
Julia Margaret Cameron kăm´eren , 1815-79, English pioneer photographer, b. Calcutta (now Kolkata). Born and married into the high ranks of the British civil service, Cameron became an intimate of many of the most famous people of her day. In 1864 she became an ardent amateur... Read more
gliding gliding
gliding. Repeated attempts to glide by fitting wings ended in failure. But Sir George Cayley in 1852 at Brompton Hall, North Riding, sent his coachman a distance of 500 yards and in 1891 Otto Liliethal successfully launched himself in a hang-glider. As a sport, gliding developed after the First... Read more
Robert Stephenson Robert Stephenson
Stephenson, Robert (1803–59). English railway engineer. The son of the pioneering railway-builder and designer of locomotives, George Stephenson (1781–1848), Robert was mostly responsible for the construction of the main lines from London to Birmingham (1833–8), in the... Read more
Joshua Lederberg Joshua Lederberg
Joshua Lederberg The geneticist Joshua Lederberg (born 1925) was a pioneer in the study of bacteria and viruses to determine the chemical and molecular basis of genetics. He shared the 1958 Nobel Prize for physiology or medicine with two associates. His work on genetic recombination... Read more

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