Her current working theory is that people are the point of life, and she’s fascinated by everyone who (and every system that) creates our societal norms. When she’s not behind the news desk, find her hiking, working on her latest cocktail project, or eating mint chocolate chip ice ...
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Mem Fox is famous for writing children's books and advocating for adults to read aloud to children. She has written over 40 books for children as well as nonfiction books for adults on education and literacy. She has won numerous awards for her writing. ...
Diane Arbus was a US based photographer who used still photography, essentially black and white to bring out the diversity and travesty of life.
Georgia O'Keeffe was an abstract painter, famous for the purity and lucidity of her still-life compositions. She was born in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin, and studied at the school of the Art Institute of Chicago and at the Art Students League of New York. She taught art in Texas from 1913 ...
The book wraps up with the most important question of all for young people:“So where is the next president?”At leastthree future presidents are children right now. It invites readers to think BIG and realize that anything is possible. In fact, they may be reading this book right now. ...
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His most famous accomplishment in India was establishing the Asiatic Society of Bengal, in January of 1784. The founding of the Society grew out of Jones's love for India, its people and its culture, as well as his abhorrence of oppression, nationalism and imperialism. His goal for the Soci...
William Franklin is most famous for his split with his father, Benjamin Franklin, during the Revolutionary War. While both men loved the American colonies, Benjamin Franklin was convinced that the only way for them to reach their full potential was independence from Great Britain. William Franklin...
but he was rejected from service due to poor health and took a job in an electric plant. A few years later, in 1919, Baird traveled to Trinidad to research his ideas for television and recuperate from his long sickness. While he was there, he attempted to start a jam factory, but the...