2010-10-10 Nellie Bly, 1864-1922: Newspaper Reporter Investigated Illegal Activities in New York City
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2010-10-03 Roger Miller, 1936-1992: ‘King of the Road’ in Country Music
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2010-09-26 Lady Bird Johnson 1912-2007: Former First Lady Was an Environmental Activist Who Made America More Beautiful
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2010-09-19 Ralph Ellison, 1914-1994: His Book, “Invisible Man,” Won Awards and is Still Discussed Today
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2010-09-12 Elizabeth Blackwell, 1821-1910: The First Western Woman in Modern Times to Become a Doctor
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2010-09-05 Andy Warhol, 1928-1987: The Father of Pop Art
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2010-08-29 Isadora Duncan, 1877-1927: The Mother of Modern Dance
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2010-08-22 Duke Ellington: His Life Story, Part Two
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2010-08-15 Duke Ellington, 1899-1974: From a Young Painter to Musical Royalty
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2010-08-08 Clare Boothe Luce, 1903-1987: News Reporter, Congress Member, Ambassador and Playwright.
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2010-08-01 Jacob Riis, 1849-1914 : He Worked to Make New York City a Better Place for Poor People
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2010-07-25 Winslow Homer, 1836-1910: America’s Greatest Painter of the 19th Century
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2010-07-18 Emily Dickinson, 1830-1886
SHIRLEY GRIFFITH: I’m Shirley Griffith with PEOPLE IN AMERICA in VOA Special English. Today we tell about nineteenth century poet…
2010-07-11 Percival Lowell, 1855-1916: His Work Led to the Discovery of Pluto
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2010-07-04 Ella Fitzgerald, 1917-1996: America’s First Lady of Song
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