English author Virginia Woolf wrote modernist classics including ‘Mrs. Dalloway’ and ‘To the Lighthouse,’ as
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Carole Robertson and three other young girls were killed when a Birmingham church was bombed
American scholar George Lyman Kittredge taught English at Harvard University from 1888 to 1936. He
Possessing integrity and tenacity, William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham, led Britain during the Seven
As head principal of the Institute for Colored Youth, Fanny Coppin introduced the school to
David Cross is a comedian and actor who has appeared on TV’s Mr. Show, The
Antonio Gramsci was an Italian Communist Party leader. He was arrested for speaking out against
In 1922, aviator Bessie Coleman became the first African American woman to stage a public
Anne Hutchinson was a Puritan woman who spread her own interpretations of the Bible, leading
Nebuchadnezzar II was ruler of Babylonia c. 605–561 BC. He expanded his empire while building