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Encyclopedia Britannica: Normandy, 1944:omaha Beach
This site provides extensive information on the invasion of Omaha Beach.
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Encyclopedia Britannica: Guide to Shakespeare:blank Verse
This discussion of blank verse is taken from a larger article on Shakespeare and the Globe Theater. It defines the term and discusses its importance in the history of British poetry.
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Encyclopedia Britannica: 300 Women Who Changed History: Grace Murray Hopper
Encyclopaedia Britannica provides a biography of Grace Murray Hopper (1906-1992 CE), the noted mathematician, computer scientist, and military officer.
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Encyclopedia Britannica: 300 Women Who Changed History: Golda Meir
A short, but comprehensive bio and picture of Golda Meir, a prime minister of the State of Israel.
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Encyclopedia Britannica: 300 Women Who Changed History: Toni Morrison
Encyclopaedia Britannica provides a biography of Toni Morrison, noted novelist. The entry focuses on the black American experience.
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Encyclopedia Britannica: 300 Women Who Changed History: Frances Perkins
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
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: Benazir Bhutto
A short, but comprehensive bio and picture of Benazir Bhutto.
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Encyclopedia Britannica: 300 Women Who Changed History: Sarah Winnemucca
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
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: 300 Women Who Changed History: Timeline Women's History
Click through the centuries from Antiquity to the present to view the historic milestones in women's history.
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Encyclopedia Britannica: Maoism
An extremely brief discussion of Maoism from Britannica.com. It is considered an offshoot of Marxism, but nonetheless is a revolutionary method.
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Encyclopedia Britannica: Andrew Johnson
This site from Britannica provides information on President Andrew Johnson.
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Encyclopedia Britannica: Ruby Dee
Biographical resource for information on Rubie Dee, actor and activist.
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Encyclopedia Britannica: Britannica Kids: Ireland: Land and Climate
A description of Ireland's climate.
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Encyclopedia Britannica: Ossie Davis
Biographical resource for information on Ossie Davis, actor, director, activist.
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Encyclopedia Britannica: Britannica Kids: 300 Women Who Changed History: Harriet Tubman
Encyclopedia Britannica provides a biography of Harriet Tubman (1820-1913), an escaped slave from Maryland who later became one of the Underground Railroad's most famous "Conductors."
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Encyclopedia Britannica: Britannica Kids: Women Who Changed the World: Eleanor Roosevelt
Encyclopedia Britannica provides a biography of Eleanor Roosevelt, the First Lady who was also a noted writer, diplomat, and humanitarian. Additional content includes a video clip of Roosevelt promoting the National Youth Administration...
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Encyclopedia Britannica: Hydrogen Ion
This brief entry describes the hydrogen ion, strictly, as the nucleus of a hydrogen atom separated from its accompanying electron. The hydrogen nucleus is made up of a particle carrying a unit positive electric charge, called a proton.
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Encyclopedia Britannica: Arthur Ashe
This biography summarizes the life and career of American tennis great Arthur Ashe.
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Encyclopedia Britannica: The Four Tops
This entry from Encyclopedia Britannica features the Four Tops, an American vocal group that was one of Motown's most popular acts in the 1960s.
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Encyclopedia Britannica: The Ink Spots
This entry from Encyclopedia Britannica features the Ink Spots, an American vocal group prominent in the late 1930s and '40s. One of the first African-American groups, along with the Mills Brothers, to reach both black and white...
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Encyclopedia Britannica: The Moonglows
This entry from Encyclopedia Britannica features the Moonglows, an American doo-wop vocal group that was one of the pioneering acts of rock and roll.
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Encyclopedia Britannica: The Orioles
This entry from Encyclopedia Britannica features the Orioles, an American vocal group of the late 1940s and early 1950s.