2007-01-07 Jane Jacobs, 1916-2006: Her Activism Helped Shape the Look and Feel of Cities
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2006-12-24 Irving Berlin, 1888-1989: He Wrote Songs that Made America Sing
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2006-12-17 Doctor Seuss, 1904-1991: People of all Ages Love his Books for Children
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2006-12-10 Marilyn Monroe, 1926-1962: America’s Most Famous Sex Symbol
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2006-12-03 Henry Ford Made the Automobile Industry an Important Part of the Nation’s Economy
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2006-11-26 Henry Ford Created the Ford Motor Company and Revolutionized the Automobile Industry
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2006-11-19 Stephen Foster, 1826-1864: America’s First Popular Songwriter
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2006-11-12 Crazy Horse Was Chief of the Lakota, a Warrior and a Holy Man
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2006-11-05 Katharine Hepburn, 1907-2003: An Independent and Intelligent Actress
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2006-10-29 Edward Weston, 1886-1958: He Helped Change the Way Americans Understood Photography
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2006-10-22 Richard Rodgers Wrote Musical Plays That Often Dealt with Social Issues
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2006-10-15 Helen Keller, 1880-1968: ‘I Try to Make the Light in Others’ Eyes My Sun’
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2006-10-08 Out of a World of Darkness and Silence, Helen Keller Brought Hope to Millions
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2006-10-01 James Baldwin Wrote About Race and Identity in America
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2006-09-24 Edward Hopper’s Simple Paintings Hold Special Meaning for Americans
VOICE ONE: I’m Shirley Griffith. VOICE TWO: And I’m Doug Johnson with People in America in VOA Special English. Today…