(Encyclopedia) ordeal, ancient legal custom whereby an accused person was required to perform a test, the outcome of which decided the person's guilt or innocence. By an ordeal, appeal was made to…
(Encyclopedia) Vermeer, Jan or JohannesVermeer, Jan or Johannesvərmērˈ, Dutch yän vərmārˈ, yōhänˈəs [key], 1632–75, Dutch genre and landscape painter. He was born in Delft, where he spent his entire…
by Mark Hughes In 1961, Yuri Gagarin became the first person to venture beyond Earth's atmosphere. Since his journey, about 450 people—astronauts, civilians, and "space tourists…
lawyerBorn: 2/12/1831Birthplace: Manchester, Vt.Died: 2/14/1894 (Chicago, Ill.) Myra Bradwell was the youngest of five children born to Eben Colby and Abigail Willey.…
former chief of the Cherokee Nation Born: 11/18/1945Birthplace: Tahlequah, Oklahoma
Mankiller was born in Mankiller Flats near Tahlequah, Oklahoma, but as a child was moved with her family to…
apparel industry executiveBorn: 2/3/1946Birthplace: New York City As the CEO and chair of Warnaco Group, Inc. and Authentic Fitness Corp., and the first woman to lead a Fortune 500 firm, Wachner…
(née Bennett)Washington, DC, lawyer and women's rights activistBorn: 10/24/1830Birthplace: Royalton, N.Y. As a young woman, Lockwood taught at a number of schools in upstate New York. After her…
Profiles of leading female CEOs and business executives by John Gettings, David Johnson, Borgna Brunner, and Chris Frantz Meg Whitman, CEO of eBay, speaking at the Intershop Open Conference…
reformer, writer, and lecturerBorn: 1854 Birthplace: near Bellevue, Nebr. Also known as Inshta Theumba, or “Bright Eyes,” La Flesche was born on the Omaha Reservation just south of present-day…
