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Theodosia Burr Alston: The Disappearance of Aaron Burr's Daughter

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By: Lisa Sanderson

How to Save Money, Stay Healthy, Be Happy: Benjamin Franklin Offers Advice During Difficult Times

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By: Teresa Knudsen

Celestine Buisson: Bluebeard's Luck Runs Out: Gone South

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By: Maria Olsen

Marchadier & Collomb: Bluebeard Stays Busy: Retirement Is Not Always Worth It / What's In A Name?

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By: Maria Olsen

Eclipse the Racehorse - Founder of a Dynasty: Horse Racing's Hero and Father of the Thoroughbred

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By: Jan Toms

Guillin & Babelay : Bluebeard Strikes Again: The Fictictious Brother In Law / The Odd One Out

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By: Maria Olsen

Nursery Rhymes - Who Was Kitty Fisher? Lucy Locket Lost Her Pocket, Kitty Fisher Found It - The Story

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By: Jan Toms

The Man Behind Boxing's Queensberry Rules: How the 8th Marquess Cleaned Up Boxing And Destroyed Oscar Wilde

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By: Jan Toms

Laborde-Line and Heon: Bluebeard Kills Again: The Argentine Connection / Age Is No Problem

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By: Maria Olsen

Jeanne Cuchet: Bluebeard's First Victim: Perfecting The Technique

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By: Maria Olsen

The Life of Joseph Stalin: A Short Biography of the Communist Leader

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By: James Bloodworth

Lady Florence Dixie, Victorian Rebel: Poet, Sportswoman, Campaigner for Women's and Animal Rights

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By: Jan Toms

Jabez Hughes, Photographer to Queen Victoria: Royal Photographers at Osborne House Isle of Wight

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By: Jan Toms

Macrina the Younger: A Catholic Saint

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By: Kim Rush

The HMV Dog - How a Stray Puppy Became an Icon: Nipper, the Symbol of His Master's Voice, Painted by Francis Barraud

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By: Jan Toms

Joshua Norton the Emperor of America: From 1859 until 1880 the USA had its own emperor - Norton I.

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By: Robert Barwell

Ramesses III - King of Egypt: Labor Strikes—Queen's Assassination Conspiracy

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By: Marie Parsons

The English Civil War - the King's Gaoler: Robert Hammond, Parliamentary soldier and king's gaoler

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By: Jan Toms

Biography of Herodotus: The Father of History

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By: Loni Perry

Major Definitions of Biography: The Emergence of Critical Biography

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By: Feature Writer Tongkeh Joseph Fowale

The Origins and Evolution of Biographies: How Biographies Evolved from Ancient Times to the Renaissance Period

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By: Feature Writer Tongkeh Joseph Fowale

Camilo Cienfuegos: Unknown and Controversial Leader of the Cuban Revolution

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By: Ivan Castro

Coriolanus – Heroic but Tragic Exile: Rome's Hero and Rome's Enemy

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By: Marie Parsons

Frances Russell - Daughter of Oliver Cromwell: Sister of Richard Cromwell

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By: Scott Newport

Charlotte of Hanover - Daughter of George IV: Wife of Leopold of Saxe Coburg Saafeld

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By: Scott Newport

Maria Fitzherbert - Secret wife of George IV: Sister in law of William IV

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By: Scott Newport

Arabella Stuart - Cousin of James I: Neice of Mary Queen of Scots

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By: Scott Newport

Catherine of Valois - Wife of Henry V: Daughter of Charles VI of France

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By: Scott Newport

Joan of Navarre - Wife of Henry IV: The Witch Queen

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By: Scott Newport

Robert, Duke of Normandy - Son of William I: Brother of Henry I

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By: Scott Newport

Edward the Martyr - Son of King Edgar: Brother of Ethelred the Unready

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By: Scott Newport

Judith - Daughter of Charles the Bald: Wife of King Ethelwulf and King Ethelbald

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By: Scott Newport

Sophia of Hanover - Mother of George I: Granddaughter of James I

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By: Scott Newport

Biography and Historical Writing: Understanding the Link between Biography and History

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By: Feature Writer Tongkeh Joseph Fowale

Anarchism and the Beliefs of Mikhail Bakunin: The Apostle of Anarchy Promoted an Activist Approach to Revolution

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By: Feature Writer Michael Streich

Emigration to Canada by British Children: London, England Social Activists’ Questionable Practices

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By: Feature Writer Kathleen Airdrie

Single British Women Immigration: Female Middle-Class Emigration Society and Maria Rye

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By: Feature Writer Kathleen Airdrie

Australian Inventions: Ingenuity Through the Ages

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By: Karin Cox

Biography of Marco Polo: The Man Who Discovered The Orient

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By: Loni Perry

Isaac Walton – Famous Fisherman and Biographer: A Brief Biography of the Angler Famous For His Book on Fly Fishing

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By: Feature Writer Elaine Findlay

Gregor Mendel, the Scientist Monk: His Plant-Breeding Research Aided the Understanding of Heredity

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By: Lawrence Koppy

Biography of Queen Elizabeth I: The Virgin Queen of England

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By: Loni Perry

The Great Train Robbery: The Most Famous Heist in British History

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By: Lynda Osborne

The Life of Ethelred the Unready: The Son of Edgar the Peaceable

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By: Terry Long

Vizier Imhotep of Egypt: The First Pyramid Builder

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By: Loni Perry

Captain Dorothy Stratton, Director of SPARS: Women served in the U.S. Coast Guard during World War II

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By: Penny White

Halloween History: History, Beginnings, and Traditions

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By: Kristeen Mandak

Biography of Ben Nighthorse Campbell: A Northern Cheyenne Goes to the U.S. Senate

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By: Ruth Hull Chatlien

SPARS, the Unknown Women of World War II: Women Served in the United States Coast Guard Reserves

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By: Penny White

A Biography of Eliot Ness: Beyond Al Capone and The Untouchables

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By: Holly Anderson

American Judge Florence Ellinwood Allen: First Woman on State Supreme Court, Second Woman Federal Judge

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By: Penny White

Biography of John Calvin, Reformation Leader: Father of the Reformed, Presbyterian, and Congregational Churches

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By: Ruth Hull Chatlien

Mountain Climber Junko Tabei: First Woman to Reach the Summit of Mount Everest

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By: Penny White

Mary Ann Shadd Activism in Canada: Law Degree for First Woman to Found and Edit Newspaper

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By: Feature Writer Kathleen Airdrie

The Life of Edward the Martyr: The Son of Edgar the Peaceable

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By: Terry Long

Aspasia, Theodora & Diane de Poitiers: From Power in the Bedroom to Power in the Realm

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By: Sylvie Nantais

Dr. Tommy Dooley, Health Hero of Laos: Controversial Catholic American Homosexual Hero of the Vietnam Era

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By: Pamela Livingston

Peace Activist Bertha von Suttner: First Woman to Receive Nobel Peace Prize

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By: Penny White

Francis Bacon Philosopher of Inductive Reasoning: The Age of Enlightenment and the Empirical Method of Science

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By: Pamela Livingston

Lucrezia Tournabuoni de Medici, Pious Politician: The Power of Women's Patronage in Renaissance Florence, Italy

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By: Pamela Livingston

Governor Huey Pierce Long of Louisiana: The Louisiana Populist Who Tried to End the Great Depression

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By: Feature Writer Bonnye Good

Hedy Lamarr, Not Just Another Pretty Face: Actress and Co-inventor of Communications Technology

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By: Penny White

Annie Taylor, Teacher and Adventurer: The First Person to Go Over Niagara Falls in a Barrel

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By: Penny White

The Dalai Lamas of Tibet: The History of Dalai Lama

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By: Chris Brandt

David Douglas Botanical Expeditions: Douglas Fir Tree Named for Explorer from Scotland

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By: Feature Writer Kathleen Airdrie

Writer Lorraine Hansberry: First African-American Woman to write a Broadway-Produced Play

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By: Penny White

The Life of Queen Mary I of England: The Eldest Daughter of Henry VIII 1533-1543

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By: Graidi Taylor-Rose

Edgar Allen Poe and His Nightmare World: A Master Storyteller, the Original Halloween Man

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By: Diane Evans

Antoinette Perry of the Tony Awards: A Star on Broadway Stage and Behind the Scenes

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By: Penny White

Bill Clinton Biography: The Life of the 42nd President

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By: Brandon Marcel Cherry

Albert Maltz, Writer, Hollywood Ten Member: His Life as an Artist and Activist

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By: Admassu Kebede

The Life of Brooke Astor: New York's Grande Dame

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By: Lisa Sanderson

Captain Joy Bright Hancock, U.S. Navy: Helping Pave the Way for Women to be Part of the United States Navy

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By: Penny White

What Happened to Amelia Earhart? The Unexplained Disappearance of Famous American Aviator and Author

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By: Scott Hayden

Dame Margot Fonteyn, Prima Ballerina: One of the Greatest Classical Ballet Dancers of All Time

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By: Penny White

Democrat George Bancroft: The Political Career of a Nineteenth Century Historian

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By: William L. Wunder

Tenth Century Anglo-Saxon Kings: Edmund I, Eadred, Eadwig and Edgar the Peaceable

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By: Terry Long

George Washington Helme: The Founder of Helmetta

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By: Eleanore Whitaker

Barbie® Inventor Ruth Handler: The Most Successful Toy in Toy Industry History

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By: Penny White

The Traitor Trials of Tokyo Rose: Iva Toguri aka Orphan Ann versus WWII Japanese Hysteria

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By: Pamela Livingston

James J. Hill: The Empire Builder

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By: Jason Chavis

Judge Genevieve Rose Cline, Customs Court: First Woman Appointed as a U.S. Federal Judge

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By: Penny White

Tudor Monarchs – Queen Mary I: The Early Life of the First Queen of England 1516-1533

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By: Graidi Taylor-Rose

Randolph Bourne, Public Intellectual: Progressive Intellectual of the early 20th Century

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By: Pema Levy

Ida Henrietta Hyde Invented the Microelectrode: Powerful Device Enabled Research on a Cellular Level

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By: Penny White

Celebrating Columbus Day: Remembering Christopher Columbus

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By: Janice Therese Mancuso

President John Tyler's Second Marriage: First U.S. Chief Executive to Wed While in Office

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By: Linda N. Riggins

The Art of Grandma Moses: She was Living Proof that It’s Never Too Late

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By: Penny White

Biography of Elizabeth Oakes Smith: Poet, Activist, and Lecturer

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By: Loren Christie

Katharine Dexter McCormick and the Pill: McCormick Funded Most of the Research for the Birth Control Pill

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By: Penny White

Mathematician Sophie Germain: She Laid the Foundation for the Construction of Skyscrapers

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By: Penny White

The Life of Katharine Parr: Life After the Death of Henry VIII

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By: Graidi Taylor-Rose

Wifes of Henry VIII – Katharine Parr: The Early Life of the Sixth Wife of Henry VIII 1512-1546

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By: Graidi Taylor-Rose

India Adventure Trip, Sikkim and Rhododendrons: Botanical Treks of Joseph Dalton Hooker in the Himalayas

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By: Feature Writer Lito Apostolakou

Woman Astronomer Maria Mitchell: Keeping Her Eyes to the Stars, She Discovered a Comet

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By: Penny White

Wives of Henry VIII – Catherine Howard: The Life of the Fifth Wife of Henry VIII 1521-1542

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By: Graidi Taylor-Rose

First Woman Governor Nellie Tayloe Ross: Nominated by Democratic Party, Ross became 14th Governor of Wyoming.

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By: Penny White

Florence Nightingale the First Nurse: The Lady With The Lamp Created Modern Nursing

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By: John Howe

Tahirih, Poet and Martyr in 19th Century Persia: A Champion of Women's Rights in Iran

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By: Sylvie Nantais

Eunice Kennedy Shriver: The Founder of the Special Olympic Games

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By: Penny White

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