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Encyclopedia Britannica: Guide to Black History: Earl Lloyd

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This entry from Encyclopedia Brittanica's Guide to Black History features Earl Lloyd, a basketball player who was the first African American to play in the National Basketball Association (NBA). This site, rich in detail and breadth of...
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Encyclopedia Britannica: Marian Wright Edelman

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This entry from Encyclopaedia Britannica features Marian Wright Edelman, an American lawyer and civil rights activist who founded the Children's Defense Fund in 1973. This site, rich in detail and breadth of coverage, includes a video...
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Encyclopedia Britannica: 300 Women Who Changed History: Jane Addams

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Encyclopedia Britannica provides a biography of Jane Addams (1860-1935), social reformer and founder of Hull House. She advocated juvenile-court law, tenement house regulation, 8-hour work day for women and labor rights.
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Encyclopedia Britannica: 300 Women Who Changed History: Sojourner Truth

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Encyclopedia Britannica provides a biography of Sojourner Truth (1797-1883), a woman whose "Visions," led her on a crusade to preach of God's goodness, of the abolitionist movement, and of the women's rights movement.
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Encyclopedia Britannica: 300 Women Who Changed History: Elizabeth Cady Stanton

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Encyclopedia Britannica provides a biography of Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1815-1902 CE), noted suffragist and reformer of the women's rights movement. Additional content includes a photograph and Stanton's statement before the Judiciary...
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Encyclopedia Britannica: 300 Women Who Changed History: Margaret Mead

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Encyclopedia Britannica provides a biography of Margaret Mead, noted anthropologist and prolific author.
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Encyclopedia Britannica: 300 Women Who Changed History: Sacagawea

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Encyclopedia Britannica provides a biography of Sacagawea (1788-1812), the Native American guide and interpreter on the Lewis and Clark expedition.
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Encyclopedia Britannica: 300 Women Who Changed History: Pocahontas

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Encyclopedia Britannica provides a brief biography of Pocahontas, the legendary Native American heroine who saved the life of Captain John Smith.
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Encyclopedia Britannica: 300 Women Who Changed History: Anne Hutchinson

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Encyclopedia Britannica provides a biography of Anne Hutchinson (1591-1643), the woman expelled from the Massachusetts Bay Colony for "Traducing the ministers," of the Puritan Colony. She and other religious dissenters founded Rhode Island.
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Encyclopedia Britannica: 300 Women Who Changed History: Abigail Smith Adams

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Encyclopedia Britannica provides a biography of Abigail Smith Adams (1744-1818 CE), wife of President John Adams and avid letter writer. Additional content includes the full text to two of her letters.
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Encyclopedia Britannica: 300 Women Who Changed History: Helen Keller

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Encyclopedia Britannica provides a biography of Helen Adams Keller (1880-1968 CE), noted for her numerous literary accomplishments despite her severe handicaps.
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Encyclopedia Britannica: 300 Women Who Changed History: Frances Perkins

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Encyclopedia Britannica provides a biography of Frances Perkins. Appointed secretary of labor by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, she was the first female cabinet member.
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Encyclopedia Britannica: 300 Women Who Changed History: Jeannette Rankin

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Encyclopedia Britannica provides a biography of Jeannette Rankin (1880-1973 CE), who, in 1916, was elected to the House of Representatives from Montana, becoming the first female member of Congress.
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Encyclopedia Britannica: 300 Women Who Changed History: Sarah Winnemucca

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Encyclopedia Britannica provides a biography of Sarah Winnemucca, a Paiute Indian leader who protested the conditions found on Indian reservations in 1880.
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Encyclopedia Britannica: 300 Women Who Changed History: Janet Reno

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Encyclopedia Britannica provides a biography of Janet Reno, the first female U.S. Attorney General. Her most controversial decision was her order of FBI agents to raid the compound of the Branch Davidian cult near Waco, Texas.
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Encyclopedia Britannica: Normandy, 1944

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from Britannica takes a comprehensive look at the invasion of Normandy. It focuses on the invasion and the fighting as well as on remembering Normandy and the soldiers that fought there.
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Encyclopedia Britannica: 300 Women Who Changed History: Emma Goldman

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This Britannica biography provides a brief, objective view of Emma Goldman's (1869-1940 CE) political life. Includes additional reading references.
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Encyclopedia Britannica: 300 Women Who Changed History: Liliuokalani

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Encyclopaedia Britannica provides a biography of Liliuokalani, the first woman to be queen of Hawaii.
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Encyclopedia Britannica: 300 Women Who Changed History: Susan B. Anthony

For Students 9th - 10th
Encyclopaedia Britannica provides a biography of Susan B. Anthony (1820-1906 CE), the reformer and political writer who, with the help of Elizabeth Cady Stanton, founded the National Woman Suffrage Association.
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Encyclopedia Britannica: Guide to Shakespeare:learning Activities

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Four teaching activities from Encyclopaedia Britannica's Guide to Shakespeare. Topics include "Acting in Shakespeare's day," "Playgoing in Shakespeare's day," "Who wrote Shakespeare's plays?" and a Shakespeare quiz.
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Encyclopedia Britannica: 300 Women Who Changed History: Victoria Woodhull

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Encyclopaedia Britannica provides a biography of Victoria Claflin Woodhull (1838-1927), who supported many progressive issues, including woman suffrage.
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Encyclopedia Britannica: 300 Women Who Changed History: Ann Lee

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Encyclopaedia Britannica provides a biography of Ann Lee (1736-1784), founder of the parent Shaker settlement in America in the woods of Niskeyuna, N.Y.
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Encyclopedia Britannica: 300 Women Who Changed History: Mary Morse Baker Eddy

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Encyclopaedia Britannica provides a biography of Mary Morse Baker Eddy, founder of Christian Science.
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Encyclopedia Britannica: 300 Women Who Changed History: Emily Dickinson

For Students 9th - 10th
Encyclopaedia Britannica provides a biography of Emily Dickinson (1830-1886 CE), an author widely acclaimed as one of America's greatest poets. Though she wrote nearly 2,000 poems, only a few were printed during her lifetime, and those...