At the battle of Ashdown in 871, Alfred routed the Viking army in a fiercely fought uphill assault. However, further defeats followed for Wessex and Alfred’s brother died. After acceding to the throne, Alfred spent several years fighting Viking invasions. He won a decisive victory in the Battle of Edington…
It was not common at the time for men to smile for photos with their teeth showing but the severe hollows under Lincoln’s extraordinarily sharp cheekbones leads me to believe that, by the start of his political career, he had no molars. In truth, we don’t know much about Lincoln’s…
Many Alaska Natives joined units of the Alaska Territorial Guard to patrol Alaska’s coasts and lead reconnaissance missions in combat zones. Forty-two Aleuts living on the island of Attu and two Navy weather observers on Kiska were taken prisoner by the Japanese and sent to Japan where 17 died. World…
Alice Paul never married, spending her life crusading for women’s rights. What did Alice Paul do for a living? Alice Paul was one of the most prominent activists of the 20th-century women’s rights movement. An outspoken suffragist and feminist, she tirelessly led the charge for women’s suffrage and equal rights…
Status: False. Lincoln’s hands are making sign language symbols of his initials “A” and “L.” Sculptor Daniel Chester French used molds of Lincoln’s hands cast in 1860 to guide his work. To prepare for the role in the 1980s, he went to the Library of Congress and listened to Works…
I do not believe in standardizing human beings.” “A man should look for what is, and not for what he thinks should be.” “Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.” “I believe in intuitions and inspirations. I believe in intuitions and inspirations. … A hundred times every…
Alice Paul never married, spending her life crusading for women’s rights. In 1923, she introduced in Congress the first Equal Rights Amendment, which she called the Lucretia Mott Amendment. Paul submitted the amendment every year until Congress passed it in 1972. The states, however, never ratified it. Alice Paul never…
Being careful to respect the limits of his authority, Lincoln applied the Emancipation Proclamation only to the Southern states in rebellion. Fact #3: Lincoln’s advisors did not initially support the Emancipation Proclamation. Reasons For Lincoln The Emancipation Proclamation 106 Words | 1 Pages. Lincoln issued the emancipation proclamation on January…
In addition to his prowess on the violin, he also played the piano and, in particular, loved to improvise. Music for fun and physics Music was not only a relaxation to Einstein, it also helped him in his work. His second wife, Elsa, gives a rare glimpse of their home…
Walker’s first book of poetry, Once, appeared in 1968, and her first novel, The Third Life of Grange Copeland (1970), a narrative that spans 60 years and three generations, followed two years later. NAME: REAL NAME: NICKNAME: PROFESSION: GENDER: BIRTHPLACE: ETHNICITY: NATIONALITY: RELIGION: SEXUALITY: Alice Walker,best known for being a…