R&B band Beyoncé Knowles, TaTavia Roberson, Kelly Rowland, and LeToya Luckett first came together as rap singing tots under the management of Matthew Knowles, Beyoncé's father and cousin Kelly'…
(Julia McWilliams)chef and PBS personalityBorn: 8/15/1912Birthplace: Pasadena, California As host of the Emmy Award-winning educational cooking show, The French Chef, Child became a celebrity known…
(Encyclopedia) Child, Julia, 1912–2004, American cooking teacher, author, and television personality, b. Pasadena, Calif., as Julia Carolyn McWilliams. In the early 1940s both she and her husband-to-…
(Encyclopedia) child abuse, physical, sexual, or emotional maltreatment or neglect of children by parents, guardians, or others responsible for a child's welfare. Physical abuse is characterized by…
(Encyclopedia) child labor, use of the young as workers in factories, farms, mines, and other facilities, especially in work that is physically hazardous or morally, socially, or mentally harmful,…
(Encyclopedia) child welfare, services provided for the care of disadvantaged children. Foundling institutions for orphans and abandoned children were the earliest attempts at child care, usually…
publisher, philanthropistBorn: 1829Birthplace: Baltimore, Md. Having begun his career when he opened a Philadelphia bookstore in 1847, he soon expanded into publishing. He is most known for having…
