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Monday, September 3, 2007

Selected Biographies

This is a short selection of biographies for listening and reading.

Thomas Edison, 1847-1931: America's Great Inventor

Madam C.J. Walker, 1867-1919: She Developed Hair-Care Products for Black Women

Doctor Seuss, 1904-1991: A Children's Writer for All Ages

Crazy Horse Was Chief of the Lakota, a Warrior and a Holy Man

Mary Lyon, 1797-1849: A Leader in Women's Education in the Nineteenth Century

Edward Teller, 1908-2003: 'Father of the Hydrogen Bomb'

Samuel Gompers, 1850-1924: 'The Grand Old Man of Labor'
Posted by Eric. K at 9/03/2007
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