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Members of Congress: Illinois, Congress,

Biographies of U.S. representatives and senators from Illinois Member Name Birth-Death ADAIR, Jackson Leroy 1887-1956 ADAMS, George Everett 1840-1917 ADKINS, Charles 1863-1941…

castle

(Encyclopedia) castle, type of fortified dwelling characteristic of the Middle Ages. Fortification of towns had been in practice since antiquity, but in the 9th cent. feudal lords began to develop…

2004 Olympics: Track & Field, Women's

Event  Time 100m Yuliya Nesterenko, BEL 10.93 Lauryn Williams, USA10.96 Veronica Campbell, JAM10.97 200m Veronica Campbell, JAM 22.05 Allyson Felix, USA22.18 Debbie Ferguson, BAH22.30 400m Tonique…

Women and Work

You can be most anything you want to be. Here is a sampling of just some of the careers you might consider, and women who have succeeded in them. Ambassador Eugenie Anderson (1910-1997), the first…

Hoaxes - Science

Science Experiments by Christine Frantz Cardiff GiantIn 1869, New York cigar maker George Hull had a block of gypsum carved in the likeness of a man over 10 feet tall. It was artificially…

Biographies of the U.S. Presidents

  Joseph Robinette Biden Donald John Trump Barack Hussein Obama George Walker Bush William Jefferson Clinton George Herbert Walker Bush Ronald Wilson Reagan…