- Crazy Horse (1845?-1877)@
Learn about Crazy Horse, the Sioux leader who fought to preserve the traditions and values of Lakota people. Sites include biography, lifestyle, the struggle against the Federal government's attempt to takeover the native people's lands, and other achievements of the leader who was also known as Tashunka Witco, "his horse is crazy."
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- Shaw, George Bernard (1856-1950)@
Learn about George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950), the Nobel Prize-winning playwright, novelist, critic, essayist, and politician. Sites offer biography, plays, novels, essays, quotes, speeches, and letters of the socialist spokesman known for his caustic tongue.
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- Carnegie, Andrew (1835-1919)@
Find sites for Andrew Carnegie (1835-1919), the Scottish-born American businessman, philanthopist, and the founder of the Carnegie Steel Company which later became U.S. Steel. Sites feature biography, career overview, television series, sponsored peace programs, as well as organizations and institutions set up by and in the name of the industrialist who built one of the most influential corporations in the U.S. history.
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- Meiji (1852-1912)@
Find sites for Meiji (1852-1912), the 122nd imperial ruler of Japan who brought about a revolution to Japan's political and social structure. Sites feature biography, images, memorial shrine to the emperor and his consort, guide to the memorial, and articles about political and cultural events during the Meiji Era.
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- Buffalo Bill (Cody, William F.) (1846-1917)@
Find sites for Buffalo Bill or Willaim F. Cody (1846-1917), the legendary American buffalo hunter and showman. Sites offer biography, documentary, museum exhibits, and news reports which analyze the life of the man and the myth behind the founder of "Buffalo Bill's Wild West" show. Also find sites for Buffalo Bill Musuem and grave.
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- Nightingale, Florence (1820-1910)@
Learn about Florence Nightingale (1820-1910), the pioneer of modern nursing and noted statistician. Sites feature biography, war-time services, letters and diaries, essays, photos, and obituary for the "Lady of the Lamp."
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- Bonaparte, Napol?on (1769-1821)@
Find sites for Napol?on Bonaparte (1769-1821), the Emperor of the French and King of Italy considered as one of the greatest military geniuses ever. Sites offer biography, history, genealogy, military campaigns, battles fought, books, quotes, political cartoons, and fan meetings for the general of French Revolution who established the Napoleonic Code, a civil code.
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- Queen Victoria (1837-1901)@
Learn about Victoria, the Queen of Great Britain and Ireland from 1837 to1901 whose reign brought about significant social, economic, and technological development along with great expansion of the British Empire. Sites feature history, biography, photographs, genealogy, legacy, as well as a collection of personal correspondence and quotes from her journal.
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- Anthony, Susan B. (1820-1906)@
Learn about Susan B. Anthony (1820-1906), the American civil rights leader who fought to secure women's suffrage in the United States. Sites include life, career profile, achievements, historical background of suffrage movement, museum exhibits, and annotated directory of sites about the independent social reformer and abolitionist.
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- Disraeli, Sir Benjamin (1804-1881)@
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- Edison, Thomas Alva (1847-1931)@
Explore the sites for Thomas Alva Edison (1847-1931), the American inventor of electric bulb and many more who was one of the first to apply mass production to the process of invention. Sites feature biography, family mementos, inventions, numerous patents, photos, motion pictures, sound recordings, and commemoration of Fort Myers' most famous citizen who was dubbed as "The Wizard of Menlo Park."
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- Tocqueville, Alexis de (1805-1859)@
Find sites for Alexis de Tocqueville, the French political thinker and historian whose political philosophy laid foundations to the present day U.S. democracy in America. Sites offer biography, pictures, as well as English translations and online editions of the political philosopher who emphasized upon equality of social conditions for better individuals and better society.
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- Lee, Robert Edward (1807-1870)@
Find sites for Robert Edward Lee (1807-1870), one of the most successful generals of the Confederate forces during the American Civil War. Sites feature life, family, pictures, personal letters, museum exhibits, views of slavery, and biographical notes delineating the U.S. General as a soldier, educator, friend, and father.
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- Davis, Jefferson (1808-1889)@
Find sites for Jefferson Davis (1808-1889), the first and the only president of the Confederate States of America. Sites offer biography, political life, handwriting samples, retirement home, and the documentary editing project about the American statesman who advocated for slavery and for States' Rights.
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- Whitney, Eli (1765-1825)@
Learn about Eli Whitney, the American inventor and manufacturer credited with creating the first cotton gin in 1793. Sites feature biography, genealogy, museum exhibits, and his innovative concepts and designs which set standards for mass production in American manufacturing.
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- Carver, George Washington (1861?-1943)@
Learn about George Washington Carver, the African American African American botanist and chemist. Sites provide biography, articles, and pictures of the inventor whose work led to advances in agriculture, chemistry, and textiles.
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- Booth, Charles (1840-1916)@
Learn about Charles Booth, the British philanthropist and social researcher, most famed for his work on documenting working class life in London at the end of the 19th century through sites featuring biography, archive of his work, 1889 poverty map of London, and excerpts from his book The Life and Labour of the People in London.
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- Taylor, Frederick Winslow (1856-1915)@
Learn about Frederick Winslow Taylor (1856-1915), one of the intellectual leaders whose dynamic "Taylorism" ideas highly influenced the Progressive Era in the U.S. history. Sites feature biography, career profile, time-and-motion studies for improved worker productivity, and other organizational psychology approaches initiated by the American engineer who sought to improve industrial efficiency.
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- Baden-Powell, Robert (1857-1941)@
Find sites for Robert Baden-Powell (1857-1941), the British Lieutenant-General and founder of the world's Scouting Movement. Sites feature his biography, genealogy, military career profile, as well as scouting and military books written by Baden-Powell.
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- Grant, Ulysses S. (1822-1885)@
Find sites for Ulysses S. Grant (1822-1885), the General who led the Union Army to victory in the American Civil War and who was elected the 18th President of the United States. Sites offer life, historical background, trivia, photographs, obituary, and biographical notes capturing glimpses of his presidency and private life.
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