Articles in Category: Profiles & Bios

Elizabeth Bibesco (Writer/Poet)

elizabeth_bibesco.jpgElizabeth, Princess Bibesco née Elizabeth Asquith (26 February 1897 – 7 April 1945) was an English writer, active between 1921 and 1940.

A final posthumous collection of her stories, poems and aphorisms was published under the title Haven in 1951, with a preface by Elizabeth Bowen.

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Susan J. Helms (US Air Force Lt. General/NASA Astronaut)

susan-j-helms.jpgSusan Jane Helms (born February 26, 1958) is a United States Air Force Lt. General and a former NASA astronaut. She was the Commander, 14th Air Force (Air Forces Strategic), Air Force Space Command; and Commander, Joint Functional Component Command for Space, Vandenberg Air Force Base, California.

She retired from the US Airforce in 2014.

Anna Held (Stage Performer)

anna_held.jpgHelene Anna Held (March 8, 1873 – August 12, 1918) was a Polish-born stage performer, most often associated with impresario Florenz Ziegfeld, her common-law husband.

Born in Warsaw, Congress Poland, Russian Empire she was the daughter of a Jewish glove maker, Shimmle (aka Maurice) Held, and his French-Jewish wife, Yvonne Pierre. 

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Toni Morrison (Author/Nobel Prize Winner/Pulitzer Prize Winner)

Toni Morrison (Author/Nobel Prize Winner/Pulitzer Prize Winner)

Toni Morrison (born Chloe Ardelia Wofford on February 18, 1931 - August 5th, 2019) is a Nobel Prize and Pulitzer Prize-winning American author, editor, and professor.

Her novels are known for their epic themes, vivid dialogue, and richly detailed black characters. Among her best known novels are The Bluest Eye, Song of Solomon and Beloved.

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