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Shirley Donnelly was a local (Fayette County, WV) historian. He wrote a column for the Beckley Post-Herald covering a wide range of topics (not just local). He wrote about my great uncle once, I hope to have a lengthy blog about both the article and the notorious uncle. I thought it would be fun to find his original newspaper clippings and share them. I found one clipping on the Johnstown PA Flood. As I am just returning from Johnstown and having visited […]
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Marian Wright Edelman (born: June 6, 1939) is an American activist who, in 1973, founded the Children’s Defense Fund. She was the […]
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Christa McAuliffe ((1948-1986) was an educator and an astronaut. On January 28, 1986 I was standing at the bar in the kitchen […]
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Harriet Elisabeth Beecher Stowe (1811-1869) was an author and abolitionist. She was born in Connecticut, the seventh of thirteen children. She enrolled […]
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Margaret Bourke-White (1904-1971) was a documentary photographer. She is a well known photojournalist who was the first permitted to take pictures of […]
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On March 9th my husband took me to see Steve Martin and Martin Short in their production of “An Evening You Will […]
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Martha (1894-1991) was a modern dancer and choreographer whose technique changed dance worldwide. Some her accomplishments: Taught dance for over 70 years […]
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All the spoilers all the time. You have been warned! My Thoughts While Watching: We watched this MONTHS ago. Just getting around […]
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Emma Stebbins (1815-1882) was an American sculptor. She is best known for her work “The Angel of the Waters” (1873), also known […]
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Julie Krone (b: 1963) is a retired American jockey. She became the first female jockey to win one of the Triple Crown […]
